Give your usual Halloween decorating ideas a facelift this year. Carve your pumpkin differently. Use cheap decorations that give you more for the buck. And find unique Halloween decorations that cast a new spell on your home. Here’s a list of 9 Halloween decorating ideas to spark the fright in your holiday.
1. Ghostly Pumpkins
Don’t settle for a smiling pumpkin this year. Look online for free pumpkin carving patterns (like these free Halloween pumpkin stencils). Just print the image and use it as a stencil when you carve your pumpkin. Make an owl, Halloween ghosts, or images from your favorite movies, like Kermit the frog or Yoda from Star Wars.
2. Halloween Lanterns
Run an online search for “Halloween Lanterns” and you’ll find many styles and colors all for less than $10 each. The lanterns look like balls with a Halloween pattern printed on them. You can slip a Christmas light cord through the lanterns to light them from inside. Or just hang them as is, for a unique Halloween decorating idea.
3. Frightening Front Door
Hang a scary skeleton on your front door (on the street side). Then use tacks to hang a see-through shower curtain over the door. If you attach the curtain to the door casing, the short distance between the skeleton and curtain will create the effect of a skeleton approaching a window. A sure way to spook trick-or-treaters.
4. Spider Horror
Arachnophobics beware! Dangle fake spider webs over your front door using fishing wire. Then dangle a few large spiders from the webs. If the spiders dangle low enough, they’ll frighten trick-or-treaters, especially if you hang the spiders in a dark corner. You’ll find everything you need for this unique Halloween decorating idea at party stores.
5. Window Horror
Decorate your front windows with Halloween scenes that you can peel off easily when the holiday is over. Look for “Halloween gel window cling” at party stores or online. With a little water the film sticks to your window and creates a mesmerizing holiday scene. And best of all, window cling images are a super cheap Halloween decorating idea.
6. Complete Outdoor Decorating
If you have little time for decorating, why not try a Halloween outdoor decorating kit. Packages typically include matching window and door decorations, a banner for your eaves, small ghosts and spiders. Everything you need to dress your home from roof to pavement. Look online for “Halloween outdoor decorating kit”. Prices start at $25.
7. Haunted House
Create a haunted house with your Halloween decorations. Buy a life-size witch at a party store and hang it on fishing wire before your front door. Spread bare branches all around, and pumpkins in many sizes to add color to your display. Add spiders or ravens from a party store. And spread spider webs above. For a truly haunted house appeal, play a haunted house CD in the background.
8. Haunted House Doormat
Add the final pizazz to your decor with a Halloween doormat. You’ll find personalized Halloween doormats online, in which every family member has a spooky representation (including pets). You can even add the names of your family to the mat. Other Halloween doormats include spooky sound mats that frighten anyone who steps on them. You’ll find all these Halloween decorations online.
9. Ghostly Gathering
Stuff the bottom of a white trash can bag and tie it with a white ribbon to create a ball. This will be the head of a Halloween ghost. Now shove a stick through the ball, then push the stick in the ground to create a hovering ghost. You can paint a face on your ghost or leave it as is. Create more of this unique Halloween decorating idea to make a ghostly gathering in your front garden.
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