Spooky Indoor Halloween decor ideas & outdoor Halloween decor

This year, I promised my kids we could have Halloween decor and not just fall and harvest decor. They’re getting older now and my daughter wants it to be a bit more fun and spooky. My son wants it to be downright scary. I don’t want it to look cheesy, and sometimes I feel like Halloween can look that way. Plus, I much prefer beautiful, fall decor. But, a promise is a promise so I started searching and have found some amazing and fun Halloween decor ideas that will hopefully be a compromise for all of us. These are great Halloween indoor decor ideas and some can double as Halloween outdoor decor ideas too. I’ve already purchased a few of them and wanted to share all of them with you in case you’re in the same spot I am with kids who want a little more Halloween in their lives.

Halloween Decor Ideas spurred by our Halloween Celebration

Last year, we had a Halloween party since the ideas of the kids going full-out trick-or-treating during a pandemic scared the bejeezus out of me. So, we decided to haver an outdoor Halloween party with a few close friends. Kevin needed some Halloween outdoor decor ideas for a haunted house he set up in the garden. However, since I mentioned that I don’t love decorating for Halloween, we didn’t have anything. We bought a few things last year and the haunted house was a huge success. Kevin decided he was going to do it again this year and we are adding a few more things to the spooky Halloween outdoor decor ideas collection so we have more four our haunted house.

Last year we order the following for Halloween outdoor decor ideas

• Some skeleton ghost lights in purple {HERE} and green {HERE}
• Some creepy spiders {HERE} to decorate with for the Haunted house and the barn
• A plastic brain mold so we could make “brains” {HERE}
• Black lights to create ambiance {HERE}
• A manual and sound active strobe light {HERE}
• This skeleton {HERE}, which worked great. But I will tell you I hate skeletons. I just find them creepy.

This year, we are hoping to kick it up a notch with the Halloween outdoor decor. In fact, I’m sure Kevin will be stealing some of the decor I recommend for his haunted house.

My Halloween Indoor Decor ideas this year

This year, I’m not sure my Halloween decor will be exactly what my children expected. I think they expect a lot of blow up lawn decor. But, I want to take a more realistic turn with the Halloween indoor decor ideas. Right now I’m planning to decorate corners of the house to look more like a witch’s house or a wizard’s house. Think more haunted mansion versus haunted house.

Specifically, I’m going to decorate the fireplace this way and probably our entryway. I can’t wait to see how it all turns out! It won’t be all with purchased items, or at least not new Halloween indoor decor idea items. I’m planning on using some found items to make the space feel more authentic. However, some of the items I have purchased already are below.

Halloween Indoor Decor Ideas and Halloween outdoor decor ideas

Because we will be decorating inside and outside this year with Halloween decor ideas, I have some pieces that I love that will really work for both. I’ve already ordered a couple of the spider webs below, a few of the black pumpkins, the tall black lanterns and the bats for the wall. Here’s all of my Halloween decor ideas that I think will work both for Halloween indoor decor and Halloween outdoor decor.

So, what do you think of all the Halloween decor ideas? Are there any you can use?

Thank you so much for visiting today, friends! I hope to see you again here are Sugar Maple Farmhouse. In case you also want to see some beautiful, fall decor check out last year’s Fall Front Porch Decor {HERE} and our harvest table {HERE}.