DIY Haunted Villages: Affordable Craft Ideas

I love little haunted villages… and Christmas ones too. But I really love the spooky ones! However, they can be expensive to build up. Even finding the pieces 30% to 50% off, they can still run over $100 a piece.

When I was at the craft store, recently, I saw some unpainted village pieces. I see unfinished wood products at the craft store all the time. But this time, I figured since they were one sale for $5 a piece, I’d try it out. Here are the three that I am going to decorate.

I thought they were adorable and they light up. Yeah, 5 bucks!

I started off using permanent markers to fill in some areas.

The permanent markers were easy to use to get into the small spaces that a paint brush may make a mess on. The only bad thing is that they will bleed into the wood grain. However, as you can see on the Blood Bank window (middle photo below), I could cover some of the bleeding with another permanent marker.

After touching up all the tight spaces, I pulled out my acrylic paints. I grabbed a large variety of colors. Some were matte and others were shimmery.

By the way, I LOVE my Glassboard palate! They are amazing and so easy to clean and blend paints on.

I painted my houses by blending colors; I kept it imperfect. I did not want my haunted houses to look perfect. They are not supposed too.

After getting some paint on them, I pulled out the glitter, glue, and sequins. Let the fun begin!! But, before the fun, I suddenly realized I have NO BLACK GLITTER!! I really need to craft store shop now!

I have my favorite glue…Bearly Art! I love the precision tip on their bottle.

The roof of the Haunted House was a huge focus for me. I wanted it to stand out but be random. I started by tracing the scallops with the glue and glitter. Once it dried, I took a dry brush and swept off all the loose glitter. Then I went back and filled in the scallops with paint.