Creepin’ It Real – Outdoor Halloween Decorating Ideas

With Halloween lurking around the corner, it’s time to create the perfect spooky outdoor area to greet all your visitors and trick-or-treaters this year! Read on below for some of our top outdoor Halloween decorating ideas.

Outdoor Halloween Decorating Ideas

With the inside of your home looking great, it’s time to start focusing on outdoor Halloween decorating. From front door Halloween decorating ideas to decorating your garden or balcony, here are some ideas you can’t go wrong with:

Outdoor Halloween Lighting

First, set the mood for your spooky decorations with plenty of Halloween lighting.

If you’re looking to go all out, then a spooky light show is a great option. Use a projector to cast fun shapes and characters all over the outside of your home.

Front Door Area Halloween Decorating Ideas

Your front door is a perfect place to display your Halloween decorations. With a covered doorstep or porch, you’ll have more opportunity to flex your creativity when decorating. Here are some of our favourite ideas:

Pumpkins

Whether you choose to decorate using real or fake pumpkins, you can't go wrong! Start by picking up some of your favourite pumpkins from a pumpkin patch or shop reusable pumpkin decorations in store. Once you have all the pumpkins you need, arrange them on your doorstep, leading up to your front door or scatter around the front of your home.

If you’ve chosen to go with real pumpkins this year, then make sure you check out our DIY Halloween decorating ideas for some fun ways to transform them into the perfect spooky season decorations.

Witch Hats

Cast a spell on your visitors this Halloween with some witchy decor. Whether you choose to purchase them, or you decide to create your own, hanging Witch's hats is the perfect Halloween decorating idea for the spooky season. You can quickly pick up costume Witch’s hats, and string them with a piece of yarn. If you’d prefer to go the homemade route, you can make Witch's hats using construction paper and hot glue.

Witch’s Cauldron

If you love a good theme (as we do), then transform your home into a Witch’s paradise by adding a spooky cauldron alongside your hanging Witch's hats. A Witch’s cauldron is an easy Halloween decorating idea that will make a great, spooky statement. Your front door or garden is the perfect place to put this, especially if you decide to add elements such as dry ice. Go the extra mile by hot gluing fake spiders around the outside of it.

Garden & Balcony Halloween Decoration Ideas

With your front door area set up, it’s time to start transforming your garden or balcony. These ideas are the big showstoppers that'll attract all trick-or-treaters to your home.

Here’s what we recommend:

Spooky Graveyard

When you think of Halloween, one thing that comes to mind is a spooky graveyard. Why not turn your garden or balcony into a spooky graveyard, home to ghouls and ghosts that are waiting to frighten anyone who walks by!

Firstly, you’ll need tombstones to set the scene. This will quickly clue visitors into the idea that they’ve stepped foot into a creepy cemetery. Then, add in your skeletons, ghosts and ghouls. We recommend these spooky skeleton stakes. Simply stake these into the ground, and they’ll last all season long. You can also hang ghosts from your tree limbs to give the illusion that they’re floating around the graveyard.

Spider’s Lair

If you ask anyone what they’re frightened of, one of the most popular answers you’ll hear is Spiders. So naturally, you should consider creating a spider’s lair to scare almost anyone who walks by.

Use a giant spider web as the creepy crawler’s home. Afterwards, add plenty of plastic spiders of all sizes. By adding variety, you’ll create the illusion of a family of spiders. After all, what’s scarier than just one spider? The answer: having too many spiders to count!

Inflatables Galore

Looking for easy, yet still show-stopping outdoor Halloween decorations? Then you can’t go wrong with inflatables. They’re so large that they’ll quickly draw attention to your decorated home! You can either opt for inflatables that fit a theme, such as an inflatable Witch’s cauldron for a Witch theme. Or you can use ones that just look cool, such as an inflatable dragon.

Zombie Infestation

In the past few years, zombies have become the craze, and for good reason – they are absolutely terrifying! If you’re wanting to go all in on the scary, then why not create a spooky zombie infestation in your front garden?

Similar to the graveyard, opt for tombstones to set the scene. Then, as if they’re coming out of each grave site, stake zombie hands into the ground. Go the extra mile by hanging a horror door cover over a door or window to create the illusion that the house is infested with zombies too.