With fall arriving so late again this year, I’ve had to hurry-up and get Halloween stuff out of storage and decorate the house. I also added spooky elements to transition from a fall to Halloween chandelier in the kitchen.
Underlying the spine-tingling look, is the Decorate a Chandelier for Fall in 3 Easy Steps from last year.
I’ve embellished the light fixture to accompany a Skeleton at the Feast table set beneath it. It’s all part of this month’s Halloween Tablescape Blog Hop, when I join twenty other stylists presenting festive to fearless seasonal interpretations.
My decorated Halloween chandelier and tablescape offer both tricks and treats for guests at the feast!
Adding a skeleton, skulls and bones is a fast and easy way to create a little campy fun.
Let me show you how I did it.
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Going Vertical
As regular followers know, I often go vertical with my tablescapes. That is, decorating the chandelier overhead to tie-in with a seasonal or special occasion tablesetting.
An embellished light fixture can also extend, or take the place of a centerpiece on a small or crowded surface, like my round kitchen table.
In the Eye of Newt, Spooky Halloween Tablescape, the decorated Halloween chandelier conjured up a fun scene.
It illustrated the story of Hilda, a klutzy witch who crash landed into the light fixture! She must have inhaled toxic fumes from the cauldron centerpiece below.
When entertaining guests, a decorated Halloween chandelier adds to the party atmosphere.
Such was the case in the dining room, with the grown-up, Haunted Halloween Hallows Tablescape. There the spirits rose from the graveyard depicted in table-length centerpiece.
In both cases, the foundation of each decorated light fixture were the fall seasonal garlands I normally use from September through Thanksgiving. 
Regardless of the season or occasion, my basic technique is a simple three-step process.
- Prep light fixture, gather materials on tabletop
- Wrap garlands around fixture
- Add embellishments: silk flowers, ornaments & bows
Check out both, Decorate a Chandelier for Fall and How to Decorate a Dining Room Chandelier to see how.
For the jaw dropping Halloween concept, I had to mix the order of decorating steps up a bit. First, I tested to see if the approximately three-foot skeleton would fit into the kitchen light fixture. And, I had to make sure the resin figure wouldn’t be too heavy either.
Skeleton in the Cupboard Chandelier
I already had Mr. Bones from a party decoration made several years ago. He was part of a large tabletop arrangement decorating a buffet on the kitchen island. My sons loved the red-eyed rat on his lap, LOL!
The party was a couple of years before I started blogging. Since then, Mr. Bones has greeted trick or treaters in the front hall. But, the arrangement was looking a little worn. And, it doesn’t really fit with my Not-So-Scary Halloween Decor now that the boys have grown-up.
Initially, I intended Mr. Bones to hang upside down from the chandelier. I envisioned his head and upper torso doing double-duty as the Skeleton at the Feast table centerpiece.
But that didn’t work out. Instead of jaw dropping, the poor guy had his teeth clenched tight! Besides, he was off-center, and took up too much space on the tabletop.
Instead, I seated the skeleton across two arms of the chandelier, with his legs and feet dangling below.
To get Mr. Bones to sit upright, I used the black loop at the top of the skull to attach him to the chandelier’s chain.
Next, I slipped one of his bony fingers into the loop; raising one arm in the air. Now, it’s a jaw dropping Halloween chandelier!
Add Fall Leaves & Florals
After I incorporated the skeleton, it was time to go back and add colorful fall elements. First, I laid the candy corn grapevine around the six arms of the chandelier.
Weaving two leaf garlands into the chandelier came next. One went down the center of the fixture, and the other over the arms and grapevine.
Since the skeleton was positioned in the center, it was pretty easy to wrap the flexible garlands around the fixture. From this angle, Mr. Bones looks like he might be a little scared himself — of heights?!
A few minutes more, and I had tucked the faux leaf and fall floral clusters from Decorate a Chandelier for Fall into the display.
Skull & Bones
Instead of dangling pinecone ornaments from the light fixture, I used lightweight Styrofoam skulls from last year’s Haunted Halloween Hallows Tablescape.
Like the skeleton, each skull had a black loop on top, making it easy to hang them onto the light fixture.
To fill-out the Halloween chandelier, I also tucked a few extra skulls and bone hands into the fall florals.
I thought I had finished, when I unexpectedly came upon this bone garland on clearance at Michaels.
It was only a couple of bucks, and worked perfectly with the “rattle them bones” design.
Bare Bones Halloween Chandelier
Here’s the completed design that I pulled out of my numskull, LOL!
Are you feeling it in your funny bone (bad puns are coming to and end…)?
And, here’s the sneak peak I promised of the Spooktacular Skeleton at the Feast Halloween Table.
And don’t miss the Gothic Glam Table with Skeleton Napkin Fold and Silly Skeleton Poses on Elegant Halloween Table.
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love this Deb !!!!
Hi Marion, miss you and hope you are enjoying retirement. Are you setting tables in your beautiful new home?
I’ll drop by when you are Christmas decorated. This stuff gives me the close my eyes peeping through my fingers and wondering, is it all gone now? You are such a whiz bang decorator and I give you a 100, even if it scares me.
What other skeletons do you have in your closet?
Oh Kem, you can uncover your eyes now! I remember you are a bit of a scaredy cat when it comes to things that go bump in the night. I do love retro, campy fun Halloween, but not gore or violence. Having two boys we did do the “old fashioned” skeleton, mummy, vampire and werewolf costumes with makeup and wigs, but no masks.
Hmm, I’ll have to keep the other skeletons in my closet for now, LOL!
Love all your Halloween Decorations! I’ll bet you have an outfit to match!! Keep up the tremendous decorations. Can’t wait to see Thanksgiving decor!!
Thanks so much! Great hearing from you cuz! It’s been too long since we’ve gotten together. We have a lot of “stuff” coming up so I don’t know if there will be any new turkey day decor this year. In case you missed it, see Thanksgiving Figures, Pilgrims and Indians Decorate Home. There will be a new tablescape to share though.
LOVE your skeleton theme! And that first pic really grabs you!
Thanks! I had fun playing around with Mr. Bones. Guess it shows the dark side of my personality, LOL!
I wish someone had gotten a picture of you standing on a chair/ladder arranging Mr. Bones on the chandelier! I love Halloween decorations but that one is beyond me! Turned my foam pumpkin on the front stairs around so the Jack-o-lantern side shows now!
Kathy, you are too funny! Probably won’t bee a good look for me, LOL! I love fall/Halloween decor you can do multi-purpose like you turning the pumpkins from front to back. Great idea!
Super cute and yet creepy. Love it Debbie. I am so glad you have the Halloween spirit. I love that you noticed my creepy titles for the party. You are so creative. Thanks for sharing at “Love Your Creativity.”
I think Halloween is about some lighthearted fun and enjoy decorating and entertaining for the occasion. See you at the table hop this week!
Such spooky good fun! You always come up with unique ideas, Debbee. Many trees on our end of PA are turning their beautiful colors now–love it!
Thanks Bobbi! I have so many holiday decorations at this point, just trying to find fresh, different ways of using them. We are still pretty green (or just dull brown) here. But, did enjoy seeing beginnings of color this weekend in Ligonier area during their annual festival around the fort.
Oh that is spooky! Love it. Pinned.
These are all fun! Love the Bare Bones chandelier!
Thanks Joanne! He actually looks like a silly skellie hanging on for dear un-life, LOL!
This is fabulous!!
Thanks Pamela — I appreciate you stopping by!
So freaking awesome!!!!I want one
Crafty you should put one together Michele! Did you see Michaels and Oriental Trading have a mermaid skeleton this year? One would look boo-tiful at your coastal abode.
What a fantastic and creative chandelier. Can I come to your Halloween party? lol
Would love to have you Anita!
This looks amazing!! I love the way you hung the skulls at the bottom, too.
Thanks so much Michelle — I appreciate you stopping by. Hoping people find it more fun than frightening. He’s holding court at today’s, Spooktacular Skeleton at the Feast Halloween Table.
Oh man…. so scary and creepy! LOL!
Hoping the skeleton’s fall leaf and mum “tutu” around his pelvis adds a fun factor to lighten the look.
Thank you for sharing at #ThursdayFavoriteThings. Pinned and shared. Have a lovely week. I hope to see you at next week’s party too!
Thanks for hosting and taking the time to visit and comment on so many posts in the linkup party Marilyn. It’s most appreciated!
This is such a fun idea! I would love to see the faces of guests when they notice it
Well, you should have seen my husband’s face Alexandra, lol! And, all during dinner guests kept looking up at the ceiling instead of their plates.
Your chandelier looks amazing, Debbee! Thank you for sharing at Party In Your PJ’s
Thanks Ann! It was a blast to create. And, I loved the reactions when people visited.