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Easy DIY Halloween Decorations

The 30 Cutest (and Easiest!) DIY Halloween Decorations You Can Make This Year

Oct 14 2020

If you love Halloween, you know that half the fun of the holiday is the decorating leading up to it. While our favourite shops sell awesome seasonal items, this is the best time of year to DIY it up. Regardless of whether you have any crafting experience or not, we've gathered totally doable projects that won't take all month to make. Not only are they pretty simple to create, but they also don't require an excessive supply list, either. Get in the spooky season spirit with these great DIY decor ideas ahead!

— Additional reporting by Lauren Harano

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1. Mummy Door

Wrap your front door with medical gauze and stick on some big yellow paper eyes for an undead welcome.

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2. Bloody Candles

These dripping-with-blood Halloween candles are so easy and cost basically nothing to make.

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3. Candy Corn Wine Bottles

This candy-corn-inspired bottle makes for a cute decoration after the wine has been enjoyed.

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4. Pumpkin and Skeleton Balloons

Here's how to create these spookily easy jack-o'-lantern, ghost, and skeleton balloons for Halloween party decor that packs a big punch.

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5. Trick or Treat Lanterns

Upcycle old cans into welcoming adornments for your front step. All you need is a hammer, nails, and a little patience to pull off this DIY.

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6. Spooky and Glam Balloons

Turn a balloon into a cat by taping on black paper ears, whiskers, and a nose. For the ghost, just stick on googly eyes. Throw in a big confetti-filled balloon and black balloon to create a pretty bunch.

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7. Mummy Mason Jars

No need to be crafty for this Halloween project! All you need are a few glass containers, googly eyes, and a bit of gauze to create mummy jars for holding candy or candles or for being centrepieces.

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8. Floating Head in a Jar

With this creepy DIY decoration, you can put your own head in a jar!

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9. Painted "Boo!" Pumpkin

All you need for this cute pumpkin DIY can be found at the dollar store.

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10. Creepy Candy Tray

Dollar-store trays come together so simply to create this creepy candy tray.

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11. Succulent Pumpkins

Boo! Easy DIY succulent pumpkins trump any jack-o'-lantern.

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12. Halloween Vase

Head to the dollar store for a cheap vase and plastic bugs to create this hair-raising vase for displaying your flowers this Halloween.

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13. Golden Thumbtack Pumpkin

Cover a dollar-store pumpkin or even a fresh gourd with thumbtacks to make these unique All Hallows' Eve decorations.

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14. Skeleton Backdrop

No Halloween party is complete without a frightfully fun photo backdrop, and this chalk one is positively bone-chilling.

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15. Halloween Raven Wreath

For less than $10, you can transform a wreath frame into a spooky creation.

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16. So Sparkly

Transform a dollar-store pumpkin into a chic Halloween decoration with the help of superfine glitter.

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17. Spooky Votive Candles

You'll love how these mercury glass votives come together with the help of dollar-store votives or repurposed glass jars. And they're easier to make than you think!

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