Best Halloween Decorating Ideas
Get ready to spook up your home — both indoors and out — with our favorite ideas for handmade Halloween decorations you can craft.
1. DIY Some Spooky Spiders
Easily craft these larger-than-life spiders with the kiddos for a fun Halloween craft that'll spook up your home -- either indoors or out. Inexpensive craft store materials and a little imagination are all you need.
2. Craft Some Spellbooks
Make brand new books look like old leather-bound tomes by covering them in a removable leather jacket that you've distressed and antiqued. Stack them as part of a vignette beside wine (aka potion) bottles for a touch of spooky sophistication
3. Mummify Your Front Door
Trick-or-treaters and Halloween guests are headed your way; trick out the front door with this frightful facelift that's a snap to craft
4. Or, Mummify a Beverage Tub
Need a quick and easy decorating idea for your monster mash? Turn a galvanized tub into a friendly mummy, ready to keep ice and cold drinks at the ready.
5. Set the Scene
Get your haunted house ready for the festivities by decorating any areas where guests will gather, including outdoor spaces. But, be sure to adjust the scare-factor based on what age groups will attend. If only adults are on the guest list, spook it up -- but -- if kids, particularly small children, will attend, nix the blood and gore and keep the decorations family friendly.
6. Cinderella's Pumpkin Carriage
Create a woodland version of Cinderella's carriage by placing four small gourds at the base of a large pumpkin. We turned our pumpkin sideways so the stem creates the driver's seat, and made our door out of a slice of birch. Glue on a bit of fabric for curtains and create a lantern with an acorn. Add your own finishing touches with beads, twine or natural elements to make a one-of-a-kind enchanted pumpkin carriage.
7. Starry Pumpkins
Create a field of sparkling pumpkins with a drill and strands of Christmas lights. Hollow out your pumpkins and use a drill to make a pattern of holes over the surface. Fill each hole with a Christmas light and plug them in for a star covered pumpkin.
8. Party Favor: Glittered Treat Bags
Give plain muslin bags a custom touch with one of our 4 free printable patterns. These little sacks are just the right size to give out as party favors, take to the kids at school or use to surprise your favorite trick-or-treaters.
9. Happy Halloween Banner
Create your own banner by printing our free template onto card stock. Cut along the gray dotted lines, then use a small hole punch or craft knife to create holes for hanging. String letters together with thin ribbon and hang the banner so it creates a focal point for your party.
10. Little Ladybug Pet Costume
Get your pup in on the Halloween fun with our step-by-step instructionsfor this playful pet costume. Just be sure to use only soft, lightweight materials that won't obstruct their eyes, nose or mouth. Note: Always keep Halloween treats safely out of your pup's reach. Both chocolate and the sugar-free sweetener Xylitol can be deadly for dogs.
11. Embellished Treat Bags
Dress up paper favor bags with a black bat and cute printable tags. Download, print and cut out our Happy Halloween flags. Then use a paper punch to create bat cut-outs from black cardstock. Glue the bat and flag to the bag and fill with treats.
12. Take-Home Treats
Fill the bags with candy or small Halloween-themed trinkets — like erasers, spider rings, stickers or temporary tattoos — for your guests to enjoy later.
13. Turn Pumpkins Into Pets
These playful pet pumpkins are a fun, no-carve fall craft that you and the kiddos can create from either fresh or faux pumpkins and basic craft supplies
14. Deck Out the Front Door
Get an assist from your little crafters to create some googly-eyed curb appeal with a mischievous monster door. Inexpensive card stock, crepe paper, tape and an hour or two crafting together are all you need to give your front door a funky new face.
15. Make a Haunted Fairy House
Kids will love this easy craft that turns a pumpkin into a gnome home that's all decked out for Halloween.
16. Make Your Own Shrunken Heads
Get the whole family involved in this macabre craft that turns peeled apples into ghastly, decaying faces. Add a spooky final touch by hanging the shrunken heads in the doorway so they greet Halloween guests or string them with twine as part of a costume.
17. Ooey-Gooey Caramel Apples
This sticky, yummy treat is an easy-to-make fall favorite that's a delicious way to get the whole family in on the action
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