Doing a fast Web search for “vintage Halloween” will net you a large selection of no-cost images from which many fun crafts projects can be made. And if you’re not a fan of vintage, contemporary Halloween clip art can also produce great craft projects.

Here are examples of two Halloween projects nearly anyone can make by using free art found online:

Handmade Halloween Greeting Cards
Once you’ve gone online and downloaded the Halloween image you would like to use, paste it into a Word, PowerPoint or OneNote document. You can size the card by adjusting the software’s settings. Position the image on one half of the card, so it can be folded in half once it’s printed. Print the card on sturdy stock, fold it and and apply just a little glitter glue to make it sparkle. You might also want to make your own envelopes or just buy two-for-a-dollar card and envelope sets at the dollar store and then recycle the cards.

Spooky Halloween Door Wreath
Crafting Halloween wreath is easy. Here are the supplies you’ll need to have on-hand:

• 1 plain Styrofoam wreath ring (your choice as far as size)
• Black and white Halloween clipart or vintage Halloween cards of your choice (between 2 and 4 inches long), printed and cut along the outlines
• Halloween scrapbook paper (optional)
• Scissors
• A box of short straight pins
• Ribbon or a metal or plastic door-hanger

Download the art you want to use to your hard drive. Then, print enough clipart images so they can be spread around the entire wreath and cut them out, being careful to follow the outer edges closely. You can also cut leaf or bat shapes out of Halloween scrapbooking paper, if you’d like to mix those in and vary the look. Once all the pieces are cut, stick them to the Styrofoam wreath with the straight pins. You might need to adjust the pieces a bit to find the right arrangement. The pins should make it easy to reposition everything. (Just make sure small children don’t get their hands on the straight pins!) When you’re done, use a ribbon or door hanger to hang it.

I hope you have a great time making these Halloween craft projects and that you have a fun holiday!

There are many clip art images suitable for Halloween, such as pumpkins, skeletons, spiders and haunted houses — to name just a few. There are also a variety of Halloween messages framed by scary and fun borders. Humorous Halloween images can be found too. You can even find cute animated Halloween cartoons. Some can even be slightly risqué, but that just adds to the holiday fun. Halloween clip art is readily available online, and it can be easily downloaded and used with your graphics or word processing software. But even though there are sites that offer free clip art galleries, you may want to buy a subscription to a website that offers a large selection. To avoid browsing through the images one by one, it’s important to use the site’s internal search engine.

Some people have extensive Halloween clipart collections they keep on hand to beautify print projects and Halloween greetings. This cuts down last-minute searching, which makes things go smoother during the days before Halloween. And since Halloween comes around annually, having a stash of Halloween clipart will save time both now and in the future. Here are a few tips to help you get the most out of the images: It’s important to choose carefully when using Halloween clipart images as backgrounds, so images on top neither clash nor blend into the background. In addition, you’ll want to choose common styles and themes so the final product doesn’t look cluttered and busy. Following these simple guidelines will will produce professional-looking results.