Ominous Mirror
Add the perfect amount of creepiness with a mirror. A spider hanging at the top and the mirror’s partial fogginess will give some real Halloween Town vibes. You can put your skull candle holders next to it, so it is reflected in the mirror for extra effect. Use it to your advantage for highlighting the rest of the decoration. For bringing some serious spookiness to the mirror, tape a warning sign or word. Or put a photo frame with a hauntingly beautiful mansion next to it.
Bats
Halloween isn’t Halloween without certain symbols and images, and bats remain one of those things. Make a whole bat colony in your house this October! Not real, of course. Create your floppy bats and the details like glowing, all-watching eyes contrasting with their pitch-black bodies. Hang them in open cupboards or railings upside down on artificial branches. You can find bat templates and cut-outs for making your bats at home.
Spooky Entryway
Why not begin with the entrance itself? Especially with the Scarecrow outside, it will look perfect. Make it as eerie and fun as you want with oodles of spookiness. Moss, pumpkins, spiderwebs, monster faces with construction paper and paint. If you have some old decoration from previous Halloweens that you don’t want to add inside the house, you can re-use it for the entrance with a little paint and brushing. Hanging big eyes that stare unblinkingly from the door can also give your entry perfect otherworldly strangeness.
Witch’s Brooms
Unsurprisingly, you’re likely to see many people dressed up as witches on Halloween. Admittedly, the history of witches is disturbing, and most of what we know is through folktales and superstitions, Halloween is still a holiday to be enjoyed light-heartedly. You can put many brooms together in a corner for your Halloween decoration, or hang one up from the ceiling, so it looks like it’s flying in the air. It’s not going to cost you heavily either -get some fallen branches, weeds, and tall grass, and make the perfect broom at your home itself.
Trick or Treat Greeters
Go all out Goosebumps mode this Halloween and take some inspiration from children’s books to scare the trick or treaters coming your way! From a scary monster to an adorable and friendly ghost, you can make a spooky trick or treat greeter with some templates, construction paper, glue, paint, and ideas! You can choose a chilly black cat or a big-boned skeleton -what matters is your creativity. If you’re running short of ideas or would instead put your energy in other decorative stuff, you can always order a greeter online.
These were some ideas for a truly spooky Halloween! You can add your taste and personality to it. If you’re a literature buff, take inspiration from Gothic novels or poems. Add a giant raven perched at the top of your cupboard, saying ‘nevermore’ or put a tall pumpkin man next to the candies. You can even put a Halloween-themed centerpiece in the room!