Remove the hardware on the fan blade.

Dust the fan blade.

Clean with soap and water. Dry.

Prep the fan blade by painting the base color on each side. I repurpose old paint that is latex, acrylic paint or Gesso to paint both sides of the fan blade.

Let the paint dry overnight. Yes, the paint will dry quickly, but to ensure a solid base color I let the fan blade dry overnight.

Be careful NOT to fill in the holes at top of the fan blade with paint as the holes will be used later to  attach the hanger.

If paint does adhere to the hole, use a toothpick to clean out the holes after painting.

Choose the theme of the Halloween fan blade by looking for inspiration on the internet. Copy a few of your favorite images to free hand draw or trace.

For the Halloween Fan Blades I drew free hand as the images were not too complicated (and I can't draw, trust me!). But for those wanting a more precise image then tracing paper can be used. See instructions in the next step.

This is optional, but I have found this extra step useful for those of us who are not comfortable drawing free hand. Measure the fan blade, this blade is 21 inches by 5.25 inches for an idea of the size of the images which can be used to fit inside the blade. I traced the fan blade on a piece of parchment paper or newspaper to make a sizing template.

Sketch out your theme on the fan blade in pencil. If you prefer the drawing can be drawn on the fan blade with graphite paper; however due to the length of the fan blade the drawing will need to be on two separate 8 1/2 by 11 inches sheet of standard copy paper.

If using the trace on method, the images need to be sized prior to tracing on the fan blade. For this Easter fan blade I used two pieces of copy paper to make the bunny template.

Fill in your drawing with paint.

Let dry overnight.