Our Favorite Halloween Decorating Ideas

With Halloween only two weeks away, we thought we would share a few of our favorite Halloween decorating ideas, to help get you and your home ready for All Hallows Eve.



Spook Up the Front Porch
Even if Halloween guests never enter your home — aka trick-or-treaters — they'll definitely see the front porch so give it a festive feel with a colorful rug, lanterns, mums and piles of pumpkins. For a spooktastic finishing touch, we added a pair of pre-lit spooky trees (available at Pier One) that come pre-wrapped in mini orange lights that'll cast a spell long after the witching hour has passed.



Pick a Palette
Limiting your decor's color palette to just a few shades creates a look that's perfectly pulled together. For our Halloween mantel, we chose black-and-white and shades of orange. Metallics are a must for any well-style vignette so mix in copper, gold or silver for an added touch of glam.



Dress up the Windows
Give the front of your home a haunting makeover in a flash with curtains stencilled with Halloween designs to transform windows or clear doors into a spooktacular scene.



Create a Few Ghostly Visitors
Create these fun, floating ghostly shapes with a little formed chicken wire, gauzy cheese cloth and liquid fabric starch. A battery-operated florescent light give the apparitions a spooky glow. How-to make these ghostly visitors click here.



Mini "Pumpkin" Wreath
Although the tiny orange shapes covering this wreath look like diminutive pumpkins, they're actually putka pods. A great stand-in for mini pumpkins, the dried organic seed pods don't deteriorate, so your wreath can be displayed year after year. How-to make your own mini-pumpkin wreath click here.



Tiny Ghost Town
Matte black spray paint turns craft store birdhouses into an eerie mini landscape. To bump up the creep factor, add oversized spiders, rubber snakes or faux birds to your scene.



Glam Glittered Pumpkins
School glue and black glitter are all you need to give natural or faux pumpkins a chic makeover. Choose an easy pattern for crafting with kids or go with a timeless design, like a monogram or graphic pattern, for a sophisticated look. How-to make glam pumpkins click here.



Upcycled Poison Bottles
Don't toss those old bottles. Instead turn it into sleek Halloween decor. To get the look: Thoroughly clean the glass; once dry, coat each bottle with one coat of spray primer and 2-3 coats of matte black spray paint. Add a handwritten label and display your potent potables as a group on a silver tray, giving them a vintage vibe.



Create a Graveyard for Your Front Yard
Whether you choose to add funny sayings or be deathly serious with traditional designs, turn inexpensive foam sheets into realistic-looking grave markers. How-to make foam head stones click here.

Hope you enjoy getting into the spirt of Halloween, we certainly are.