Monster Mash-Up: Turn a Pop-Up Tent Into a Trick-or-Treat Station
Use ectoplasm-green faux fur and basic craft supplies to transform a pop-up sports tent into a monstrous candy station perfect for socially distant trick-or-treating.
Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design
Set your home apart from every other trick-or-treat destination on the block with this truly terrifying, low-touch treat station. All you need is a single-person pop-up tent and some simple craft supplies to DIY a one-of-a-kind monster for your front porch.
Materials Needed
- single-person pop-up tent
- 4 yards faux fur
- binder clips
- pink feather boa
- white bunting
- duct tape
- 2 large googly eyes
- green craft felt
- pink craft felt
- scissors
Create Monster’s Body
Begin by unzipping the top portion of the pop-up tent and covering the tent with four yards of green faux fur cloth (Image 1). Use binder clips to attach the cloth to the tent, ensuring all sides of the tent are covered (Image 2). Next, drape the faux fur over the bottom half of the pop-up tent to finish off the base of the monster.
Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design
Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design
Craft Some Terrifying Teeth
Attach a pink feather boa around the opening of the tent with additional binder clips (Images 1 & 2). Using duct tape, secure white, store-bought bunting around the opening to create some terrifying teeth (Images 3 & 4).
Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design
Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design
Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design
Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design
Attach Eyes
Don’t forget the eyes! Secure a set of large googly eyes to the top of the tent monster using several pieces of duct tape (Images 1 & 2).
Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design
Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design
Attach Frightening Feet
Cut semi-circles out of two folded pieces of green craft felt to create some frightening feet (Image 1). Next, fold a piece of pink craft felt in half and cut out three toenails for each foot (Image 2). Attach the pink toes to the back of the green feet with duct tape (Images 3 & 4). Flip the completed foot over and tuck them under the tent’s bottom edge (Image 5).
Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design
Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design
Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design
Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design
Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design
A Frightening Finish
Install a plant stand or small side table inside the tent and top with a bowl of candy or other individually wrapped treats that little hands can reach in to find. Finish it off with a spooky sign and some festive florals and pumpkins (Images 1 & 2). After trick-or-treaters are gone, simply remove the teeth, fur and feet and pack it all up to use again next Halloween.
Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design
Cassidy Garcia, Styling by Jill Tennant Design
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