The spooky season is upon us and with it comes fun decorations that will make the environment do the talking. From whimsical to spooky, there's no shortage of Halloween decorating ideas.
Many homeowners like to make their own displays because they can personalize all of their Halloween yard decorations. We've scoured social media to find the year's coolest and most creative DIY decorations to inspire your spooky creations.
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1. Creepy homemade graves
Make your garden a place where spirits are at home. The idea came from Rabbitt Ranch, an artist and video maker who believes in bright colors and maximalism. They went so far as to personalize their graves with posters advertising artistic activities; Feel free to write yours with whimsical or dark humor.
Make your own tombstones out of cardboard or styrofoam and add pumpkins from the garden to replicate this look. DIY skeletons can be a little trickier to make, so you can pick up a 5-foot skeleton from Target.
2. Giant spider webs on the lawn
Frecon Ranch knows a thing or two about decorating homes. They're renovating a 1970s farmhouse, and their style is as clean and simple as the spider webs they make for Halloween.
You can recreate this look on your property with white polyester straps, pins and temporary hooks to hold it in place. You can also buy ready-made spider webs at Target, like this giant spider web. Don't forget to add a flashlight so scammers can see it after dark.
3. Pumpkin room
California-based Missanfrance usually fills her Instagram feed with photos of beautiful nature and flowers, but she also made an exception for her cute Halloween look. Instead of buying more decorations, these pumpkin patches are a great example of using what you need to show your love this season.
Take an existing structure that you still want to paint and turn it into a temporary mural of sorts. All you have to do is draw and imagine. Like this pumpkin cabin, design doesn't have to be complicated. After Halloween is over, just paint it.
4. Summon Rosie's spirit
Is there anything scarier than the dreams of children singing about the bubonic plague? Jessica Hernandez Home is an avid DIY fan who uses her account to showcase her beautiful home, cats, and seasonal decor. She dreamed up this dance for last Halloween and it's an easy design to replicate with cheap foil, styrofoam balls, sticks and hot glue.
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5. Skull sunflower
Moxie Home does it all for the holidays! With unique, creative and colorful DIYs, this happy family is a great source of home hacks, tips and ideas on how to make your home. Based on their diet, it turns out that plants can be found anywhere in and around their homes, so their skull sunflowers are the perfect Halloween decoration.
This is a very simple Halloween decoration. Grab some fake sunflowers and some small plastic skulls from the dollar store, like this 12-pack of mini skulls from Target, and use hot glue to attach the two.
6. Monster eyes
Can't get enough of spooky Halloween? Looks like you'll have to stick with hallowqueeeen31 as the stream pays homage to his favorite season and scariest weather of the year. Expect horror movie prizes, costume ideas, monsters, and seasonal decorations to get you excited for Halloween all year long.
The pet's favorite is its terrifying eyes in the bushes, disturbing passers-by. Paint an old bowl or bucket with white paint or glow-in-the-dark paint, then add some red paint and streaks to make it look bloody. It remains only to place the eyeballs on the front wings.
7. Fraud or treatment with social distancing
Let gadget lovers find a simple device that makes it easy to maintain social distance while trick-or-treating. Garrett Wade finds the right tools and supplies for all your indoor and outdoor home projects: gardening, cooking, construction, camping and even apple picking. With news and high-quality images dedicated to the usefulness of each tool, there is much to discover and learn.
While feeding Garrett, we came across a DIY Halloween candy slide taped to the stair railing. All you need is a PVC pipe decorated to look like a creature or just a message that says "Happy Halloween" and some tape or zip ties to hold it in place.
Purchase some PVC pipe at your local hardware store, such as a 10-foot section from Lowe's.
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8. Jack o'Lantern Balloon Garland
Using basic ingredients, Kulsum engages kids in DIY crafts, then posts their creations for a fun and colorful Instagram feed. This Seattle mom came up with an easy-to-replicate craft idea that can be used to entertain kids, decorate homes, and spread joy.
Knowing what it is, Kulsom came up with this DIY Halloween yard decoration craft. To celebrate the spooky season, try this simple wreath using just balloons, masking tape, ribbon and a marker.
9. Light spider web
You've seen the houses where people set up camp for every vacation. Kim's Vintage Happy Place is the account to follow if you love holiday shows. With a beautiful A-frame lake house, frugal expert Kim has created a trend that will inspire the maximalist in you.
This giant Halloween spider is just one of the imaginative garden decorations he's made over the years. An Instagram post that includes an ankle strap light outlines the supplies you'll need. Personalize your spider with mini orange lights like this string of 60 from Target.
10. Hanging Pumpkin Ghost
Larry Pfarr's Instagram account seems to pay homage to Minnesota's botanical beauty. This plate is full of garden plants, fresh flowers, snow covered trees and stunning landscapes.
Of course, an amateur gardener must protect his plants. Larry added this giant pumpkin ghost for Halloween instead of the usual scarecrow. Most of these DIY materials can be found at a garden or hardware store. It is possible to use real pumpkins, although they will rot over time and create extra cleanup, so we recommend plastic pumpkins like the 16-inch Cracked Lantern from Target.
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11. The window is full of fear
Audrey of Oh So Lovely is a DIYer, traveler, blogger and art director. She curates a collection of posts and series full of home improvement and crafts, holiday shows, faraway places and family. The show showcases creativity and taste, and Audrey models what's possible with wit and a little elbow grease.
This five-year-old window project became the centerpiece of several of her DIY Halloween garden decorations. Filled with jack-o'-o' lanterns, spider webs and other wild fun, this is a show you can personalize. After you fill it with creepers or creepy crawlies, be sure to add lights to make your windows visible in the dark, like the Harbor Breeze light set found at Lowe's.
12. Skeletons and sticky spiders
Supermom Chelsea Hood's Instagram account effortlessly exudes her chic charm and love of home decor. The magazine showcases her immaculate home, the furnishings and style she uses in every room, her beautiful family, and her lavish decor for every holiday season. You'll also find some tips, favorite products and lifestyle content in this feed.
Chelsea's Halloween decorations this year included covering the outside of her house with a giant spider tied with ribbon or staples. Use last year's creepy crawler to replicate this DIY Halloween decor, or grow it as an 80-inch spider from Target.
13. The crown of the slithering serpent
A scammer might think twice before knocking on the door if he sees this cleverly crafted wreath by wife and mother Hilary Meadows, who posts photos of her home, kids and pets, and favorite outfits. Her Halloween treat is full of orange, but this black snake wreath might be the scariest Halloween design yet.
Copy the style by adding a plastic snake like this one to a vine wreath from Amazon. Spray everything with a black and scary snake.
