Bunch of Hocus Pocus

Lock your windows, bolt the door; monster season's here once more! Even though we’d have to wait for the entire month, Halloween would still be on our minds all the time. On 31st October, every house on the block would be lit with creepy flashy lights, haunted roofs, creaky doors and so much more. We’re sure you’re all set with your costumes, candies, and other rituals, but have you thought about the decor this year?

For all design enthusiasts and hosts, Halloween becomes more than just candy and scrumptious food. With a keen eye, they look forward to vamping up the place perfectly. And who said the party cannot be spooky and stylish? With the ideas we have this time, you might even be compelled to leave the decor for long after October 31.

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Halloween decor is beyond a few pumpkins and a friendly witch this year. You sure want your house to look the creepiest to win the “spookiest house on the block” award, but one wrong move and it can end up looking nightmarish. Instead of just touch-ups this time, we are going to help you give your house a spooky makeover.

For all design enthusiasts and hosts, Halloween becomes more than just candy and scrumptious food. With a keen eye, they look forward to vamping up the place perfectly.

Haunted Driveway

Greet your guests at the petrifying entrance and let them wonder what’s in store for them inside the house. Let’s focus on the walkway first, tie up two branches on either side and bend the tops of both to make them meet and secure with garden twine. For the scary look, cover the branches with cobwebs and add a skeleton crew in the front to bend over towards them to greet them. Moving forward, you can also add eerie glowing eyes that can be hidden in bushes, or trees. Lightning can also be set up outside and inside the house that will blink, flash and change colors. You can also line your walkway with traffic cones in black color, and buckles cut, to make it look like a witch’s hat! Lastly, a not-welcome door mat will be enough for kids to think twice before ringing the doorbell on Halloween night!

The Masked Dinner

We’re going to make the dinner table spook-tacular! The vibe will be set mysterious with gold masks that can be worn before the dinner begins & fun games can be played too. The table can be decorated with various antique objects, clocks, and candlesticks. The color palette as of Halloween’s tradition should revolve around black, purple, pink, and a bit of gold. In the background, a scary soundtrack can be planted. You can also give your table an apothecary feel by adding a spooky terrarium. Just like the haunted house sounds, some might get scared to hear the creaky doors, screeching cats, or ghastly howls of ghosts, while some would enjoy it; but overall it’ll make for a good party!

Living Dead Light Show

Windows should not be missed, transferring those into the backdrop of a scary Halloween scene is a must. Place LED light strips in your window to create a creepy light show. To add to the scariness, cut out the silhouettes of monsters, ghouls, and other haunted entities from large pieces of cardboard or black paper and stick them on windows. Place the figures inside the windows so that when the lights are off, the window looks normal. You can also arrange lights that flicker, so visitors can only see the outline from outside.

The Horrific Collection

For years now you must have been doing Pumpkins and ghosts as a traditional decoration party theme, but how about you change that this year? Why not add creepy dolls this time? We're bringing Annabelle back or you can take inspo from other spine-chilling dolls available. To make it more interesting give the dolls a Halloween makeover by adding dirt or paint to their faces, hair, and clothes. You can either display an entire haunted doll collection on one of the bookshelves or put them in a chair outside your house or arrange them near your front door to make trick-or-treaters quite brave to ring the doorbell. You can also create an effect of something or someone watching the trick or treaters by placing a glow stick inside of the towel rolls.

Alarming Fog

This is going to be a showstopper, all you have to do is invest in a fog machine and for it to keep rolling all night frightening your guests, we have a trick. Place a few plastic water bottles that have been frozen next to the fog machine's spout. Instead of rising swiftly and dissipating as the fog starts to billow out, it will be cooled on the water bottles and float low to the ground.

Apart from everything haunted and creepy, you can also add a bouquet of warm-toned blooms in a matte black vase, colorful candy corn candle holders, hollow out apples and place tea lights inside, and much more to bring a stylish element to it. Hope you have a great Halloween, see you next year with unique ideas!