Halloween is fast approaching! Between picking a costume, drinking PSLs, and watching scary movies, the witching season means decorating for parties and trick-or-treaters. We’ve gathered up some ideas to make your Halloween sweet and spooky.
Chalk Body Outline
If you have cement floors (perhaps in the basement), or a paved driveway or sidewalk, all you need is chalk and a friend to create this DIY deco. Grab some white chalk and have your friend lay down and play dead, then trace their outline with chalk. (Or vice versa if you want to be the body.) Done! You can add evidence tags if you really want to get crafty. No pavement? No prob. Use tape on the carpet instead.
Conspiracy Theory Wall
We love this Conspiracy Theory Wall by The Frenzied Hostess! You can pick a real conspiracy and do a deep dive, or just cut out newspaper articles, tape the clippings on the wall, and connect them with string and some push pins. Of course, you can always add handwritten “whodunnit” notes to make it look legit. We’re doing ours on the unsolved Bardstown murders!
Squad Gourds
What up Murderinos? This ‘My Favorite Murder’-inspired “Squad Gourds” card would be cute in a frame as part of your fall decor. Order from Etsy or, if you’re crafty, attempt a watercolor and lettering DIY.
Up Your Pumpkin-Carving Game
Your run-of-the-mill Jack-o-Lantern won’t cut it anymore. These days people are making pumpkins with puns (pun-kins), vampire teeth and googly eyes, succulents sprouting out the tops, melted crayons, cookie-cutter cut-outs, thumbtacks, holes drilled, or covering them in chalkboard paint with a countdown to Halloween. You can make cute little pumpkins out of canning jar rings, too! We love this DIY color-blocked pumpkin centerpiece made with painted foam pumpkins ($9.99/dozen) from Oriental Trading.
Caution Tape Wreath
Caution tape is a pretty lazy way of decorating for Halloween, and wreaths can be expensive, or time-consuming if you’re making it yourself. But this DIY wreath is simple and puts Caution Tape to good use. Greet your trick-or-treaters with the easiest DIY Caution Tape Wreath, using a foam wreath from your local craft store or order one on Amazon. You can also order the caution tape on Amazon or find it at your local hardware store. Secure the tape to the wreath using a straight pin or hot glue, then wrap the caution tape around the foam wreath, overlapping each layer a bit, then secure again once covered. Attempt to make a bow to top it all off.
Larger-Than-Life Spider
Spook your friends with this giant, life-size spider. It’s super easy to make if you have a black balloon, some googly eyes, and black boas. Attach them all with tape or glue and hang it from your ceiling.
100% That Witch
This witchy Lizzo riff is available on everything from t-shirts to doormats to tea towels. If you’re good at lettering, you could make your own and frame it, or just print it off of Etsy for five bucks. It’s a cheap and quick way to start getting in the Fall spirit.
DIY Dias de Los Muertos Skulls
We love these easy-to-make Dias de Los Muertos skulls—a fun craft for kids and adults alike—because they only require a few common supplies. Pop a bottle (or two) of champagne and use the cork to make one of these cute decorations. Hen you’re done, you can even straighten out a paperclip and stick it in the top to hang on your very own Halloween tree.
Mummify All the Things!
Do you have a favorite fall candle? Wrap it up in toilet paper or cheesecloth and make it a spooky mummy! Or, you could even mummify your front door with gauze.
Super Scary Holograms
So far, this decoration inspo has been pretty cutesie for Halloween, but if you’re looking to scare some people à la haunted house, there’s a ghostly apparition for that.
Mermaid Skeleton
If you’re obsessed with sea creatures, specifically mermaids, you’ll heart this mermaid skeleton from Micheal’s. Because what screams Halloween more than a spooky mermaid?
Party Inspiration
via Spooky Little Halloween 
This Sanderson sister-inspired decor will put a spell on you; the Stranger Things theme will work perfectly for children or adult parties; and, this pumpkin Halloween theme is a classic favorite.
Get your apartment ready for the 31st and settle in to watch some Huluween. Don’t have the apartment you want yet? Check out thousands of apartments for rent on Zumper and find the perfectly spooky one.
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