In a few days it will be that time again: On the night before All Saints' Day, children dressed as ghosts, superheroes, witches and the like go from door to door. We don't know about you, but we're already looking forward to the busiest holiday of the year. After all, Halloween is the perfect time to let off steam and really develop our creativity. Have you already ordered your Halloween costume or made it yourself? Great! Have you already thought about the Halloween decorations in the front yard? Creepy carved pumpkins, skeletons, garlands, etc. immediately put us in a festive mood. But you don't necessarily have to spend a lot of money to have a cool decoration. Do yourself and your wallet a favor and read on instead. We've looked around for you and put together some of the spookiest and cheapest Halloween decoration ideas!
Creepy cemetery as a Halloween decoration in the front yard
Items made of rubber, polyester, Styrofoam or plastic are perfect for spooky and inexpensive Halloween decorations in the front yard. With skeletons, carved pumpkins, figurines or homemade garlands, you can transform your outdoor area in no time and for little moneya real haunted mansion. How about, for example, a cemetery with abandoned gravestones in front of the house? You can easily make the gravestones yourself out of cardboard or Styrofoam and then label and decorate them to your heart's content. A hideous scarecrow on a bale of straw and a few pumpkins complete the whole thing perfectly and the little children will get into the perfect Halloween mood as soon as they walk in.
Make your own giant spider web as a Halloween decoration
For a spooky and effective Halloween decoration in the front yard, bats, spiders and similar scary animals simply cannot be missing. A large spider web always scares young and old - and not just on Halloween. Below we will explain to you how you can easily make a spider web yourself in just a few steps.
Materials required:
- Thick white yarn
- Scissors
- Hot glue
- Tape measure
Make your own spider web:
- Before you start crafting, first think about how big and wide you want the spider web to be.
- Next, cut 9 pieces of yarn into the desired size.
- Glue three strands of yarn together with hot glue and then braid them into a braid.
- Lay out the braids so that they cross in the middle and glue them together with hot glue. Make sure that the distance between each strand remains the same.
- Once the frame for the spider web is complete, mark the cross sections of the web and cut individual strands of yarn to the appropriate size.
- Attach the strands with hot glue as in the photo above and decorate the spider web with small spiders as desired.
- Now hang it up and your spider web is ready as a Halloween decoration in the front yard.
Skull sunflowers for Halloween garden decorations
Whether as make-up, costume or Halloween decoration in the front yard - skulls in all variations are simply a part of Halloween. Add a spooky touch to your outdoor space by recreating these skull sunflowers. To do this, get a few artificial sunflowers and small plastic skulls and attach them with hot glue. And that's it - so simple and yet super effective.
Monster eyeballs
With these eyeballs as a Halloween garden decoration, you are guaranteed to scare all your neighbors and passers-by! Simply paint old plates or small buckets with white or glow-in-the-dark paint, then add the irises and a few red stripes. Position the eyeballs in the bushes or alternatively in the flower pots and you're done.
Jack o'Lantern garland for Halloween decoration in the front yard
Creepy carved pumpkins are an integral part of the Halloween tradition and an excellent DIY activity for the whole family. Whether on the balcony, in front of the front door or as a Halloween decoration in the front garden - the figures create a spooky atmosphere always and everywhere. But if you're like us and have two left hands, then we have the perfect decoration idea for you! How about a Jack o'Lantern garland? Simply blow up a few balloons, paint them to your heart's content and hang them up in the garden - it couldn't be quicker, right?
Or why not give your Halloween garden decorations a mysterious and fun touch and decorate the pumpkins with masquerade motifs? To do this, cut the masks out of cardboard and attach them to the pumpkins with glue or pins. It looks even more interesting if you use pumpkins of different sizes.
Make your own garland out of autumn leaves
If you want to make your own cheap Halloween decorations in your front yard, you can turn to nature's treasures. Wondering what to do with all the leaves in the garden? Simply make a cool garland on it and spray paint it completely black! The decoration definitely looks great and is perfect for anyone who loves Halloween but prefers it a little more reserved.
Skeletons for a spooky Halloween decoration
Grab a few skeletons from the decoration store and position them in the front yard as spooky Halloween decorations. You can then decorate these to your heart's content in a variety of ways with cowboy hats, scarves or anything else you can think of. Add a fake campfire made of fairy lights and the outdoor area is perfect for the scariest holiday of the year!
Halloween decoration in the front yard: More beautiful ideas for the outdoor area
Pumpkin lanterns glow particularly eerily beautifully after sunset
It doesn't always have to be orange - a Halloween decoration in black and silver is also a great eye-catcher
Eyeballs, a few pumpkins and some fall leaves - that's all you need for a cheap Halloween decoration in the front yard
To decorate your outdoor space for Halloween, you don't have to spend a lot of money
Ghosts and carved pumpkins are a must for Halloween decorations in the front yard
Carved pumpkins as Halloween decorations are a great DIY activity for the whole family
Or why not make some bats?
You can also make inexpensive and equally great Halloween decorations for the garden from pallets
