Thrifty Fun Halloween Decorations

Are you ready for fun decorations with family and friends? With a few crafty ideas and your personal touch, you'll be having a spooktacular Halloween!

When you think about Halloween, it's easy to get overwhelmed by the thought of decorating your house and planning for a big party. However, there is no need to spend much money on decorations when you can buy cheap, spooky-themed decorations at many different stores. Check out these Halloween decoration ideas.

1. Crafty Halloween Decorations

Grab your broom and to your local Dollar store near you today! Get foam balls, eyes, glitter bats, and spooky candle holders. You can make these simple projects at home without spending big bucks.

∎ Foam pumpkins

You can create decorated pumpkins using foam to carve out faces with lots of personality with decorating kits! Instead of carving real pumpkins, you can cut, carve, paint, and add props to foam pumpkins. Double the fun by getting the kids to help with this no-mess holiday craft project. Get ready to have plenty of family fun while you decorate your own personalized pumpkins!

2. Gory Halloween Decorations

Go for gory if the spooky, pumpkin-themed thing is not your thing. Tombstones, creepy spiders, and of course, spider webs. Whether your theme is gory or spooky, it’s not Halloween without spiderwebs.

∎ Ghost and ghouls

Boo! Deck your walkway and entryway out with the spookiest of decorations. Craft your own spooky ghost with cheesecloth and foam balls that appear to levitate. Trick-or-treaters and trespassers, beware! Use artificial tombstones, rubber bats, and rats to have the scariest house on the street.

Spooky wreaths

Do you love decorating your front porch for Halloween trick-or-treaters? Set the stage for Halloween night with two spooky and simple wreath ideas.

• Create a frightening focal point on your front door using these plastic skulls.

• Add crafts and more creepy stuff!

3. Halloween Party Decorations

Use some glitter, vases, and other cool stuff to spruce up your Halloween party decorations. With some decorated plates, candle holders, goblets, bowls, serving trays, and a little glue and paint, you can transform these items into creepy, scary décor.

For a spooktacular cuisine served up in style. Since these are reusable, it’ll save you money for next year’s party. Use glow sticks for everything to light up the dark while the kids are out trick-or-treating.

∎ Spooky Halloween Centerpiece

No Halloween party is complete without a centerpiece. A few yard twigs from your yard and craft supplies can make for a rather creepy bat-full centerpiece. You can pin on it some glittery bat ornaments and other creepy Halloween creatures. Ask your kids to add their own creative paper-made ornament decors to the tree, too. The scarier, the merrier!

∎ Halloween cupcake stand

This DIY stand is such a fun and unique way to display a batch of cupcakes at your upcoming Halloween party. Create this look with glass plates, bowls, glue, and black paint. Add some decorated cupcakes, a cute Halloween figurine, and a pumpkin paper lantern.

Final Thoughts

Getting festive with Halloween decorations for a spooky Halloween is not so daunting with some thrifty shopping. Thanks for stopping by and have a fun, safe Halloween.