30 Halloween Party Decorations – Easy DIY Crafts for Halloween

Looking for a creative way to decorate for Halloween? Try making one of the 30 DIY Halloween party decorations below. 

There are ideas for both indoor and outdoor Halloween party decorations. Many of the decor ideas reuse items you probably already have in your home and the rest can be made inexpensively from items you can find online!

Keep reading to get all of the easy Halloween decoration ideas.

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Pumpkin carving decorations

Jack o lanterns are one of the oldest Halloween decorations, which rose to popularity through The Legend of Stingy Jack.

Two pumpkin carving decorations lit up on a table, one of which is a Jack Skellington jack o lantern face and the other is an upside down bat.

15+ pumpkin carving ideas

Find designs for jack o lanterns, spooky animals, witches, ghosts, skeletons and more in this list of pumpkin carving ideas!

Two carved pumpkin decorations featuring a cat pumpkin carving and a cat jack o lantern face.

Cat pumpkin carving ideas

Show your love for black cats this year with these cat-themed carved pumpkin decorations.

Halloween pumpkin decorations

If you want to add an easy pumpkin craft to your DIY Halloween decorations this year, try making one of the pumpkin Halloween decorations below.

Two DIY Halloween party decorations made from recycled wine corks staged next to faux leaves.

Wine cork pumpkins

Repurpose your old wine corks by turning them into these wine cork pumpkins.  

A set of four pumpkin Halloween decorations arranged on a plate, with succulents in them.

Mini pumpkin planters for succulents

Display your succulents in these mini pumpkin planters for a cute Halloween DIY idea.

Two paper Halloween pumpkin decorations arranged on a table beside an angel figurine.

Scrapbook paper pumpkins

These paper pumpkins are easy to assemble, and make cute easy homemade Halloween decorations.

An easy DIY Halloween decorations idea featuring a pumpkin covered in sunflowers against a wooden background.

No-carve sunflower pumpkin

Make this sunflower pumpkin by attaching faux sunflowers to a plastic pumpkin for easy Halloween decorations you can use year after year.

A monochromatic Halloween DIY decorations idea, featuring a white fabric wrapped pumpkin sitting on a blanket made of white yarn.

White fabric pumpkin

Your pumpkins don’t have to be orange! Make white fabric pumpkins to add to your decor.

A photo of a no carve fall leaf pumpkin with a text overlay beneath this easy Halloween decorations to make at home.

No-carve leaf pumpkin

Eliminate the mess of carved pumpkins with this no-carve leaf pumpkin.

Outside Halloween decorations

Welcome your guests in style with one of the outdoor Halloween decorations for your front door! 

Four Halloween wreaths that would make perfect outdoor Halloween decorations. The designs from left to right and top to bottom are a bat wreath, a black cat wreath, a pumpkin wreath and a fall flowers wreath.

Fall and Halloween wreath ideas

There are 15+ DIY fall and Halloween wreath ideas to inspire you in this list.

A scarecrow Halloween decorations door hanger made from a straw hat and floral picks.

Scarecrow wreath

This scarecrow Halloween decoration is perfect not just for Halloween but for the entire fall season.

A mummy Halloween decorations idea featuring a door with yellow eyes, completely covered in streamers so it looks like a mummy with a text overlay that says DIY Halloween door decoration across it.

Mummy door decor

If you love mummy Halloween decorations, this mummy door tutorial is for you.

A picture of front porch Halloween decorations that feature a floral front door hanger against a blue door with a glass panel in it.

Floral fall door swag

This floral door swag is a great option to display if you want to have Halloween DIY decorations that aren’t spooky!

Wooden Halloween decorations

You can use wood to make Halloween DIY decorations that will last for many years. Try one of the projects below.

Three Halloween ghost decorations posed on light teal steps with several pumpkins and an orange lantern to serve as Halloween party decorations.

Halloween ghost decorations

Turn leftover wood into three spooky scrap wood ghosts.

A collage of outside Halloween decorations featuring five wooden cutouts in the shapes of a black cat sitting in a pumpkin, a ghost with a baseball hat, a ghost with a pumpkin head, a happy ghost and a witch riding a broomstick.

Outdoor Halloween DIY ideas

Make a set of 5 Halloween wooden cutouts for your lawn with designs that feature ghosts, a witch, and a black cat in a pumpkin design.

Three wooden Halloween decorations that look like pumpkins with straw hair sitting on teal steps.

Halloween pumpkin decorations

Transform scrap wood into a trio of scrap wood pumpkins.

Halloween candy jars

Displaying Halloween candy doesn’t have to be boring with one of these Halloween candy display ideas.

Halloween gumball machine craft project in a collage, showing finished project on one side and the supplies for the homemade Halloween decorations on the other side.

Gumball machine Halloween decoration

Make your own DIY Halloween gumball machine with this tutorial.

Two Halloween candy jars, one of which is made to look like a gumball machine and the other is filled with candy corn.

Candy corn jar

Candy corn is a classic Halloween treat. Make a candy corn jar that not only holds this candy, but looks like it too!

A Halloween candy display jar decoration made from a terra cotta pot.

Halloween candy display

Turn a spare terra cotta plant pot into a cute pumpkin candy jar.

Halloween table decorations

Try making one of the easy Halloween party table decorations below to dress up your home for the holiday!

A jar of Halloween candy corn decorations sitting against a wooden wall beside gourds and Halloween candy.

Halloween candy corn decorations

Turn your extra Halloween candy into a candy corn centerpiece for your table.

Three Halloween table decorations that are fall themed hurricane candles and holders. Each one has a candle, a faux leaf and popcorn kernels.

Fall candle holder

Make these fall candle holders with popcorn and faux leaves.

A collage of four Halloween party table decorations, each one has a graveyard picket fence that's either holding more Halloween decorations, halloween desserts or a combination of both.

Halloween party table decorations

Make a graveyard picket fence to display your Halloween desserts this year.

Easy Halloween decorations DIY projects including a pumpkin candy jar and a hurricane candle holder arranged against a wooden wall.

Rustic candle holder

Display your candles in this simple and rustic candle holder.

Decorate with Halloween plants

If you want a more natural look to your easy DIY Halloween decorations you can decorate with greenery this fall.

An arrangement of Halloween party decorations on a countertop including an old man cactus with wiggle eyes, an orange metal lantern, a placard that says graveyard dust and a black cloth.

Old man cactus decoration

Put googly eyes on this old man cactus for an easy Halloween party decoration.

A collage of four spooky halloween plants, including an old man cactus, two brain cactus plants and a venus fly trap.

Halloween plants for decoration

Get a list of 21 Halloween plants to set a spooky mood in your home.

A collage of four black flowers for Halloween with a purple circle in the center of them that has a text overlay that says black Halloween flowers in it.

Black Halloween flowers 

This list has black flowers for Halloween in it. You can display them on Halloween to set a spooky mood.

A collage of four orange Halloween flowers with a text overlay in the center of the four images.

Orange Halloween flowers

Try displaying one of these 45+ orange flowers in your Halloween party decorations this year.

Witch Halloween decorations

Witches are one of the most recognizable symbols of Halloween. Try using them in your easy Halloween DIY ideas this year!

A cute witch Halloween decorations idea featuring a black red and orange wreath with witches legs dangling out of the bottom of it.

If you want to bring a spooky touch to your decorations this year, try making one of these DIY projects using witches feet.

Halloween snake decoration

If you want to try making a spooky Halloween party decorations try the DIY project below.

A Halloween snake decoration featuring a wooden basket with Beetlejuice snakes coming out of it.
You can display this Beetlejuice snake basket outdoors to delight your trick or treaters.

Halloween car decorations

Don’t forget about your car when you’re decorating this Halloween.

A zombie themed Halloween car decorations idea where red hand prints and the words zombie killer are on the side of a white car.

Halloween car decorations – Get a list of ideas for decorating your car this season.

Halloween cross stitch patterns

Making a cross stitch pattern for Halloween is not only decorative, but relaxing to make!

A photo of several lines of Halloween cross stitch patterns, from top to bottom they are witch hats, bats, the words happy Halloween, cats and spiderwebs.

Halloween cross stitch patterns – Try making one of these patterns to add to your decor this year.

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Pin these simple DIY Halloween decorations for later

Would you like a reminder of these easy Halloween decorations to make this year? Just pin this image to one of your Halloween boards on Pinterest so that you can easily find it later.

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Admin note: This post of Halloween decorations DIY projects first appeared on the blog in October of 2015. I have updated the post to add new images, many more easy to make Halloween decorations and a video for you to enjoy.

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