Spooky DIY Floral Halloween Bar Cart
Get into the Halloween spirit with this spooky floral bar cart! With just a few simple steps, you can create a festive focal point for your party.
A Halloween bar is a token feature at most parties. And this DIY bar cart version has been dressed up with Halloween flowers that are equal parts spooky and pretty.
After years of entertaining, I quickly realized that most good parties revolve around any area involving food and drinks!
So naturally, when I began to brainstorm new Halloween decor ideas, all of my very best ideas included a Halloween bar cart.
I had to take it upon myself to combine the boos (get it? Halloween?!) with another one of my favorites, flowers!
Thus, a beautiful thing was born. This spooky DIY floral bar cart for Halloween.
To be fair, I’m well aware that when one thinks of flowers, the word “spooky” doesn’t exactly jump into their mind..
But, alas we found a way to incorporate some pretty blooms into our Halloween decor.
Here at Sugar & Cloth, we like to keep it minimal when it comes to Halloween decor. And that means plenty of gold, cocktails, and candles.
Materials Needed To Make A Spooky DIY Floral Halloween Bar Cart
Flowers of your choice –– We chose the following foliage: Silver Dollar Eucalyptus, White Spray Roses, Italian Cuscus (as our green filler), Banksia (our orange focal flowers), Safari Sunset Leucadendron (the pop of blood red), Pittosporum (another green filler flower) and Atropurpurea Black Knights (which are perfect Halloween flowers).
Wire cutters
Cloth covered floral spool wire — So you don’t scratch your pretty bar cart.
Small water tubes — Optional to make your flowers really last.
How to Make a Spooky DIY Floral Halloween Bar Cart
Step 1 — Start by attaching the greenery that you want to be the biggest bulk of the decor to your bar cart. You’ll be arranging your flowers around them.
Step 2 — Wrap the cloth floral wire around the ends of the greenery while overlapping just a bit.
Step 3 — Use additional wire to secure the greenery to the corner of the bar cart. We used our studio bar cart that we already had on hand.
You can attach several pieces with the floral wire to make one long swooping garland along the left side.
I even got a bit of a wild for a creepy vine-like look. I pinned a few pieces to the wall to cascade down around the space.
How to Keep Your Flowers Fresh Longer On a DIY Bar Cart
Step 4 — Insert floral tubes filled with water into the bigger flowers. This is optional. But since we built our DIY Halloween bar cart in advance, we needed them to stay super fresh and hydrated.
Step 5 — Once the base of the greenery is secured, attach the biggest Banksia (which can have a floral tube on) as a focal point flower. If you’re not using Banksias, then select your biggest flowers for the focal point.
Step 6 — Use the big blooms to cover up any exposed floral wiring for a seamless look.
Step 7 — To make the floral bar cart look nice and full, add dark florals here and there. The dark florals also give it the right amount of spookiness.
We really lucked out in the floral market when we saw this huge Orange Banksia! I don’t think we could have scored a more perfect Halloween flower, especially with those jagged leaves…
Also, can we just talk about that hilarious decanter?! It would also look great on our sophisticated Halloween table decor setting!
And in case you’re looking for some Halloween costume ideas or fancy champagne jello shots to go along with your Halloween table decor setting, here are a few ideas for you —
- 41 Easy Ideas for Halloween Couples Costumes
- Easy Halloween Wigs and Lashes: 4 Last-Minute Costume Ideas
- 36 Easy Halloween Costumes for Kids
- Family Costume Idea: Easy DIY Hungry Hippos Costume
Halloween Bar Cart Styling Sources
- Gold Macy bar cart from Lulu & George
- White ceramic pumpkins from Grandin Road
- Cocktail glasses from Grandin Road
- Decanter and glass set from Grandin Road
- Black glass cake stand from Sweet Lulu
- Candelabra from Grandin Road
- Marble wallpaper from Anewall
How To Decorate A Bar Cart For Halloween | Spooky DIY Floral Halloween Bar Cart
Spooky DIY Floral Halloween Bar Cart
Equipment
- Wire cutter
- Bar cart
Materials
- Bar cart
- Flowers of your choice I used Silver Dollar Eucalyptus, White Spray RosesItalian Cuscus (as our green filler), Banksia (our orange focal flowers), Safari Sunset Leucadendron (the pop of blood red), Pittosporum (another green filler flower), and Atropurpurea Black Knights (which are prefect Halloween flowers).
- Cloth covered spool floral wire
- Small water tubes Optional if you're building in advance and need the foliage to stay fresh and hydrated.
Notes
- Please be aware that the estimated cost for this DIY depends on the flowers you choose and what tools and materials you have on hand. Fortunately, we already own a bar cart so the cost was a lot more minimal to recreate this project.
Instructions
- Start by attaching the greenery that you want to be the biggest bulk of the decor to your bar cart. You’ll be arranging your flowers around them.
- Wrap the cloth floral wire around the ends of the greenery while overlapping just a bit.
- Use additional wire to secure the greenery to the corner of the bar cart. You can attach several pieces with the floral wire to make one long swooping garland along the left side. You can even create creepy vine-like look by pinning pieces of the garland to the wall to cascade down around the space.
- Insert floral tubes filled with water in the big flowers.
- Once the base of the greenery is secured, attach the biggest banksia (which had a floral tube on) as a focal point flower. If you’re not using banksias, then select your biggest flowers for the focal point.
- Use the big blooms to cover up any exposed floral wiring for a seamless look.
- To make the floral bar cart look nice and full, add dark florals here and there. The dark florals also give it the right amount of spooky.
Don’t forget to share your Halloween DIY Bar Cart with us on Instagram using the hashtag #sugarandclothloves. We always love seeing all of your creations! And if you’re looking for more quick DIY’s find them all right here!
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