DIY Halloween decorations, that are easy to make and won’t break the bank, are our favorites. Why spend a lot of money on Halloween decorations when you can make your own unique handmade outdoor and indoor Halloween decorations?
These are DIY kid friendly Halloween decorations to help you get into the spirit of Halloween fun with your entire family.
With just a few simple supplies that you can find at the dollar store or your local craft store, you can transform your home into a spooky house in no time. Make some creepy candles to hang from the ceiling or create a few haunted house luminaries for your fireplace .
These decorations are so simple, it’s almost scary. So why wait? Let’s start creating a boo-tiful Halloween display today!
10 DIY Halloween decorations
DIY Cousin Itt Path Lights
If you are a fan of the Adams Family and looking for a fun DIY project, then creating your very own Itt cousin light would be perfect outdoor Halloween decoration.
With just a few materials, you can make a unique and eye-catching decoration that will light up your house at night.
Using a plastic pumpkin pail as the base, grass table skirt as the hello hair, and a black top hat along with sunglasses to complete the iconic Itt look, you can easily assemble this DIY project.
Add solar string lights inside the pail to make it glow beautifully in the dark.
Google Eye Halloween Planter
This simple googly eye spooky planter is perfect for adding a touch of Halloween spirit to any room or outdoor space.
Simply grab a terracotta pot, paint it black, and the hot glue googly eyes in different sizes onto the pot to create a fun and spooky design. Add in some black plastic flowers to give the planter some texture and dimension.
Pool Noodle Blobby From Hotel Transylvania Decoration
Blobby, this fun and quirky character from the popular hotel Transylvania movie is perfect for adding attachments spooky fun for any Halloween party or home decor period to make this decoration, all you need is a few green pull models, some googly eyes and hot glue.
Simply cut the pool noodles into different length and glue them together to create a signature blobby shape. Then, add on the googly eyes and any other details you’d like, such as hands.
Creepy Eyeball Plant
Using only a few basic craft supplies that you can find at the dollar store, make a spooky Halloween centerpiece.
Hot glue fake eyeballs to green mash tubes cut out at difference at different sizes and stick them into floral foam, that you have placed inside a pot.
If you can’t find a Halloween decorated flower pot, you can paint one yourself, or simply use a white one.
Stacked Trick-Or-Treat Pail Decoration
You may already have some plastic Jack-O-Lantern pails that your kids don’t use anymore, or you can find some at a thrift store.
All you have to do is drill some holes in the pails, stack them up on a garden stake, add a light string and a witch hat and you are done.
This decoration will not only look nice during the night, but it will turn head during the day, too.
Halloween Pumpkin Topiary
Take stackable pumpkins to the next level with this plastic pumpkin front porch decoration.
While kids can have their input when it comes to the Jack’O’Lantern face designs, the work for this DIY outdoor decoration needs to be done by an adult. It involves a lot of drilling and plastic cutting.
Turn in into a family project, with kids deciding on the faces, dad drilling and mom painting. At least this is how we would do it in our family, if we decided to make this decoration.
Giant Pool Noodle Spider
This giant pool noodle spider is a simple, yet eye-catching Halloween decoration that will certainly impress trick-or-treaters and guests. It’s not only a fun and creative DIY decoration but also a great way to repurpose old pool noodles. If you don’t have any make sure to grab some from the Dollar Tree. Find there also foam balls for the head and body.
Add a giant spider web and you’re all set.
Floating Halloween Candles
Add some spooky ambiance to your home with these floating Halloween candles made from paper rolls.
This indoor DIY Halloween decoration is especially perfect for Harry Potter fans, as it mimics the enchanted floating candles seen in the Great Hall of Hogwarts.
Start by painting paper rolls white, add fishing line and insert flameless candles inside.
Hang the candles from the ceiling to create the illusion of floating candles without any actual flame.
Cardboard Haunted House Luminaires
If you like frugal and fun Halloween decorations that you can make yourself, look no further than these cardboard haunted house luminaries made from old boxes. With just paint, a craft knife and glue you will be able to make one or more spooky houses to place on your fireplace mantel.
Add inside Christmas lights or flameless tea-candles to give your haunted houses a fun look in the evening or at night.
On Halloween night you can place them by the front door as an outside decoration. Just make sure it won’t rain, because water will ruin them.
DIY Ghost Windsocks
These ghost windsocks made from tin cans are the perfect decoration if you are looking for a homemade Halloween decoration idea that will not break the bank.
They will look great indoor as well as outdoor. If you decide to hang from them from a tree or a plant pole the wind will be on your side and your ghosts will look fantastic moving around.
For a kid-friendly version, use paper rolls instead of tin cans.