I fell in love with this Halloween Hack a while back when my crafty girlfriend made them. I loved the so much, I had to share this tutorial myself on How to Make Faux Chains for Halloween .
How to make Faux Chains
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These Faux Chains cost less than $3 to make depending on how long you want . The chains can be a little time consuming but it’s a great craft for the kids to help with too.
To make the faux chains you will need a 1 inch pipe insulation sliced in about 1/2 to 1 inch rings. I’ve had to make more of these chains over the years since the wind tends picks up where we live and a few have blown down the street.
I’ve made chains out of black self- sealing insulation as well as the plain grey insulation. With using either one though, I recommend hot gluing the ends together to keep the links together. Both kinds of insulation work fine, just depends on what color you are looking for in your Halloween decor.
You can also get all fancy with your Faux Chains by dry- brushing grey paint on the chains to give them more realistic details.
When your chains are the length you want, just wrap your Faux Chains around a Halloween Wood Block Family like I did, up a Halloween staircase or even string across a mantel. Endless possibilities!
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julie says
October 21, 2013 at 4:53 amCute cute and what a great idea to use the foam noodle as chain. Thanks for sharing your spoooooky craft with us.
Stephanie says
October 21, 2013 at 10:36 amSuper cute!
Sentimental Scrapper says
October 21, 2013 at 4:18 pmWhat fun decorations! Sooooo cute!
My Life of Travels and Adventures says
October 24, 2013 at 12:50 pmThose are so cute. I love the chain. I would never have thought of that. Great idea. I’d love it if you shared it on our linkup party this week! http://www.mylifeoftravelsandadventures.com/2013/10/trick-or-treat-part-4.html
Linda says
June 27, 2016 at 11:49 amI love your chain! I saw the original pinterest post and her was black. Did you use gray spray paint?
Holly Gagnon says
June 29, 2016 at 8:05 pmHi, thanks for vising Linda I actually used an insulation pipe tubing to make these faux chain, since it’s already grey, no spray paint needed! Holly 🙂
Crafty in Missouri says
October 17, 2016 at 6:20 pmI love this! It was so easy to make & took nearly no time. I recommend using 3/4in or 1in (I used 1in) foam pipe insulation. I learned the hard way when I used 1/2in…inner diameter isn’t large enough to connect 3 links together. If you buy the kind w/o adhesive, the slit lengthwise on the stick is not cut through only scored. Thus not having to “open” every link, just every other link. I hot glued the openings in the links together, this goes quickly when you get your rhythm going. So far it’s all holding up great!
Holly Gagnon says
October 17, 2016 at 8:20 pmThanks so much for the comment and reminding me to update my post about using the one inch pipe. That’s the size I’ve always used. So glad it worked out for you, thanks for sharing! Holly 🙂
Making Moxie Majik says
October 18, 2017 at 10:18 amHi, I love this idea and want to use it for work decor but I dont know how much to get. For every foot of tubing how much chain did you get out if it?
Holly Gagnon says
October 18, 2017 at 12:45 pmHow fun! The tubing is pretty long but I’m guess when you cut it up maybe it makes about 4 feet of chain? Not 100% tho. Good luck! Holly