DIY (Do It Yourself) Halloween Decorations for Outside


People all across the world participate in the practice of decorating homes for Halloween. Although purchasing ready-made Halloween accessories and decorations is simple, it isn't very enjoyable. Building something yourself not only allows you to save money, but it also gives it a more unique touch. Whatever the size or cost of a handcrafted decoration, it will be the ideal way to showcase your originality.

It's important to carefully examine the external areas when decorating your house for Halloween. All the locations—from the patio and garden to the front entrance and windows—are ideal for putting up cheap Halloween decorations. It is the platform where you are free to showcase your talent.

Although there are several options available, we have put together a selection of easy DIY outdoor Halloween decorations that will wow your visitors and onlookers.

DIY Outdoor Halloween Decoration Ideas

Pumpkin on the Porch

Pumpkins are very significant to Halloween. You may use them in your porch in addition to making jack-o-lanterns, which is what they are often used for.

DIY outdoor Halloween decorations
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Miniature Thread Ball Pumpkins

You can build these tiny imitation pumpkins in a day using vintage thread balls as the base and reuse them year after year. A wooden stick and moss complete the design.

DIY outdoor Halloween decorations
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Concrete Pumpkins

Although it's simple to purchase pumpkins at the store, it's also simple to construct concrete pumpkins at home. It will make the ideal outdoor Halloween decoration. It's also not that difficult to make a concrete pumpkin topiary if you have the necessary skills and time.

Easy DIY concrete pumpkin for a fun Halloween
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Concrete pumpkin topiary
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Pumpkin out of Wheel

Make a Halloween pumpkin decoration for the outside with a spare metal wheel. It is painted orange, fake leaves are added, and a wood branch is added as the stem.

20+ DIY Halloween Outdoor Decorations You can Create at Home Easily
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Glow in the Dark Pumpkins

Making a glow-in-the-dark pumpkin should be an appropriate choice if you're looking for no-carve pumpkin Halloween decorations. It's a fun DIY Halloween project to get your creative juices flowing.

20+ DIY Halloween Outdoor Decorations You can Create at Home Easily
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Glow in the dark pumpkins
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Glowing Pumpkins Lanterns

You may create a lighted pumpkin lantern by simply inserting thick glow sticks, tap lights, or other flameless lights into inexpensive plastic pumpkins. Use them to spruce up the backyard or the driveway.

20+ DIY Halloween Outdoor Decorations You can Create at Home Easily
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Spooky Welcome Mat

This might be a good DIY Halloween project if you're searching for a spooky way to greet guests at the entrance. Simply paint a spooky pattern on a doormat to complete the project.

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Recycled Plastic Bag Halloween Ghost

With waste plastic bags, you can easily create yard ghosts. They can be hung from trees or bushes. It is a quick and simple Halloween craft that everyone can complete. Visit Creating Really Awesome Fun Things to view the complete DIY.

Recycled plastic bag Halloween ghost
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DIY Tin Can Ghosts

You are employing kitchen recyclables for outdoor Halloween decorations in this particular Windsock craft. It's a simple Halloween craft that kids can do. Tin cans and a few ribbons will do the trick.

20+ DIY Outdoor Halloween Decorations You can Create at Home Easily
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DIY Flytrap Candy Holder

Do you want to treat trick-or-treaters to candy in a novel way? This homemade candy container in the form of a flytrap plant is ideal. It can be painted in your personal style, worded, and hung from the fence.

Venus Fly Trap Pumpkin Candy Holder to Hand out Candies this Halloween
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DIY Halloween Lights

If you're seeking for Halloween lights, you may make them yourself using this Landeelu DIY tutorial. A light string, a few ping pong balls, and a marker are required. The marker is used to put eyes on the balls. Additionally, disposable coffee cups can be used to create garlands decorated for Halloween.

DIY eyeball lights
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DIY eyeball lights
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Halloween Props for Outdoors

DIY Spider Web

Without a spider web display, a home cannot be considered fully decorated for Halloween. Making a spider web is possible with rope, trash bags, and even weaving. To draw children in, the spider web can also be decorated with candies.

DIY Halloween Spider Web
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DIY Halloween Spider Web
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DIY Halloween Spider Web
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20+ DIY Halloween Outdoor Decorations You can Create at Home Easily
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Spider Egg Sac

In addition to the more conventional use of cobwebs, you may also create spider egg sacs to give your outdoor area a spooky Halloween vibe. This Halloween decor will look great hung from porch lights.

Spider egg sac
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Spider egg sac
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Giant Spider Decoration

For Halloween, create a huge spider to showcase in your garden. Show your neighbors that a huge spider has taken over your house to frighten them. You may create a spider out of garbage bags if you're searching for an easy and affordable DIY project.

Giant spider decoration
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20+ DIY Halloween Outdoor Decorations You can Create at Home Easily
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Hanging Foam Bats

Craft black craft foam, googly eyes, and thread to create terrifying hanging bats for your garden decorations. Visit HGTV to view the DIY guide.

Hanging foam bats
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Skull Signs

With the help of these skull signs, you can turn your entrance gateway into an exciting space. They will produce a scary spectacle in a backyard or garden with the attached lights.

DIY outdoor Halloween decorations
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Bone Mobile

This DIY Halloween decoration is simple to make. It only need some plastic bones strung together like a chandelier to be ready for display on your doorstep.

DIY outdoor Halloween decorations
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Dead & Breakfast Inn Signpost for Halloween

Consider putting a Halloween signage in your backyard. Simply draw some amusing or ominous messages on pallets and fasten them to a postal post. You're finished!

20+ DIY Outdoor Halloween Decorations You can Create at Home Easily
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Dead & Breakfast Inn Sign for Halloween
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20+ DIY Outdoor Halloween Decorations You can Create at Home Easily
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Cemetery Fence

Nothing beats the attractiveness of a DIY graveyard fence when it comes to Halloween outdoor decorating. Any material can be used to create them, including scrap metal, PVC pipe, and pallets. Use objects like skulls to give the scene a festive feel. To heighten the spooky effect, you may also create your own coffin prop.

20+ DIY Outdoor Halloween Decorations You can Create at Home Easily
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DIY Cemetery fence
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DIY Cemetery fence
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DIY Cemetery fence
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Halloween Cemetery Pillars

Your Halloween decorations will shine if you make an entrance in the style of a haunted castle in the garden. The frame can be made out of wood and covered in wallpaper with a brick pattern.

20+ DIY Outdoor Halloween Decorations You can Create at Home Easily
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Concrete Lighted Step Spook

This illuminated Halloween decoration can be made without using a mold. It will be a lasting ornament that may be used repeatedly. View the complete instruction at Made by Barb.

Concrete lighted step spook
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Concrete Tombstones and Hands

Create gravestones and hands out of cast concrete that seem realistic to give your landscape a spooky makeover. Your DIY outdoor Halloween décor can feel more ominous by including concrete hands.

Concrete tombstones and hands
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Packing Tape Ghosts

Packing tape and plastic cling wrap were used to create this life-size ghost Halloween décor. It will undoubtedly haunt the neighbors, whether you hang it from a tree or prop it up with anything.

Packing tape ghosts for Halloween
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DIY Halloween Chicken Wire Ghost

If you have unused chicken wire lying at home, it can be used to make a ghost figure in your backyard. Cover with cheesecloth or paint black for a horrifying look.


Hanging Cage Halloween Prop

Making hanging cages with miniature skeletons inside would create a nice Halloween decoration. Laundry baskets just need to be painted black to resemble a cage and hung with chains.

20+ DIY Outdoor Halloween Decorations You can Create at Home Easily
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DIY Halloween Witch Décor

A frighteningly eerie group of witches surrounding a giant witch cauldron will make for a memorable Halloween décor. Spray paint, some fabric, and empty bottles are all you'll need. View the project's specifications at Scratch and Stitch.

DIY Halloween witch décor
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DIY Witch Broomstick

Decor with witch themes is very popular for Halloween. Using witch's brooms in home décor is a considerate choice because they are a sign of witchcraft. One is simple to prepare at home.

DIY witch broomstick
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DIY Wicked Witch Legs

Searching for a creative method to spruce up your garden? This DIY set of wicked witch legs is ideal for you. You may create legs by stuffing old stockings. You can showcase them in planters or use them as cover in the bushes as you please.

20+ DIY Outdoor Halloween Decorations You can Create at Home Easily
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Zombie Dolls

Barbie dolls are known for their attractive appearances, but you can also transform them into zombies to use as outdoor decorations. To make them look like zombie dolls, add details like bloody faces and dirty hair.

20+ DIY Outdoor Halloween Decorations You can Create at Home Easily
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 Concrete Smiling Stones

Use concrete smiling stones to transform your yard into a menacingly beautiful environment. You can put them next to your front door or among plants.

20+ DIY Halloween Outdoor Decorations You can Create at Home Easily
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Man-Eating Monster Plant

This monstrous plant that eats people Halloween decor is ideal for frightening your neighbors. You may try this Dollar Tree Halloween craft this year!

DIY outdoor Halloween decorations
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Giant Spider Illusion

A huge spider that appears to be emerging from the ground is undoubtedly frightening. Visitors to your home will likely become completely frightened just by seeing its legs.

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DIY Floating Ghosts

It's a quick and simple DIY outdoor Halloween decoration idea that you can assemble at the last minute. These inexpensive floating ghosts will be fascinating during the day as well as at night!

DIY floating ghosts for Halloween
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DIY floating ghosts for Halloween
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