Easy DIY Halloween Outdoor Decor

Best Easy DIY Fall Halloween Decorations For The Front Porch And Yard

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Updated September 27, 2023

Our favorite thing to do every Halloween is decorate BUT more often than not store bought Halloween decorations can look a bit generic.

Luckily it’s super easy (and fun) to make your own unique Fall Halloween Decor!

These easy DIY Halloween decorations look better than store bought and use items you may already have lying around the house.

They can be used for both indoor and outdoor, in apartments or homes and would also look amazing at a Halloween wedding.

Whether you want to add a touch of creepy to your yard, a scary elegance to your windows, rustic fall charm to your porch, or transform your home/apartment into a full blown haunted masterpiece, these are the most efficient and effective DIY decorations that will cost close to nothing.

We’ve also added versatile decor ideas that will save you time by taking you from Halloween to Thanksgiving with little effort.

Easy DIY Halloween Decorations For Your Home and Yard

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Versatile Halloween To Fall Porch Decor (includes Pumpkin Wood Crate Decor)

Let’s start out with the best versatile outdoor decorations that’ll take you from Halloween to Fall to Thanksgiving and even Christmas.

Diy Halloween Decor Tulle Pumpkin
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Wrap your pumpkins in tulle sprinkled with sequins or glitter for a super easy Halloween party decor idea. Just take the tulle off when Halloween is over to transition into Thanksgiving decor! 

Fall Decorations DIY Twig Arch over the front door
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Make an archway out of branches, twigs, and lights for Fall decorations you can leave up for Christmas! The arch above was created by professional Holiday decorators Dene Masters and Amity Lynn. Follow their instructions above or use one of these YouTube tutorials.

DIY Halloween Decorations Craft Fantasy Pumpkin Tutorial
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Make the beautiful fantasy pumpkins above with faux pumpkins from Michaels, paint, and ball ornaments! These whimsical pumpkins would be beautiful for a Fall wedding or Halloween decor.

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Wood crates are a versatile item you can use to effortlessly take your decor from Fall, to Halloween, and back to Thanksgiving just by adding and removing items. We’ve seen them for as little as 5 dollars at Michaels and Hobby Lobby.

DIY Fall Wood Crate Porch Decor Idea
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Grab some wood crates to display your pumpkins and lanterns. Add Fall leave garland, (pictured above) and even a basket of candy on top for trick or treaters.

DIY Fall Decor Ideas for the front porch Wood crate and pumpkin
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The above photo uses dollar store faux flowers and wire ribbon!

Easy DIY Fall Pumpkin Crate Porch Decor for the Home Rustic
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Pumpkins and wood crates added to your Mum plants is a simple way to create stunning Fall decor (pictured above)

Easy Simple Fall Decor for the home and front porch using Pumpkin wood Crates and lantern
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Add a hay stack (pictured above) to your Fall Pumpkin wood crate decor and even a pinecone! 

Halloween Fall Wood Crate on Front Porch

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Add Pumpkin stems, a milk jug, and some crows for a beautiful yet creepy porch idea.

Wood Crates and Pumpkin Fall Decor

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When Halloween is over switch out the jack o lanterns for harvest pumpkins, it’s so efficient.

Best Fall Decor for the home using wood crate pumpkins, lanterns, and fall leaves
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Easy DIY Fall Halloween Outdoor Decorations
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The Pumpkin Scarecrow above was purchased at Home Depot but you can recreate it using one of the following tutorials: TUTORIAL 1 or TUTORIAL 2.

Easy DIY Outdoor Halloween Decorations for the Front Porch
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The Easy DIY Pumpkin Scarecrow above is made out of pvc pipe but you can also use a Dollar Tree broom stick! Use one of the following tutorials tp make it yourself: TUTORIAL 1 OR TUTORIAL 2

Reversible Wood Front porch decor for Fall and Winter

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Speaking of wood, this DIY wood slice decor is reversible taking you not only from Halloween to Thanksgiving but to Christmas.

Place black stickers making a jack o lantern face on the Pumpkin side for Halloween, remove the jack o lantern face stickers for Thanksgiving, and spin around to the snowman side for Christmas and Winter.

Dollar Store Plastic Pumpkin Halloween Decorations
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The above dollar store pumpkin pail vase can be made to take you from Halloween, to Christmas, to Winter decor!

Hay Stack Fall Porch Decor

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Like wood crates, hay stacks provide classy versatility to transition from Fall to Halloween to Thanksgiving. Just switch out the Jack o Lanterns and witches for Turkeys and Pumpkins. They’re also great for fall weddings!

Halloween Decor with Corn Stalks

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Corn stalks also work perfectly for all Fall Holidays.

DIY Halloween Decorations for Fall
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Add Pumpkins for spooky Halloween decorations.

Dollar Store Pumpkin Halloween and Thanksgiving decor planter

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No need to redecorate, dollar store Halloween pumpkin pails can be turned around once Halloween is over for quick Thanksgiving decor.


Easy Dollar Store Pallet Wood Gate Way To Hell Halloween Decoration

Easy DIY Dollar Store Pallet Wood demon dungeon outdoor Halloween Decorations
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Pallet Wood with dollar store lights and hands makes a great gateway to hell for the yard! You can find pallet wood for free on Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, or call your local bars, liquor stores, or Construction Companies for free pallets.  

Garbage BODY BAG Halloween Party Decoration

DIY Halloween Decorations for Party Dollar Store body bag
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The above photo is an amazing way to reuse your trash and an excellent diy Halloween decoration for a party or haunted house.

Best Spooky Crow Halloween Porch Decor

Halloween witches caulderon decor on porch

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Grab a witches caulderon and fill it with wicked goodies for your front porch. Here are some filling ideas:

  • Moss, cobwebs, paper filler, cheesecloth, straw/hay
  • Pumpkins
  • Brooms
  • Spiders and bugs
  • Skull
  • Crow
  • Potion Bottles
  • Spell Book
  • Lights

Branches and Pumpkins Halloween Decor Frontporch

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Fallen branches are a cheap yet elegant way to decorate your front porch or entry way. Just add some pumpkins and dollar store fake crows.

DIY Crow Wreath Outdoor decor

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The same can be used to make a chic Halloween wreath for your front door

HALLOWEEN SPOOKY EYEBALL DECOR

DIY Boa Eyeball Halloween Wreath

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A pool noodle, ping pong balls, and boa will make a wicked eyeball wreath for elegant last minute Halloween decor.

Easy DIY Dollar Store Creepy eyeball Plant Halloween Decor
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Glue those dollar store ping pong eyeballs to a fake plant! Spray paint the plant black for added effect or make the plant with black foliage.


WITCH DECORATIONS FOR YOUR HOME AND FRONT PORCH

DIY Halloween Decoration Witches Caulderon for the Home
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Make the Whimsical DIY Witches Caulderon pictured above using this video tutorial and the following items:

Easy DIY Witch Crescent Moon Wreath Halloween Decor for the front porch or home
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This easy DIY Dollar Store Witch’s Moon Wreath screams Practical Magic to us! You can use grapevine garland (or backyard twigs), and this helpful tutorial to make the dollar store wreath form shape. Here is another great tutorial that will give you more inspiration and tips on how to decorate it!

Easy DIY Dollar Store Witches hat Halloween Decor for the Porch or Home
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Suspend dollar store witches hats on nylon string for a floating witches hat effect.

Dollar Store Witches Hat Luminaries Halloween Decor

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Floating dollar store witches hats may be all the haunting your front porch needs. There is a DIY option to make them luminaries.

WITCHES HATS HALLOWEEN OUTDOOR DECOR

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Halloween Outdoor decor witches hat

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A tomato cage and a garbage bag can make an amazing witches hat for your porch or front yard.

Glitter witches hat made with paper hats and plates

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Make your own smaller witches hats with leftover paper Birthday hats and plates, glitter, and paint.

Front porch witch decor

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This lovely front porch Halloween decor idea comes from Old Time Pottery. This can take you from Halloween to Thanksgiving by just turning the pumpkin planters around and removing the signs, witches hats, and skeletons

DIY Witches Welcome Mat Halloween

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Stuff some stockings with filler or a pool noodle and add some witchy shoes to make a cheap yet chic witches doormat.

Easy DIY Halloween Witch Decor for th home
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Use a vintage frame to make the elegant witchy painting above for your wall or mantle! You can purchase the black butterflies or bats on amazon. 


BAT AND VAMPIRE DECORATIONS

DIY Vampire Welcome Mat Halloween Decor

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Paint a dollar store doormat for a fun Halloween craft you can use as decor.

Bat Branches and wreath frontdoor decor

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Gather those twigs and fallen branches for this cheap and easy yet chic Halloween outdoor decor idea using cheap bats.

Halloween Porch Decor with Pumpkins and Bats
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Bats, Pumpkins, and votives make an elegant and spooky front porch or apartment balcony decor for cheap.

DIY HALLOWEEN DECOR: FLOATING CANDLES AND CHANDELABRA

DIY Halloween Decorations for Outdoor and Indoor Party
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Easiest DIY Halloween Floating Candles Harry Potter
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You can find another method for making the Halloween floating candles using cardstock by clicking here.


Best Halloween Outdoor Party Decor Ideas for your Porch or Balcony

Dollar store cousin it front porch decor

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Buy a couple of those dollar store grass skirts to make your own Cousin It to greet guests at your front door.

DIY Dollar Store Outdoor Man eating plant Halloween Decoration
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Make a man eating plant with a plastic pumpkin from the Dollar Store or Michaels! This is such a professional looking edition to your Halloween landscape!

Halloween Front Porch Decor

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Don’t forget those pumpkins leading up your stairs.

Halloween Fall Front Porch Decor

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Have a haunted party on your porch with lighting, cobwebs and plenty of seating. This decor also works for an apartment balcony or patio.

DIY Halloween Front Porch Party

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Lay out your goodies on a table for an elegant Halloween porch party idea.

Halloween Lighted Table decor

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Dollar store plastic table clothes turn into illuminated tables when you place a tap light or camping light underneath the table. This could even work for a Halloween wedding.

DIY Halloween Outdoor Party table decor

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Pumpkin luminaries make an excellent base for an outdoor Halloween party table! Click on the “Source” link to copy the look. When Halloween is over, simply spin around for Thanksgiving.

Pumpkin face painted on wood porch chair

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Don’t forget the seating! Paint a face on an orange chair, or buy dollar store pumpkin face stickers you can remove after Halloween.

White Lighted Pumpkin outdoors

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Use white Pumpkins and Christmas lights in your yard to light the way to your home or event.


Halloween Silhouettes and Shadows for Your Windows or Walls

Shadow Witch Outdoor Halloween Decor

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No need for labor intensive decorations and lights, Halloween silhouettes placed infront of a light will cast an eerie shadow on your home walls.

DIY Witch Lawn decor

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They’re creepy by day and night! Martha Stewart has an excellent tutorial. You can make them as simple or elaborate as you’d like.

Shadow Witches Front Yard Halloweendecor

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Make these shadow witches out of thin wood board, cardboard, or posterboard.

Just add some lights behind them or infront of them to get your desired effect.

Garage Door Witches Decor

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Don’t forget that garage, lighted silhouettes work great for that too.

Halloween window decor silhouettes

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Make these super easy Halloween silhouettes for your windows out of garbage bags to make the neighbors think you’re having a ghostly party.

HALLOWEEN SILHOUETTE WINDOW DECOR diy

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There is plenty of inspiration for window design ideas.

Halloween Window Decor Vinyl

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The method above uses vinyl sheets instead of garbage bags.

Halloween Window Silhouette Oogie Boogie Man

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OOGIE BOOGIE man will make even an apartment window come to life.

Halloween Window Decor

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Here are plenty of horrific silhouette design ideas.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Best DIY Outdoor Ghostly Decor

DIY Lighted Ghosts on Porch

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Tomato cages and tap lights can be transformed into cheap and easy ghosts.

Easy DIY Cheese Cloth Ghosts Halloween Decoration
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Make Cheese Cloth Ghosts (pictured above). These are perfect for placing over outdoor lights too! Use one of the following methods to make them: Method one, method two

DIY GHOST DOLLS HALLOWEEN DECOR

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You can add creepy smaller doll ghosts to your stairs or even tables. This takes Chucky doll fears to a whole new level

DIY Concrete Lighted Spook on Front Porch

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Make an eerie cement ghoul or spook to sit on your steps.

Ghost decorated Front Porch for Halloween

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Some black tape can create an elegant yet spooky design for cement floors.

Chicken wire ghosts yard Halloween Decoration

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For more realistic and ethereal looking ghosts, you can use the chicken wire method, just be careful when handling chicken wire as it is sharp.

Ghost made out of packing tape for Halloween Decor

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Make a spooky yet elegant masking tape ghost. This method provides professional looking results.

Lighted Ghosts made out of packing tape Halloween decor

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Illuminated ghosts are the perfect addition to your Halloween cemetery.

gHOSTS MADE OUT of packing tape for Halloween Decor

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There are plenty of ideas for shipping tape ghosts to fit ever ghostly need and style.

DIY Ghostly Drapes Outdoor decor

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Make ghostly tattered drapes to give your porch a haunted look.


Best DIY Skull and Skeleton Decor Ideas

Easy DIY Halloween Decorations Skeleton in Planter Pots
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Grab a skeleton head and hands from the Dollar Store and have them creeping out of your flower pots and Porch vases! 

Diy Halloween Decorations using Skeleton for the Chandelier in the home
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Hang a skeleton from your chandelier or light fixture. Just be sure to steer clear of the bulbs if they aren’t LED. Top it off with spider webs or black cheese cloth!

Easy DIY Dollar Store Halloween Decorations from the Dollar Store
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Everyone loves the easy dollar store cage Halloween Decoration pictured above! It’s ridiculously cheap and easy!

DIY Sunflower Skeletons Halloween Lawn decor

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Haunt your garden with DIY skull sunflowers.

Easy DIY Dollar Store Halloween Skull chandelabra from pool noodles
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Make a skull Chandelabra out of dollar store pool noodles, use hot glue for the drippings. 

Easy DIY Dollar Store Skeleton Wall Sconces Halloween Porch Decor for the Home
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Use dollar store skeleton hands, black cheese cloth, a piece of foam board or scrap wood, and this tutorial to create these easy DIY Skeleton hand sconces for your home or porch.

DIY Ghostbusters Skeleton
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Dress your skeletons up as Ghostbusters and add some outdoor rope lighting for the proton pack beams.

sKELETON ON A BIKE LAWN DECOR

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Full bodied skeletons are one of the easiest and most versatile ways to decorate your home or apartment for Halloween.

Place them on old tricycles or bikes…

FRONT YARD SKELETON STRIPPER

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Hang a skeleton from your lamp post for a haunted stripper Halloween decoration idea.

SKELETONS AROUND A CAMP FIRE HALLOWEEN YARD DECOR

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Sit them on a haystack for a camp fire to greet the neighborhood!

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Skeletons floating in the pool

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Skeletons can even lounge in your pool for a quick and easy Halloween decoration for your party. Add balloons with glow sticks in them to your pool for added effect.

Halloween Cement Skulls in Fire Pit

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These are amazing! You can buy or make these fireproof skulls for your Halloween night full moon bonfire.

Skeleton Halloween Decor Idea
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Whether it’s a prank or decor for Halloween night this is a wickedly hysterical idea for a skeleton.


Best Dollar Store Pumpkin Pail DIY Decor Ideas

Halloween Tree Decoration

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Dollar store Pumpkin pails transform any tree into a Halloween Tree! You can add solar lights for night time.

Tree decorated with dollar store pumpkin pails for halloween

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You can use this for virtually any size tree, the dollar store also sells mini pumpkin pails you can use on indoor trees or plants.

Solar Halloween Tree Pumpkins

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This idea uses solar lights in the plastic pumpkins so they automatically light up at night without the need for glowsticks or battery tea lights.

Easy Diy Dollar Store Plastic Pumpkin Vase Planter Halloween Decoration
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Grab a Dollar Store plastic Pumpkin pail and paint it to create a decorative Nightmare Before Christmas Jack Skellington vase or planter (pictured above)!

Diy pumpkin archway above front door
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Porch Light Made Out of a Pumpkin Pail

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Need a cheap, quick, and easy Halloween decoration for your porch? Cut open a dollar store pumpkin pail and place it over your porch light.

Halloween Decor Made out of Pumpkin Pails

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This DIY craft decoration will take you from Halloween to Thanksgiving.

Make an easy totem pumpkin light out of dollar store pumpkin pails and lights.

When Halloween is over, simply turn it around for Thanksgiving.

Dollar Store Fall Planter

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Dollar store pumpkin pails can easily be converted into Halloween planters too and double as Thanksgiving decor once turned around.

Dollar Store Fall Planter Decoration

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Halloween Pumpkin Decoration Made with dollar stor pails

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Pumpkin Pails can also be painted to fit any decor or color scheme like these faux stone ones.

DIY Halloween Candy Door Decoration

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A faux pumpkin is easily transformed into a hanging candy dispenser for trick or treaters to help themselves to.

DIY Man Easting Plant Halloween Decoration

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A faux pumpkin also serves as a unique man eating fly trap for your haunted garden.


In this post we showed you the best DIY outdoor Halloween decoration ideas that’ll turn your home into a haunted masterpiece and take you from Halloween to Thanksgiving, and even Christmas.

We hope you found some amazing and easy crafts to make your home the envy of the neighborhood! Feel free to show us your pics and check out some of our other Halloween decor posts below that will make your party an absolute hit!

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