A staircase is often part of your front porch or entryway inside the house, some of us have both. While decorating for a season or a holiday, we can give some touches to the stairs, too, to make them look festive and help create the mood. How to decorate stairs for Halloween? Here are some ideas.
Indoor Stairs
With indoors stairs, you have more possibilities to decorate as you won’t have to worry about durability of your decor and harsh weather conditions.
Banister Decor
Banister decor can be fulfilled in several ways, and the easiest and last-minute solution is to attach a couple of skeletons climbing up, that will look cool and modern. Lights and garlands covering the railings are a cool idea that won’t require much time to implement. Covering your banister with spiderweb and spiders, with bats and black branches, black feathers and leaves plus white pumpkins will make your space look more Halloween-like and won’t take much time or money. You can echo your decor on the wall over the steps, for example, attach bats there.
This simple retro decor is done with burlap and lace plus black bows, and it matchesvintage posters on the wall.
This Halloween banister decor is done with branches, bats and pumpkins on the steps.
Black and white spiderweb covering the banister is lovely decor that helps to create a mood here.
This banister is decorated with lights, black branches and twigs, black skeletons and spiders.
The banister is styled with black leaves and grasses, black skulls and white pumpkins.
The staircase is decorated with spiderweb and spiders, with fresh pumpkins on the steps and some spiders on the wall.
The railing is styled with red lights, and the wall over the stairs is decorated with simple black paper bats.
The stairs are decorated with black chains, bats, skulls with gold foil and ghosts for Halloween.
Simple fabric garlands with bats are great to style the banister for Halloween.
Black garlands and candle lanterns decorate the banister and bats style the wall to create a Halloween look.
Lovely staircase decor is done with bats and orange lights, it makes the space more atmospheric.
The wall is filled in with black paper bats, the banister is decorated with spiderweb, and a large white pumpkin crowns it all.
Decorate the banister with spiders climbing up and make your space feel more Halloween-inspired.
Skeletons climbing the banister look very nice and bold and it's a cool last minute decor idea for every space.
Advantages: banister has a large surface, so decorating it will create an ambience. Such decor usually doesn’t require much effort or money and can be added last minute.
Disadvantages: not even a single one!
Steps Decor
Put some stuff on the steps to make them look like Halloween, these can be candle lanterns (no open candles, please, be careful!), fresh and faux pumpkins, skulls, skeletons and black branches with ravens. You can create a whole arrangement if you have enough space considering the theme and colors of your Halloween decor.
Advantages: the most popular idea to realize, steps are great for decorating. No skill or much money required here, no need to care about durability.
Elegant indoor stairs decor is done with fresh pumpkins, leaves and candles for the fall, and candle lanterns add a Halloween feel.
Large spiders descending down the stairs will help you create Halloween vibes in the space.
Lovely bold leaf and ribbon posies style the banister not only for the fall but also for Halloween, and pumpkins on the stairs make the space cooler.
This natural staircase decor is created using real pumpkins, ghost candle lanterns, leaves and a couple of large ghosts.
Paper pumpkin decorations and spiderweb on the banister are paired with a cool fresh pumpkin arrangement in the corner.
The steps are styled with orange, black and white pumpkins, a raven, a skeleton, a skull, some branches and a lantern.
The indoor staircase is decorated with a paper garland, orange and black pumpkins, a sign, potted greenery, candles, a ghost and balloons.
Simple staircase decor done with small pumpkins and candles and mice stickers on the risers, such an idea can be implemented really fast.
The staircase is decorated with natural orange pumpkins, and the chair below is taken by a skeleton and surrounded with pumpkins.
Disadvantages: you can step on your decor or sit on it, and if it’s too large, it can be uncomfortable to walk on the steps.
Riser Decor
Riser decor is very easy and budget-friendly: buy some reusable decals and attach them to the risers, these can be bats, ravens, mice or even some scenes from Nightmare Before Christmas.
Advantages: the most budget-friendly idea of all, reusable and safe for renters.
Disadvantages: may look a bit outdated as it’s not among current trends.
The Halloween staircase styled with spider decals, decorated pumpkins and some witches' hats on the wall over the stairs.
The stairs are done with spider decals and skeletons climbing up the banister for Halloween.
This staircase is decorated with removable decals that are attached to the risers and are inspired by Nightmare Before Christmas.
Outdoor Stairs
Outdoor stairs next to your porch can be part of your holiday and seasonal decor delivering some vibe. Decorate the steps with large fresh pumpkins, which is the most popular idea, add skeleton scenes where you want, think black branches with skeletons, skulls and tall cornstalks that frame the entrance. If you wanna go further, consider attaching large spiderweb over the porch on the wall of the house, or consider adding an oversized spider that will frighten all the guests. Get inspired!
The porch is decorated with branches and greenery, skeletons and large natural pumpkins for a natural yet scary look.
The porch steps are decorated with potted flowers, fresh pumpkins and skeletons for Halloween.
Colorful pumpkins in black, orange and lilac plus spider stickers and bold fall leaves make the steps Halloween-inspired.
The staircase is done with greenery, potted blooms, pumpkins, cabbage, an oversized spider and skeletons and a zombie.
The porch is decorated with large pumpkins, spiderweb, a large spider hanging over thespace and some skulls here and there.
Decorate the steps with hay, skeletons, pumpkins, twigs and cornstalks at the doors for Halloween.
Steps decor done with pumpkin lanterns, skeletons, greenery and cornstalks for Halloween outdoors.
Glossy black pumpkins on the steps, black branches and skeletons, spiders and orange pumpkins at the doors.
The porch is decorated with orange and black pumpkins and lanterns, with spooky garlands and a wreath with leaves.
Outdoor staircase decor done with greenery, fresh pumpkins and black and white photos for Halloween.
Bold Halloween porch decorating done with black cheesecloth, printed pumpkins, a witch's hat, lightsand garlands plus bats on the walls.
The front porch is decorated wth skeletons, branches, pumpkin lanterns and battery operated candles plus black and white pumpkins.
Lovely and cool modern decor done with fresh pumpkins, candle lanterns, potted flowers and a couple of fabric ghosts.
Pumpkin lanterns and candles plus fall leaves are great to decorate your stairs for the fall and Halloween at the same time.
The doors are decorated with black pampas grass wreaths and ribbons, the steps are styled with pumpkins and a lantern.
The Halloween porch is decorated with pumpkins, skeletons, a lot of spiderweb descending from above and giant spiders.
The staircase is decorated with pumpkin lanterns, skeletons and topiaries to frame the front door.
The outdoor staircase is decorated with natural pumpkins and climbers and vines with leaves, it's an unusual solution that is natural yet spooky.
This neutral entrance is styled with trees, skeletons and black and white pumpkins on the steps.
The outdoor stairs decorated with potted plants and flowers, natural pumpkins and a skeleton for Halloween.
The porch is decorated with large heirloom pumpkins, skeletons, a ghost, a spider, potted greenery and it looks chic and Halloween-inspired.
The outdoor staircase is done with white jack-o-lanterns and nothing else, this is a creative way to pull off Halloween decor outdoors.