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Welcome trick-or-treaters with a spooky Halloween silhouette in your windows, the perfect space to use scary decals to create your own haunted house. Using a light from inside to illuminate the window will cast an eerie glow, adding to the overall spookiness. These silhouettes are a budget-friendly way to get into the Halloween spirit while letting your creative juices flow, and they make a fun DIY for the whole family.
There are plenty of ways to use Halloween decorations to create a chilling scene. You can simply cut out shapes from black cardboard, affix them to your window and turn on some lights, such as lamps or string lights. These silhouettes could be witches, bats, ghosts, zombies and other creepy characters that peer out at your visitors. Check out these Halloween silhouette ideas below to help you get inspired for this festive and spooktacular holiday.
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1. Nightmare Before Christmas Window Decal.
Add a spooky Halloween silhouette to your window with this “Nightmare Before Christmas” window decal. It is ideal for use on your window, door or even on a no-carve pumpkin. (via HarborDesignCo)
2. Life-Size Skeleton Window Panel.
Give a ghoulish greeting to guests with this life-size skeleton silhouette placed in your window. (via Wayfair)
3. Skeleton Face With Creepy Cloth.
This is a simple DIY that can add a scary vibe to any window in your home. Add a skeleton face decal to your window, then drape Black Halloween Creepy Cloth behind it for a spooky look. You can also use black cheesecloth to create the curtains. (via Halloween Costumes)
4. Witches, Ghosts, Bats and Cats.
This window display features silhouettes of witches, ghosts, bats and cats. Print out silhouette patterns from the following links: spooky cat, sitting cat, house, owl, witch, ghost and bats. Trace them onto black paper, cut them out and tape them to the inside of your windows. Illuminate the display from indoors with strategically placed lamps or LED candles.
5. Front Door Silhouette.
Add a large silhouette to your window, especially if you have one in your front door to greet guests. When your doorbell rings, trick-or-treaters will be greeted by this eerie display. (via Better Homes & Gardens)
6. House-o’-Lantern.
Transform your home into a House-o’-Lantern and put a big smile on the face of your haunted house. All you need for this DIY is corrugated cardboard to create the face; be sure to measure your window so it fits. Cut out the face with a craft knife and use a glue stick to cover the openings with orange tissue paper. Tape it to the window and place a lamp nearby to illuminate the face. (via Spoonful)
7. Window Monsters.
Add some window monsters to your home to create a spooktacular scene for your trick-or-treaters. These monster decals can be cut from reusable vinyl from a craft store such as Joann, so you can bring them out every Halloween. (via Trading Phrases)
8. Spooky Bay Window.
Bay windows are an ideal spot to decorate for Halloween, since a silhouette here can be seen from the street. You can also use the space outside the window to add to the theme, such as a cemetery. This large bay window is decorated with skulls, bones, webs and spiders. Add any other spooky decor you have on hand to the window sill. (via DIY Inspired)
9. Black Widow Spider.
Create the look of a silhouette in your window with this large black widow spider. Add it to your glass door or window in front of your window treatments, then illuminate it with a lamp for an eerie look. Carry the theme outside by adding a spider web to a nearby bush or tree. (via Halloween Costumes)
10. Black Cat and Chandelier.
This Halloween window features a spooky black cat silhouette and a chandelier decal from Target. Frame the inside of the window with orange string lights to illuminate the scene. (via Crazy Domestic)
11. Owl in a Spooky Tree.
This spooky window scene can be made from black construction paper using a simple printable. Here is one that is similar: owl in a spooky tree, or try this spooky tree. (via Heartland Paper)
12. Googly-Eyed Window Ghost.
This simple window ghost is a fun DIY that only requires large googly eyes and a black felt or craft paper mouth. You could also use glow-in-the-dark googly eyes that stick to the window for a spookier effect. (via Play Dr Mom)
13. Witch With a Cauldron.
What’s better than a witch with a cauldron looming in your window for Halloween? Twinkle lights help illuminate this silhouette from behind. Trace it onto black craft paper, cut it out and affix it to your window with double-sided tape. The pattern can be found at the provided link. (via Better Homes & Gardens)
14. Tangled Web Spider Panel.
Halloween is more festive with a few big, hairy spiders in your decor. This tangled web scenic panel can be added to your glass door or a large window. (via Heritage Lace)
15. Witch at the Window.
A witch stirring her cauldron sets a spooky scene in this Halloween window. (via Pinterest)
16. Haunted House Window Scenes.
This haunted house is decorated with large paper silhouettes in the windows (see images above). Each window features a spooky scene, such as an unfortunate guest who never left, a knife-wielding maniac, a witch with a cauldron and a grim reaper. To make this, you will need black paper, a white chalk pencil and scissors. Get the printable template at the provided link. (via Make Zine)
17. Spooky Window Decals.
Add spooky decals to any window in your home to greet your guests. Illuminate the window with orange string lights for an eerie effect. (via Pinterest)
18. Skeleton Dog Walker.
The upper window of this haunted house shows a scary silhouette of a lady overlooking a skeleton walking his skeleton dogs. Large spiders and cobwebs cover the exterior walls to complete the scary decor. (via Pinterest)
19. Bat Swarm With Purple Sheets.
Trace a template of scary bats in varying sizes onto black craft paper. Affix them to the window with double-sided tape, then hang purple sheets behind them for a spooky contrast. (via Pinterest)
20. Nightmare Before Christmas Window Scene.
Transform your windows into a scene from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” with cut-out silhouettes. (via Crafting Creatures)
21. Glowing Skeleton Silhouette.
Orange and red string lights glow behind this skeleton silhouette for a spooktacular scene. (via We Heart It)
22. Graveyard Window Scene.
This easy window display turns three panes into a spooky graveyard scene. Cut a crescent moon, a bat, a bare tree and a few tombstones from black paper and tape them to the glass. Frame the windows with orange string lights, and the sheer curtains behind the cutouts will glow a warm, eerie orange. A lantern and a few pumpkins on a bistro table below finish the look. (via Jenn’s Random Scraps)
23. Foggy Skeleton Townhouse.
This creepy house uses a fog machine when the lights go down. Fishing wire holds the skeletons in position at multiple points on this townhouse. Notice the skeleton silhouette in the second-story window? (via Brooklyn Limestone)
24. Bloody Handprint Front Door.
Here’s a close-up of the front door of the townhouse pictured above, with “Save Your Self” and a bloody handprint. Pick up some fake blood from your local Party City or Target. (via Brooklyn Limestone)
25. Bat Window Decals.
Window bat decals are a simple DIY if you are short on time but still want to create a spooky effect on your window. (via Etsy)
26. Monsters in the Window.
These scary monsters looming in the window can be re-created using black poster board from the Dollar Tree. Measure your window for sizing, trace the patterns, cut them out and tape them to your window. Search online for monster templates you would like to print and trace. You may need to visit a copy store to enlarge the templates to your desired size. TIP: If you can’t draw, use a projector to project the image onto the poster board and trace it. (via pegitboard.com)
27. Garage Door Silhouette.
Add some spookiness to your garage door with this Halloween garage door silhouette. Get the full tutorial at the provided link. (via Instructables)
28. Spooky Bird Silhouettes.
This haunted house features spooky bird silhouettes in the windows. A green glow coming from the windows adds to the creepy factor! (via Martha Stewart)
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