Glow in the Dark Halloween Doormat
Halloween Decor - Make your own Halloween Doormat that glows in the dark.
DIY Halloween Decor
If you like simple and fun how-to's and DIY home decor, you've come to the right place. I also like to make crafts that are somewhat cutesy like this pumpkin wreath.
I'm NOT a Painter
I'm not that good at painting... give me a coloring book and I can usually stay in the lines {If I stick my tongue out, squint really hard, have new crayons and focus, focus, focus} but, I love to craft so I go for easy, quick and inexpensive. I wanted a Halloween doormat for Trick or Treat but didn't want to spend a lot of money and got the bright idea {did you just see a light bulb go off?} to paint my own... woot...thank heavens for coir doormats. I bought my doormat (you can find them at Walmart or Amazon and can click on the pic above for the Amazon option).
I had some paint on hand, a sharpie marker and 2 pieces of scrap paper which was all I needed. 
Supplies:
- Sisal doormat (there are a lot of inexpensive options here)
- Glow in the dark craft paint
- Orange outdoor craft paint
- Yellow outdoor craft paint
- White outdoor craft paint
- Black outdoor craft paint
- Sharpie marker
- Scrap cardboard or paper
How To Make A Halloween Doormat That Glows in the Dark
I free-handed a Capital B, a chubby O, and a candy corn shape and laid them out on my mat and traced away using a Sharpie. You can see above that I played around with the shapes making them bigger as needed. Since I was using paper, I didn't feel stressed about making a mistake. I tried a few times until I got the size and shape to my liking and then cut out my letters and shapes.
I filled in the outlines using the black paint and then painted the candy corn shapes using the orange, yellow, and white paint. I mixed the white with a glow in the dark paint so that the mat 'glows' at night.
The glow in the dark paint didn't have enough color to go it alone so that's why I mixed it with the white. Keep the ratio a little more in favor of the glow in the dark paint so that it glows well.
I did two coats of each color and when done outlined everything again with the Sharpie... and voila... a Trick or Treat Halloween Decor Doormat.
It Glows!
Do you see the scary glow??? {I have no idea how to take night pictures that aren't just black...so please help me pretend it's glowing}.
Very cute!
Melissa
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Wow, you are talented! I can't believe you made this! It's super cute!
It looks so great! It looks store bought, for sure. Great job!
That is really cute. We have (had) a Halloween doormat last year, but I can't find it this year. I was just going to skip it, but when I see how cute this is...I may need to make one. The glow in the dark paint is genius!
It turned out just darling! Love the white glow-in-the-dark - great idea!
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what a cute idea and it looks like you can color just great!!
I love it! I never thought of painting my plain ol' doormat, but now that I've seen how awesome it is I think I might have to make one for every season. Thanks for sharing!
This is seriously so cute- and clever! Great Job- and thanks for sharing!!
Kendall
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This is so cute! I hope you will come link it to my Halloween party this weekend. It would be a wonderful addition!
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Krista
Hi,
This is such a cute idea. What type of paint did you use?
This is absolutely adorable! So creative! Would love if you'd join our Countdown to Fall link party again! Hope to see you there! Have a great week! 🙂
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