You could do a 'Nightmare Before Christmas' theme, like the movie, and use all your scary Halloween decorations for that. Or, instead of buying orange colors, buy black and white Halloween decorations and use the white ones for Christmas.
Good housekeeping and ehow have many ideas with christmas decorations from halloween decorations,Martha stewart also has great ideas for halloween decorations to christmas surprises.
Making your own Halloween decorations can be a lot of fun and it doesn't have to be expensive. Some great places to get ideas are http://iblue.hubpages.com/hub/Top-10-Halloween-Homemade-Decorations, http://familyfun.go.com/halloween/halloween-crafts/, and http://www.squidoo.com/halloween-homemade-decorations.
Many websites provide information about making Halloween decorations with children. Here is a link to one website: www.squidoo.com ... Halloween Halloween Crafts
Visit www.HGTV.com. They really have a lot of good and clever ideas for holiday home decorations. They can also provide you with some fun ideas for making decorations for halloween as well.
You can find information making your own Halloween decorations and crafts for your house at http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/halloween-decorating. You can also try http://halloweenalliance.com/howto.
There are many decorations that you can make together as a family for Halloween. These including carving pumpking, making cookies, and cutting out shapes from colored paper.
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One pen on the art table is red and one is green, and they are being used for making Christmas decorations. (or) The red and green pens on the art table are used for making Christmas decorations.
You can actually learn how to make very simple, very fashionable Halloween decorations on your own. There are some great sites with recommendations on how to create them like Michaels and Youtube.
You can get some great ideas for scary Halloween decorations from a book called, "Extreme Halloween: The Ultimate Guide to Making Halloween Scary Again," by Tom Nardone. Inside the book are ideas for creatures to make and other ideas such as pumpkin carving.
A great place for ideas on Halloween frames would be to go to Michael's or another art store. They often have displays including many DIY kits and supplies to make unique crafts.
I usually would go to Ac Moore or Walmart to find anything like that. Or You can Print out what you want or need and take it to a professional and they can cut out what you desire.