Halloween is right around the corner, and most of us have already started decorating our homes with pumpkins, spiders, and whatnot. If you’re tired of the same old decorations every year, and if you don’t want to spend a fortune on stuff that you only use once a year, the following ideas might be up your alley!
Fun, creative and inexpensive, these Halloween decorations may be just what you were looking for!
1. Halloween Book Collection
This is a simple decoration idea: just use any book and wrap it using Halloween-themed scrap paper. It certainly adds to the spooky feel. Find more details
here.
In order for your Halloween dinner table to be more fancy, you can serve your meals in glass dishes decorated with spiders. Just stamp the bottom of the glass and you’re good to go. For details, you can click
here.
These DIY ghosts are sure to scare your guests and so easy to make! You only need to put glow sticks from the dollar store inside the balloons and there you have your ghosts! Don’t forget to draw scary ghost faces on your balloons.
What says “Halloween” more than a witch? And what is a witch without her broom? Now, this craft is so easy to make and so much fun to do with your kids. Just tape paper strips on paper straws and you have your fancy brooms ready to fly! You can find detailed instructions
here.
Candlelit dinners can be romantic, but if we’re talking about ghost candles, they can be spooky too! Just grab candles from the dollar store and draw a ghost face on them using a sharpie. So simple yet so impressive! You can see more details on the craft
here.
If you want to scare trick-or-treaters away, this front door DIY idea is just what you need! You’ll just need to buy some cardboard, spray paint, stencils and masking tape from the dollar store and then have fun with your friends or family making these fun ghosts and tombstones! For detailed instructions about this decoration click
here.
This is a great DIY idea and very easy to recreate. You’ll just need frames and cricut to put them together. Find
here all the detailed instructions.
Snakes from the dollar store can make for great Halloween decoration if painted black! Try this one and scare all the trick-or-treaters! Find details about this idea
here.
Use cardstock to cut out silhouettes and create an eerie decoration for your shed or garage. Find all the details
here.
This is such an easy DIY idea and yet so much fun to watch! You’ll just need pool noodles, tights and a pair of shoes to recreate the witche’s legs, which you can then plant somewhere around your yard and give your guests a scare or a laugh! Find details
here.
How about a fake hand sticking out of the ground and asking for help? This one requires only a fake hand, a piece of cardboard, white and red paint. Let the fun begin!
These witch hats are so easy to make and at the same time so fancy-looking! You only need paper plates and paper party hats, glur them together, sprinkle some glitter and there you have it! Have a look
here to get the full instructions.
13. Skeleton Hands Wreath
This impressive Halloween wreath is simply made of plastic skeleton hands, coated with metallic spray paint. See
here how you can make them at home.
This piece requires a little more materials, but it’s still super simple to make and the materials super cheap to buy, if you don’t already have them on hand. A candle holder, a tealight holder, and skeleton parts are the most important items you will need to put this together. For the full tutorial click
here.
With a handful of common materials you can put together a fancy, creepy vase like this! You basically need skeleton garlands, a vase and some string, and a couple more things that you probably already have on hand from previous Halloweens. Find out how you can make this craft
here.
These scary skull candlesticks only require three ingredients: glitter skulls, candlesticks and battery-powered tealight candles. Extremely easy to put together, see details
here.
Make this spider headband using only a few materials and impress your friends! It is cheap and quick to make. With a headband, black ribbon and fake cobweb and spiders, you can make this fancy craft to go with this year’s costume! See the full tutorial
here.
18. Pumpkin Halloween Lights
This is so cool, right? You can make it at home with only a package of straws with pumpkins and orange twinkle lights. See the full tutorial
here.
This decorative piece only requires a plastic carved pumpkin from the dollar store and some metallic spray paint. See exactly how to do it
here.
Wreaths are one of the first things your guests or trick-or-treaters will see when they arrive at your house, so make sure it’s scary and impressive. In this case you can make your own wreath by simply using several dollar store birds and cardboard. For the full tutorial click
here.
This is a great idea, as it is fun and simple. You’ll just need balloons, markers and tissue paper. Your floating ghosts will then be ready to scare your guests! See the instructions
here.
How creepy is it to have dozens of eyes looking at you? No head included. Well, you can try it at home and make this craft by simply glueing together ping pong balls and glueing googly eyes on them! See more
here.
23. Halloween Bunting Flags
How fun is having Halloween bunting flags over your buffet or around the living room during your Halloween party? This one you can make yourself with some cardboard paper, string and clothespins. Find out more details
here.
24. Monster Candy Catchers
These candy catchers only require colorful buckets, some cardstock and glue. So cute for younger children- and not only. See how you can make them
here.
You can start collecting milk jugs a few weeks before Halloween and when the time comes, you can stuff them with low-wattage lights and draw ghost faces on them. There you have it: a line of glowing ghosts to decorate your porch. See detailed instructions
here.
This is plain cute and so easy to make. Just get some orange ballons and stick eyes, nose and mouth to them so that they look like carved pumpkins. Then arrange them in a garland using a string- how easy was that? See the details
here.
Use clean trash bags to make huge spiderwebs, by cutting them out just like you would do with a snowflake. Click
here for instructions.
Make these creepy mini ghosts using ping-pong balls and cheesecloth. You can hang them from plain string or string lights so that they light up at night for an even spookier result. Find the instructions
here.
Probably one of the most impressive decorative pieces you can make using simple materials: white candles and printed-out black and white images. Then you mod podge the images onto the candles by following the technique shown
here.
Using the same technique as above, you can decorate some plates, but in this case you won’t be able to eat off of them. If you do want to eat, though, you will have to buy glass plates and decorate the back so that it shows through. You can follow
this tutorial.
This is a great decoration idea for your staircase. Just cut zombie arms out of cardboard paper and tape them on your bannisters. Find details and similar ideas
here.
You can make these giant eyeballs out of plastic Jack-o-Lanterns. Just use some paint to make them look like eyeballs and decorate your porch. Find more details
here.
Of course you don’t have to limit your decorations to the yard and living room! When your guests use the bathroom, they can find some spooky soap waiting for them! Just add several small Halloween toys or confetti to the handsoap you already have on hand.
Here’s how to do it.
Coat dollar store plastic pumpkins with chalkboard paint and let your children decorate them however they like! It’s such a fun activity and passtime for the little ones! Find more details
here.
Buy a half-circle doormat and cut it out in a spiderweb shape. Paint the details using white paint. You can find a tutorial for this easy craft
here.
36. Creepy Eyes Watching You
This idea is brilliant as much as it is simple and easy to realize. Jou’ll just need paper rolls cut out in eye shapes- ideally evil ones- and glow sticks to put inside them so that the eyes glow at night. See a detailed tutorial
here.
This craft only requires painting bigger toy insects gold, so that you create a faux insect taxidermy. See the full tutorial
here.
These spooky candles are really easy to make. You only need a bunch of white candles and a red one. Let red wax drip on your white candles so that it looks like blood and your spooky candles are ready! Click
here for details.
A simple DIY decoration idea that is very impressive to look at! You just need some black felt and thread basically and some cutting skills! Check out the details
here.
You just need white paper bags, tealight candles and a sharpie for this one. Even though the craft is extremely easy to make, the result is very impressive and spooky! See the details
here.
41. Hanging Bats and Witch Hats
This one is as simple as it gets, but still impressive and fun! You will need dollar store witch hats and paper bats, along with some thread to hang them. Make sure you click
here for details.
Don’t throw away used wine bottles! Instead, coat them in glitter paint and draw spooky faces on them to turn them into unusual Halloween decoration.
This candy stand is as Halloween-ish as it can get! It’s super easy to put it together: you need some sort of table with a bowl on top, a big white sheet and some black cardboard paper. Find out how to create your spooky candy stand step-by-step
here.
This is another cool way to reuse empty wine bottles. This one too is super easy to make. You just need to wrap bandage strips around the bottle and stick eyes to it- so simple!
Another cool idea is to buy branches and fake birds from the dollar store and paint them black. You can decorate the ceiling or any corner of your house really!
Sometimes the simplest ideas can make for the scariest decoration! In this case, all you need is black construction paper and some cutting skills. Cut out the scary silhouette that you like and stick it on the wall to scare your guests away!
This is great for the wall and it only requires a couple of materials from the dollar store: washi tape and fake spiders. Just use the tape to make the spiderweb and stick spiders all around it to make it more realistic. For detailed instructions click
here.
This creepy tablescape can be created by simply using fake animals/birds/skeletons, some black paint and jars. Definitely better than cheap store decorations. See the tutorial
here.
Decorating a pumpkin and filling it with candy is both original and practical. It just takes a pumpki and some cutting skills!
Mini skulls from the dollar store can be put together into a dreadful wreath that will welcome your guests on Halloween. See how you can make it at home
here.
Use tombstones and lanterns to turn your yard into a cemetery. This decoration idea requires no crafting skills but is very impressive.
52. Spooky Halloween Village
Who said decorative houses and mini Christmas trees are only to be used around Christmas time? If you just paint them black, you will end up with a spooky little village. See the full tutorial
here.
Imagine how much of a scare you’d give your guests if they found one of these at your doorstep? This mummy hand is easy to make, and costs very little. Check out the full instructions
here.
This is a very easy decoration idea, just get a dollar store touch light with a black frame and use a sharpie to draw a skeleton face on it- in this case Jack Skellington’s from “Nightmare Before Christmas”.
This is a smart and fun decoration idea for your outdoor space. Cheap and easy, just grab some pots, soil and plastic zombie hands and you’re good to go. Find out the details
here.
This is an idea about how to reuse tin cans, instead of throwing them away. You can paint them orange and decorate them so that they look like pumpkins.
Here’s how you can make them at home.
These paper pumpkins are super cute and require very few materials to make. They would be a fun activity to do with kids too. For the full tutorial see
here.
If you’re not into the scary wreaths we presented already, this one’s for you: an elegant pumpkin wreath. Your main ingredient is burlap ribbon and it kind of looks store-bought too! Check out the detailed instructions
here.
Does it get any cuter than these mini pumpkins? They are very easy to make and look incredibly fancy! You’ll just need orange tealights, pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks and adhesive gemstones. You don’t have to be too artsy to make these and you’ll impress everyone! You can find the tutorial
here.
Just buy plastic spiders from the dollar store and glue strong, store-bought magnet sheets. Decorate your door with them and it will look like they’re invading your home or room! See the tutorial
here.
Just get a foam pumpkin from the dollar store, along with as many spiders as you can get your hands to. You then only need to balance them on your pumpkin and you get the creepiest pumpkin out there! Find details
here.
Just grab some skulls from the dollar store, get yourself some paper towel rolls and a hot glue gun and you’re good to go! Your friends will definitely love this! For a detailed tutorial click
here.
If you’re a ghost fan, you’ll love this craft! If you have a cheesecloth and spray starch on hand, all the other materials are very easy to find at home. This floating ghost is super cute and adorable! You can find detailed instructions on how to make it
here.
One more wreath idea for you! If you’re not into too creepy stuff, but still want to scare trick-or-treaters a little bit, you can make this wreath using foam wreath from the dollar store, fake spiders and fake spiderweb. Easy but pretty!
This is probably the scariest of all these Halloween ideas. If you want to scare everyone away, just take white trashbags, fill them with trash, and wrap it with a rope in the shape of a person. Now, how creepy is that!
Whether you decide to recreate some of these DIY decoration ideas or not, make sure that you give your friends a good scare and, more than anything, have a great time!
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