These Adorable DIY Pastel Skeletons Make The Perfect Halloween Decor

Glitter never stops being fun, even when your middle school years are decades in the past. Let's take any excuse to use it by whipping up some glittering pastel skeletons to make our Halloween decor even more delightful. Follow TikToker @stephanieullah's lead with a trio of skeletons painted faded orange, soft pink, and lavender. She used three medium-sized skeletons, gave each thorough coatings of spray paint, and added patches of glitter in matching colors on the faces and a variety of bones. Mixing textures of glitter — some fine, some coarse — and adding holographic sparkles took the look to another level. Load up your shopping cart with some plastic skeletons, spray paint meant to bond with plastic, and eco-friendly glitter in a few different textures, and make this craft your own.

But wait! Glitter is surprisingly bad for the environment. Most glitter essentially becomes microplastics that tumble from everything it decorates. Luckily, adult responsibilities don't have to ruin everything fun when biodegradable glitter exists, like Unicorn Sparkle Association's biodegradable glitter. You can even find chunky glitter that's planet-safe, like Hemway's biodegradable glitter that comes in several chunky sizes. With your conscience clear, these glittering guys are spooky-season decor you'll want to find a way to use year-round.

TikTok user @stephanieullah's color choices are definitely copy-worthy, but there are plenty of other clever color groupings for creepy-cute Halloween decor that isn't just black and orange. Stay on the pastel theme with misty green, faded blue, and pale lemon yellow. Or, try a combination of dusty pink, peach, and cream for a subtle way to start decorating your home for Halloween. Bones painted different shades of one color are also striking, like gradients of gray, green, or even traditional orange. For a brighter look, eschew pastels for fluorescent combos, like neon pink, green, and purple.

Put your own twist on this adorable project by swapping out mid-sized skeletons for one giant skeleton, garlands of minis, individual bones, hands, feet, or skulls. Paint up a bevy of bones and attach them to a wreath as part of a Pinterest-perfect fall porch. If you want the fun without the mess, swap the glitter for glow-in-the-dark puffy paint; you can use a set like Tulip's glow-in-the-dark paint kit for a rainbow array of colors. Get the best of all worlds by overlaying thick stripes of glow-in-the-dark paint with glitter; the paint will act like glue, and the effects will be dazzling.