Halloween preparation starts during spooky season, when costumes and DIY pumpkin decor begin to take shape. Pumpkin decor can cover both outdoor and indoor spaces.
Pumpkin decor adds a spooky atmosphere throughout the house, from the entrance and garden to the living room. The ideas include carved pumpkins, no-carve pumpkins, and glow-in-the-dark pumpkins, so the display may even surprise party guests.
Pumpkin carving can be messy and complicated, but it also allows for plenty of personalization. Halloween decorations can include carved pumpkins as well as no-carve pumpkins.
For a Halloween hostess, pumpkins can be simple, quick, funny, or terrifying decorations.
These 15 Halloween crafts bring simple decor ideas into the home for the spooky season.
Pumpkin Nightlights by the Door
Lay string lights on the ground and hang more in the entryway, then add carved pumpkins filled with lights in random spots around the entrance. The pumpkin lighting works during the day and at night, so turn the pumpkin lights on at sunset, as shown by halloweeen.nights.
Pumpkins With a Nighttime Glow
This indoor Halloween craft from onelittleproject.com uses glow-in-the-dark spray paint. Remove the face sticker, spray the pumpkins, and attach a hand-drawn or printed face template.
Orange Halloween Garden Decor
For the tea table, use orange flowers in a flower pot along with orange cutlery and an orange candle. Place the pot, cutlery, and candle on the table, then arrange the remaining carved pumpkins with lights around them. One pumpkin hangs from the top, while another carved pumpkin holds lights, an idea credited to halloweenbabez.
Pumpkin Heads with an Angry Look
The carved pumpkin has an angry expression with varied teeth, including versions carved without teeth and with teeth, and its lid is cut out and placed back on top. Put it on a tea table or a garden stone slab for indoor decor or garden decor. This design is intended to have a scary appearance and is credited to halloween.store.2020.
Disney Pumpkin Rack
From houseofmouseohboy, this indoor Halloween rack has shelves filled with ornaments and pumpkins. A Mickey-shaped board made from wood or cardboard holds a Mickey Mouse pumpkin, another board-held pumpkin, and plain pumpkins in varied sizes. For a character detail, choose Mickey Mouse, carve his face into a pumpkin, and add ears. The pumpkin can also be plastic.
Happy Haunting Pumpkins
In a corner or on a table, multiple jack-o-lanterns sit with whole apples and apple-shaped candles placed around them. Cranberries rest on the pumpkins, while a few autumn leaves are sprinkled over the Halloween decor from halloween.store.2020.
Black Magic Pumpkins
On the Halloween fireplace mantel, black and orange no-carve decor from love.autumn.winter sits alongside pumpkins placed in front of the fireplace. An orange-and-black banner made of wizard triangles hangs on the mantelpiece. Use black paint to create patterns on each pumpkin, such as stripes, polka dots, spider webs, nets, or flowers.
Vintage Halloween Paper Mache Pumpkins
Black and white paint can give real pumpkins a different look, but paper mache pumpkins are another option. These scary painted jack-o-lanterns can sit on the steps or be placed around them to create a spooky Halloween welcome in the entryway. The idea is credited to scary_stuff_under_my_bed.
Ghostly Greeting Pumpkins
In an entryway corner, arrange a cluster of white and orange pumpkins in varied sizes. Paint the pumpkins with stripes and polka dots, then place candle lanterns among them. The pattern inspiration is from halloween.store.2020.
Colorplay Pumpkin Designs Without Carving
On a table or a fireplace mantel, pink and orange pumpkins create no-carve decor. The pumpkins can be real or plastic, and they should be coated thoroughly with paint applied by spray paint or paintbrush. You can stack different-sized pumpkins if you choose.
Eye Spy Pumpkin Decor
A single plastic spider sits near the eye of the classic jack-o-lantern. Candles or tealights are arranged around it, and the Halloween pumpkin decor from halloween.store.2020 can work as either a table centerpiece or a shelf piece. Add more spiders if you want to.
Jack-o-Lanterns Under a Halloween Spell
Fill the Halloween jack-o-lanterns with lights and place one at each corner of the steps. Their faces can show a witch, bats, ghosts, or a fox, while Halloween words can be carved into the pumpkins too. Arrange the jack-o-lanterns around lots of flowers. The idea is credited to spookyhorrorhalloween.
Pumpkin Steps at the Entrance
Place flower pots near the steps, then set varied-size pumpkins at the corners of each step. Orange and white pumpkins work here, while white pumpkins can be painted with black stripes or a check pattern to support a more abstract look. This no-carve decoration requires little time, according to holidaycountdowns.
Halloween Jack-o-Lanterns in the Garden
Three traditional Halloween jack-o-lanterns can be placed on a garden table or on the grass, arranged with tealight lanterns. Stack leaves on the jack-o-lanterns, and add them beside a bat, ghost, or skeleton Halloween decoration as an optional addition. The idea is credited to halloween.store.2020.
Colorful Pumpkins for the Mantel
At the fireplace, place candles and add a leaf garland to the mantel. Divide the varied-size pumpkins into equal color groups, paint them in varying shades, and stack the groups in a line on the mantel with 5 pumpkins per color. This colorful Halloween decor comes from akailochiclife.com.
DIY decor pieces can make crafts feel more special for a Halloween celebration. Affordable Halloween pumpkin crafts can add uniqueness and personality to the decor, whether the Halloween theme starts in the front yard or continues into the backyard.
Halloween Pumpkins with Leaves and Flowers
In the corner of a step, place a pumpkin carved with leaves and flowers and fill it with lights. Add an uncarved pumpkin and some greenery to the grouping. Unlike classic carved pumpkins, this Halloween decor uses carved motifs instead of the usual faces, and the idea is credited to connies_weird_wonderful_world.
Pumpkin Fireplace Halloween Decor
This decor idea uses only a few items. Choose real or plastic pumpkins in different sizes and colors, and paint them if you like, since orange pumpkins are optional. Set the pumpkins inside the fireplace, facing outward, then hang a tassel garland from the mantel and place a spider web nearby. This fireplace decor idea is from studiodiy.com.
Striped and Dotted Pumpkins
In the entryway corner, place a cluster of varied-size white and orange pumpkins and set candle lanterns among them. Paint the pumpkins with stripes and polka dots, using the pattern inspiration from halloween.store.2020.
