Entry: The entrance to your home is the first impression visitors have of your home. Too often we forget the impact this can have when decorating for the seasons.
- Halloween display. Make the most of it by creating a simple display of Halloween figurines placed on a small table covered with a black or orange tablecloth. The 4- to 6-inch figurines are inexpensive enough to use outdoors if you have enough room for a small table by your door. Inside, you can follow this same concept, even adding spooky lights and garland available at dollar and discount stores.
- animated elements. Animated Halloween figures can add instant festivity to a boring entryway table. These figures can move, have sound and some are even activated by movement. A great way to make your entrance unforgettable! With growing popularity, these items are now showing up at discount and dollar stores.
Living Room/Family Room: To dress up the rooms where your family spends the most time, use most of your Halloween decorating ideas in these rooms.
- Visualization of figures. Use your mantle, a wall shelf, even your coffee table to display a variety of inexpensive Halloween figurines. Mantles are typically overlooked until Christmas, but fireplaces make a great setting for many seasonal displays.
- Halloween Curtain Tiebacks To add a spooky touch to your room, add a garland of skeleton heads as tiebacks to your curtains. These garlands are available at most dollar stores and one garland can be cut in half to use on a pair of curtains, you can use another garland on top for a little more Halloween fun.
- candy bowls Halloween is all about candy. Display candy corn and other themed treats in bowls for a decorative and tasty touch.
dining room– Turn any October potluck into a Halloween bash with fun and expected seasonal touches.
- Spider napkin rings. Turn any napkin holder into a Halloween hit by using hot glue to attach cheap Halloween ring spiders to a napkin holder. These are very inexpensive and are usually sold in bags at discount and dollar stores. A very small investment for a unique decorative touch.
- Placemats and tablecloths. Go ahead and invest in an orange or black tablecloth or placemats. This simple change adds instant Halloween charm to any table.
- Spooky centerpiece. Add an unexpected touch with a large glass bowl filled with tiny skulls. These can be purchased in a bag or attached to a garland that can be wound inside the container.
Out: Only the holiday season beats Halloween when it comes to outside decorations. Be the talk of the neighborhood with decorations that go beyond the predictable pumpkins.
- tombstones Turn your front yard into a graveyard with cheap foam headstones and a little paint. Thinner than the ones you can buy in stores, you can personalize them with your family (rather kinky), your favorite horror movie characters, or with fun inscriptions.
- animated elements. Add a bit of the unexpected with animated Halloween elements near your front door. These characters can move or talk, but remember that younger children are often scared by them. Since gaining popularity in recent years, these items are fairly inexpensive and available online and in most stores during the Halloween season.
- Dressings for shop windows. Turn your windows into Halloween emblems with simple black construction paper and a little creativity. Cut out designs of witches, ghosts, and other Halloween figures (pumpkin carving kits have great templates) from a full sheet of cardstock. Tape the sheet over the inside of your windows, when you turn on the lights inside, they illuminate the cutout to display your spooky creations to passersby.
These ideas will help you get started with decorating for Halloween, get creative, and see what spooky surprises you can come up with.
