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Create The Cutest Halloween Hut

October 21, 2020 By Kari Leave a Comment

Here’s how to create the cutest Halloween Hut for your kids – perfect for reading books or watching movies this season. I’ve included two fun (and inexpensive) decor DIYs and a list of our favourite Halloween books and movies! 

cutest Halloween Hut-1We didn’t go nuts on Halloween decor this year through our entire house, but I did thoroughly enjoy setting up this little Halloween Homebase for our little guy Wyatt. He snuggles up inside to watch his shows in the morning, and we crawl in there to read stories before bed. Our play tent is custom-made from House of Hale and you can find more great options on Etsy. I especially love the simplicity of this one. However you plan to use yours, it will certainly add to the magic of the season! You can (of course) make this your own, but here are all the details on our festive fort!

cutest Halloween Hut-2Spiderweb DIY

Give that Dollar Store decor a little spruce up! Pick up an inexpensive decorative spider web and paint the spider in the colour of your theme. (I was inspired by this Instagram post from Blogger Sierra Miller). To match ours exactly, use Martha Stewart’s Rose Gold Craft Paint. Use a black zip tie to fasten the spider to the web and hang on a wreath hanger from the outside of the front of the tent. This would always look great on your kid’s bedroom door! Total cost: around $9.

cutest Halloween Hut-3Modge Podge Pumpkin DIY

I love buying themed napkins, but there are always leftovers. Use those spares for this easy Modge Podge Pumpkin DIY from Lifestyle Blogger Kristin Sellentin. If you’re up for it, invite your kiddos do the napkin cutting. Might be a nice little project to do together.

cutest Halloween Hut--4Lights Trick

Always include lights! That’s pretty much my motto with everything. 🙂 Instead of winding your lights on the outside, you can create a more spooky effect by hanging your twinkle or fairy lights in a bunch from inside the tent. I used one of our Ikea produce bags to hold the lights. This allows for enough light to still shine through in a safe way.

cutest Halloween Hut-5Rest of the Details

Top off your tent with a Witch’s hat from your Halloween costume supply. Cozy up the flooring in the tent with a snuggly blanket or duvet and a pretty toss cushion. I snagged two trays – one black and one white – from Dollarama, but these ones are awesome for kids too!

You can add on these bats up the side and sneak in a sparkly cat and spider, mini skeletons, and copper pumpkin buckets to hold books (mine are from HomeSense but here’s a splurge option from Wayfair).

cutest Halloween Hut-6

Halloween Books We Love

  • Little Blue Truck’s Halloween
  • How To Make Friends With A Ghost
  • The Little Kitten
  • Boo (Robert Munsch)
  • There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat
  • Vampirina Ballerina
  • Under The Bed Fred (chapter book)

Family-Friendly Halloween Movies We’ll Be Watching

  • The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Spookley
  • Supermonsters Save Halloween
  • Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo
  • Coraline
  • Hotel Transylvania
  • Frankenweenie
  • Monsters Inc. 
  • Halloween Is Grinch Night

What are some fun ways you’ve decorate your kid’s space for Halloween? I would love to see it!
Share your photos with me on this Pinterest post, or on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

photos: Dallas Curow

Post this to your Halloween Decor boards and be sure to follow me on Pinterest here! 

 

Other Posts You’ll Love:

Kids Halloween Charcuterie Board

The Best Way To Do A Toy Purge

Our Toy Story Halloween Costumes

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kariskelton

Home style, organization tips + DIYs. Cocktail + food recipes.
Celebrating the holidays with our three cuties 👦🐶🐶 in our 1913 home 🇨🇦
About #ATBUp:

Kari Skelton
How excited are you to be able to have friends and How excited are you to be able to have friends and family stay over again? We cannot wait for the day we get the green light and it's safe to do so. We're ready for it! 🙌

Our Guest Room Reveal is now up at KariSkelton.com! 💃
After the enormous task of purging this stash room, the team at @simoneandivy.ca surprised us with a room reveal and it's stunning!😍 So, outside of a DIY contribution from me, this room – the design, the colours, the everything – is all them!

Head to KariSkelton.com (tap the clickable blue link under my bio to get there) for some inspiration for your own guest room, to see all of the before & after photos, and shop all the pretty things! 🤍🤍 
Ask any questions in the comment section below ⬇️⬇️.
What do you do when other kids are mean to your ki What do you do when other kids are mean to your kid? How do you handle it? No matter what season you're in with parenting or how old your kids are, I would love to hear your tactics! Please share below in the comments and we can all learn from each other👇👇. #pinkshirtday

Even when Wyatt was littler and would sometimes get rejected at the park when he asked to play, it would shatter my heart. 😫

I was bullied in high school pretty bad. My aunt stepped in one time and regulated some mean girls. Shared the (now) hilarious story on my Stories.❤❤

Wyatt's cute tee is from @deuxpardeuxkids, I'm wearing my @smashtess sweetheart roper and that heart print out is @justinema's free printable Kindness Challenge! (Looks like I have some catching up to do)! 🤣
See that cute little face photo bombing in the bac See that cute little face photo bombing in the back? 😊 He helps with my mental health on a daily basis. I know what each person needs varies, but for me, getting alone time to walk the dogs has been key in managing my anxiety and stress (especially this past year).

I believe investing in mental health initiatives is more important than ever. I’m so happy to be partnering with @atbfinancial for a really meaningful campaign called #ATBUp.

Each weekday from March 1-12, one more simple, FUN social challenge will be presented. When you complete and share on social using #ATBUp, @atbfinancial will donate $1 to @mentalhealthab!

I’ll be heading up two challenges—and including Moses 🐶 and Monroe 🐶. I hope you’ll join me! 😊💛

Visit up.atb.com to enter to win prizes, and get more info about the challenges and Alberta’s Mental Health Foundation.
I love you, my Valentine.❤ I love traveling with I love you, my Valentine.❤ I love traveling with you. I miss traveling. The end. Happy Valentine's Day!

With @ryanjespersen at @trsyucatanhotel in 2019.
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