Halloween is fast becoming the very popular holiday in the country, currently second only to Christmas, and the holiday really outranks Christmas with respect to money spent on decorations, food, and drink (the reigning champion of holiday party spending is, and likely always will be, New Year's, but Halloween is a strong second!). So if you're looking for interesting Halloween beading projects to "spookify" things coming October 31, then keep reading and we'll explain five fun Halloween beading projects you can make an attempt! Or, if you're going down the path of selling the fruits of your bead craft work, you will find a large and standing market for the designs you create!

1 - Jack o'Lanterns - The classic, beadwork style! You can use seed beads of several tints of oranges and yellows (on a black setting if you're looking to have something larger), to hang on the canopy or as a dressing to the porch railing. Involve the kids by having them plan out the faces!

2 - Black Cats - A plain cat silhouette can be the basis for a pattern (all black seed beads, or black mixed with a smattering of silver for dramatic effect), with the option of utilizing larger beads for the eyes. These can be kept quite simple or can become a dramatically more intricate beading project, but even the simplest patterns can make quite a dramatic statement!

3 - Witches - You could do a simple bust pattern or a whole figure representation of a witch on a broomstick, depending on your overall skill level. These are fun to make, and make excellent decorations, but tend to be more involved as compared to either of the projects mentioned earlier.

4 - Dangling Skeletons - Obviously the most challenging of the projects mentioned here, these can be created of any size you wish, but surely smaller is better from a "time to complete" perspective. If you don't want to worry over creating an actual skeletal design, you can weave a skeletal form onto a black background, for example, the size of a square drink coaster and still have a beautiful piece to embellish with!

5 - Candy Corns - These aren't spooky, but certainly suit the period, and are most fun when crafted as 3-dimensional shapes. I would not recommend going much beyond two inches high, or they'll take excessively long to finish, but due to their fairly simple design, this is another work that's excellent to involve the kids in!

As you can see based on the five ideas above, there are all forms of exciting holiday beading projects you can push your teeth into, and this list just simply scratches the surface of the beading projects out there, so whether you want to use them to decorate your own home, or sell what you produce, it's time to get making!

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