This October, with a little creativity, you can get into the spirit and make your home decor scream Halloween. Take a look at these 13 spooky Halloween decorating ideas for some inspiration.
Unique Pumpkins
Pumpkins are commonly orange, but why paint them black for a simply sinister-looking front porch? Maybe you are lucky enough to source a real black Futsu pumpkin, but if not, visit your local art supply store to get some contrast for your pumpkin display. Mix and match with other colors for a festive look.
Cool Cats
Black cats can transform almost any interior, the scarier the better for Halloween. Adding a fake cat or two, especially a blow-up version, can create a superstitious in any room.
The Everlasting Jack O’ Lantern
Old sauce jars can be repurposed into small jack o’ lanterns. For this project, you will need some orange tissue paper, black construction paper and some glue. Once done, you’ll have fun decorations that will last for an eternity. Challenge your family to create the craziest, funniest or scariest faces, and group jars of different sizes and shapes together for a totally unique centerpiece.
The Ultimate Carving Hack
Is your Halloween decorating really complete without a carved pumpkin? If you aren’t inclined to go through the mess and danger of knives (I’m looking at you 50K+ folks who have avocado hand injuries!), take out your drill and poke patterns into your pumpkins for a classy and modern effect.
Ghastly Ghouls
A nifty way to create a scary front yard is to build some lawn ghouls. For this project, all you need is some wire, cheesecloth and battery-powered fluorescent lights to turn your yard into an eerie, hazy ghost-world.
Gigantic Spiders
Easy-to-make balloon spiders can be assembled out of black balloons, pipe cleaners and, if you are so inclined, faux fur. Simply twist the pipe cleaners around the midsection of two different-sized balloons, and place the critters strategically around your yard and porch.
A Tangled Web
Remember summer camp dreamcatchers? These are just as easy. Hunt down some sticks in your yard. Layer the middles over each other and fasten them together. Then take a rope and wrap them around the sticks, making your way towards the center. When you’re finished, you’ll have a ginormous spider web perfect to house all those balloon spiders.
Wicked Witches
If you have a few old-fashioned brooms lying around, simply drill a hole in the handle and mount them on nails on your shed or door. Everyone beware, a witch lives here!
Eyes Everywhere
Collect some googly eyes and construction paper, and get creative with making some monster eyes. Then stick them on windows, on cabinets and in dark corners of your house. Suddenly, everywhere you look, something spoooooky will be looking back at you!
Marvelous Mummy
Taking some inspiration from above, save a pair of oversized googly eyes. Pin them on your front door, and then tape white streamers across the width of it, covering it haphazardly all the way up and down. And just like that, you’ve mummified your entryway.
Creepy Critters
Place cutouts of cats and owls in groups on your lawn, and make sure to cut out the eyes and backlight them. Go with a white light for a milder effect or go red for an unnerving, dastardly stare.
The Classic Graveyard
A dead perfect idea that is not original but still timeless and effective is to create your own front lawn cemetery. Write bizarre names for your imaginary gallimaufry of deceased relatives like Mac Abre or Sue Perstition. To top it off, it goes without saying that billowing clouds of dry ice make for a truly terrifying experience.
Them Bones
If you want to make your decorations really spine-chilling, get some plastic skeleton bones from the store. Drill holes in the ends and feed string through them. Make a few and hang them over a doorway to make for a frightful take on a doorway curtain.
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