Halloween is a fun and cool holiday, when all things spooky are celebrated. If you are puzzling over how to decorate your home for Halloween, whether you are throwing a party or not, this roundup is for you as we’ve gathered the coolest Halloween decor themes, suitable for parties.
Scary Creatures
There are many scary creatures in various myths and tales, and ghosts, witches, vampires, zombies and skeletons are perhaps the most popular of them. While everyone is a bit tired of zombies because of lots of films and shows, and ghosts are not that scary anymore, we can consider witches, vampires and skeletons as Halloween classics that works every time and is loved by most people.
Witches
REcreating witches’ themed decor be careful not to make it look cheesy: avoid too colorful and outdated decorations like bright witches’ legs. Stick to more neutral color schemes, perhaps just add witches’ details done in black and nothing else. Floating witches’ hats area great idea for most of spaces and they don’t take floor or shelf space. Witches’ brooms can be placed both indoors and outdoors, and witches’ cauldrons filled with Christmas ornaments can be used as centerpieces. Some tichecraft books, a couple of spiders and bats and voila!
Witch neon sign in purple is a gorgeous decor idea for modern Halloween.
This witches' cauldron is done with logs and lights and some smoke coming out of it for a more natural look.
The neutral living room is designed with witches' hats, garlands and buntings and black butterflies on the wall.
This simple and cool decoration is a black woven witch's hat with lights and a spider is a cool idea for Halloween.
Lovely rustic witch decor done with floating candles and hats, black pumpkins, a cauldron and some bats on the walls.
Witch table decor created with witch candles, a small cauldron and tarot cards is very sophisticated.
The witchy entryway is styled with mice, witches' hats and a broom, even though there isn't much space, the decor fits perfectly.
Hang witches hats in the bedroom and add some jack-o-lanterns to make it feel more Halloween-inspired.
The neutral living room shows off witches' hats on stand and crows on the mantel, and they create a Halloween feel in the space.
This witchy fireplace and mantel decor shows spiders, a broom, witches' boots, crows and some book pages.
This witch fireplace shows off heirloom pumpkins, a broom with a hat, floating candles and bats and a cauldron with bubbles.
Vampires
Vampires will never go out of style, and this is a refined and chic decor theme. Stick to color schemes with black, red and gold and make your decor more modern to again avoid a cheesy feel. Black tableware and glasses, red roses and gilded candelabras are a great solution for a vampire Halloween. Blood dripping candles, a bit of skulls on the table and spiderweb covered pieces will help you create the mood.
Offer your guests refined vampire cocktails accented with dried blooms on sticks.
This scary vampire Halloween tablescape shows off black candelabras with red amaranthus and roses.
Make bloody candles for your vampire Halloween party yourself, this is quite an easy craft.
This vampire centerpiece is composed of hay, skulls and skeletons, candles and cloches, it's great for Halloween.
This dark decor is done with black candles, a skull on a stand and a drink tank with dark drink and red orange slices.
Vampire table decor done with a vintage candelabra, a skeleton bug and black and spiderweb candles.
Skeletons And Skulls
Skeletons and skulls are Halloween classics, besides adding them to various themes and styles, you can use them seperately to spruce up your modern Halloween decor. Use a skeleton filled with blooms as a centerpiece, place some skeleton arms here and there, go for skull vases and style your mantel with them.
Glam Halloween decor with a skeleton and pink skull, pink candles and neutral blooms plus sweets and poisoned apples.
This gilded skeleton torso with a skull decorated with fresh blooms and greenery can be a creative Halloween centerpiece.
This lovely Halloween tablescape is done with pink and blush blooms and dark foliage, black and neutral painted skulls, spiders and a snake.
This black skeleton holding its skull with blooms is a creative Halloween wall art piece.
This modern Halloween table setting shows off a skeleton with blooms centerpiece, black and white plates and skull plates on each place setting.
Halloween decor done with a skeleton standing next to the cake table, with balloons, bats and blooms around.
This lovely black skeleton torso decor with callas and bats is a lovely idea for modern Gothic styling.
Neutral Halloween decor created with a skeleton and several skulls on the table, a skeleton hand and some neutral bunny tails.
Films
There are some classic films that most of us love to watch at Halloween: Sleepy Hollow, Twilight, Harry Potter and Nightmare Before Christmas. The last two are also very popular themes for Halloween decor.
Harry Potter
Harry Potter is love! I bet these movies and books will never get too old and will never lose their large fan base. If you feel like pulling off this theme, consider creating a floating candle installation in your entryway or bedroom, or maybe over your dining table. Style your mantel with items that were in books and films: owls, letters, spiders, brooms, snakes and so on. Create a tablescape that reminds of Harry Potter dining room.
This Harry Potter installation shows off Hogwarts letters floating in the air.
This adorable Harry Potter reception is done with floating candles, dark foliage and candles on the table and burgundy napkins.
The Harry Potter mantel is decorated with letters, candles, pumpkins, spiders, snakes, owls and much more.
This Harry Potter corridor is styled with clouds and floating candles plus lamps on the walls.
Nightmare Before Christmas
Tim Burton fans, are you here? Nightmare Before Christmas is a classic movie for Halloween, and such themed decor can be used not only at Halloween but at Christmas, too. Large and small figurines of JAck Skellington, the Bride, the Dog and others are perfect for decorating, and of course put up a Halloween tree with themed decor!
Jack Skellington coffee bar styled with lovely themed teaware will be amazing not only for Halloween.
The Nightmare Before Christmas tree and Jack Skellington figure are nice both for Halloween and Christmas decor.
Nightmare Before Christmas outdoor decor with large dog and Jack figurines placed opposite the porch.
The front door is styled with creative Jack Skellington decor: heads, striped ribbons, pumpkins, leaves and evergreens.
This Nightmare Before Christmas tree with themed decor and a snake at the bottom is a fantastic decoration not only for Christmas but also for Halloween.
Other Themes
What other ideas can we consider to create lovely Halloween styling? Ghosts and haunted houses, Gothic theme as a classic one, celestial theme as a hot trend, various movies and characters. Let’s consider the most popular of these.
Haunted House
Haunted house is about a feeling that something scary is hidden in here. You will need spiderwebs and spiders, ghosts and skeletons, scary wall art pieces, witches’ hands and stuff like that: just hint that there’s something wrong with the place but don’t show it.
This Gothic entryway decor is created with small pumpkins, a witch's hand holding one of them, dark leaves, bloody candles and spiders.
This Gothic Halloween table is done mostly in black, with pumpkins, skeletons, candles and white napkins and plates to refersh it.
This haunted tablescape is done with black gourds and pumpkins, black and white candles and a unique cascading chandelier of faux foliage.
This haunted console table is styled with black bats, skulls, candles and some black and white books.
Simple and stylish haunted decor made of skull family photos, hay, candles and blooms.
The modern haunted table setting is done in black and white, with gold woven placemats, black plates, spiderweb and a candelabra.
This haunted Halloween table is decorated with hay, black cheesecloth, bottles with black candles, crows on the branches.
This Halloween reception table is styled with black candles, burgundy blooms, black plates, a spiderweb chandelier and black butterflies.
Gothic
Gothic decor theme resembles vampire decor, it’s something exquisite, chic and bold. The main color is black but you can also go for moody palettes and various color touches if you are using all-black. You can make your decor more modern or more vintage, it’s up to you.
This moody Halloween skeleton torso wall art is done with black leaves and red blooms plus a chic and refined frame.
This moody Gothic tablescape shows off dark blooms, black candles, gold goblets and printed plates plus large eyeballs.
The modern Gothic table is done in black on black style, with greenery, roses, candles and layered plates.
This luxurious modern tablescape shows off Gothic decor: skulls, black candles, black cheesecloth and black tableware.
Celestial
Celestial decor echoes with witchy decor but not completely: here you create lovely crystal decor, moon phase decor and constellations. The color schemes are usually star-inspired: purple, navy, blue, grey and black. Get inspired!
Stylish modern celestial pumpkins with constellations drilled are amazing to decorate a celestial Halloween party.
Create beautiful celestial decor hanging purple and gold moon pieces to the mantel.
Offer psychic crystal balls to your guests to let them see the future clearly.