How to Make Ghost Floral Decorations for Halloween

Almost everyone feels compelled to get creative on Halloween, be it making the spookiest or most hilarious costumes and party décor or just filling their home with all things frightening ready for those tricks or treats. Yet, if you are looking for something a little different from the usual decorations this year, consider using flowers to create the perfect Halloween vibe.

Ahead of the Rest

When it comes to Halloween, regular vases for your flowers just won’t cut it. For a spooktacular table centrepiece, buy some plastic skulls and fill them with autumnal flowers. Choose deep red roses with dark green foliage dripping over the sides of the skulls and line up these alternative vases in a row along the centre of your table. It is advisable to visit your florist or some online flower shops for floral foam into which you can place your chosen blooms. Florists use floral foam in their decorations too and it is used to keep flowers hydrated as these blocks are soaked in water before use. If you want to take the skull concept further, consider purchasing floral foam in the shape of a skull and adorn the entire piece with various flowers.

Perfect Pumpkins

Again, do away with the traditional concept of a vase and use pumpkins as vessels to display your blooms. Cheap flowers can be made to look amazing when displayed in a hollowed-out pumpkin and then arranged with hanging berries and autumnal fruits to make the entire display an elegant showstopper. Put these pumpkins all-around your home for festive décor at every turn.

Halloween Garlands

Strings of beautiful flowers are a fantastic way to use just a few flowers to decorate a wider area of space. Use three metres of twine (the rougher the better) and tie individual short stems of orange daisies, red roses, and miniature pumpkins to it. You can secure the flowers and pumpkins to the twine using smaller sections of twine or strips of wire. For a spooky effect, wind fairy-lights around the twine and turn off the lights to reveal a sparkling floral display. Drape these garlands lengthways from windows in groups of four, or place them above fireplaces and around picture frames.

Pumpkin Wreaths

For a Halloween decoration that will make your guests say “wow!” the moment they arrive at your door, make a pumpkin wreath. For this, you will need the leg of one set of sheer black tights, around ten small pumpkins and a black ribbon to finish. Take the tight leg and fill it with the pumpkins. Once filled tie into a circle, connecting the closed foot of the tights with the open. Cover the tied area with black ribbon. You may need to fit the pumpkin circle onto a foam wreath should it not be taught enough. Experiment with various types of tights such as fishnet or even different colours such as orange, purple or white.

Wedding Flowers with a Difference

Gothic-loving brides may choose to have their Big Day on Halloween and if you want to embrace the entire theme, there are plenty of floral decoration ideas to make your wedding day a romantically dark affair. Choose orange, red, brown and purple flowers for your bridal bouquet and include dark red roses, vibrantly purple thistles and orange headed daisies teamed with dark green and brown leaves. For a sophisticated touch, tie the bouquet with gold-coloured twine, or for a rustic touch use regular twine. You may even want to include tiny pumpkins in the bridal and bridesmaids’ bouquets for an extra nod to the season. If you are creative, choose to have the flowers delivered and get your family and friends together to create these perfect Halloween wedding bouquets and centrepieces. Buying flowers by post and creating the decorations yourself is a cheaper way to purchase your Halloween romance flowers rather than paying a professional floral artist to create them for you. By hosting your wedding day on Halloween you are guaranteeing that you will have very interesting anniversary flowers every year after!