Decorating your front steps for Halloween is the first step towards creating the perfect outdoor Halloween decoration. Greet Halloween guests and visitors with carved pumpkins, painted rocks, gravestones and dried fall leaves. The steps to your porch or main door are the perfect platform for displaying your carved pumpkins. Choose some scary or other Halloween pumpkin carving patterns from our gallery and carve out pumpkins to display on the steps. Mix carved pumpkins with other … [Read more...]
Halloween Front Steps Decoration
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Create a Spooky Corner with Cobwebs
Decorating for a Halloween Party? Or are you planning to turn your house into a Haunted Mansion? Start with one corner at a time using the trusted Halloween decorating essential - Cobwebs! First, find the right corner. You need a corner that has a table or mantle with plenty of space above it. If you have a porch, find a spot around a window. Next, gather together the props you will need. You will need to decorate at 3 different altitudes. First, the wall, second - the table and third, the … [Read more...]
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Ghostly Outdoor Halloween Decoration Ideas for Trees
Decorating the large spaces outside your home for Halloween require larger decorations that create an immediate impact. Trees make an interesting point to start your outdoor decorations. Large ghostly figures and apparitions are easy to create and will give an instant 'Halloween' effect. Here are some 'ghostly' ideas for trees to get you in the 'spirit' for Halloween Decorating. Ring, a Ring of Spookies Make cloth ghosts on dowel sticks and 'plant' them in the ground in a circle around a … [Read more...]
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Outdoor Halloween Decorations
With all the trick-or-treaters coming by the house outdoor decorations are a great way to get into the Halloween fun. Here are a few ideas to help you create a spooky look: • Spooky Skeleton Halloween Mailbox Decoration 'Boo' visitors right at the first turn • Halloween Pumpkin Snowmen Make easy Halloween 'snowmen' with pumpkins • Cemetery with Tombstones Create a cemetery in the front yard • Milk Carton Halloween Luminaries Turn milk cartons into fun … [Read more...]
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Milk Carton Halloween Luminaries – Outdoor Halloween Decorations
Turn milk cartons into fun luminaries. The kids can easily help with this one. Cut a hole in the top of the carton large enough for you to put your hand inside to place the candle and light it. Get permanent markers and draw easy Halloween faces onto the milk jugs such as a Jack-O, Ghosts, Cat, Frankenstein and a witch. Add any other decorations you would like, such as whiskers and bolts, but be sure you do not cover the opening at the top. Put sand or small pebbles in the bottom of … [Read more...]
Haunted Halloween Trees- Decorating Tips for Halloween
Give your house a Halloween makeover by placing scary 'Halloween Trees' in different spots. With a few materials from your backyard and your local craft store, you can make these trees and decorate your house for Halloween on a very tight budget. What you will need: Clay/Terracotta Pots Black paint Leafless tree branches Sand Black rocks Strands of small Orange lights 1-2 artificial crows 1 artificial owl Misc. Halloween Decorations Glue … [Read more...]
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Halloween Pumpkin Snowmen – Outdoor Halloween Decorations
Make Halloween "snowmen" for your yard this year. Get three pumpkins in descending sizes - one large, one in the middle and one smaller one. Carve the smallest pumpkin with a face. Cut the tops of the other two pumpkins so that they will sit nicely on each other. Place the carved Jack-o-lantern on top. Carve two holes opposite each other in the middle pumpkin and insert branches for arms and hands. … [Read more...]
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Halloween Planters – Outdoor Halloween Decorations
You can get inexpensive Halloween themed planters from stores like JoAnn and Walmart or make your own by painting any old planter or tub with orange paint and using black paint to write or paint designs. … [Read more...]
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Halloween Dinner Place Setting Ideas
Having a sit-down Halloween dinner with the family and friends. These fun place settings will be a hit. • Decorate paper boxes with Halloween wrapping paper or rubber Halloween stamps. Put the names on the top of the box, and fill the box with Halloween candy. Or you can ask each guest what his or her favorite type of candy bar is, and put it in the box. • Get a small gourd for each person attending. Cut a slit in the top wide enough to slip a piece of paper into. Put the name on a … [Read more...]
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Spooky Halloween Mailbox Decoration – Outdoor Halloween Decorations
Let the haunting begin at the first turn to your house! Let this not-so-friendly butler greet your visitors by the mailbox. Available at Online Discount Mart, this 36x5x75 inch tall 'Gruesome Greeter Mailbox Cover' will be an instant hit. The skeleton stands tall with a stake at the back and rests the hand with the martini glass on the velcro-strapped mailbox cover warning visitors to enter at their own risk. The martini glass itself has a 3D effect as it uses a non-toxic gel. … [Read more...]
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