Tag: halloween

Web development

Pure CSS Halloween Pumpkin/ Jack O Lantern

Post author By Lena Stanley
Post date October 8, 2021

To learn how to create the CSS Halloween Pumpkin/ Jack O Lantern follow the steps below and watch the video tutorial.

Demo:

*to see the CSS Halloween Pumpkin/ Jack O Lantern on the website click here.

Step1.

Add HTML

Create a pumpkin:

<div class="pumpkin">
  <div class="front"></div>
  <div class="middle"></div>
  <div class="back"></div>
  <div class="stalk"></div>
  <div class="eyes"></div>
  <div class="smile">
    <div class="smile-middle"></div>
    <div class="smile-end"></div>
  </div>
</div>

Step2.

Add CSS

Set the colour and the position of the background and elements:

body {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  height: 100vh;
  background-color: #dc2f02;
}

.pumpkin {
  position: relative; 
}

Style the pumpkin:

.pumpkin:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #03071e;
  width:160px;
  height: 80px;
  border-radius:50%;
  top:40px;
  left:-40px;
}

.front {
  position: relative;
  width: 80px;
  height: 110px;
  background-color: #ffba08;
  border-radius: 50% 50% 50% 50% / 60% 60% 40% 40%; 
  z-index:4;
}

.front:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.3);
  width:15px;
  height:20px;
  border-radius:50%;
  left: 65px;
  top:-5px;
  transform: rotate(-45deg);
}

.front:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.3);
  width:10px;
  height:15px;
  border-radius:50%;
  left:80px;
  top:-22px;
  transform: rotate(-65deg);
}

.middle {
  position: absolute;
  z-index:3;
  top:0;
}

.middle:before, .middle:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  width: 80px;
  height: 110px;
  background-color: #faa307;
  border-radius: 50% 50% 50% 50% / 60% 60% 40% 40%;   
}

.middle:before {
  left: -35px;
  top:-10px;
  transform: rotate(10deg);
}

.middle:after {
  left:35px;
  top:-10px;
  transform: rotate(-10deg);
}

.back {
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #faa307;
  width: 80px;
  height: 110px;
  border-radius: 50% 50% 50% 50% / 60% 60% 40% 40%;   
  top:-30px;
}

.back:before, .back:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #f48c06;
  width: 80px;
  height: 110px;
  border-radius: 50% 50% 50% 50% / 60% 60% 40% 40%;   
}

.back:before {
  left:-45px;
  top:0;
  transform: rotate(20deg);
}

.back:after {
  left:45px;
  top:0;
  transform: rotate(-20deg);
}

.stalk {
  position: absolute;
  z-index:2;
  background-color: #55a630;
  width: 40px;
  height:20px;
  border-radius: 30px 30px 0 0;
  top:-15px;
  left:5px;
  box-shadow: 30px 0 #55a630;
}

.stalk:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  border-left: 8px solid #55a630;
  border-top: 14px solid #55a630;
  border-bottom: 9px solid transparent;
  border-right: 9px solid transparent;
  width: 50px;
  height: 50px;
  border-radius:100px;
  top:-35px;
  left:30px;
  transform: rotate(-30deg);
}

.stalk:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #80b918;
  width:8px;
  height:12px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  top:-34px;
  left:68px;
}

Add eyes and smile:

.eyes {
  position: absolute;
  z-index:4;
  top:105px;
}

.eyes:before, .eyes:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  width: 32px;
  height: 32px;
  background-color: #03071e;
  border-radius: 30% 70% 70% 30% / 30% 30% 70% 70% 
}

.eyes:before {
  top:-80px;
  left:-5px;
  transform: rotate(20deg);
}

.eyes:after {
  top:-80px;
  left:50px;
  transform: rotate(-20deg);
}

.smile {
  position: absolute;
  z-index:5;  
  top:105px;
}

.smile:before, .smile:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  width:0;
  height:0;
}

.smile:before {
  border-left: 8px solid transparent;
  border-right: 8px solid transparent;
  border-bottom: 35px solid #03071e;
  top:-50px;
  transform: rotate(-45deg);
}

.smile:after {
  border-left: 15px solid transparent;
  border-right: 15px solid transparent;
  border-top: 15px solid #03071e;
  top:-27px;
  left:22px;
}

.smile-middle {
  position: absolute;
}

.smile-middle:before, .smile-middle:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  width:0;
  height:0;
}

.smile-middle:before {
  border-left: 15px solid transparent;
  border-right: 15px solid transparent;
  border-bottom: 15px solid #03071e;
  top:-40px;
  left:10px;
}

.smile-middle:after {
  border-left: 8px solid transparent;
  border-right: 8px solid transparent;
  border-bottom: 35px solid #03071e;
  left:55px;
  top:-50px;
  transform: rotate(45deg);
}

.smile-end {
  position: absolute;
  border-left: 15px solid transparent;
  border-right: 15px solid transparent;
  border-bottom: 15px solid #03071e;
  top:-40px;
  left:30px;
}

Watch also the video tutorial:

Enjoy coding!

Read also:

CSS Halloween Ghost Animation

CSS Spooky House Animation

CSS Scarecrow

Tags CSS, halloween, Jack O Lantern, Pumpkin

Web development

CSS Halloween Animation on Hover: Dracula/ Vampire

Post author By Lena Stanley
Post date October 8, 2021

To learn how to create the CSS Halloween Animation: Dracula/ Vampire follow the steps below and watch the video tutorial.

Demo:

*to see the animation on the website click here.

Step1.

Add HTML

Create the Vampire:

<div class="halloween">
  <div class="dracula">
    <div class="head">
      <div class="sides"></div>
      <div class="teeth"></div>
      <div class="eyes"></div>
      <div class="eyelids"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="ears"></div>
    <div class="collar"></div>
    <div class="arms"></div>
    <div class="text">Happy Halloween!</div>
  </div>
</div>

Step2.

Add CSS

Import the font (source: https://fonts.google.com/):

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Freckle+Face&display=swap');

Set the colour and the position of the background and elements:

body {
  display: flex;
  height: 100vh;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  background-color: #542f63;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.halloween {
  position: relative;
}

.dracula {
  position: relative;
  cursor: pointer;
  top:-50px;
}

Style the vampire:

.head {
  position: relative;
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: black;
  box-shadow: inset 20px -20px #c7c2e0;
  z-index:3;
}

.head:before, .head:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #c7c2e0;
  width:110px;
  height:110px;
  border-radius:50%;
}

.head:before {
  left:-55px;
}

.head:after {
  left:45px;
}

.sides {
  background-color: black;
  border-radius:50%;
  position: absolute;
  width:50px;
  height:50px;
  left:-20px;
  top:-20px;
  box-shadow: 90px 0px black;
  z-index:3;
}

.sides:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: black;
  width: 35px;
  height:5px;
  top:90px;
  left:50px;
}

.sides:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  width:5px;
  height:20px;
  background-color: #f11828;
  top:95px;
  left:78px;
  border-radius:0 0 10px 10px;
  animation: drip 3s linear infinite;
}

@keyframes drip {
  0% {height:20px;}
  10% {height:20px;}
  30% {height:30px;}
  50% {height:25px;}
  70% {height:20px;}
  85% {height:10px;}
  100% {height:20px;}
}

.teeth, .teeth:before {
  position: absolute;
  width:0;
  height:0;
  border-bottom: 10px solid transparent;
}

.teeth {
  border-right: 10px solid black;
  top:73px;
  left:30px;
  z-index:4;
}

.teeth:before {
  content:"";
  border-left: 10px solid black;
  left:25px;
}

.eyes {
  position: absolute;
  border-radius:50%;
  width:33px;
  height: 33px;
  background-color: white;
  top:32px;
  left:18.5px;
  z-index:2;
  box-shadow: 30px 0 white;
}

.eyes:before, .eyes:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  border-radius:50%;
}

.eyes:before {
  background-color: #ed439d;
  width:25px;
  height:25px;
  top:5px;
  left:7px;
  box-shadow:25px 0 #ed439d;
}

.eyes:after {
  background-color: #7d203a;
  width:15px;
  height:15px;
  top:10px;
  left:13px;
  box-shadow: 24px 0 #7d203a;
}

.eyelids {
  position: absolute;
  background-color: black;
  width: 25px;
  height: 10px;
  border-radius: 100px 100px 0 0;
  top:30px;
  left:27px;
  transform: rotate(20deg);
  z-index:4;
}

.eyelids:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: black;
  width: 25px;
  height: 10px;
  border-radius: 100px 100px 0 0;
  transform: rotate(-40deg);
  left:20px;
  top:-7px;
}

.ears {
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #9e8dc3;
  width:50px;
  height: 25px;
  border-radius: 0 0 100px 100px;
  top:40px;
  left:-30px;
  transform: rotate(40deg);
  z-index:2;
}

.ears:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #9e8dc3;
  width:50px;
  height: 25px;
  border-radius: 0 0 100px 100px;
  transform: rotate(-80deg);
  left:83px;
  top:-70px;
}

.collar {
  position: absolute;
  background-color: black;
  width: 150px;
  height: 75px;
  border-radius: 0 0 100px 100px;
  top:55px;
  left:-25px;
  z-index:1;
}

.collar:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  width:0;
  height:0;
  border-right: 20px solid transparent;
  border-left: 20px solid transparent;
  border-top: 30px solid #1a0e36;
  left:55px;
  top:40px;
}

.collar:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  width:80px;
  height:0;
  border-right: 25px solid transparent;
  border-left: 25px solid transparent;
  border-bottom: 180px solid black;
  top:30px;
  left:10px;
}

.arms {
  position: absolute;
  width:100px;
  height:0;
  border-right: 25px solid transparent;
  border-left: 25px solid transparent;
  border-bottom: 155px solid #1a0e36;
  left:-25px;
  transition: .2s;
}

Style the text:

.text {
  position: absolute;
  z-index:5;
  text-align: center;
  font-family: 'Freckle Face', cursive;
  font-size: 50px;
  color: #f11828;
  top:120px;
  left:-50px;
  opacity:0;
  transition: .2s;
}

Animate elements (cloak and text) on Hover:

.dracula:hover .arms {
  transform: scaleX(2);
}
.dracula:hover .text {
  opacity:1;
}

Watch also the video tutorial:

Enjoy coding!

Read also:

CSS Halloween Ghost Animation

CSS Spooky House Animation

CSS Scarecrow

Tags #CSSAnimation, CSS, Dracula, halloween, hover, Vampire

CSS Web development

CSS Halloween Ghost Animation

Post author By Lena Stanley
Post date October 30, 2020

Happy Halloween everyone! To celebrate the spookiest day of the year I prepared the CSS Ghost animation.

To create the CSS Halloween Ghost animation follow the steps below and watch the video tutorial.

Add HTML
Add CSS

Demo:

*to see the CSS Halloween Ghost Animation on the website click here.

Step1.

Add HTML

<div class="halloween">
  <div class="ghost">
    <div class="eyes"></div>
    <div class="smile"></div>
    <div class="text">BOO!</div>
  </div>
</div>

Step2.

Add CSS

Set the colour and position of the background, and elements:

body {
  background-color: #333;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  height: 100vh; 
  overflow: hidden;
}

.halloween {
  position: relative;
}
.halloween:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
  width:140px;
  height:20px;
  border-radius:50%;
  top:250px;
}

Style the Ghost:

.ghost {
  position: relative;
  height:180px;
  width:140px;
  border-radius:100px 100px 0 0;
  background-color: #f7ede2;
  transition: .2s;
}

.ghost:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  width:20px;
  height:70px;
  border-radius:30px;
  background-color: #f7ede2;
  top:130px;
  box-shadow: 20px 40px #333,40px 10px #f7ede2,60px 40px #333,80px -10px #f7ede2,100px 40px #333, 120px 0 #f7ede2;
}

.ghost:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  border-radius:50%;
  width:40px;
  height:40px;
  background-color: #333;
  top:50px;
  left:33px;
  box-shadow:41px 0 #333;
}

.eyes {
  position: absolute;
  width:10px;
  height:10px;
  background-color: #f7ede2;
  border-radius:50%;
  top:70px;
  left:80px;
  z-index:1;
  box-shadow: -24px 0 #f7ede2; 
}

.eyes:before, .eyes:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #f7ede2;
  width:20px;
  height:70px;
  border-radius:30px;
  top:0;
}

.eyes:before {
  transform: rotate(30deg);
  left:55px;
}

.eyes:after {
  transform: rotate(-30deg);
  left:-95px;
}
.smile {
  position: absolute;
  width:40px;
  height:20px;
  border-radius:0 0 100px 100px;
  background-color: #333;
  top:95px;
  left:53px;
  transition: .2s;
}

Style the text:

.text {
  position:relative;
  top:-100px;
  font-size: 100px;
  left:-40px;
  color: #f7ede2;
  display: none;
  transition: .2s ease;
}

Add a transition effect on hover:

.halloween:hover .smile {
  border-radius: 100px 100px 0 0;
  height:50px;
}

.halloween:hover .text {
  display: block;
}

Watch also the video tutorial:

Enjoy coding!

Read also:

CSS Halloween Animations

CSS Halloween Animation on Hover: Dracula/ Vampire

Tags #CSSAnimation, CSS, halloween, hover

CSS HTML Web development

CSS Scarecrow

Post author By Lena Stanley
Post date September 17, 2020

Demo:

*to see the CSS Scarecrow on the website click here.

To create the CSS Scarecrow follow the steps below:

Add HTML
Add CSS

Step1.

Add HTML

<div id="scare-crow">
<div class="circle">
  <div class="scarecrow">
    <div class="head"></div>
    <div class="hat"></div>
    <div class="eyes"></div>
    <div class="smile"></div>
    <div class="jumper"></div>
    <div class="patch"></div>
    <div class="stick"></div>
    <div class="straw"></div> 
  </div>
  </div>
</div>

Step2.

Add CSS

Set the colour and the position of the background, and the elements:

body {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  height: 100vh; 
  background-color: #654236;
}

#scare-crow {
  position: relative;
}

.circle {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  width: 400px;
  height: 400px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background-color: #db995a;
  box-shadow: 10px 5px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.07);
}

.circle:before {
  content:"";
  background-color: #2a3c24;
  width: 400px;
  height:200px;
  border-radius:50%;
  top:250px;
  position:absolute;
  left:0;
}

.circle:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute; 
  background-color: #f4ae4a;
  width: 120px;
  height: 30px;
  border-radius: 100px;
  left: 270px;
  top: 80px;
  box-shadow: -50px 30px #db995a, 20px 30px #f4ae4a, -60px 60px #f4ae4a, 30px 60px #f4ae4a, -80px 90px #db995a, 80px 90px #db995a, 10px 90px #f4ae4a, -2px 120px #f4ae4a,-280px 30px #f4ae4a, -245px 60px #db995a, -280px 60px #f4ae4a,-300px 90px #f4ae4a;
}

Style the Scarecrow:

.scarecrow {
  position: absolute;
}

.head {
  position: absolute; 
  background-color: #ff6d00;
  width: 60px;
  height:90px;
  left:147px;
  top:100px;
  border-radius: 50% 50% 50% 50% / 60% 60% 40% 40%;
  z-index:5;
}

.head:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #ff6d00;
  width: 60px;
  height:90px;
  left:50px;
  top:0;
  border-radius: 50% 50% 50% 50% / 60% 60% 40% 40%;
  box-shadow: inset -10px 5px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.07);
  
}

.head:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  width: 60px;
  height:90px;
  border-radius: 50% 50% 50% 50% / 60% 60% 40% 40%;
  background-color: #ff8500;
  left:25px;
}

.hat {
  width: 130px;
  height: 60px;
  border-radius:50%;
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #ad5015;
  top:85px;
  left: 135px;
  box-shadow: inset -20px -5px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.07);
  z-index:10;
}

.hat:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  border-bottom: 50px solid #ad5015;
  border-left: 15px solid transparent;
  border-right: 15px solid transparent;
  height: 0;
  width: 50px;
  top:-30px;
  left:25px;
}

.hat:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #ad5015;
  border-radius:50%;
  width:50px;
  height:15px;
  top:-38px;
  left:40px;
  box-shadow: inset -5px -5px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.07);
}

.eyes {
  position: absolute;
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
  border-left: 17px solid transparent;
  border-right: 10px solid transparent;
  border-top: 12px solid black;
  left:170px;
  top:150px;
  z-index:7;
}

.eyes:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
  border-left: 10px solid transparent;
  border-right: 17px solid transparent;
  border-top: 12px solid black;
  left:20px;
  top:-12px;
  
}

.smile {
  position: absolute;
  background-color: black;
  width: 35px;
  height: 13px;
  border-radius: 0 0 100px 100px;
  left:185px;
  top:170px;
  z-index:7;
}

.smile:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute; 
  background-color: #ff8500;
  width: 7px;
  height: 9px;
  top:-5px;
  left:7px;
}

.smile:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute; 
  background-color: #ff8500;
  width: 7px;
  height: 9px;
  left:18px;
  top:8px;
}

.jumper {
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #4059ad;
  width:250px;
  height: 50px;
  z-index:2;
  top: 160px;
  left:75px;
  border-radius: 0 0 30px 30px;
}

.jumper:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #4059ad;
  border-radius: 0 0 30px 0;
  width: 150px;
  height: 140px;
  left:55px;
}

.jumper:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #4059ad;
  width: 30px;
  height:80px;
  border-radius: 0 0 20px 0;
  top:90px;
  left:55px;
    
}

.stick {
  z-index:1;
  width: 15px;
  height: 100px;
  background-color: #57240f;
  position: absolute;
  top:300px;
  left:195px;
  box-shadow: inset 10px 5px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.07);
}

.stick:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  width: 300px;
  box-shadow: inset 10px 5px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.07);
  background-color: #57240f;
  height: 15px;
  top:-140px;
  left:-145px;
  border-radius:10px;
}

.stick:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute; 
  background-color: #deb841;
  width:5px;
  height:45px;
  border-radius: 10px;
  left: 20px;
  top: 60px;
  transform: rotate(20deg);
  
}

.straw {
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #deb841;
  width:5px;
  height: 45px;
  top: 360px;
  border-radius: 10px;
  left: 200px;
  z-index:1;
  
}

.straw:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #deb841;
  width:5px;
  height: 45px;
  border-radius:10px;
  left:-25px;
  transform:rotate(-20deg);
  
}

.straw:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: #deb841;
  width:45px;
  top:-190px;
  height: 5px;
  border-radius:10px;
  left:-140px;
  transform: rotate(-30deg);
  
}

.patch {
  position: absolute; 
  width: 30px;
  height: 40px;
  background-color: #d7263d;
  left: 230px;
  top:230px;
  z-index:2;
  box-shadow: inset 10px 5px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.07);
  
}

.patch:after {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: black;
  width:2px;
  height: 15px;
  left:5px;
  top:-5px;
  
}

.patch:before {
  content:"";
  position: absolute;
  background-color: black;
  width:2px;
  height: 8px;
  left: 20px;
  top:37px;
  
}

To see the live output of the code above go to lenastanley.com.

Enjoy coding!

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