Decorating your home for Halloween is a popular tradition followed by people all across the world. Buying readymade Halloween props and decorations is easy but isn’t the real fun. When you are building something by yourself, you are not only saving money but also adding a personal touch to it. No matter a homemade decoration is small or cheap, it will be perfect to show off your creativity.
When decorating your home for Halloween, you must consider the outdoor sections carefully. From the front door and windows to the patio and backyard, all the places are perfect for displaying inexpensive Halloween decorations. It is the space where you can freely display your talent.
There are endless ideas out there, but for your help, we have compiled a list of 55 DIY outdoor Halloween decorations (in different themes) that are sure to impress your guests and passersby.
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Ghosts
DIY Floating Ghosts
It is an easy-to-make DIY outdoor Halloween decoration idea that you can put together even in the last moment. These DIY floating ghosts look great at night, but they will be captivating during the day as well!
Recycled Plastic Bag Halloween Ghost
Make yard ghosts easily with trash plastic bags. You can put them up in bushes or trees. It is a super easy Halloween craft project that you can make in a few minutes. Check out the full DIY at Creating Really Awesome Fun Things.
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DIY Tin Can Ghosts
In this particular Windsock project, you are using kitchen recyclables for outdoor Halloween decorations. It is a kid-friendly Halloween DIY craft. Just a few ribbons and tin cans will do the job.
Packing Tape Ghosts
This life-sized ghost Halloween decoration is made from packing tape and plastic cling wrap. Hang it from a tree or make it stand with support – it will haunt the neighbors for sure.
DIY Halloween Chicken Wire Ghost
If you have unused chicken wire lying at home, it can be used to make a ghost figure in your backyard. Cover with cheesecloth or paint black for a horrifying look.
Witches
Witch-Themed Wreath
This is one of the coolest witch-themed DIYs you can try making at home. You will need a base wreath on which you will add some decorations like witch legs and a broom. The witch’s legs can be crafted from paper, while the broom is made from tree branches. Check the tutorial for help.
Lighted Witch Hat
You will need a lighted cone tree, a grapevine wreath, and a few other items for the project. You can put this lighted witch hat on your porch for a charming Halloween decoration. Check out the tutorial.
DIY Witch Broomstick
Witch-inspired decor is highly popular for Halloween. Witch’s broom is a symbol of witchcraft, and thus using them in home décor is a thoughtful idea. You can make one easily at home.
DIY Halloween Witch Décor
A large witch cauldron surrounded by creepy witches will surely be an attention-grabbing Halloween decoration. All you’ll need is some fabric, empty bottles, and spray paint. Check out the project details at Scratch and Stitch.
DIY Wicked Witch Legs
Looking for a fun way to decorate your garden? These DIY wicked witch legs are a perfect choice for you. Old stockings can be stuffed in a manner to form legs. Use them where you please – hide in bushes or display in planters.
Pumpkins
Pumpkin on the Porch
Pumpkins hold a big importance in Halloween. They are usually used to create jack-o’-lanterns but you can also use them on your porch.
Concrete Pumpkins
While you can easily buy pumpkins in the market, however, you can also make concrete pumpkins easily at home. It will be a perfect Halloween decoration for outdoors. If you have skills and time, making a concrete pumpkin topiary is not so tough either.
Miniature Thread Ball Pumpkins
These mini faux pumpkins made from vintage thread balls are a super easy DIY craft that you can make in a day and reuse year after year. It is finished with moss and a wooden stick.
Fabric pumpkins
You’ll need a round piece of colored fabric and sew at the ends into a loop. Then, cotton is filled inside the fabric that turns into a rounded pumpkin-like shape. Finally, glue a twig or cinnamon stick at the top as a stem. Check out the complete tutorial.
Pumpkin out of Wheel
Take a spare metal wheel and use it to make a Halloween pumpkin decoration for the outdoors. Paint it in orange, use some fake leaves, and add a wood branch as its stem.
Clay Jack-o’-lantern Candle Holder
This DIY project is a bit tricky, but the result is worth trying. First, you need to shape and carve the terracotta clay like a jack-o’-lantern. When a tealight candle is placed inside, it will create a spooky lighting effect. Check out the full tutorial.
Pumpkin Fairy Garden
Making fairy houses from carved pumpkins is a great DIY project to be cherished with kids. These miniature pumpkin fairy houses can be decked with ready-made miniature items like mushrooms, gnomes, and fairies. Natural items like pinecones, branches, grass, moss, flowers, leaves, etc. can also be used. You can display them inside or outside your home.
Glow in the Dark Pumpkins
If you are looking for no-carve pumpkin Halloween decorations, then making a glow-in-the-dark pumpkin should be a suitable option. It’s a cool DIY Halloween project to spark up your creativity.
Glowing Pumpkins Lanterns
Simply put, tap lights, thick glow sticks, or other flameless lights into cheap plastic pumpkins, and you’ve made a glowing pumpkin lantern. Use them to decorate the driveway or the backyard.
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Spiders
DIY Spider Web
Halloween decoration of a home cannot be complete without a spider web display. You can make a spider web by weaving rope or even by cutting trash bags. Candies can also be attached to the spider web to attract kids.
Spider Egg Sac
Aside from the traditional way of decorating with cobwebs, you can also make spider egg sacs to fill the outdoor space with a creepy Halloween feel. Porch lights will make a perfect spot to hang these Halloween decorations.
Giant Spider Decoration
Make a giant spider to display in your garden for Halloween. Haunt your neighbors by showing that your home has been taken over by a giant spider. If you are looking for a simple and cheaper DIY, you can use trash bags to make a spider.
Giant Spider Illusion
A giant spider that looks like coming from under the ground is surely something scary. Just seeing its legs will probably totally freak out visitors to your home.
Lighted Spider Web
Making a spider web decoration outdoors is easy, and all you need is some light strips. You only need to arrange the light strips in a spider web shape. You can also make an outline to help in making the design. Check out the tutorial for help.
Spider Invasion
Go big! Have your home taken over by giant spiders crawling all over the exterior. It will set a rather creepy and eerie vibe
Fuzzy Spiders Crawling Down the Roof
Another spooky, creepy crawler DIY outdoor Halloween décor idea is to secure giant fuzzy spiders that appear to be crawling down the roof. Oof! Shivers.
Giant Spider Display
Create an elaborate spider haven outside your house with creepy crawlers covering the façade. These are sure to give fright to any onlooker and trick-or-treaters will be trembling.
Skulls & Skeletons
Skull Signs
Transform your front doorway into a thrilling place with these skull signs. With included lights, they will create a spooky display in a backyard or garden.
Bone Mobile
Making this DIY Halloween decoration is easy. Just take some fake bones and string them up like a chandelier, and it is ready to be displayed on your porch.
Skull Topiary
If you have skull props at home, you can transform them into a creepy topiary for your front porch Halloween decor. Start by securing a PVC pipe in a decorative urn filled with plaster of Paris. Glue plastic skulls onto the pipe in varying positions, and lastly paint them for a haunting appearance. Check out the tutorial for help.
3D Halloween Mirror
This can be a difficult project, but no doubt it can be done at home. Start by painting the mirror frame black. Create a skull using epoxy resin and embed small lights inside. Attach the glowing skull to the mirror, and then decorate with spooky elements like skeleton hands for a creepy effect. See instructions for help.
Skull Wreath
It is a pretty simple plastic skull wreath that you can make in a few minutes. You will need a base wreath, on which you have to string up the fake skulls in a circle. Check the tutorial for help.
Why Not Choose Cutouts?
Instead of something gaudy, why not go for simpler, easy to create skeleton cutouts, adorning the outer walls of your house? They will look spooky and unique.
Graveyard
Cemetery Fence
While decorating the outdoors of your home for Halloween, nothing can beat the aesthetics of a DIY cemetery fence. From pallets and PVC pipe to scrap metal, you can use any material to make them. Use skulls and other props to add the festive essence. You can also make a coffin prop on your own to add to the creepiness.
Foam Halloween Tombstone
If you are good at paper crafts, you can also make foam tombstones for outdoor Halloween decor. First, print and tape a design pattern and then glue or carve it onto a foam board cut to the size of a tombstone. If you need help, check out the tutorial for help.
Halloween Coffin
Woodworking enthusiasts would like this project as they can simply turn pallet wood pieces or plywood into a creepy coffin to put in the yard to frighten the neighbors. This would require several basic woodworking tools. Get some help from the tutorial.
Halloween Cemetery Pillars
Making a haunted castle-style entrance in the backyard will lift up your Halloween décor. You can make the frame using wood and wrap it with brick-patterned wallpaper.
Concrete Tombstones and Hands
Make realistic-looking cast concrete tombstones and hands to give your garden a haunted makeover. Including concrete hands can add that eerie feeling to your DIY outdoor Halloween decoration.
Dead & Breakfast Inn Signpost
Decorate your backyard with a Halloween signpost. Just sketch out some fun or scary words on pallets and attach them to a mail post. You’re done!
Lights
Jack Skellington Tealight Holder
You will need a vintage lantern for the project. Start by painting it black and then print Jack Skellington’s artworks. Then glue them on the glass sections of the lamp. Jump over to the full tutorial.
DIY Halloween String Lights
In case you are looking for Halloween lights, you can make them at home. This DIY tutorial at Landeelu can help you with it. You will need a few ping pong balls, a light string, and a marker to draw eyes on the balls. Disposable coffee cups can also be transformed into Halloween-themed garlands.
Unique DIY Outdoor Halloween Decorations
Spooky Welcome Mat
If you are looking for a creepy way to welcome your guests at the front door, this can be a suitable DIY Halloween project for you. All you need to do is paint a spooky pattern on a doormat.
Hanging Foam Bats
Black craft foam, googly eyes, and thread will be enough to make spooky hanging bats for decorating in your garden. Check out the DIY tutorial at HGTV.
DIY Flytrap Candy Holder
Want to hand out candies to trick-or-treaters in a different way than usual? This DIY candy holder in the shape of a flytrap plant is just perfect. Paint it in your own style, decorate with wordings, and hang it out on the fence.
Pallet Zombie Pit
If you are a seasoned DIYer, you can try creating a zombie pit from pallet wood in a corner of your backyard this year. It’s not a big project to undertake, and won’t consume much of your time or money. Yet it will elevate the scare factor of your yard a notch higher.
Hanging Cage Halloween Prop
Hanging cages with mini skeletons in them will be an attractive Halloween prop you can make at home. You just need to paint laundry baskets black like a cage and hang them using chains.
Zombie Dolls
Barbie dolls are famous for their pretty looks, but you can also turn them into zombies to decorate your outdoors. Filthy hair and bloody faces are some details you can incorporate to turn them into zombie dolls.
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Concrete Smiling Stones
Turn your yard into a frightening yet enchanting landscape using concrete smiling stones. They can be placed amid plants or next to your front door.
Man-Eating Monster Plant
This man-eating monster plant Halloween decoration is perfect to scare up neighbors. It’s a Dollar Tree Halloween DIY you can try this year!
Concrete Lighted Step Spook
You can make this lighted Halloween prop without any mold. It will be a permanent decoration that can be used over and over again. Check out the full tutorial at Made by Barb.
Oversized Bat Infestation
Use black trash bags to make oversized bats that’ll then take over your home. You can secure them all over the façade to make it a true infestation.
Creepy Googly Eyes
Nothing is creepier than big googly eyes staring at you wherever you go. You can use white foam balls in varying sizes. Place them on a bench, in bushes around the house, or anywhere you feel they’ll be the creepiest.
Halloween Tree With Hanging Pumpkins
Create a spooky seance scene outdoors if you have a tree on your property. Hang Jack-o’-lanterns in various sizes and shapes along with a spooky skeleyton and light it all up.
Monster Tree
Give your trees a monstrous makeover with googly eyes and gaping maws. Make them outright scary as if from a monster movie. Onlookers and trick or treaters will be running away from your house.
