How to Make Halloween Cards in 7 Ghostly Steps

Cards are meant for any holiday including Halloween. Greeting cards can be placed in the goody bags you hand out or passed out in school at a Halloween party. You can make Halloween cards right from your computer by using greeting card software such as American Greetings or you can use Microsoft publisher's tools to create cards if you have Microsoft Office.

Ghostly Step 1-

Open the program you are using on your computer to create the Halloween card or cards. Select the template you wish to use for your card design. This can be a card with a right fold, left fold, top fold or four way fold.

Ghostly Step 2-

Use the insert picture tool (MS Publisher) to create a picture on the front of the card. This will give you a dash edged box. Right click on this box and choose to the clip art option.

Ghostly Step 3-

Search for Halloween symbols such as bats, cats, witches, ghouls, goblins, ghosts, vampires, pumpkin's, jack-o-lanterns or any other item associated with Halloween. Choose the one you like the most by double-clicking on it. It will appear in the dash edged box. Resize it to your liking on the front of your Halloween card.

Ghostly Step 4-

Use the text tool to add a Halloween greeting to the front of your card. Some Halloween greetings that you may wish to choose from are; Happy Halloween! Halloween Greetings! Greetings on Halloween! Boo!, or Flying By To Say Hi!

Ghostly Step 5-

Repeat the steps above for the inside of the card if you wish to have a picture inside also. Consider using different elements for the outside and inside of the Halloween card that are connected. Ideas for this include a witch on the front of the card with a broom and caldron on the inside, a vampire on the front with bats on the inside, or a castle on the front with ghosts floating on the inside of the card.

Ghostly Step 6-

Add your favorite quote from a scary Halloween movie, fun Halloween movie or from your favorite Halloween book.

Here are few quotes that are perfect for the inside of a Halloween card:

"Evildoers are easier, and they taste better."- Lestat from Interview with the Vampire.

"Goodnight sweet prince and may flights of devils sing you to your rest."- Claudia from Interview with the Vampire.

"You may scream all you want, but no one will hear you."- Barnabas from Dark Shadows.

"Blood is thicker than water, and much tastier."- Anonymous

Ghostly Step 7-

Print and fold your Halloween cards. Pass them out to family, friends and school mates.