DIY Temporary Tattoos For Halloween

It’s Halloween month! Today, I want to share these fun DIY Temporary Tattoos For Halloween. They will be perfect party favors for kids and adults alike. You will be the rock star of the Halloween School Party with these spooky temporary tattoos. Oh, and you can make them in less than 30 minutes! To start things off, you will source your images. I used my images from Creative Market, but you can always use graphics or clip art that you already own. Then we will use Silhouette Studio to print them out on temporary tattoo paper. What do you think? Want to try this quick and easy DIY Craft For Halloween? Read on for the full tutorial!

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What You Need To Know About Temporary Tattoo Paper:

Because I use Printable Temporary Tattoo Paper so frequently, I thought I’d share an introduction to this versatile medium, that will hopefully answer any questions you may have before using it.

You can make temporary tattoos with Silhouette America’s Temporary Tattoo Paper. The temporary tattoos you make are perfect for kids’ and adults’ party favors and sporting events. The temporary tattoos can be applied easily with water, and generally last a day or two. They can be removed with a washcloth, warm water and a little soap.

Silhouette makes a range of temporary tattoo paper options:

Clear
Gold
Silver
White

For today’s project, we will use the clear sheets, because you can print images on the sheets that are provided in the package.

Materials: DIY Temporary Tattoos For Halloween

Silhouette Studio (there is a free version available for download!)
Halloween images or any other clip art you may have. I used these Halloween Images from Creative Market
Printer
Temporary Tattoo Paper
Scissors
Scraper
Wet cloth or sponge

How To Make DIY Temporary Tattoos For Halloween

Source Your Halloween Images

You can use Halloween Images you own or you can purchase images from places like the Silhouette Design Store or Creative Market. As mentioned above, I used these images.

Open your images in the Silhouette Studio software

Open your images in Silhouette Studio
Mirror your images so that they are reversed. When printed and applies to your skin, it will appear the correct way
Resize your images to the size of the tattoos you plan to use
Replicate and place your images in the printable area of the Silhouette Studio software

Print Your DIY Temporary Tattoos

Load your white temporary tattoo paper into your printer, making sure that the images will print on the glossy side. I recommend using the highest quality or photo paper settings
Send to print
Let the ink dry

Prepare Your DIY Temporary Tattoos

Apply the adhesive sheet (with the green backing) to the top of the sheet you just printed with your Halloween images
Use the scraper to smooth out any bubbles and rub the adhesive sheet to the images

Cut and Apply Your DIY Temporary Tattoos To Skin

Use your scissors to cut out the images, staying very close to each image’s edge
For each tattoo, peel off the clear plastic layer
Apply the tattoo image down and cover with a wet cloth or sponge for 10-15 seconds until the white paper backing slides off easily

And that’s it! You’re now the star of all the Halloween parties this year! Tell me in the comments below which images you used and how they turned out!