55+ Spooky DIY Halloween Decorations for Your Home

DIY Halloween Decorations: All of these spooky DIY Halloween decorations are cheaper and more original than store-bought decor. These projects run the gamut from creepy hanging ghosts created using basic supplies, such as cheesecloth and yarn, to creepy, conrete skull candle holders and a macabre spider wreath made out of twigs. Maybe you want to make sock pumpkins, ghost garlands, or haunted milk carton houses that add spooky character to your home. With these spook-tacular decorations, you give your home that creepy-comical touch that feels right for a Halloween party, trick-or-treat night or open house, and kids and kids-at-heart will get a kick out of the fun, not-too-terrifying atmosphere you create.

Spooky DIY Halloween Decorations for Your Home

55+ Spooky DIY Halloween Decorations for Your Home to make your home a haunted house There is such a wide range of this kind of project, with really creative and unique ideas and ways of putting your home to that type of decor. Suggestions range from spooky glowing lanterns that are crafted from jelly jars and tissue paper and creepy bug silhouettes to branch spiderweb wreaths with faux spiders, and whimsical toadstool pumpkin topiaries. Fashion yarn or oven-bake clay into ghastly garlands of tassels and mini haunted houses for your halloween table. Twist old branches for twisted wreaths, paint pumpkins in neon colors and creepy faces, or make floating witch hats or hands for something eerie. From creepy lighting of candles and LED tea lights to cool decorations such as monster rocks or batty pumpkins, these handmade projects are for fun and fright for that unforgettable Halloween setting.

🎃 Outdoor Decorations

• DIY tombstones from painted cardboard or foam

• Trash bag spider webs across bushes

• Hanging ghosts made from cheesecloth

• Pumpkin topiary on porch steps

• Glow-in-the-dark painted pumpkins

• Skeleton hands coming out of the ground

• “Creepy cemetery” front yard scene

• Black painted tree branches in planters

• Flying bats cut from black cardstock

• Witch’s broom & hat on the porch

• Glow stick “eyes” in bushes

• Jack-o’-lantern pathway lights

• Hanging skull lanterns

• Haunted scarecrow in the yard

• Bloody handprints on windows (made with washable paint)

🕸️ Indoor Decorations

• Black gauze draped over furniture

• Mason jar “potion bottles” with labels

• DIY floating candles (toilet paper rolls + LED tea lights)

• Cobwebs with toy spiders across mirrors

• Haunted portrait frames (print creepy faces, insert in thrifted frames)

• Witch’s cauldron with dry ice effect

• Skeleton sitting on the couch

• Creepy dolls repainted or distressed

• Wall shadows cut out (rats, cats, bats)

• Bloody candles (red wax dripped over white candles)

• DIY haunted mirror with frosted glass spray

• Spider web tablecloth from yarn

• Potion shelves with old jars & bottles

• Ghostly silhouettes on curtains

• Fake rats in kitchen cupboards

🕯️ DIY Crafts with Kids

• Paper plate jack-o’-lantern masks

• Painted rock monsters

• Pipe cleaner spiders

• Glow stick witches’ brooms

• Milk jug ghost lanterns

• Toilet paper mummy wrap

• Handprint bats on black paper

• Egg carton spiders

• Popsicle stick coffins

• Pumpkin balloon ghosts

🕷️ Creepy Lighting Ideas

• Orange & purple string lights

• Black light with neon paint accents

• Mason jar lanterns with tissue paper faces

• Flickering LED candles in jars

• Glowing skull lamps (spray paint over glass jars)

• Shadow-casting lanterns (cut spooky shapes in paper sleeves)

• Glowing cauldron (string lights inside)

• Jack-o’-lantern fairy light garland

• Spooky silhouette window clings with backlighting

• Glowing witch’s crystal ball (fishbowl + lights)

🪦 Themed Halloween Touches

• DIY “Poison Apples” (painted black Styrofoam apples)

• Creepy cloth drapes on walls

• Chains & shackles from foam pool noodles wrapped in tape

• Wall of hanging witch hats with fishing line

• Chalkboard sign with creepy menu (“Toe Soup,” “Spider Stew”)

• DIY haunted book covers for your shelves

• Mason jar “eyeball soup” with ping pong balls

• DIY black rose bouquet

• Spider egg sacs (cotton batting with spiders)

• Bloody table runner (white cloth + fake blood)