Iris folded Halloween design ideas

SpOoOkY season is upon us and with that, brings fun themed crafting!

Hi, I am Amanda – some of you may know me from HobbyMaker, met me at shows or seen me over on the Pretty in Paper Socials. I absolutely LOVE themed crafts – Halloween being an underrated craft theme (in my opinion). One of the many things I love about Halloween is the variety of things you can make, eat or dress up as! 😆 That being said, I do NOT watch horror films (I’m too much of a scaredy cat!) 🙀 😂

On first glance, it appears that we (as Pretty in Paper) do not have many Halloween themed iris folding designs but I think, with a few tweaks, many of our designs can be made more spooky! 🎃

The easiest designs

These designs are the easiest as you follow our iris folded pattern & guide perfectly with no changes (9-11 you can choose witch-ever colours you feel suits them best)

1. Ghost
2. Pumpkin
3. Bat
4. Dragon
5. Black Cross
6. Black Cat – Everyone knows a black cat is a Witch’s best friend
7. Pumpkin Pie – A seasonal favourite
8. Mini Balloon – If bright red papers were used, it would look like the famous red balloon from the movie IT (terrifying)
9. Candy/Sweets
10. Lollipop
11. Witch

Adding themed embellishments

Small tweaks to current Pretty in Paper designs using different added embellishments

12. Scary Lion (embellishments)
13. Gingerbread man with vital organ embellishments
14. Secret door as a Creepy door (add moss, cracks, etc)
15. Zombie Owl – add red streaks or bloodshot effect to the eyes
16. Toadstool with green slime dripping off it
17. Vampire Bunny head – give him vampire teeth
18. Mouldy Gingerbread man - add green bits to embellish as mould
19. Cross with moss and blood

Changing the papers

19. Creepy Cocktail
20. Creepy Castle
21. Haunted/Creepy house
22. Zombie Gonk – change the ‘skin’ papers from the Secret Garden Gonk to create a Zombie
23. Zombie Fairy - change the ‘skin’ papers from the Secret Garden fairies to create a Zombie
24. Zombie Mermaid change the ‘skin’ papers from the Mermaid PDF
25. Princess Dress from ‘Princess Elegance’ kit turned into Zombie Prom Queen

Repurposing designs

27. The Honey Jar from ‘Bee Happy’ kit repurposed as jar of brains
28. Snow Globe from the ‘Let it Snow’ kit repurposed as crystal ball
29. Secret door from the ‘Secret Garden’ kit repurposed as tombstone

Crafting love,

Amanda