A collection of vintage Halloween-themed collage sheets featuring a variety of illustrations, such as pumpkins, witches, and children in costumes. Each sheet displays an assortment of retro-style artwork with vibrant colors and nostalgic imagery. Text reads "Art Prints Ephemera" and "Halloween Collage Sheets Bundle.
A close-up of a hand holding a vintage Halloween card with a pumpkin-headed figure in a colorful robe. The background is blurred but shows an autumn scene with leaves, warm lights, and what appears to be an open book with handwritten text.
An arrangement of 12 vintage Halloween-themed illustrations, each featuring children and playful Halloween elements like pumpkins, owls, black cats, and witches. Below the illustrations is an oval plaque with the text "ART PRINTS EPHEMERA.
A collage of vintage Halloween postcards depicting children, black cats, pumpkins, and witches in festive costumes. Each postcard features vibrant, nostalgic illustrations conveying Halloween greetings and festive scenes. At the bottom is a label: "Art Prints Ephemera.
An image showing a printable folio box design for Halloween. The box features vintage artwork with a black cat and jack-o'-lanterns under the text "A Merry Halloween." There's a brief description of the item on the right side of the image.
Halloween Scenes,  Victorian

Victorian Halloween Collage Sheets Bundle

Step back in time with this Victorian Halloween Collage Sheets Bundle, perfect for adding a touch of vintage gothic charm to your scrapbooking projects. This curated collection features high-quality printable sheets filled with spooky Victorian ephemera, ideal for Halloween decor and crafts. Each sheet captures the eerie charm of the Victorian era.

Making your DIY projects stand out whether you’re creating Halloween cards, junk journals, decorations, or unique scrapbooking pages, this bundle provides a rich assortment of images and designs to inspire your creativity.

These are beautiful old graphics which have been digitized from original, unaltered and naturally aged antique images taken from Halloween postcards of the time with all the lovely little imperfections and authenticity that brings. Included in your download is a little folio box printable for storing your cut out pieces in.

The Victorians certainly did love Halloween! During the Victorian era, Halloween was a time filled with various superstitions and traditions that reflected the era’s fascination with the supernatural and the occult. Here are a few examples of Victorian Halloween superstitions:

  1. Divination Practices: Victorians engaged in various forms of divination on Halloween night. Common practices included apple peels, mirrors, and candle-lit rituals to predict future events, particularly related to marriage and death.
  2. Ghost Stories and Séances: The Victorian era saw a rise in the popularity of ghost stories and séances. Halloween was considered an opportune time to connect with spirits, as it was believed the veil between the living and the dead was thinnest on this night.
  3. Jack-o’-Lanterns: Pumpkins carved into jack-o’-lanterns were used to ward off evil spirits. The practice of carving grotesque faces into vegetables to scare away spirits has roots in both Celtic traditions and Victorian adaptations.
  4. Costumes and Disguises: Wearing costumes and disguises was believed to confuse and deter wandering spirits. This tradition has evolved into the modern practice of dressing up for Halloween.
  5. Fortune-Telling Games: Victorians enjoyed playing various fortune-telling games, such as bobbing for apples or peeling an apple in one continuous strip and tossing it over their shoulder to reveal the initial of their future spouse.

These superstitions and customs reflect the Victorian era’s complex relationship with death, the supernatural, and the unknown, making Halloween a particularly rich time for their expressions of fear and fascination with the mystical.