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Check out these amazing DIY Halloween decorations that you can make to add some spooky flair to your Halloween decor this year.
I’ve gathered up a bunch of easy-to-make ideas for Halloween porch decorations, lawn decor, creepy Halloween props, and other outdoor Halloween decorations.
Decorate your porch, front yard, driveway, and windows with these easy Halloween decorations.
Easy DIY Halloween Decorations
Here are some fun DIY decorations that you can make to add seasonal flair to your Halloween decor this year. There are a bunch of easy-to-make ideas for porch decorations, lawn decor, creepy Halloween props, and other outdoor Halloween decorations.
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Skeleton in a Wheelbarrow
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With some extra dirt and a pretend skeleton, you can make a fun, creepy Halloween prop that you can add to your lawn decorations.
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Raven Inspired Halloween Porch | Easy Halloween Decor Idea
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This Raven Inspired Halloween Porch looks amazing! And it's very easy and fun to create!
Go gather some tall sticks and made this fun Halloween DIY decor.
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How to Make a Stenciled Halloween Doormat
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Greet visitors with this cute Stenciled Halloween Doormat.
This doormat project uses a reverse-stencil technique to create the batty design. This project can be done at any time of the year with any design. It’s an inexpensive way to customize your front entry.
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Make Black Cat Pumpkins
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Make your entry glow with fat Halloween cats made from stacked pumpkins. With just a few pumpkins and some glossy black paint, you can create a trio of cute Halloween kitties.
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Halloween Pallet Fence
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These pallet wood fences are a cheap and easy Halloween decoration that you can add to your yard. If you are looking for a frugal way to add a decorative walkway through your other Halloween decorations -- this is the one!
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Cousin Itt Halloween Prop Tutorial - The Navage Patch
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This easy tutorial will show you how to make a quick and inexpensive Cousin Itt Halloween Halloween Prop! He’s family-friendly and looks great, but he won’t scare the little ones!
You can even find most of the supplies at the dollar store!
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How to Make a Halloween Pumpkin Archway
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Find a great deal of some of those plastic pumpkins buckets (dollar store, anyone?) and make one of these awesome Halloween Pumpkin Archways.
It looks so impressive, but it's actually pretty simple to make!
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DIY Halloween Lawn Gravestones
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With a little plywood and paint, you can make this awesome -- and durable! -- DIY Halloween Lawn Gravestones props.
And bonus -- they’refree-standing, so you don’t have to tear up your yard with stakes.
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Halloween Garage Door Silhouette
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If you're handy with power tools, you'll really love this DIY Halloween Silhouette decoration to decorate your driveway on Halloween.
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Eyeballs in a Tree!
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Add some quirky personality to your yard with these fun Halloween Tree Eyes. They're made with large white beach balls colored with a permanent marker.
You could even use glow-in-the-dark beach balls for an extra spooky touch!
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Venus Fly Trap Pumpkin Candy Holder DIY
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If you'll be out and about on Halloween night, make one of these Candy Holders to serve up sweets to trick or treaters while you're gone.
This candy holder looks impressive, but it was quite easy to make, and you don't need to be an artist to make one!
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Lite Brite Pumpkins: a Halloween Decorating Idea
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DIY Floating Witch Hat Luminaries | Polka Dot Chair
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Add some spooky Halloween decor to your Halloween Porch decorations this year with these Floating Witch Hat luminaries! Add some simple battery-powered LEDs to make them light up, too!
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Glowing Plastic Jack O’ Lantern Totem
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Here's another easy DIY Halloween decoration for you -- this amazing Glowing Plastic Jack O’ Lantern Totem. Grab the supplies at the dollar store and you can make this for about $10!
It’s pretty simple to make and adds a beautiful orange glow to your Halloween porch or front steps.
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Halloween party ideas: monster doors
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Add some whimsy to your Halloween Porch with these cute and creepy Monster Doors. These Halloween door coverings are cheap, colorful and such fun to make! So many ideas in this post!
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Easy DIY Trash Bag Spiderwebs
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Here's a classic frugal Halloween Decoration for you porch or windows. You can make these easy DIY Trash Bag Spiderwebs from cheap materials you probably already have at home -- all you need are some black trash bags and a pair of scissors!
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How To Make Wicked Witch Legs
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With a little chicken wire and some thrift store shoes, you can make these fun Halloween Wicked Witch Legs.
They're a fun DIY decoration that you can use in your yard, shrubs, or in a potted plant on your Halloween porch!
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How to Make Hanging Ghosts Halloween Decorations - a PB Knock-Off
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With just a few styrofoam balls and some cheesecloth, you can recreate these Pottery Barn hanging ghosts for a fraction of the cost.
Add some cute spooky fun to your Halloween porch decorations with these Hanging Ghosts.
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How to Make Packing Tape Ghost | DIY projects for everyone!
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A DIY packing tape ghost is a sure way to give your neighbors a good scare! With a few rolls of clear packing tape and a little bit of patience, they're actually pretty easy to make!
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How to Make Faux Chains
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Use these creepy Faux Chains to add extra decoration to your Halloween porch or fireplace mantle.
And would you believe, theseFaux Chains cost less than $3 to make?
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Yard Monsters!
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Add some googly eyes to the bushes in your yard with this fun and easy Halloween DIY decoration. These cute yard monsters are simple to make with just a few materials.
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Skeleton Painted Flamingo: Halloween Decoration
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Repaint a plastic flamingo to turn it into a spooky Halloween Decoration! This is a great idea for a yard art and can be done easily with store-bought plastic flamingos.
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How to Make Hanging Halloween Ghosts
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This budget-friendly Halloween project is so easy you can even get the kids involved. Use white balloons and a bit of cheesecloth to create these Hanging Halloween Ghosts.
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How to Make Halloween Window Silhouettes
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Decorate your front windows for Halloween with these spooky window silhouettes you can make yourself.
They're so simple, all you'll need is some black construction paper to get started.
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Flamingo Vultures
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With a little spray paint and a white feather boa, you can turn normal pink plastic flamingos into spooky Halloween vultures.
They are the perfect thing to add to your Halloween yard decorations.
Looking for more Halloween project ideas? Check out this list of 31 crochet Halloween project patterns.
Save this post to your Pinterest Halloween Board so that you can come back and find it later.
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Sarah Stearns has helped millions of makers find their next craft project with free patterns and step-by-step tutorials on her blog, sarahmaker.com. Read more.
With over a decade of experience in knitting and crochet, she has been featured in prominent publications like The New York Times, Scientific American, Good Housekeeping, Vox, Apartment Therapy, and Lifehacker.
