Brass pumpkins, West Elm. Author: West Elm
Let us help you with these ideas of how to add fun Halloween decorations throughout your home so you can enjoy the holiday.
Halloween may be a favourite and long-awaited holiday for the kids, complete with ghosts, goblins and everything gory, but adding a haunted Halloween feeling to your home doesn’t have to verge on the grotesque. We love this fun day, too but prefer to keep things a little more chic. Here are our top 10 picks for Halloween-inspired decorating ideas that hover somewhere between classy and creepy!
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10 chic Halloween decorating ideas
Gold skull printable
Printable artwork is such an easy way to decorate for any holiday, including Halloween. You can instantly download and print this skull artwork at home and put it in a frame you already have. Print out a series of three for a fun triptych and store them flat in folders for next year. Gold skull printable, Penny Jane Design on Etsy, $6.81.
10 chic Halloween decorating ideas
Brass pumpkins
Pumpkins are a Halloween staple and there’s nothing bumpkin about these pumpkins! Totally chic and sophisticated, these brass pumpkins will add a vintage-inspired touch to your Halloween home this year. Brass pumpkins, West Elm, $14-$24.
10 chic Halloween decorating ideas
Pumpkin soup tureen
If your approach to Halloween is decidedly more understated, this soup tureen is sure to appeal. It’s chic all season long but perfect in matte black for Halloween night. Serve up something hot and healthy in this before the kids head out the door for their all-night sugar high. Pumpkin soup tureen, Indigo, $65.
10 chic Halloween decorating ideas
Happy Halloween banner
This Happy Halloween burlap banner is an easy way to bring the sentiment of the season into your home. Hang it inside over a mantel or outside to greet trick or treaters. Happy Halloween banner, Pottery Barn, $29.50.
10 chic Halloween decorating ideas
Black bat garland
This simple black bat garland is handmade from yarn and paper and is easily strewn across any surface to add a bit of haunted fun. Hang from doorways, across a mantel, along shelves or tables or create the effect of a night sky filled with bats by hanging from the ceiling. Black bat garland, Pelemele on Etsy, $14.45.
10 chic Halloween decorating ideas
Black branch artificial wreath
If you love hanging wreaths on your door, you’ll love this. In between your harvest wreath for Thanksgiving and your holiday wreath at Christmastime, squeeze in a few days to grace your door with this eerie wreath that features black branches creepily entwined. Black Branch Artificial Wreath, Crate & Barrel, $49.95.
10 chic Halloween decorating ideas
Halloween moon tablecloth
Adding haunted hints of Halloween to your home doesn’t get any easier than this. With silhouettes of witches, owls and bats and bordered by a spider’s web, this 100% cotton tablecloth is screen printed by hand and is sure to delight little ones. Halloween moon tablecloth, Williams-Sonoma, $74.95.
10 chic Halloween decorating ideas
Trick or treat pumpkin
If you’re short on time, this ready-to-go papier-mâché pumpkin might be just what you’re looking for. Painted a ghoulish black, it’s the perfect accessory for your front foyer or on your front steps. Trick or treat pumpkin, Pier 1 Imports, $34.95.
10 chic Halloween decorating ideas
Trick or treat cupcake toppers
Halloween is all about sweet treats so if you’re hosting a Halloween party and happen to whip up cupcakes for your little ghosts and goblins, don’t forget to top them with these fun cupcake toppers for an extra festive touch. Trick or treat cupcake toppers, Songbird Greetings on Etsy, $13.63.
10 chic Halloween decorating ideas
Spooky cookie cutters
Halloween is a holiday for kids so spend a day baking special Halloween-inspired treats with them. Sugar cookies are always a hit and cut out in spooky shapes like ghosts and bats is sure to thrill. Try this sugar cookie recipe to get started! Spooky cookie cutters, Sur La Table, $10 for set of 3.
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