How to Decorate Miniature Halloween Tree

        The first step in decorating any holiday tree, no matter the size of the tree, is to string lights within it's branches. I chose skeleton shaped white lights for this tree because the theme is for Halloween of course. I will hide the large battery pack beneath a tree skirt once the rest of the black miniature tree has been decorated.

Left, a small table-top tree in black for a Halloween display. Right, orange and black
 ornaments and garlands. On the far right, a handmade paper garland.

Above is an assortment of tiny, handmade ornaments for a doll sized Halloween tree.

  

How To Make 6 Tiny Halloween Trims:

1.) pom pom bats - To make these tiny bats you will need black paper, googly eyes, tacky craft glue, black pom poms and black thread for the hanger. At this post is a template for paper bat wings. These are large but you may print smaller copies for this craft if you'd like to.

Directions:

1. Cut a pair of tiny bat shaped wings from the black paper.
2. Glue a small black pom pom in the center of the wings for the bat's head
3. Glue tiny googly eyes in the center of the pom pom. Let dry
4. Glue black thread to the back of the bat for a hanger

2.) pom pom ghosts - To make the ghost ornaments you will need: googly eyes, white ruffled cup-cake wrapper(s), tacky craft glue a black permanent ink marker, white thread for the hanger.

Directions:

1. Cut a piece of ruffled cup-cake liner and pinch it at one end.
2. Using tacky white glue push the pinched end of paper into the center of a white pom pom.
3. Glue on googly eyes.
4. Draw on a mouth with the permanent ink pen.
5. Glue on the thread to make a hanger.

3.) candy corn witch's hats - (pictured below) To make the candy corn hats you will need the following supplies: white typing paper, white thread, acrylic paints (yellow, orange, white).

Directions:

1. Cut small circles from the white typing paper and cut them in half. 
2. Curl the half circles into cone shapes, pasting their over-lapping corners together. Let these cones dry completely.
3. Thread a needle and poke it into the tip of each hat pulling it down through the cone. Then poke through a tuft of cotton and string a loop through the interior of the cone up and out the tip again. 
4. Squeeze a bit of tacky glue inside the cone to dry and hold the thread hanger in place. See photo below.
5. Cut more circles from paper for the brims of the hats and glue the cones to the brims. Let dry.
6. Paint the witches hats to look just like candy corn. The tips should remain white, the centers will have a dark orange stripe and the bottoms of each candy corn hat will be bright yellow.

See how to assemble the candy corn hats for our tree.

 

 

The miniature Halloween tree displayed inside of our
18 inch, American Girl dollhouse. 

4.) tiny broom sticks - The supplies needed for the tiny brooms: a chenille stem, decorative paper for ''straw'', brown paint, cotton balls (just a few) and thread for hanger.

Directions:

1. Cut long narrow strips of paper and cut a ruffle running down each strip.
2. Cut a piece of chenille stem approximately 1 1/2'' long. 
3. Squeeze tacky craft glue onto the stem and paper as you twist the paper around the stem to make the broom bottom.
4. Use thread to twist around the paper and make it adhere to the stem better.
5. Twist a bit of cotton and glue around the stem of each broom to make the handles smooth. 
6. Paint the handles.
7. Tie a narrow ribbon or thread to the end of the broom handle to make hangers for the tiny brooms.

5.) Spooky themed stickers - To make the sticker ornaments you will need tiny thematic stickers, cardboard, tacky glue, decorative papers.

Directions:

1. You can purchase any stickers of your own taste to layer on top of cardboard and paper to make flat ornaments for a tree.
2. Paste on hangers to the backs or poke a hole with a threaded needle through the tops of the ornaments so that these can be hung on a miniature Halloween tree.

6.) drinking straw garland - Supplies needed to make the garland: decorative straw, pom poms, and beads.

Directions:

1. Cut a decorative drinking straw into short lengths to thread together with pom poms and beads for a garland. The straw and pom poms are very light weight and are easily hung on the fragile wire branches of a miniature tree!

Left, details of a small owl tree topper, he wears a candy corn party hat and velvet orange
 ruffled collar. Right, details of miniature ornaments especially made for All Hallows.