Halloween decoration ideas are now an increasingly big deal. It’s no more just the time to be spooky and ‘costume-y.’ But we know most of you would salvage your festival with last minute ideas and so you are in luck because we bring to you unique and scary-at the same time Indoor and Outdoor Halloween Decoration Ideas. These will be a group of super-creative and super spooky ideas that will be worth your effort and will make your Halloween a memorable one.
Indoor Halloween Decoration Ideas
Indoor Halloween decorations ideas are very important specially now during the pandemic when outdoor Halloween decorations and parties have been sabotaged by the even spookier virus. We will surely not let it dull your spark though, because we know how important Halloween is to you. And hence we collected these extremely fun to put together ideas for Halloween decorations indoors.
1. Halloween Door Decoration Ideas
Your door is not just what marks your entrance but also the mystic world that you are going to create at your home this Halloween. Hence the most initial of Halloween decoration ideas should focus on designing the door. Ranging from Horror Novel Doors to different types of wreaths- including the one with yellowed leaves and dripping moss would add the perfect combination of aesthetics and fear to your entrance. A unique door décor gives you an edge from the neighbor’s party and these are just the ideas you needed.
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2. Paper Bats Wall Décor
Wall decors add the much needed essence of realness to your Halloween party. You remember all those horror movie scenes where bats come flying out of caves, right at the hero, Yes right there! That was when bats became the international symbol of fear. Paper bats are easy to make and also are readily available online. Stick a few on the wall to spice up your theme a bit more and you are good to go.
3. Skeletons and Old school Furniture
Nothing has ever been invented or discovered that would be more horrendous and scary than skulls and skeletons. Your go to indoor Halloween decoration idea for any party must include a corner with skulls and skeletons. A Halloween is possibly incomplete without the two. Pair them with antique furniture or worn out broken chairs and you are great to go. It will provide a scenic look and much needed weight to the theme
4. Pumpkins and More Pumpkins
Pumpkins are the universal symbols of Halloween and hence nothing is complete without them. So you better take out all those hidden ones and carve out scary faces on them. You can use them efficiently to add the pomp and luster to your theme. From using them as lanterns by fitting inside fairy lights or glowing colored bulbs, you can never go wrong with Pumpkins. Easy to make and add so much worth!
5. Vintage Old Mirrors
Nothing symbolizes horror in our world as good as broken old mirrors. All of us that one mirror that has been lying in your storehouse or backyard and has been broken for the longest of times. Well we have a solution to put that to good use now in these Halloween Decoration Ideas. Use any broken or old mirror and hang them or place strategically in the middle where it reflects to the faces of the people in the party and adds to the spooky features.
6. Decorate your Food
We all know know Halloween is the time of feasts. From turkeys to salads and cakes it’s all food everywhere. So how do you make your party stand out amongst all these. Well we have just the right idea with us. Decorate your food items. Jell them up well with the theme of the day, vis-à-vis Halloween. Yes taste will eventually save your food, but imagine how appealing would skull-y pies and scary turkeys would look, laid in all glory at your dinning table.
Outdoor Halloween Decoration Ideas
Yes it is all pandemic and blah blah blah. We all know the reasons why we need to avoid going out and not have those big Halloween parties that we had in the pre-pandemic times. We also hope you strictly follow the covid protocols. But how do you explain all this to our stubborn old school hearts which yearn for those parties. So here we are with these outdoor Halloween Ideas, sneakily putting it out there to the universe, to let us have happier bigger parties once the pandemic over, soonest.
1. Use Artifacts
We all boast of some of the old artifacts in our house, pieces that have been picked up over generations and from different places of the world. They are serving no use being hidden in closets and on shelves and it’s about time you got them out. Use your old artifacts, pieces that are passed on to you from older generations or some collections that you have always been keeping. Use them to increase the material in your outdoor decorations.
2. Use Mystic Objects
Mystic objects adds feel to your outdoor parties. We know it might feel insignificant when you compare the size of the surroundings of a big outdoor party to look at small inconsequential corners, but wait! Hear me out. These small corners do not get lost in the big theme, instead they add meaning to it. These mystic objects would add to your tarot card reader themes. You can add spell books, wall hanging and certain objects like a brightly colored spearhead to add meaning to your party.
3. Add spooky doll hangings
Creepy and cute hanging dolls would add the fun factor to your outdoor Halloween theme. They create a vibe of horror and add an element of fear and fun. They highlight the theme and also the fact that you put in efforts for this. Hanging dolls can be bought easily. They are available under various sections. You can also DIY one of them yourself to enhance your Halloween decorations outside. Dolls could be skull ones or the cute blanket monster balls. They will also the add the much needed buoyance to your party. Get into making.
4. Add Danger Boards
Danger boards are a vibe honestly. ‘BEWARE!’ written anywhere grabs attention. If after the pandemic time, when there are a host of parties which are having the same theme, you know how to attract audience to your side. Stick these danger board signs outside your house and on your gates and low-behold, you have people coming straight in. Use signs about Witches, tarot card reading and also predict a zombie apocalypse. All these add a backstory to your theme and make it more believable.
5. Use those Buckets
Don’t lie when we tell you to agree you still have those old paint buckets stucked in your cupboard in the outhouse. They serve a breeding ground for insects or a tool where you dispose all the dirt. Isn’t it? It takes a lot out of us to dispose those buckets off, but what better day then Halloween. No, we are definitely not telling you to throw them away, we are instead telling you to use them in your Halloween this year.
Get those paint brushes out and start painting faces on these buckets. Ocassionally you can use them to put in pumpkins or stuffed balls too. Co-ordinate them with them theme of your party, color them with the major color in your theme and this would add more width to you party. And you can never go wrong with the classic Halloween orange, take our word.
6. Add Monsters and their Webs
You know what is the most important part of Halloween or any other festive season now is clicking pictures for our Instagram feeds. Well we have the perfect solution to all insta-savy problems in our Halloween decoration ideas. Create your own monsters, with used cloth pieces and skulls alike, and nets to cover them up with webs. With this you have a perfect Halloween corner in your part where people can click Instagram worthy pictures and just like that your party is a social media hit. Create a hashtag and flourish on Instagram.
Conclusion
With all these tips we hope this time your Halloween won’t be dull and boring. With our Halloween Decoration Ideas we give you a lineup of layouts that will prove worthy of your time and will definitely add stars, err, shocks and spooks to your Halloween Party.
FAQS
1. What are the scariest Halloween decorations?
The scariest Halloween decoration ideas would include skulls and skeletons without doubt. The idea of skulls and skeletons hanging in your Halloween idea would definitely prove scary and spooky alike.
2. How can I do Halloween cheap?
Halloweens can be made cheaper with a variety of DIY ideas including using old reusable items in your items. Old buckets, broken furniture, mirrors and worn out clothes can be used to create sustainable and cheaper Halloween decorations.
3. How do you make Halloween decorations out of household items?
Household items like used paper sheets, toilet paper rolls and old clothes can serve as good options for Halloween decorations.
4. How to create the scariest Halloween house?
To create the scariest Halloween house use skulls and skeletons. Create additional back story to the theme, this adds weight to your story and adds to the Halloween element.
5. How do you make a fake spider web?
Make cotton balls or use old used white cloth and hair spray or black color spray to make real looking farce of spider webs. Use bigger pieces of cloth and cotton to make it even more efficient.