Socially Distanced Halloween Candy Slide - DIY
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It’s no doubt that Halloween will look a little different this year.
I am sure a lot of people are on the fence about trick-or-treating, whether to take the kids or to hand out candy. Not to mention that everyone’s neighborhood may be different in the level of comfort/risk.
Actually, Nextdoor.com has a great feature that allows you to look for houses and list your house as available to hand out candy or that you have decorated so the trick-or-treaters can come by to see the decorations. Pretty neat!
Well, I stumbled across this article on PureWow.com that shared Wicked Maker’s genius idea to make a 6 foot candy slide. I watched the video and thought this was the PERFECT solution! The went all out making theirs with tools and saws that the average person might not have so I decided to make it much easier for you. I also did not bother trying to saw and make the stand they made.
We placed a wooden crate at the base and one on top of the planter so that the slide isn’t sitting on the ground. We covered the crates with the extra black mesh table fabric and spider webs. It was an extra step that wasn’t necessary but makes the overall appearance more fun!
Instead of buying a 4” diameter - 10 foot PVC pipe and cutting it to 6 ft, I purchased a 3” diameter - 5 foot precut PVC pipe from Lowes for about $10. So yes, it’s not technically 6 feet for distancing, but we will be outside anyway.
Hot glue the mesh Halloween table cloth around the top of the PVC pipe. Then gently wrap the fabric around the tube, leaving a little bit of fabric to hang along the length of the pipe.
Hot glue the mesh Halloween table cloth around the bottom of the PVC pipe.
Next, hot glue the fabric along the length of the PVC pipe. I did mine in a wavy pattern about 5 inches at a time. There is no need for perfection here. Not only is that the bottom of the pipe but it there’s no rhyme or reason. Plus, any hot glue that may be seen just looks like spider webs anyway. ;)
Then, I added two medium binder clips to the pipe, and then attached two small binder clips to the ends of those. (See photo). I kept one end flipped down to help it stand upwards.
Hot glue the big wiggly eyeballs to each of the small binder clip ends. Push them together while the hot glue dries to ensure it sticks together. *Important!
Next, take the freaky Halloween fabric and drape it over the top of the PVC pipe. I simply tied the ends around the top and bottom of the pipe instead of gluing them and let the fabric drape. We found ours at Walmart and it came in black, white, and gray.
Finally, I pulled the wires out of the spiders and hot glued them to the pipe.
Set the Halloween Candy slide up outside.
Now you’re ready for trick-or-treaters!! Socially distanced, of course.
Here’s a couple of videos to see it a little better!
This one is a slow motion video showing the candy coming out of the slide. Pretty neat!
Will you be handing out candy this year? Have you considered how you will do it (safely)? I’m hoping we have nice weather and we can sit outside instead of having to come to the door every few minutes and the dogs going crazy all night. One can dream!
Remember - You can print instructions here.
XOXO
