Looking to turn your yard into the spookiest spot on the block this Halloween? Whether you’re going for haunted-house vibes or fun, family-friendly flair, these 34 outdoor Halloween decorations to DIY are just what you need.
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From creepy lawn props to eerie porch displays, you’ll find creative, budget-friendly ideas to make your space delightfully dreadful. Grab your glue gun and your imagination—it’s time to scare up some fun!
Straw Tote Bag Halloween Jack-o-Lantern Planter
What you’ll need:
Straw tote bag
Orange spray paint
Black paint
Craft Creepy Mummy Hands for Just $1
How to Make DIY Floating Witch Hats
What you’ll need:
Fish line
scissors
6 to12 Witch hats
DIY Jack-O-Lantern Archway
Supplies needed:
30 plastic pumpkin buckets
(2) 10’x1/2″ PVC pipes
(1) 1/2″ PVC coupler
(2) 4’x1/2″ rebars
drill
7/8″ paddle bit
rubber mallet
DIY wicked witch Legs
How to Make a Mickey Mouse Halloween Pumpkin Wreath DIY
Supplies needed:
12″ Funkin and 2x 6″ Funkins carvable pumpkins
Fall wreath and additional flowers to add fullness to the wreath
Create a Floating Umbrella Witch for Halloween
DIY Caged Halloween Decor
- Supplies needed:
- Umbrella
- Witch Legs
- Black mesh
- Tulle
- Spiders
- Black Pipe Cleaners
- Glue gun
How To Make Yard Witches
The Easiest Halloween Decoration: Old West Haunted Graveyard
DIY Halloween Ornament Wreath for a BOOtiful Front Door!
Supplies needed:
Styrofoam wreath form (cut in half)
LOTS of shatterproof ornaments in various:
Sizes
Colors (orange and black)
Textures (gloss, matte, & glitter)
Decorative vase filler foam balls (purple and green)
Black floral leaves with purple glitter
Purple and black spider web hanging decoration
Floral wire
Spirit Jugs
Supplies needed:
Milk jugs
Sharpie
How to Make a Creepy Spider Egg Sac
Supplies needed:
- a pair of white tights
- a bunch of spider rings or tiny fake spiders
- 3-4 larger spiders
- 1 fake super stretchy spider web
- black or white balloons
Tomato Cage Ghosts – A NO-FAIL DIY Halloween decor
Supplies needed:
- Tomato cage
- King-size pillowcase
- Sharpie
- String lights (white, orange, purple, etc.)
Brewing
DIY Halloween Decorations | Floating Head Hanging Ghosts
Supplies needed:
Foam heads, male or female
Box cutter
3 yards cheesecloth per head, cut into 2 sections
Mod Podge
Foam Brush
1 eyelet screws per ghost
E6000 glue
Walking Dead Halloween Decorations: Hershel’s Barn Pallet Project
Skeleton on a Bike
Halloween Silhouettes
Climbing Halloween Skeletons
How To Make A Dementor! DIY Wraith Harry Potter Party Idea!
Outdoor Halloween Decorations
Bush Eyes – Turn Dollar Store Plastic Pumpkins into Spooky Eyes to Freak Out Your Neighbors for Halloween.
DIY Witch Legs (Grandin Road Inspired)
Easy Lighted Hanging Ghosts (A Dollar Store DIY)
Skeleton Entryway Pots
It Hat to Be You, Tale of a Witch Hat
DIY Halloween Decorations: 3 Witches and a Cauldron (with Free Witch Hat Pattern)
For 3 Witches and a Cauldron:
- 3 empty bottles (I found that small laundry detergent bottle worked best and looked the most face-like)
- 3 yards of black fabric (pick something that will flow nicely in the wind)
- 3-6 yards of black tulle (1 yard per witch works great but I like the look of the tulle doubled)
- safety pins
- twist ties or wire
- primer spray paint
- green spray paint
- 1 yard or 3 11″x17″ sheets of thick black felt
- witch hat pattern
- 3 garden stakes
- witches cauldron
DIY Wood Crate Pumpkins
What you’ll need:
3 different size wood crates
- Orange acrylic paint
- Corn husk ribbon
- Branch stem
DIY Skeleton Lawn Decorations for Halloween
Corn Husk Brooms
How do you make a pumpkin topiary?
- Plastic HOLLOW pumpkins (they’re 40% off right now at Michaels!)
- What you’ll need”
- ¾”x10’ PVC pipe
- Drill
- ¾” paddle bit
- Box cutter
- Planter
Make Black Cat Pumpkins
DIY Carnivorous Plants
