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}.
I love all of these ideas. We love Halloween. I can’t wait to start decorating.
Halloween may very well be my all time favorite time of the year to decorate the house. I love everything!
I am looking for some warm and kind Halloween decorations. I’ve got a few items last year, but will order a few more, not really spooky.
I absolutely love the pumpkins and the cauldron! SO CUTE! And the pumpkins can stay out through Thanksgiving, too!
These are all really cool Halloween items, I have to look into getting some of these for my home.
We are decorating our car for a trunk or treat. So these items might be very useful.
These are all wonderful ideas. I love decorating my home for Halloween. It’s probably one of my favorite times to actually decorate my home.
We’re always looking for ideas to add Halloween decor to our home. Just ordered a handful from Amazon based on your suggestions. Thank you!
Those Halloween items look amazing. I definitely picked up a few great decor ideas for our house.
Wow, these are all great finds! It so fun to have these items. You made me so excited!
I love all of these decor ideas. I need to look into this because we need more decorations. I love Halloween and this time of year. My daughter will be an owl for Halloween and she’s so excited!
This is fantastic! I love decorating for Halloween and love finding new decorations to get!
So many great ideas for Halloween decorations. We can’t wait to decorate.
Halloween is my fav time a year!! I Cant wait it going to be so fun 🙂
Halloween is my favorite holiday to decorate for. So many different ways to decorate different rooms and lawn decor.
My kids need to see these ideas! They will love them! So awesome some of them!
I am looking forward to decorating for Halloween. These are all fun ideas! I like these styles of decor… and I need that frog!
Wow . These decos are really spooky. But then again, that’s why they are for Halloween. Lol
These are all such fun ides!
I love the black pumpkins and the black lanterns!
These are really cute halloween decor I would love to decorate the front yard. Usually keep pumpkins though. Need to ty this suggesiton this year.
These are so cutee indeed! We are getting ready for the Halloween here, too!
So many cute halloween decor inspo!
It’s already ber month and yeah, we might not realize it’s Halloween already! Thanks for the design ideas! I love the black pumpkin!
I am not into Halloween things since we don’t celebrate that anymore but this is a helpful post for those who wants to decorate their homes during the halloween.
Now that we had a toddler we were thinking to make time and decorate our house. I love this ideas.
These are awesome ideas and those Halloween items look great 👌🏻 I can’t wait to see the final spooky look of your Haunted mansion this year😍