Watch your guests wherever they go with these unsettling, realistic floating eyeballs mounted on ornate pedestals.

What You Need:

  • Toilet paper rolls
  • Large round plastic ornaments or ping-pong balls
  • Acrylic paints in blue, green, red, and white
  • Fine-tip black permanent marker
  • Mod Podge

How to Make It: Paint the inside or outside of a clear plastic ornament or ping-pong ball to resemble a human eye, complete with a colored iris, pupil, and delicate red veining drawn with a fine-tip permanent marker. Cut a toilet paper roll in half and paint it to look like carved stone or aged bronze. Seat the finished eyeball securely in the top opening of the painted cardboard stand. Coat the entire eyeball with a glossy layer of Mod Podge to give it a wet, unsettlingly lifelike sheen.

Tips and Variations: Cluster a dozen of these eyeball sculptures together inside a vintage glass cloche for a magnificent, cabinet-of-curiosities centerpiece.

16. Spooky Ghost Garland Ornaments

Drape these gentle, glowing spirits across doorways, curtain rods, or mirrors for a whimsical yet classic Halloween touch.

What You Need:

  • Toilet paper rolls
  • Square sheets of white tissue paper or cheesecloth
  • Black felt marker
  • Twine
  • Mini LED string lights

How to Make It: Crumple a small piece of scrap paper and place it inside the top of a short toilet paper roll to form a rounded head shape. Drape a square sheet of white tissue paper centrally over the top, smoothing it down the sides to form a flowing ghost body. Tie a piece of fine twine securely around the neck to define the head from the body. Use a black felt marker to draw two surprised, hollow oval eyes on the face. Slide the hollow bottom over individual bulbs on a mini LED string light strand to make the ghosts glow.

Tips and Variations: Use pastel pink or lavender tissue paper for the ghosts to create a trendy, modern “pastel goth” Halloween aesthetic.

17. Metallic Raven Feather Wall Hangings

Evoking the moody poetry of Edgar Allan Poe, these oversized metallic raven feathers add striking vertical texture to any wall.

What You Need:

  • Toilet paper rolls
  • Scissors
  • Metallic copper, bronze, and charcoal spray paint
  • Floral wire
  • Hot glue

How to Make It: Flatten a toilet paper roll and cut out a large, elongated feather shape with a pointed tip. Use your scissors to make fine, closely spaced snips along both edges of the feather to create a realistic, fluffy fringe. Glue a piece of sturdy floral wire down the back center spine of the feather to give it bendable structural support. Spray paint the feathers in gradient shades of metallic copper, deep bronze, and charcoal black. Bend the wire spines into natural curves and arrange them hanging from a rustic driftwood branch.

Tips and Variations: Spray the tips of the feathers with strong craft adhesive and dip them in fine black glitter for an iridescent, shimmering raven plumage effect.

18. Wizard Spell Book Hidden Boxes

Hollow out your crafting supplies to create secret storage books disguised as ancient, leather-bound grimoires of magic.

What You Need:

  • Toilet paper rolls (flattened)
  • Thick cardboard rectangles
  • Faux leather fabric or brown paper bags
  • Mod Podge
  • Gold metallic paint pen

How to Make It: Glue two flattened toilet paper rolls side by side to create the thick block of “pages” for your book. Cut thick cardboard rectangles slightly larger than the rolls to act as the front and back covers. Wrap the covers and spine in faux leather fabric or crumpled brown paper bags treated with Mod Podge to simulate aged leather binding. Attach the book block inside the covers. Use a gold metallic paint pen to draw intricate corner filigrees and write spell titles like Book of Shadows across the spine.

Tips and Variations: Hide small treats, notes, or battery-operated tea light remotes inside the secret hollow compartment of the book box for an interactive holiday surprise.

19. Spooky Silhouette Shadow Boxes

Cast haunting shadows across your walls by constructing miniature theater shadow boxes inside recycled cardboard rolls.

What You Need:

  • Toilet paper rolls
  • Black cardstock
  • Translucent vellum paper
  • Craft knife
  • Tea lights

How to Make It: Cut out one complete side of a toilet paper roll to create a viewing window opening. Glue a piece of translucent vellum paper across this window opening from the inside. Cut tiny silhouette figures—such as a witch on a broomstick, a prowling cat, or a twisted haunted tree—out of black cardstock and glue them onto the vellum screen. Place a tea light inside the tube and darken the room. The flickering light casts an enlarged, cinematic shadow of your silhouette onto the nearest wall.

Tips and Variations: Create a series of connected shadow boxes to tell a sequential spooky story across your bookshelf or window ledge.

20. Glamorous Crystal Witch Broomsticks

Sweep away boring decor with these bedazzled, elegant miniature broomsticks fit for the most fashionable witches in town.

What You Need:

  • Toilet paper rolls
  • Straight twigs or small branches
  • Raffia or natural jute string
  • Silver glitter spray paint
  • Rhinestone stickers

How to Make It: Cut fine vertical fringe lines along the lower half of a toilet paper roll, leaving the top uncut. Roll the fringed tube tightly around the end of a sturdy natural twig branch, securing it firmly with hot glue. Wrap natural raffia or jute string tightly around the upper portion of the fringe to form the bristles of the broom, covering the cardboard edge. Spray the entire bristle section with silver glitter spray paint. Adhere a few sparkling rhinestone stickers along the handle of the broom for an unexpected touch of glamour.

Tips and Variations: Tie a cluster of three miniature crystal broomsticks together with black satin ribbon and hang them upside down from your front door knocker as a chic welcome greeting.

More ideas to come in future addition.