Haunted Mansion Skeleton Frame + Free Printable
If you’ve ever had your spine tingled on the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disney, you’ve met its ghostly residents and giggling ghouls. You may have even had them jump in your doom buggy and hitchhike a ride.
My daughter and I love the Haunted Mansion ride and its “Grim Grinnin’ Ghosts” theme song so much, that we came up with a Halloween craft idea to celebrate it – this haunted mansion skeleton frame.
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What You’ll Need:
Free printable
8 x 10″ hanging wall frame
Skeleton hands (approximately 32)
Silver spray paint
Hot glue and glue gun
Plastic spider rings
Instructions:
1. Print the printable. Chanelle is the graphically talented half of this duo, so she made a perfectly eerie printable with part of the Grim Grinnin’ Ghosts theme song on it! (To print, click on the photo to expand to the full size graphic.)
(Please do not share/copy/or sell this printable. You may “pin” it, but please source correctly. You may not claim it as your own or alter the image. It is for personal non-commercial use ONLY! The Grim Grinnin Ghosts printable is property of EatMoveMake.com.)
(Click for full printing size)
2. Put the printable inside your frame. I found a black frame at Michael’s with a distressed finish, and I thought it was perfect, but there’s no wrong or right. Choose a frame you like, but it needs to be a hanging frame, not a standing frame. Once you print the printable, put that inside the frame.
3. Lay the skeleton hands out in a single layer on a sheet of cardboard. Spray with silver spray paint; let dry completely. Flip over; spray other side. Touch up as needed.
4. Without gluing, place all the skeleton hands around your frame so you’ll have a guideline of the placement and quantity needed. Apply a generous dollop of hot glue to the back side (not palm-side) of a skeleton hand.
5. Beginning in the corner, push the skeleton hand into place on the frame with fingers pointing outwards.
6. Continue gluing the skeleton hands all the way around the frame.
7. Slide a plastic spider ring or two onto a couple bony fingers.
8. Hang the Haunted Mansion Skeleton Frame on the wall for a Halloween decoration!
A very nice creative idea. I will try it.
So scary! Fortunately my friends not used this in this year Halloween with me.
Such a cute idea! Love crafts like this!!!
This is right up my ally! Love it~Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Sharing on FB! Have a great week!
Kim
You always have great ideas for every occasion. I don’t really decorate for Halloween but this is a cute idea.
I picked up the supplies I needed to make this today. I found a round mirror I want to use instead. I love the look of this.
That’s so clever and creepy!
What a unique idea and so creepy cool too. I’m on a hunt for Halloween crafts the kids could help me make and I’m sure they’d love this idea.
This is so cool, I’m definitely going to try!! thanks for the idea
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This is such a clever idea! I’d love to make this for our Halloween decor next year.
This is so cool I would use it year round!
This is so cool loving the picture frame,i
would love to do this
That is such a brilliant and effective idea, I love that so much!
Very nice DIY halloween! Love the color and the whole concept! Great job!
I love this!!! We’re having a Scary Food Contest at my office and I am going to use this as a decoration. Totally pinning and pointing back to your awesome website too. We have some friends moving to your state and I’d like them to have some inspiration, as to all the cool things they can do. 🙂
What a great idea! I would love to do this and use it for a pic of all our little goblins in their Halloween costumes.
My kids would love making this. Thanks so much for the idea.
Well, this is creepy but it’s also spookily cute! This is such a great idea, a little tedious for me, but it’s going to be a huge hit this Halloween for sure. I wish I had your patience.
Love this. The silver hands and spiders are so cool and this looks simple to craft!
Becca
This is brilliant, I love the silver skeleton hands. I reckon my teens would enjoy having a go at this craft
I love this! Me and my housemates are having a bit of a halloween party too so this would be great for a bit of decoration 🙂
So creative. I love Halloween crafts so I may just have to give this a go and get my 4 yr old involved 🕸🎃
This is really clever and unique. Would be a great project for myself & my 10yo to do. Super cute.
Like the Whodini song says “the freaks come out at night”!
Oh, this is absolutely fabulous! I’ve just been looking for frames for my photos 😀 At least one should be like this! Happy Halloween!
This is a very creative idea and it would work very well with a spooky photo inside, to scare the kids for Halloween. I like the extra touch of spiders from the bottom of the frame. Where did you find so many skeleton hands?
This is such a fun idea and it looks great! This is definitely the level of DIY that I can cope with, I might just give it a go myself. x
Wow!!!!! How cool is that my eldest daughter would love this so much 😉
Ah I love this frame, it looks so cool, I’m always looking for new craft projects.
How wicked cute is this frame? I love it! It really looks so easy to do.
I love halloween, this haunted mansion skeleton frame is fantastic! Very creative 🙂
hahaha this is really fun and cute for the kids!!
What a great and simple craft idea for Halloween! The haunted mansion skeleton frame looks really spooky!
What a fun Halloween crafty thing to do! Looks so easy as well might have to try it!
How fun is that! Really easy to put together too and perfect for a Halloween party.
What a brilliantly spooky DIY – perfect for entertaining at Halloween!
This is such a clever DIY project that I think could translate to just about any holiday (minus the skeleton hands, of course!) – thanks for sharing.
I don’t know what I like more – The saying or the hands ?!?!?! PERFECT together, easy to make, can be displayed over and over, unique and just eye catching!!! Thanks for the directions, so gonna give it a shot!
This is absolutely scary awesome. I would love to do this but my son would somehow manage to destroy it.
What an absolutely adorable idea!!! I love this!
Oh my gosh! That is so awesome and creative! I love it! The hands all around make it so unique.
This is so stinking creative! I love it and plan on picking up supplies tomorrow to make it.
This is the perfect, inexpensive craft that is just creepy enough to look nice on our fireplace for Halloween and easy enough for my kiddo’s to help make! I can’t wait to try this one!
This is SO CUTE!!!!! I love it! I cant wait to try this out! I love making my own Halloween decor! This is perfect!
You have such great ideas when it comes to crafts. This would be perfect for framing a picture of the kids in their Halloween costumes.
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I love this! In fact I’d happily have it hanging all year round not just Halloween.
What a fantastic design! Thank you for sharing with the less creative types like me 🙂
This is a fun and creative idea. Unfortunately, I don’t celebrate Halloween.
Too cool – my kids will LOVE this!
That’s a great idea! We might try it with some spooky skeletons 🙂 thanks for the free download too!
This looks such an effective yet cheap way to create a fabulous Halloween product xx
I have to admit that this would be a great Halloween decoration. You could photoshop a family picture with some truly ghoulish looking ‘familymembers.’ Cousin Itt,maybe, lol—for those who remember the Addams Family!
That’s really neat. I’m definitely doing that, It looks so easy to make (I hope.).
Thats SUCH a neat frame! What a fun Halloween craft to do. I think anyone would enjoy this.
This frame is so cute! Such a great decoration for Halloween 🙂
Oh my word! This is awesome, I love it! I would love to display one of these for when my daughter is having a couple of her friends over this is an awesome frame and the printable is great!
This looks fantastic, I had to share it on pinterest. I’m wondering if one could find those hands at the dollar store. Can’t see why not!
This is one of the cutest Halloween crafts I’ve seen so far! I also like how effortlessly easy to create, considering that I’m not too crafty. 🙂
that frame is so stinking cute! My kids would love to make that!
OMG how creative! Totally showing this to the kids and Im pretty sure we will be doing this on the weekend!
My kids would surely enjoy these projects. Glad you share this
What a quick and easy project to add to my Halloween decorations
Such a cute idea! I bet my kids would love making this project.
This is one of the most fun Halloween crafts I’ve seen in a long time. I love it.
I’m having a party next week. So this definitely one of my to do list . Such a cool DIY. Thank you !
This turned out amazingly well! I love the free printable too, thanks so much for that!
I really like the completed frame. It has such an unique look to it.
My family have been to WDW’s haunted mansion and just love the ride’s ambiance.
These are a nice project! Your so creative
What cool wall decoration for Halloween. And it is very easy to make with very simple tools. Thank you for sharing!
Great for Halloween and truly a unique one to do!
This is so cool and yet so creepy! Great for Halloween x
this is a great DIY idea…maybe you can even the skeleton hand in a DIY Food Tray. It can be done with the kids for sure 🙂
You’re so creative! This is so cute and unique.
This is such a fun and creative idea. Can you make it with kids do you think?
I love this idea! What a cute halloween themed DIY! Plus I love how easy it is! I wish I could find the items here to make something similar but Halloween isn”t big here.
What a fun project! I love the finished product!
This is a great DIY! So creative!
This is such a super cute idea! I love how festive and fun these are- and the kids can get involved, too! They will love having their Halloween photos displayed in the frame!
I love this time of year, and what a clever craft. This is super cute and seasonal but not totally creepy. I need to keep this in mind for Halloween doggie pics!
So simple but yet it looks store bought.
So good! I love easy and creepy this is! Such an easy DIY! Very cool printable too! Thanks!
I was wondering how you made the hands silver! Genius! Such a great DIY!
That looks neat and creepy. A great way to decorate a corner of the home this coming Halloween.
This is such a cool Halloween craft! I love the free printable with Grinnin Ghost.
This is such a cute craft and perfect for Halloween. Thanks for the printable!
How cool is this? I am not crafty but could definitely make this! Thanks for the tutorial.
This Haunted Mansion Skeleton Frame is an awesome Halloween creative idea. I love this frame and will have to make this for sure. It looks like fun to do and perfect for a Halloween craft. Thanks for sharing the idea.
This DIY is eerie and so within the Halloween-theme without looking too gaudy. I love it! Definitely something I’d decorate my home with for this time of the year
This looks like so much fun and super easy to do as well! Holiday arts & crafts are the best!
This looks like a really great craft for people who celebrate Halloween. It definitely captures the mood of the holiday.
Love this idea! It’s also very affordable and easy to do! I like the details as well, like the plastic spider, it adds a little more creepiness to the whole thing. Definitely awesome!
What a perfectly spooky picture frame! That is the perfect craft for Halloween, and I LOVE your printable! Great post!
This is so cute! I love how easy it is to make too. We’re having a Halloween party and this would be a perfect addition to the front door.
I love the look of this. I will have to head out to get the supplies I need tomorrow. I am excited to make this. I hope mine turns out as nice as yours did.
It looks so good and is so easy to make! I think I’ll add this to my halloween decoration.
What a great idea. It’s spooky, yet fun. I really like the additional of the printable, it pulls the whole thing together.
I love this idea for Halloween. A great way to spookify (is that even a word?) the house.
Now that is definitely original–I LOVE it. It would be perfect if you were having a Halloween get together.
This frame is too cute! I love Halloween and try to add something new to my decorations every year. I see a new project in the making!
I love this! It is a great Halloween decor item! You are so creative.
Wow this photo fram is amazing, I need to see if I can find any skeleton hands like this to create one x
So cute! I just bought some glow in the dark spray paint for some Halloween crafting, and I think I will spray the hands with that to give it an eerie glow. Love the printable, Chanelle, you did a great job!
This is the kind of DIY that my Halloween dreams are made of!! I love it so spooky and you can keep it all year long! Perfect for framing a pic of your little goblins!
This is amazing!! I love the Haunted Mansion! There’s always room for one more…
This is such a creative idea! I especially love the extra touch of the spider rings, and the printable is lovely!
Ok this is by far thes best halloween DIY I have seen so far this year, I am loving it. Though anything haunted is not my thing I think for disney I might give it a go
I love this design with the skeleton hands, it’s so creepy, creative and fun! This would look so nice in my home for Halloween.
What a fun photo frame. This is such a cute Halloween idea, I love that it is only slightly spooky! I used to love making crafts like this with the kids.
Ooh this is perfect for Halloween, I love the skeleton frame, eerie but suitably appropriate for Halloween!
This came out so spooky cute, very creative, I don’t know how to come up with ideas, so I’m glad I can copy them!
That’s actually something very creative and interesting. Also, it seems perfectly for a Halloween party decoration.
This is such a great frame, I love doing crafts like this as always makes items so much more special and unique x
What a cute picture frame!! This is a cute Halloween frame, I love the saying in the frame.
That is so much fun! I know my daughter would totally make this. And she would keep it in her room, all year round!
This frame is amazing! I’d actually use it all year round too!
What a clever way to decorate a boring frame. its amazing what a little spray paint will do too.
I love those skeleton hands. It adds a nice touch to the frame.
You are so creative! This is brilliant!
I really love how cute this turned out and how simple it is. Thank you for the DIY idea!
Totally cute idea. It would be great for me to make one, and put a picture of the grandkids there in their costumes.
Way to get your DIY on! That frame looks so good! I love that touch of sass the paint gives it.
It doesn’t take a whole like of supplies to create decorations at home. I love the things I’ve made using my glue gun and the crafts are so much more unique.
What a fun idea! I don’t do too much for Halloween but this looks like a fun and easy way to add a little touch of Halloween to your home x
Pretty awesome decorations a person can do themselves for Halloween
This is adorable! I love all the decorations! And this seems like a DIY I can actually tackle 🙂
Looks so cool! Great job! I am going to decorate for Halloween this weekend
Okay so this is another great craft I can do. Thank you for sharing crafts that DIY challenge people like me can actually do. I like that a lot.
You are seriously crafty and creative. I never would’ve thought of that. What a fun thing to do this month!
This is SO cool! My daughter would love this so much. I must try to make it!
Oh my goodness that is such a fab frame – I love it as an idea of a Halloween decoration. x
Great job! This frame is both spooky and bling-tastic. I LOVE the look.
That is so great! I love how you took the bling route and made the hands metallic instead of plain Jane white.
So Halloween and so creative with spiders and all! Very clever.
Wow, how cool is this? I need to show this to my kids, they are going to love doing this! Thank you!
I LOVE THIS FRAME!! This is too cool, definitely something I’d enjoy doing and have around yearly.
What a fun Halloween craft! I know some people who would love a frame like this, it’ll make a perfect gift for them!
This is a cool and creepy way to celebrate the season! Love this idea! It’s simple enough to get doe but looks like it could be professional.
This is a cool photo frame. I love doing crafts like this.