DIY Halloween Skeleton-Hand Place Card Holders For Your Halloween Dinner Party

Creepy-chic skeleton-hand place card holders that will spook and delight your Halloween dinner guests.

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Create eerie yet elegant place card holders using foam pumpkins and gold skeleton-hand picks. Carve a divot in the pumpkin, paint it pink, and fill with black glass rocks for sparkle. Add a gold rim and velvet bow, then let skeleton hands hold your guests' names.

Directions

Use a craft knife to carve a round hollow into the stem end of each foam pumpkin. This indentation will hold your decorations while the pumpkin acts as a sturdy foundation.

Coat each pumpkin evenly with acrylic pink paint. Let them dry completely so the color is uniform.

While the pumpkins dry, spray both sides of the plastic skeleton-hand cocktail picks with gold spray paint for a luxurious creepy-glam look. Set them aside to dry.

Once the pumpkins and skeleton arms are dry, stand a skeleton arm upright inside the hollow of each pumpkin. Ensure it's firmly in place.

Pour black glass rock vase filler into the hollow, using a glue gun to secure the rocks around the skeleton arm until you reach the top of the divot. This adds stability and a geode-like sparkle.

Using a small paintbrush and gold acrylic paint, draw a thin line along the top edge of each pumpkin. This gold accent enhances the glass rock filler.

Cut the black velvet ribbon into pieces for bows and glue each bow onto a skeleton arm. Finally, insert your printed place cards into the skeleton hands. This eerie seating method adds a spooky touch to your Halloween table.