Of course, the Halloween decorations inside are definitely part of it. But we also want to infect everyone outside with our spooky atmosphere. If you have a house, the garden, front yard and entrance area are perfect. But what if you live in an apartment? Then you still have the balcony! What could you make and/or use as Halloween decorations for the balcony?
Despite the lack of space, you still have a few options to create a spooky scene. Use walls, furniture and especially the railing for this purpose! Halloween 2023 is approaching: So start preparing!
Simple railing ideas
Probably the easiest idea to decorate the railing is an artificial spider web, which you can purchase at any decorating store. But you can also hang up fine fabrics or thicker thread. In any case, you should not neglect the balcony railing, because this is basically what is most noticeable on the balcony.
- Spider webs (also in black)
- Flower arrangements in boxesin Halloween colors and with Halloween decorations
- climbing skeletons, zombies or similar
- Witches sitting on the railing (instead of a broom)
- scaryFigures in white robes, which are still noticeable at night
- Fairy lights
- Fog with a fog machine
- Giant spiders
- “Happy Halloween” lettering
Make your own spider as a Halloween decoration for the balcony
Spiders are classics when it comes to Halloween decorations, especially in combination with webs. Since the balcony is quite far away, the spiders there should be as large as possible in order to attract attention. Even a single giant spider, often combined with smaller ones, will look spooky and attract everyone's attention.
Making an oversized spider isn't that difficult:
- Fill a black plastic bag with any filling material (e.g. newspaper) and tie it shut. The bag should not be overstuffed.
- Tie the bag together in one place. One part should be smaller than the other to form the head and body.
- You can make the legs from pool noodles. Bend it in one place and secure it with packing tape.
You can also get suitable netstinker with it.
Use the blanket for hanging Halloween decorations
Apart from the fact that there is usually a lack of space on the balcony and you have to keep the floor clear in order to be able to access it comfortably, you wouldn't really notice the decoration there from the street. The ceiling is much better.
Make hanging bats
To decorate your outdoor space for Halloween with bats, hang them individually from the ceiling or make a mobile that only requires you to pierce the ceiling once.
- Print any template you like (or combine them all together).
- Cut out the bat shape.
- Use the motif as a stencil and transfer the outlines onto black craft cardboard.
- Cut out the bat.
- Fold the paper at all wing tips to create a 3D effect.
- Hole the bat in the tail area and tie string to the hole.
- Hang the Halloween decorations for the balcony outside, preferably at different heights.
You can also implement the same idea with ghosts, which don't even require you to fold. You can also use our templates for this. Of course, other typical Halloween motifs are also suitable.
Hanging witch hats also look very cool. Simply thread twine through a needle, tie a knot at the end of the yarn and poke through the top of the hat from below so that the thread comes out the top and can be used for hanging.
How to make a quick witch hat for your witch costumefind out here.
Create lighting using lanterns
This craft idea, with which you can create one, hardly takes any timehappy Halloween–lightingpreserved outside. Get ready-made lanterns and hang them with LED candles or attached to a string of lights. You can design the lanterns in any way you like, for example with stickers or a simple black or white net that you hang over them.
Halloween decoration ideas for the balcony and your own comfort
If you also want to spend a little time on your balcony, it is of course worth preparing the seating area a little. Beautiful figures and...quick Halloween decorations, place spooky candles and arrangements on the table, distribute Halloween pumpkins and lanterns around the seating area and string up the odd spider web.
Put up dead plants
You can combine fresh autumn flowers with such “dead” plants on your table or another shelf on the balcony. These are simple artificial plants that you spray with black paint. A perfect last minute Halloween decoration for the balcony.
By the way, there are also real black houseplants! Read more about thisin this article.
Original Halloween pumpkin in bright color
It doesn't always have to be the classic Halloween pumpkin with a grimace. An outdoor pumpkin decoration in a bright color will also look stunning.
How to make the spooky Halloween decoration yourself:
- Spray paint the pumpkin in neon pink, green or yellow, for example.
- Glue bats in place once the paint has dried. You can also use the templates above for this purpose, but you should then print out the motifs in a reduced size.
- This time, just fold the bat in half or curve it a little to create an adhesive surface.
- You can also use small spiders instead.
Halloween decoration ideas for outside - witch on the bench
Fancy a little company? This Halloween decoration for outdoors is also super easy to implement. Buy a skeleton, a witch, a zombie or any other figure and place it on one of the chairs or your bench.
Skull with red fairy lights on the railing
Climbing skeletons
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