DIY Halloween Contact Paper Silhouettes

I have been busy, busy, busy with my scissors for the last couple of weeks!  After planning for and celebrating Knox's birthday, I found myself short on time and funds for decorating the house for Halloween.   I couldn't bare the thought of not decorating for my favorite holiday though, so I had to get creative.

Enter my current favorite thing in the craft arsenal - contact paper!!!  After buying a roll for its on-the-go black out capabilities I had a ton left (like about 70' worth!) Some scissors and DIY templates are all you need to deck your house out in spooky, cheap and totally disposable decorations. If you can trace, cut and stick you can create anything here plus waaaay more stuff.  I've listed all the templates I used at the end of this post. And the best part, once Halloween is over these silhouettes peel right off the drywall, leaving no residue or any sign that they were ever there at all!

I made a huge witch using  a template from Martha Stewart that is technically for creating a plywood silhouette for the front yard. I laid out the whole series on 2 widths of contact paper, traced, cut and stick.

I improvised a broom for her.  It's a little stumpy but that's ok.  Plus I like that she looks like she's about to bash you in the head when you come in from the garage.  

She extended right onto the door molding and beyond so I just used an Exacto knife to keep the door functional. 

I gave her a little owl friend perched over our laundry room door.

 

Some creepy black cats grace our entrance and a little colony of bats are taking flight. 

My stairs are suffering from a serious rat infestation. 

The scary tree was the easiest of all.  I didn't have a template so I just improvised it, the crow and bat.

My brother felt the need to point out that my bat looks a bit bottom heavy...like he's been indulging in one too many mini Twix bars.  

Here are all the templates I used for this project:
Witch template
Owl template
Cats template
Rats template

Here's another idea - download some free Halloween silhouette fonts, enlarge, print, trace and cut.  VIOLA!  Your own free templates!

Some of my favorites:
KR Boo Lane 
Helloween 2
Kiddy Halloween
Boo