The Best Spooky Halloween Decorations
Halloween is such a fun holiday and it is even more fun with decorations. Halloween decorations can really set the right atmosphere for your Halloween party. Make your Halloween as festive as possible with this list of some of the best spooky Halloween decorations.
Whether you want to decorate for a party, trick or treaters, or simply for yourself, read on.
1. Skeletons
Skeletons can help set a spooky atmosphere. My favorite skeletons are just the simple paper ones you can buy at the store for cheap. They are versatile in that you can hang them almost anywhere and you can usually position them anyway you'd like.
If you want to spend a little more you can even buy plastic full body Halloween skeletons with movable joints like the one shown in the photo above.
1. Witches
Witches also help set a spooky tone. The best witch decorations are window decorations - the ones that either light up or even simple window clings.
When I was about 4 years old I remember my mother putting up a large window cling of a witch on a broom flying past the moon. It has been over 50 years now and I still remember how much I liked that decoration.
3. Tombstones
Give your yard an eerie appearance with tombstones. Tombstones can really set the right Halloween mood for your Halloween party or simply for trick or treaters. No other Halloween decorations set an ominous feel as well as tombstones.
4. Zombies
Zombies are really popular lately with shows like "The Walking Dead," "Fear the Walking Dead," & "Black Summer" increasing their exposure and popularity.
You can easily find zombie yard stakes or zombie garden statues to really set a creepy tone.
5. Bats
No spooky Halloween decor would be complete without bats. You can find these in a variety of forms - paper, inflatables, ect, or even cookies as shown above.
6. Ghosts
Given that Halloween is celebrated for All Hallows Eve, ghosts are what Halloween is really all about.
On All Hallows Eve, it is believed the souls of the dead to come back to earth and walk among the living. This is because the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead is believed to be the thinnest then.
You can decorate with scary ghosts or friendly ghosts. My favorite ghosts decorations have always been just the simple ones made with tissue paper.
7. Spiders
Spiders are a Halloween decoration staple. You can buy plastic spiders, or large inflatable spiders and webs for your yard or even carve them into your pumpkins as shown in the photo above.
Be very careful with Halloween spider webs around pets and small children. If the webs get eaten this can be very dangerous, or even fatal.
Sometimes spiders can be combined with other creepy items, such as eyeballs, for a really chilling effect.
8. Lights
Lights are probably the most important decoration of all. You can do so much with lights and you can find them in all forms - orange lights, skeleton lights, pumpkin lights, ect.
9. Fog Machine
Nothing will quite set the mood for your spooky Halloween party like fog. With a fog machine you'll turn your whole yard in a creepy scene.
10. Pumpkins
There is nothing that symbolizes Halloween as well as pumpkins. The good thing about pumpkins is that they come in a variety of sizes and you can carve your jack o lantern anyway you'd like. Pumpkins are festive for Halloween even if you don't carve them at all.
A Full Moon
Not that anyone has any control over when the moon is full, however, a full moon on, or near Halloween, certainly adds to a chilling atmosphere. While there isn't anything inherently scary about a full moon itself, the full moon is often associated with erratic behavior as well as werewolves.