As Halloween approaches, it’s time to embrace the spooky season by transforming your outdoor space into a hauntingly delightful scene. There are so many different ways to decorate your outdoor spaces, whether you prefer ghastly ghouls, creepy spiders, or scary witches, the right decor can set the mood for trick-or-treaters, party guests, and anyone who passes by.

Continue below to get some amazing outdoor Halloween decor ideas to celebrate the spooky season. Underneath each image, you will find further resource details along with links to the sources for further information. Get ready to prepare your home for the spookiest night of the year with these spooky outdoor Halloween decor ideas.

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1. DIY Halloween Archway.

To create this spooky look, begin with a handmade archway. You will need either a wire frame or chicken wire. Wrap it with faux stems for a lush, eerie aesthetic. Add skulls throughout the stems to create a scary Halloween vibe. Layer additional Halloween decor such as a witch and skeletons. Here, a life-sized witch is placed near the door, while skeletons can be found peeking from behind plants, your front porch railing, rising from a graveyard or cemetery, or climbing the side of your house. Complete the look with some pumpkins and black butterflies (or bats). Scatter them around the arch and pumpkins. Try a variety of sizes to complete the spooky effect. (via @rusticwildarrow⁠ / Instagram)

2. Scary Witches.

You can suspend witches from your ceiling, or secure them to your fence. The glowing faces will add a magical atmosphere when the lights go down. Add a sign and some spooky accents, pillows, and decor for a haunted porch. (via @jamiewardtv / Instagram)

3. A be-WITCH-ing Cauldron.

Embrace the spirit of Halloween with these Up Floating Witches from @decorsteals. These bewitching witches appear to hover in mid-air, providing an eerie and enchanting atmosphere for your garden, yard, or front porch. These can also be used to decorate the inside of your home, welcome trick-or-treaters, or for hosting a party.  (via @gracefulhomeandhound/ Instagram)

4. Spooky Ghosts.

Have a spooky good time on your front porch with the addition of spooky ghosts, jack-lanterns, and a witch with a cauldron. Hang witch hats from the ceiling to add to the spooky vibe. (via @jeremy_bonilla305129⁠ / Instagram)

5. Spooktacular Witches. 

Create a gathering of witches around a cauldron with glowing lights. Add some tattered robes, pointy hats, and eerie sound effects for an extra layer of spookiness. For an even more dramatic effect, add a fog machine to create a swirling mist around the witches. (via @frenchcountrycoastal⁠ / Instagram)

6. Spooky Cob Web-Covered Door.

Cover your front doors with spooky cobwebs. Use command hooks to affix skeletons covered with tattered sheets, secured underneath the webs. Layer in white jack-o-lanterns, pumpkin topiaries, and other Halloween-themed decor to complete the spooky look. The decorations came from Target, Walmart, and  The Home Depot. (via @alexanderreneedesign / Instagram)

7. Creepy Crawling Spiders.

Giant spider props (you can find them at your local Halloween Supercenter or Amazon) climbing up your house or hanging from the roof add a creepy touch that’s sure to frighten your trick-or-treaters. Stretch webbing across bushes and doors to enhance the effect. (via @ourhouseon8th / Instagram)

8. Hanging Witch Hats.

Use fishing wire to hang witch hats from your front porch ceiling, affixed to Command Hooks. You can add LED lights to the witch hats for a spooky evening glow. Add some lights to your witches and their cauldron to add to the spooky atmosphere. (via @jagcagdesign⁠ / Instagram)

9. Witch Potion Door.

Create a scary front door that looks like a witch’s potion. To recreate this look, you will need some poster boards and Command strips. The chalkboard sign is from @michaelsstores. For the finishing touches, hang some witch hats, spiders, and gauze with string lights for an eerie glow. (via @liz.morrow / Instagram) 

10. Witch Property.

These hanging witches will be sure to spook your guests. Add some string lights to set the mood, hanging bats off the cord. Be sure to illuminate your witch’s faces with LED lights for an extra spooky vibe. (via @harleysteedinteriors⁠)

11. Trick or Treat.

This fun and festive Halloween-decorated front porch features a variety of decor, from stacked jack-o-lanterns to hanging witch hats and a large skeleton ready to greet your trick-or-treaters. (via @ashtonsedita)

12. Spooky Monster.

To create this scary monster face, you will need poster boards from @michaelsstores along with Command Strips to secure the poster boards. The area rug is from Target. (via @liz.morrow / Instagram)

13. Floating Witch Hats.

Suspend witch hats from your front porch ceiling for an added touch of whimsy. Use a fishing line, affixing it to command hooks to make them appear as if they are floating, creating a magical feel. (via @s.u.s.a.p / Instagram)

14. Witch Legs.

Mix fall and Halloween to transition through the seasons. Add a pair of witch leg garden stakes into a planter for a wickedly fun way to celebrate the spooky season and delight your trick-or-treaters — these can be found at a variety of places, including Amazon and Grandinroad. (via @glendashulleetastudio)

15. Glowing Ghosts.

Create a spooky Halloween front porch with glowing ghosts of various sizes. These DIY ghosts have a white gauze fabric and black felt eyes glued to the fabric (you can also use black Kraft paper). Mix in some black jack-o-lanterns, glowing broomsticks, and lanterns for an eerie atmosphere, perfect for welcoming trick-or-treaters. (via @sherricalnanhome)

16. Illuminated Corn Stalks.

Corn stalks are the perfect fall decor to keep through the harvest season. To make them feel spooky for Halloween, try wrapping strands of orange string lights around them. (via @cherrystreetblossoms / Instagram)

17. Bats On The Porch.

No haunted house is complete without a creepy swarm of black bats! Scare the living daylights out of your trick-or-treaters by affixing bats to the exterior of your house (bat wall decor can be found on Amazon, Walmart, Target, Kirkland’s, and GrandinRoad) using Command Strips. Light-up trees and jack-o-lanterns help to set the mood when the sun sets. (via @ourwintonhome / Instagram)

18. Lean Into a Farm House Look.

There are so many ways to decorate your porch for Halloween. If your front porch has a farmhouse-style aesthetic, you may wish to match your decor with this vibe. Look for jack-o-lanterns, rustic signage, brooms, lanterns, bats and haunted houses. (via @courtneyfitzp01 / Instagram)

19. Pumpkin Archway.

Create a spooktacular entrance to your front porch with an archway framed by glowing pumpkins in a variety of shapes and sizes. Paint some of the pumpkins black or white and add LED lights to cast a magical glow. (via @brittt_rose / Instagram)

20. Spooky Pumpkin Scene.

Create a spooky yard with a large jack-o-lantern sharing a pumpkin bonfire with a skeleton. A backdrop of carved and illuminated pumpkins in various sizes adds to the eerie atmosphere. (via @fallaesthetic0 / X)

21. Skeleton Movers.

This Halloween-decorated front porch features two skeletons dressed as “Grave Movers” carrying a coffin into the house. Giant black spiders crawl up the columns, adding a spooky vibe. (via @mygeorgiahouse / Instagram)

22. The Witch’s Shoes.

This simple yet spooky look is an easy addition to your Halloween decor this year. All you need are some pool noodles, dollar store stockings, and thrift store shoes to create this look. Below is a DIY video to create your own Witch Legs. (via @caprowguys / Instagram)