Halloween is around the corner, and it’s time to think about Outdoor Halloween Decoration Ideas. If you plan to have an unforgettable festival, let’s go big this year. Scatter jack-o-lanterns on your porch and backyard, arrange giant front yard skeletons in unexpected corners and adorn your front door with stunning wreaths.
It’s still okay if you opt for something traditional, like a display of pumpkins or a swamp of black bats which are accomplishments of a DIY project. We have everything you need for the best Halloween. Now, ready to make your house the talk of the house.
#1. Bewitched Broomstick Parking
If you want to keep your porch simple but still have a little bit of festive season, opt for this one. Make it look like witches parked their broomsticks on your porch. To add a touch of the fall, place some pumpkins and fall leaves around your broomsticks.
#2. Cemetery Archway
Craft a sinister archway leading to your garden. Add skeletons, tombstones, LED lights and a fog machine to transport visitors to the netherworld as they enter your domain.
Bonus tips: Don’t forget to add a sign to welcome your guest to your otherworldly haven.
#3. Creepy Crawlers
If you’re all into creepy crawlers, don’t miss the chance to see them everywhere. Scatter creepy plastic insects like spiders, roaches, and centipedes all over your yard. It’s a bug’s life, Halloween-style. This theme is perfectly suited to any style, especially a farmhouse with white brick walls.
#4. Creepy Path
Your pathway is as important as your backyard, so don’t ignore this area. The easiest idea is to cover your bench with a pile of fall leaves. Below, add a head of Pennywise – the shape-shifting clown as he has already risen from death.
#5. Eerie Eyeball
Eerie eyeballs are fun to play with, but they are also scary enough to make your guest startle. Add eyeballs coming in different sizes in your garden, and see whether your guests are threatened or not.
#6. Enchanted Lanterns
Hang glowing pumpkin lanterns on the staircase, like enchanted orbs lighting the path to your Halloween wonderland. To add a dose of spookiness, you can use jack-o-lanterns instead of traditional ones.
Extra advice: If you want to add some sparkle and glamour to your pumpkin display, you can use glitter to decorate your pumpkins. You can either cover the whole pumpkin with glitter or create patterns and designs with glue and glitter.
#7. Ghostly Graveyard
Transform your front yard into a ghostly graveyard with tombstone decorations. Add eerie fog machines, and spooky music, and watch your yard become a haunt for all ages.
#8. Ghostly Window
Create ghostly silhouettes that appear to be lurking in your windows. In the evening, illuminate your window from inside with a light source. You can use lamps, string lights, candles, or even a projector. The light will create a contrast between the silhouettes and the background, making them look more realistic and scary.
#9. Googly Eye
When you find yourself unsure, just add some googly eyes to enhance your Halloween decor. Simply place them on your front door and in planters to create a delightful and festive look.
#10. Halloween Scarecrow
To protect your backyard from evil spirits, a Halloween scarerow is a go-to. If you want to create a classic scarecrow with a hat, you can use branches or straw, burlap, old clothes, and a wooden stake to make the body and head of your scarecrow. You can also add some accessories, such as a scarf, a broom, or a crow, to make it more realistic and fun.
#11. Halloween Wreath
This wreath gets your visitors in the mood for Halloween as soon as they see your front door. Cover your grapevine wreath with faux moss to make a base for tombstones and skeletons. Add some mini pumpkins to make it more colourful. Finally, add some finishing touches to your wreath by using black paper bats and LED lights.
#12. Haunted Hitchhiker
Create a scene of a ghostly hitchhiker to prank your family and friends. Place your hitchhiker in a spot where it can be seen by your target. You can either put it on the side of the road, in the back seat of your car, or in front of your door. Make sure it is secure and stable. It’s a spooky twist on the traditional scarecrow.
#13. Haunted House Entrance
Turn your front door into a haunted house entrance. Add cobwebs, eerie lights, and creaky sounds to welcome guests into the spookiest experience of their lives. Undoubtedly, your house will be the most boo-tiful on the block.
#14. Man-eating Plant
To make a man-eating plant, you will need some basic materials such as foam pumpkins, plastic teeth, paint, wire, and artificial plants. Use your own creativity and imagination to customize your plant and make it more unique and scary.
#15. Headless Horseman Ride
Set up a Headless Horseman scene with a mounted mannequin and a jack-o-lantern in his hand. Surround your horseman with some pumpkins and haystacks for a little of autumn flair.
#16. Ominous Owl Perch
Place an owl decoration on your two sides of the porch, overseeing the festivities. Create faux branches as houses for your owl. It’s like having a silent guardian of the night.
#17. Pumpkin Arch
If you have a collection of jack-o-lanterns with different sizes and face expressions, stack them up, for a porch arch. You can enhance the Halloween vibe by adding cobwebs, plastic spiders, bats, or any other spooky decorations to the arch and surrounding area.
#18. Pumpkin On The Steps
This is a classic but still impressive way to welcome the fall and Halloween to your house. When choosing pumpkins, you should select ones of different sizes and shapes. Look for ones with smooth, firm skins and no visible damage.
#19. Pumpkin Patch Perfection
When it comes to outdoor Halloween decoration ideas, you can never go wrong with jack-o-lanterns. Create a pumpkin patch with jack-o’-lanterns of all shapes and sizes. Light them up at night, and you’ll have a pumpkin paradise that even Linus would envy.
#20. Pumpkin Totem Pole
Stack pumpkins on top of each other like a totem pole. The higher, the eerier. And don’t forget the flickering candles inside.
#21. Rainbow Pumpkins
The outdoor Halloween decoration ideas with pumpkins know no bounds. It’s time to wow your guests with your creativity and skillfulness by painting your pumpkins with the vibrant colors of a rainbow and gorgeous patterns like flowers, slogans or even the face of your cats.
#22. Sinister Spider Invasion
Cover your home in giant spider webs and place colossal spiders on the roof. It’s like a scene from an arachnophobe’s nightmare, and it’s creepily captivating.
#23. Succulent Pumpkin Planter
This succulent pumpkin planter can add a pop of color to your garden and party table too. To keep it fresh and healthy, spritz the succulents with water once a week and avoid exposing them to extreme temperatures or direct sunlight.
#24. Wicked Witches
Turn your garden into the party of wicked witches. Dress up a scarecrow or a mannequin as a wicked witch using a dark coat, a witch hat and some makeup.
#25. Witch Gathering
Are you ready to be invited to the gathering of witches. Besides some witches who are flying on her broomsticks on different heights, add a sign like “Come On In My Pretties”.
#26. Witch Legs
Make it look like a wicked witch crash-landed into your house. A few witch legs sticking out of a cauldron or wall will do the trick.
#27. Witches Cauldron
Place a cursed cauldron on your front step or backyard garden, with eerie green lights inside. Scatter some pieces of bones beneath the cauldron to warn unexpected visitors. Also, it’s the perfect spot for the local witches to stir up trouble.
#28. Witch’s Brew Bar
Set up a witch’s brew bar with drink for the little witches, warlocks and especially trick-or-treaters who visit. It’s like a potion party.
#29. Zombie Apocalypse
Turn your porch into a post-apocalyptic zombie zone. Scatter faux body parts, tombstones, and warning signs. Place zombie mannequins or dummies around the garden, complete with tattered clothes and fake wounds. Use red lighting for a sinister touch if you like.
#30. Zombie Hands Emerging
No skeletons, no monsters, you still give your visitor the heebie-jeebies with a few hands. On online stores, there are many types and styles of zombie hands available, such as realistic, cartoonish, skeletal, glowing, or animated. Some of them even make sounds or move when they sense motion.
Halloween is a time to unleash your creativity and have fun with your outdoor decorations. Whether you want to create a spooky graveyard, a haunted house, or a festive pumpkin patch, there are plenty of ideas to inspire you. Let’s save your favorite outdoor Halloween decoration ideas, and wait for our latest articles to amp up your atmosphere in no time.
