Tomato season is already over. However, you can reuse the trellises that you no longer need as part of yourFrom Halloween! Today we'll show you how you can make ghosts, witches and other spooky figures out of a tomato vine tower as decoration for outside. Get inspired by these cool upcycling ideas for Halloween!
These projects require trellises made of wire or plastic that look like a tower. Also known as tomato towers, they are usually made of three steel wires tied with round steel rings, forming a conical shape. However, this construction can not only be helpful when growing tomatoes, but can also serve as a basis for cool Halloween decorations. Here we have collected the best ideas that can also be used for oneLast minute decorationare great.
Make your own outdoor decoration with a trellis tower - instructions for funny ghosts
If you're looking for a fun, easy and affordable DIY Halloween decoration for outdoors, these glowing ghosts made from trellises and sheets are exactly what you need. This is a brilliant idea to reuse tomato vine towers in a cost-effective way, and if you're into vegetable growing, you probably already have everything you need for this easy DIY project at home!
It only takes three materials and ten minutes to make tomato vine ghosts, and the results are both cute and slightly creepy. And the kids will definitely love it too!
Here is everything that is needed:
- Trellis for tomatoes (tomato tower)
- Fairy lights with white light
- plain white bed sheet
- black marker
And this is how a ghost is made:
Turn the cage upside down so that the largest round wire ring is on the floor. You can leave the wire at the top as it is, pull it apart a little or bring it together. This is the “head” of the ghost.
Then wrap the fairy lights around the trellis tower and then cover it with a white sheet. Draw on the eyes and mouth with the black marker and the ghost is ready!
If you want to use the sheets for another project after Halloween, instead of painting them on, you can cut out the eyes and mouth from black felt and glue or pin them to the sheets.
Place the ghosts outside the front door or anywhere in the house and plug them in to turn on the lights in the evening. This Halloween decoration really is that easy!
DIY Halloween decorations for outside with witches
You can also use a tomato vine tower to create life-sized witches for yourHalloween decorations in the outdoor areato do yourself. For this project you will also need small plastic pumpkin buckets and black garbage bags.
Start with the trellis tower upside down on the ground (with the largest ring as the base). Then place a pumpkin bucket upside down on the posts of the trellis. To ensure more stability, you can tie the handle of the bucket to the climbing tower with string.
Now place a large garbage bag over the resulting construction and tie the area under the basket with a piece of ribbon to create the witch's waist.
For the head, glue a second plastic bucket on top (this time the opening faces upwards). If you wish, you can paint a face. To make the Halloween decorations flicker in the evening, you can also attach a battery-operated LED light inside the bucket.
Then fill a cheap witch's hat with some old grocery bags to make it fit properly and place it on the witch's head.
For the arms, cut strips from a second trash bag, glue one end to the corner of the trash bag (your witch's shoulder), and tie a knot at the other end. If you want to make multiple witches holding hands, tie the knot in the middle of the strip to create a hand and glue the ends to each witch.
You can also use an empty detergent bottle as a head for the witch
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Make your own Dracula figure as a decoration for outside
You can also use a tomato climbing tower to make other figures such as zombies or vampires for your outdoor decoration. The easiest way to do this is to paint an empty detergent bottle to match and then place it on the climbing tower. All that remains is to find suitable clothing for the Halloween prop or make it yourself and the original outdoor decoration is ready.
Make simple decorations for outside yourself – make Vetter Itt
Do you know Cousin Itt from “The Addams Family”? The fictional character is known for his hairy appearance, which is complemented by a bowler hat and black glasses. The eerie appeal of this character makes him perfect for Halloween. To make your own Vetter Itt as a decoration for outside, you can use the tomato climbing tower again. This is how it works:
Place the trellis tower on the ground with the wide side facing down. Then use some raffia skirts (or a large hula table skirt) to dress up the rings and top of the tower. Add as many layers as necessary until you have completely covered the grid. Finally, put a bowler hat (or other black hat) and black glasses on your “head” and find a suitable place for this cool Halloween decoration.
Tip: In bad weather conditions, this figure can easily tip over. Therefore, you should think about stabilization. You can fill the empty space with something heavy, such as some pumpkins, or pin the climbing tower into the ground with some flower pins.
DIY Halloween gnome
The Halloween gnome is an original idea for your outdoor decoration, which you can also make yourself from a tomato tower. The variations are almost endless, you just need a little imagination. A DIY idea with instructions follows. For this you need the following materials:
- Tomato vine tower
- black vinyl tablecloth or black garbage bag
- black cloth or net
- pointed wizard hat
- Mop for beard
- Potato for the nose
- Wire hanger for hanging the potato and attaching the beard
- Cable ties
- Plastic spider (optional)
First tie the three loose rods of the trellis tower together with a cable tie. Then cut the tablecloth or garbage bag to size and use it to cover the climbing tower by simply inserting the covering into the prongs. Drape the black cloth over the spikes to secure it and create a kind of cape for the Halloween dwarf.
Bend the wire hanger as shown in the picture above and hang it on the 3 prongs of the trellis tower. Then attach the potato to the hook.
Disassemble the mop by simply pulling the threads out from the plastic part. Then tie them to the wire hanger by wrapping the strands. Design the beard so that it lies next to and behind the potato nose. You can give the beard any shape you want using scissors.
Finally, put the hat on and pull it down to your nose. Continue decorating the Halloween gnome as you wish and bring it into the garden. To prevent it from tipping over, you can place some bricks in the middle.
Transform the tomato vine tower into a witch's hat
If you have such beautiful pots on your doorstep, you can easily integrate them into your Halloween decorations with this idea. This requires a conical tomato trellis as well as black fabric, decorative ribbon and artificial spider web.
First, place the climbing tower on the ground with the loose ends facing upwards and tie them together. Then cover the framework with the black fabric and wrap the base with a piece of decorative ribbon. Now put the witch's hat in the bucket and start making the brim out of decorative ribbon. Finally, decorate the top of the hat with cobwebs and a small plastic spider.
Make your own Halloween tree from a tomato climbing tower
Who says a decorated tree is only suitable as a Christmas decoration? With the right decoration, the conical tomato climbing tower can be transformed into a wonderful tree for Halloween or autumn. For example, you can wrap garlands made of orange, purple and black tulle around the climbing tower and attach a string of lights with mini pumpkins.
Creepy Halloween decorations in a bucket
If you want to increase the spooky factor of your decoration, you can make such a black tree with large spiders yourself as a decoration for outside. The witch legs tucked under the bucket make this idea even cooler.
To make the tree, cut black decorative ribbon into pieces and tie them to the climbing tower using black pipe cleaners until you have decorated the entire structure with ribbons. Then cut off the lower metal ring and put the rods of the climbing tower in a bucket filled with soil. All that remains is to decorate the tree with spiders or other decorations of your choice and you're done.
Make your own bright outdoor decorations
This bright tree made of autumn leaves is another idea that will wonderfully round off your fall and Halloween decorations. The basis for this is once again a tomato trellis, which has been decorated with a string of lights and a garland of leaves.
You can combine the fall tree with a homemade jack-o-lantern and use it as part of theDecoration in front of the front dooruse.
