When you think of Halloween, Halloween costumes, candies and pumpkin lanterns are the first things that strike your mind. It is one of the world’s oldest holidays, which is celebrated in many countries worldwide. Halloween or Hallowe’en, which is sort of All Hallows’ evening, also called All Saints’ Eve, is celebrated on October 31 every year. Halloween originated in England, Ireland, and Northern France almost 1900 years ago. It is observed to remember the dead, which includes saints and martyrs. The belief is that the dead people visit their homes at this time and the celebration is done to honour and welcome them.
There are various ways in which Halloween is celebrated throughout the world. In India, All Hallows’ eve is not celebrated, but there are traditions to pay respect to the ancestors who are no more. Hindus remember their dead ancestors and pay homage to their souls, in the Hindu month of ‘Bhadra’, during the period of of ‘pitru paksha’.
In the United States, Halloween is the second most popular festival after Christmas. It is celebrated by decorating homes to welcome the spirits, and various activities like disguising as evil spirits, “trick-or-treating”, scary parties, watching horror movies, attending haunted houses and many more.
Halloween Preparations
Though the celebration is all about creating spooky vibes around you, there are a few preparations that you must do before kick-starting the ‘haunted house’ decoration!
An ideal Halloween preparation must begin with cleaning the space. It is very important to clean the house before decorating it. While cleaning you, are allowed to change the arrangement of the furniture to create the desired look for the day. A cluttered home will not make a good place for celebration, even if it means to be hosting a Halloween party.
Halloween Safety Tips
- Skip candles and try glow lights or battery-operated candles to reduce the possibility of fire mishap.
- Avoid using materials such as dry flowers, cornstalks, crepe papers etc as these catch fire easily. Even used, place them away from fire. Remember, statistics show that properties worth millions of dollars are lost due to fire mishaps during Halloween.
- Keep pets away. When even familiar guests come dressed in scary attire, there is a possibility of your pet getting agitated or scared.
- Look for flame-resistant costumes.
After keeping in mind the Halloween safety tips, let’s move on to Halloween decoration ideas to make your home spooky this season:
Halloween Decoration Ideas
The post-pandemic era has set many ‘new normal’, but while coming to terms with the same, you will still be able to give your home a spooky and devilish look by using these easy Halloween decoration ideas! Be it indoors or outdoors, give your home a perfect Halloween theme this year:
01. Create a Spooky Front Porch for Halloween
The first way to make the house look scary is to create a spooky front porch. Halloween guests might not enter your home, but trick-or-treaters will definitely see the front porch. Hence, give your porch an apt feel with ghostly figures, skulls, writing the “Trick-or-Treat” slogan to welcome the children, carving pumpkins and a scary wreath attached to the door.
02. Rustic Farmhouse Theme for Outdoor Décor
Another way is to add a rustic touch to the porch. To implement this theme, you need pumpkins, flowers, haystacks, broomsticks, spider webs, lanterns and a witch. Simply decorating your front porch with these things will make it a bright, rustic farmhouse theme ready for your Halloween.
03. Haunting Makeover to The Windows for Halloween Night!
Create a haunting makeover for your front entrance by sticking stencilled designs of skeletons, spider webs, rats, and bats on your windows. Add a tattered drapery and a lantern on the front porch and some plants and pumpkins. It will create an amazing haunting scene on your plain windows or doors at night.
04. Halloween Party Decorations with Halloween Hats, Crepe Papers
If you are planning to throw a party at home this year for Halloween, you can make a party theme with a black Halloween hat and black and orange crepe paper. Hang a Halloween hat at a height and let orange crepe paper hang down to the table through it. Prepare a lamp with lanterns and set a table with drinks, dishes, pumpkins, mummy candy jars, monster jar lights and you are set.
05. Gothic Halloween Decorations
Add a traditional touch to your Halloween party by creating a Gothic theme. For this, you need a chandelier, strings, vintage-styled candle stands, black wreaths, pumpkins, a backdrop of black and white gothic-styled wallpaper, and glittery skulls. The dining table must also be black colour, which will enhance the Gothic theme.
This was all about the theme for Halloween, but if you want to decorate your home for this Halloween festival, here are some easy DIY decoration ideas:
06. Dummy Ghosts in the Front Yard as a Halloween Decoration
If you have a front yard, place dummy ghosts in the garden to greet the trick-or-treaters. It is one of the easiest Halloween decoration ideas to scare your guests and friends. These dummy ghosts can be illuminated at night with the help of lights spread in the grass to give a realistic feeling.
07. Turn your Front yard into Graveyard for Halloween
Turn your front yard into a creepy cemetery. To create the effect of a graveyard, make tombstones out of cardboard. Give a real scary effect by writing messages on it, adding skeletons, and hands on the tombstone.
08. Ghostly Chairs for Halloween Décor
Give your dining table’s chairs a haunted look. For this, use cheesecloth or cotton gauze cloth to cover the dining chairs and make them ghost chairs. You can also use a white cloth and draw the eyes and mouth with black colour to make a ghost out of it.
09. Scary Silhouettes
You can make your house look scarier by putting weird images made from black cardboard on your windows and balconies. It is also an easy way for Halloween decorations. At night it will look like scary silhouettes emerging from your home.
10. Flying Bats on the Wall for Halloween Decoration
The decoration on the walls makes your house attractive and appealing. However, to create a scary vibe, what better than bats? You can decorate your walls for Halloween by sticking numerous black chart paper bats. You can make the wall look even spookier by sticking flying bats.
11. Haunted Stairs
Give your stairs a haunted look by sticking a mouse made of black cardboard. This is a simple idea that requires minimal effort and gives your stairs the appropriate Halloween appearance. You can also keep Jack-O-lanterns on the stairs to give a more scary effect.
12. Blood Dripping Candles for Halloween Decoration
You can illuminate your dining room by using bloody candles, which is one of the easiest Halloween decoration ideas. The effect of dripping blood can be easily achieved by using red wax down the sides of white candles. You can also make free-shaped white candles and add mouth and teeth to make ghost candles.
13. Monster Jar Lights
A simple way to create a homemade lantern is to put a bulb in a specially designed glass jar. These jars can be creatively designed to give the look of monsters. This can be done using simple materials like tissue paper, crayons, glue, paper and pens.
14. Mummy Candy Jars
“Trick-or-Treat” is a common Halloween tradition, in which children go door-to-door asking for candies. Thus, candy jars are placed near front doors to give candies to the children. Mummy candy jars are also one of the easy Halloween decoration ideas, which saves a lot of time and money compared to buying Halloween theme candy jars. You can make mummy candy jars using simple materials available in your house.
15. Jack-O-Lantern
The most popular and oldest tradition on Halloween is making “Jack-o-Lanterns”. It is based on the folktale of Stingy Jack, who succeeds in tricking evil to give him a drink. You can make numerous jack-o-lanterns and place them on the front porch, in your living rooms, on the dining table, etc. You can also hang them in the lobby. You can easily get a step-by-step guide to carving a pumpkin for making a jack-o-lantern. If you consider your budget, paper jack-o-lanterns can also be made..
16. Halloween Decorations with Spooky Tattered Curtains
One of the more affordable Halloween decoration ideas is mentioned here. Take cheesecloth and cut it with some torn parts and some full-length pieces to give a spooky tattered look to your curtains inside the house. You can also hang them near the front porch to create a haunted atmosphere at the entrance.
17. Halloween Decorations with Spider Wreath
Halloween decorations get realistic with this creepy-crawly. A spider web wreath is one such way which will drum up your decorations on the front door. All you need to do is add artificial spiders and web and make a wreath to stick on the door.
18. Halloween Door Decoration with Witch Wreath
A witch’s wreath will definitely scare your guests, friends and trick-or-treaters. The way the wreath looks on the door creates a scary vibe. Opt for this Halloween decoration and amp up the spooky vibe. You can even add a spooky symbol of your choice to it.
19. Halloween Decorations with Broomstick Door Décor
We have all seen witches riding broomsticks in animated movies. Hence, if you are looking for a last-minute Halloween decoration, here it is… Simple add ribbons to the broomsticks and stick them to the door or keep them beside the door. You can even add a small broomstick to the wreath.
20. Halloween Candy Scale
Simply giving candies to guests can be boring. Instead, add a creative Halloween candy scale. Though the scale does not work, it will add uniqueness to your display.
21. DIY Halloween Garlands
Halloween decorations are incomplete without Halloween garlands… You can easily make these DIY garlands with paper and the shape of your choice, be it pumpkins, bats, spider webs, flowers, skulls or ghosts. It will brighten up your spaces and give your home a festive vibe.
22. Origami Halloween Lights
Make an origami balloon resembling a jack-o-lantern with paper in white and orange shades. These will make adorable ghosts ready to enliven your space with spooky string lights, which you can repurpose from Christmas decorations.
23. Halloween Decoration with Monster Door Décor
Another last-minute decoration is a monster door décor. These can simply be made in 15 minutes. Dress up your door like a monster simply with white-coloured paper buntings, giving the effect of teeth. Stick eyes above it to give a monster effect. Wrap a white-coloured bandage around the door and make eyes stick on the door.
24. Skull String Art for Halloween Decor
The skull string art is a minimalist décor addition to your home this Halloween. Just take a black board for displaying and some white string for the skull art. It will simply add a classic touch to your home.
25. DIY Spooky Spiders Webs for Halloween Decor
Create a dramatic DIY spider web using black garbage bags. Using inexpensive craft materials and a little imagination, you can make these beautiful Halloween props ready for your decorations.
26. Halloween Decorations with Headless Horseman at the Entrance
You can scare your trick-or-treaters and Halloween guests with a headless horseman figure at the entrance. Add a jack-o’-lantern head in his hand and you can have a sign leading the way inside. Add a character to your front porch by hanging a wreath on it.
27. Halloween Décor-Monster Up Your Front Porch Planter
Spook up your entryway with this easy makeover of a monster or mummy on the flower pots. It is an inviting gesture for the Halloween guests and trick-or-treaters. It will also add a little character to your planters.
28. Halloween Décor-Monster Up an Interior Wall
It is a very simple and easy decoration idea by using white-coloured paper buntings on a black wall. It resembles teeth, which enhance a bare wall. Add oversized eyes above it and you are done. It will add a totally different look to your wall.
29. Halloween Décor-Haunt a Terrarium or Cookie Jar
Add a little Halloween spirit to your terrariums. All you need is a large glass jar, basic craft supplies and a little imagination. It is perfect to do with kids, as they’ll love coming up with ideas for the terrarium’s spooky scene.
30. Halloween Decoration with Outdoor Trick-or-Treat Station
Last but not least, you can set up an outdoor trick-or-treat station where the candies and props are displayed with some decorations on the wall. Also, it can be used as a wall to click pictures.
I hope you loved the easy and creative Halloween decoration ideas described by us. We hope you will surely implement some of the above-mentioned ideas and enjoy the festival in your home. Before you take a leave from us, we also have DIYs which might be helpful to you for Halloween decoration in your homes:
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