95 Easy DIY Halloween Decorations to Deck out Your Home

Give pumpkins and gourds a glow-up with copper liquid leaf paint. Use old paint brushes to paint the “drip line,” creating high peaks and lows for variety. Then, paint the surface above the drip line, including the stem. Note: As you’re working, shake or stir the paint to prevent it from separating. Add paint to the brush in small amounts to avoid running.

Turn old glass jars into eerie lanterns. Start by removing labels with warm soapy water. Print out our bug and frog clip art, cut out the pieces and attach them to the outside of the jar with Mod Podge. You can also add pressed leaves and flowers! Layer the entire jar with three-inch pieces of tissue paper, attaching them with Mod Podge until the surface is covered. Add tea lights for a warm glow.

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Once you gather an assortment of twigs and sticks from the backyard, this spooky wreath is easy to make. Create a wreath form by cutting a circle about 12″ wide out of cardboard, and then cut a smaller circle inside it about 5″ wide. Cut or break sticks into pieces 5 to 10 inches long. Arrange them around the wreath form and attach with hot glue, layering as needed. Once the glue is dry, stretch small pieces of spider webbing over the sticks, criss-crossing for a natural effect. Tuck in a few fake spiders and attach with hot glue.

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Gather small gourds, squash and pumpkins of different shapes, colors, sizes and patterns to create a playful pumpkin topiary.

For the large toadstool: Use a pumpkin carving knife to carve a hole around the stem of a flat pumpkin and hollow it out. The hole should be a bit smaller than the top of the tall pumpkin so that it fits right on top. Using circular cookie cutters of various sizes and a rubber mallet, punch holes all around the cap. Balance the flatter pumpkin on top of the taller pumpkin with the hole you carved facing down. Add LED tea lights inside the cap pumpkin to light up your toadstool.

Adorn your mantel, kitchen shelves or entryway table with this adorable ghost garland. To make this family-friendly craft, you’ll need oven bake clay, ghost cookie cutters and a rolling pin. Once it’s baked, use a paintbrush and black acrylic paint for the face, deciding if you want spooky or friendly ghosts.

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An assortment of pressed flowers and dried blooms turn pretty pumpkins into an elegant display. Use Mod Podge to keep the pressed flowers in place, applying a thin layer onto the pumpkin’s surface and then, on top of the flower to keep it flat. Apply your pressed flowers one by one, as the glue will dry quickly. Attach any dried flowers using small pins or hot glue.

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Make it look as though a wicked witch got caught in your house. Gather up a few household essentials (hint: paper bags, hot glue and ground cinnamon), then customize the boots as you wish.

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These quirky Halloween rocks, a perfect craft for kids, act as decor when displayed in a serving dish. Encourage your little ones to gather rocks from the backyard, then wrap them up with colorful yarn and glue on funny faces. This blogger makes pumpkins, mummies and monsters, but the options are endless!

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Blogger Allison crafts this creepy wreath in minutes — and swears she didn’t use any glue. She starts off with a white berry wreath, like this one, and wraps it with spider webbing and attaches black spiders with wire.

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Don’t shy away from bold hues this year. Spray paint pumpkins a neon pink or bold red, then hot glue paper bats to create a unique and “batty” display.

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Use a Cricut machine and 12×12 black craft paper to DIY these adorable spiderweb umbrellas for drinks. Then, hot glue the center of the webs to skewer sticks. When the night ends, you may find a few of them missing because they’re oh-so-cute!

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An easy and quite silly decor idea is dressing a pumpkin in spa attire. Think cucumbers for eyes and blue paint in the center for their facial expression.

Use puff paint to add all sorts of designs to pumpkins. In this case, we painted the pumpkins white, then used white puff paint to draw on the leaf patterns.

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These snake-like garlands are made with dark RIT liquid dye and an orange party streamer roll. All it takes is sewing a basic running stitch down the center of the streamer. Keep the process going until the garland is long enough to drape over the mantel or bar cart.

This eerie pumpkin design is inspired by old cemetery headstones. Start by carving out our headstone template onto a tall, dark pumpkin. After adding lights, you can place your new headstone in the yard, porch or lawn.

To create this stunning look, pick out a fresh pumpkin, wipe away the dirt and clean it with a water and vinegar spray mixture.

1. Using a good pumpkin carving knife, keyhole saw or sturdy serrated kitchen knife, cut a round opening from the bottom of the pumpkin (this makes it easier to add lights).
2. Scoop out the inside pulp and seeds and trace this crow template onto the pumpkin using washable chalk markers.
3. Use a craft knife set to cut along the template’s lines before placing the carved pumpkin over string lights or a LED votive.

This decoration doubles as an easy way for kids to take their treats. Create a hole at the bottom of the pumpkin and scoop out the guts inside. Carve out a hole in the pumpkin’s front, before painting the entire pumpkin black and filling it with delicious candy that trick-or-treaters will want to eat.

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