Creepy Halloween decoration ideas often have a backstory. For example, with witch’s feet sticking out of planters, passers-by will wonder what happened to the bygone enchantress, and none of the answers will be pleasant.
Block-printed luminaria are paper sacks with patterns on them, each made by dipping block stamps into paint or ink then pressing into the bags. Make luminaria with Jack-o-lanterns, ghosts, and cat eye designs. The yellow of the candles inside illuminates the negative space in the prints, making this trio quite thrilling.
Find heirloom pumpkins in all kinds of shapes, colors, and sizes. Add more color with paint dripped over the top of the pumpkins, brushing some of the paint flat for an ombre effect.
Ravens are part of Halloween lore, and vultures, too. Make paper cutouts of all the scary birds you can and use them in your Halloween window decoration ideas. Each shows a scene with a black bird overlooking it. Your home will backlight the cutouts, making them extra creepy from the sidewalk.
You don’t need crops to plant a scarecrow in your yard. Make the creepiest scarecrow you can using a Jack-o-lantern for a head with the most twisted possible face.
For easy outdoor Halloween decoration ideas, look no further than big googly eyes. Glue one each to the tops of wooden skewers then stuff the skewers into your potted plants.
Set up tombstones around your yard to create a creepy cemetery theme. These are especially eerie to walk through if you set them along the path to your front door.
Paint several lawn flamingos with black rings around their eyes, tiny pupils, and blood oozing from their beaks.
Cover Styrofoam balls in pieces of cheesecloth with plenty of overhang so they flutter in the wind. For an extra creepy look, buy the Styrofoam mannequin heads sold at whig shops and the shape of each spirit’s face will be visible through the cloth.
Paint ghoulish eyes on construction paper with glow-in-the-dark paint, then cut them out and stick them in the bushes around your yard. Come nightfall, the eyes will thrill all passers-by.
Fill gloves with newspaper, then plant them around your yard to look like zombie hands crawling out of the ground.
You need Halloween fence decoration ideas, too. Hang string lights with spooky skulls (plastic store bought or homemade paper ones) along your garden fence for a somber lighting effect.
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