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Just 39 Halloween Decorations That’ll Be Easy To Store When They’re (Sadly) Not In Use
When your heart says “10-foot skeleton” but your home says “life-size skeleton in the hall closet.”
1. An adorable Halloween ceramic tree that’ll remind you of that “antique” Christmas one that you inherited from your grandmother, only to find out it came in a Cracker Barrel store box. Still so cute, though!
2. Some “bloody” cat toys can really be a gift for YOU when you invite your pal over who’s afraid of cats. “Why is your cat playing with a bloody butcher knife?” They’re not really Halloween decor?! Eh, whatever.
Promising review: “I just think it is hilarious to watch my kitten play with these toys. They are good quality, so you don’t have to worry about your cat chewing them open and they have a satisfying crunch sound my kitten loves.” —Ashley Keller
Get them from Amazon for $9.99.
3. A pair of skull bookends to help you practice your best Hamlet, add some pizzazz to your bookcase, or even do some creepy fridgescaping.
Joyvano is a small biz specializing in decorative bookends.
Promising review: “I liked that these bookends were solid and heavy enough to support my books. They look good for Halloween or anyone who likes skulls.” —Joey Figueroa
Get them from Amazon for $24.99.
4. A Hocus Pocus–style journalyou can park on your coffee table as decor or even slip onto a bookshelf. And it has blank pages inside for all your spells, aka your logins for Netflix, Hulu, Shudder, and the like that you can call for just like Winifred: “BooooOooOoook!”
Promising review: “Extremely well made and would highly recommend to any Hocus Pocus fan. The size was perfect to carry around with my costume. The design is of high quality with raised stitches and eyeball is raised and glossy. But the best part of all is the inside has blank parchment pages you can actually write on!!” —Amy_848
Get it from Amazon for $19.99+ (available in three sizes).
5. And a coordinating candle in case you don’t want to take any chances on lighting the *actual* black flame candle.
6. A macrame ghost will work well with your perfectly curated bohemian aesthetic in case you hang up anything TOO Halloween-y, your partner says it’s starting to look like the house from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Bean Daikon / Etsy
Bean Daikon is a Hanoi, Vietnam-based small biz.
Promising review: “These little ghosts are well made, took a little bit of adjusting to get them hung so they’d face frontwards but they’re the perfect addition to my holiday decor.” —Madeline O’Connor
Get it from Bean Daikon on Etsy for $25.03+ (available in two sizes or a set).
7. A coffin letter board with 500 characters and spooky icons so you can spell out a bunch of different messages to scare your family!
Amazon
Promising review: “This is the perfect size and comes with so many letters, characters, and shapes, so you can change what it says whenever you want. Super easy to put together; worth every penny! I get so many compliments when people come over and see this.” —Deni S.
Get it from Amazon for $24.97+ (available in six colors).
8. A spooky fun tea towel for something *useful* that’ll bring you a smile, even if you’re frowning through cooking your “we have grub at home” meal.
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9. A haunted tree yard inflatable that won’t be your tiniest piece of decor to put in storage. But it comes with a storage bag that reviewers say makes for super easy storage!
10. Or if you like to keep it extra cute, a ghost inflatable that probably won’t scare off the neighborhood kids and trick-or-treaters.
Amazon
Promising review: “After many Halloween decorations, I bought this adorable ghost, and it simply made me happy. Love it, and so did our neighbors. The little girl across the street was so sad when we finally took it down. I believe it brought more trick-or-treaters this year.” —Lora B. Poepping
Get it from Amazon for $30.99.
11. A lil’ ghost and seasonal pals contained in a cloche glass you can move around as you please. And he takes us such little room on a surface, he might just permanently haunt your desk!
Promising review: “The purple lights are so pretty and just the right accent to the scene. I am going to display this right away, no waiting until closer to Halloween. Too cute to stick away until then. It shipped very quickly and it was very sturdily packed to protect the glass dome. All of the pieces inside are firmly glued, nothing is loose. If they made some sort of series of these, I would want every one. Very happy with my purchase:)” —Amazon Customer
Get it from Amazon for $19.98.
12. A set of remote-controlled flameless candles to help establish an ~atmosphere~ without causing a fire hazard. They’re incredibly convincing, though, so you might wanna tell guests before they worry about your dipping out of the living room with “lit” candles to grab the cookies baking in the oven. And you could, tbh, get away with keeping ’em out year-round if styled correctly!
Promising review: “I bought one set and loved them so much I bought two more sets. They’re the most realistic looking fake candles I’ve bought so far. The ‘flame’ up close obviously doesn’t look real but from afar with the flicker setting on, you almost can’t tell these aren’t real. They also put out a decent amount of light for being fake. Gives my living room a very cozy feel which is what I wanted. Remote works great as well.” —suckerforcats
Get a set of three from Amazon for $25.99 (available in five styles).
13. A pumpkin night-light that’ll be a great indoor jack-o’-lantern alt while keeping you company watching horror movies or just answering work emails. You can either go cutesy or full jack-o’-lantern!
Promising review: “This item definitely exceeded the definition of cuteness. I bought this for my bookshelf, and now my nieces are asking one for their room. 🎃 Love how it has a timer for 30 minutes. It works great.” —Book_Hollows
Get it from Amazon for $16.99.
14. A cutie “floating” ghost decoration made to withstand outdoor weather BUT lots of reviewers have hung it up inside! And its bendable arms mean less storage room!
Promising review: “Love the spooky blue LED lights. They’re nice and bright, and look pretty amazing at night. These ghosts are well-made and seem to last. I have two of them and they look great with my outdoor Halloween decor.” —dinah moore
Get it from Amazon for $26.99 (available in five colors).
15. A Nightmare Before Christmas mini cross-stitch kit for helping you whip up some home decor while keeping you busy while you rewatch the Halloween series. What a cute lil’ addition to your seasonal gallery wall!
Amazon
Promising review: “This is a great kit perfect for any cross stitch or Nightmare Before Christmas fan. It contains a booklet with instructions and four patterns, the needed thread, three pieces of canvas, the holder, and two needles. It’s a really awesome set. The instructions were easy to follow, and I managed to already finish one of the designs.” —witchykitty39
Get it from Amazon for $7.07.
16. A cute bat suncatcher that’ll channel some more light during the shorter days.
Amazon
Promising review: “This bat is so freaking adorable. Perfect addition to my triple moon! I plan on getting a few more!! They are handcrafted, and my little goth heart loves it!!!!” —Ashley Cisco
Get it from Amazon for $22.99+ (available in three styles).
17. Plus, a ghoulish gang of prism ghosts you can stick up in a window that gets natural light. Who’s stunning who now, Luigi?!
18. A spooky glam mantel decoration to really help set the mood for your scary movie nights. And then when it’s time to swap decor, you can simply roll it up and stash in a box!
19. But if you wanna go all out, a five-piece lacey “cobweb” kit that includes decorations for your mantel, table, a lamp, and a “cobweb” and bats for accents. Phew that should cover most of it!
Promising review: “The package is a good value and provides a lot of coverage for the money. The lamp cover was my favorite. It has a drawstring to fit any lamp and gave a spooky cast to the light. The set was perfect for decorating my office. The clings stuck to the windows and were large enough to see from a distance. I appreciated that the set is humorously spooky. It only took a few minutes to decorate and to un-decorate after Halloween. The set is sturdy enough for several years of decorating.” —profcpa
Get them from Amazon for $14.59.
20. A wax melt warmer you won’t be able to get out of your head. Time to pop those pumpkin spice melts on the skull!
Amazon
Promising review: “This is awesome for Halloween! Or if you just love skulls. Has a beautiful eerie glow when turned on with wax!” —Laurel Darhali
Get it from Amazon for $26.99 (available in six more styles).
21. Some ~infinity~ taper candles that’ll feel like magic because they’re completely flameless.
Lights
(And they’d be great for a Christmas decor setup!)
Get the set of four from Lights.com for $38.
22. Or a spine candle in case regular ol’ tapers won’t suffice for your creepy abode. Time to queue up “Goodbye Horses.”
23. A bat bath mat to help you zhuzh up your bathroom that sadly doesn’t have room for scary animatronics or a 12-foot skeleton.
Amazon
Promising review: “Nice size soft bat rug! I am using it for Halloween, but would be adorable for a kid’s superhero bedroom or bath!” —Amazon Customer
Get it from Amazon for $22.99.
24. A Michael Myers window decal that I’m sure your HOA will loooooove.
Amazon
Promising review: “This is a really cool Michael Myers cling. It can attach easily to any smooth surface, but looks great on a window. It comes in three separate pieces, so it’s a little difficult to get it just right. You have to really be careful lining it up. The overall look is great and I recommend this for horror fans, especially for fans of the Halloween movie franchise.” —Michael
Get it from Amazon for $7.99.
25. An welcome banner because you’re not quite ready to commit to the Disney Haunted Mansion wallpaper — but this will hold you over for now.
Promising review: “The sign fits perfectly along the back wall of my office. The package came with two long black ribbons to hang the lettering and a red needle to easily thread the ribbon through the holes. I had no glitter fallout from putting the letters on the string and I don’t think there will be. Overall, this is a fun item to acquire either for Halloween or for year-round delight.” —Marina
Get it from Amazon for $9.99.
26. Some fireproof skulls you can throw in your firepit for perhaps the most metal outdoor entertaining ever.
Promising review: “These things are amazing, and they red glow once you turn the heat off. I may even get more!” —Amazon Customer
Get 12 from Amazon for $39.99.
27. Some battery-operated waterproof skeletal candles to help beckon visitors into your home — and help you better see The Shape (maybe?) as he lurks outside your house.
Promising review: “These candle lights were the perfect addition along my fence. Inspired the graveyard in my Halloween decorations. Used the stakes to attach the lights to my fence with zip ties. Timer function is awesome, lights come on with other decorations. Looks great. I would definitely buy again.” —Lisa Marie
Get a five-pack from Amazon for $19.99.
28. A spooky mansion night-light projector that’ll fit a Wallflower refill and look spooky in the daylight but cast a very helpful holiday light when you need to scurry to the bathroom during the witching hour because you guzzled apple cider earlier.
Get it from Bath & Body Works for $42.95.
29. A cutesy lil’ table runner that — if you dare to take a closer gander — is decked out in all kinds of creepy setups that look like the beginning of a horror movie where the main characters have AWFUL judgment.
30. A couple of salt and pepper shakers that are having a private moment, thank you. Maybe they just finished their copy of the Handbook for the Recently Deceased and are hugging it out.
Amazon
Promising review: “These little guys are too cute. It is nice to see them hugging on the table. Reminds me that there is love in this world and that there is always someone out there to give you a hug.” —Amazon Customer
Get them from Amazon for $5.60.
31. Some spider webs you can deck out even more with some super stretchy cobweb! Plus, reviewers say it’s really easy to set up. And because it’s just the webbing, you can let it hang solo and passersby can wonder when a spider is going to jump out at them!
Promising review: “Took less than five minutes to set up! Looks fantastic.” —nicole smith
Get it from Amazon for $19.99.
32. A skull and two arms that’ll take up less room than a WHOLE skeleton in a closet and make the best graveyard gag scene. You could even split up the arms to make it look like several ghouls are breaking through! They heard you’re doing the monster mash and they want IN.
Promising review: “I bought three of these and they were perfect for our Halloween decorations. I do feel they are a bit expensive for just arms and a head, but they are well made and held up great for the whole month of October, even with sprinklers getting them wet every couple of days. Happy with my purchase and will be using these every year now!” —MHigg
Get it from Amazon for $18.97+ (available in two sizes). Also check out a set of six arms for $23.98.
33. A pack of cute mini ghost candles if you lean more “adorable” than “I might need to report this actual crime scene” when it comes to spooky season decor.
Promising review: “These candles are an adorable addition to my Halloween decor. I love them and will buy more next year!” —Blulili7274
Get a set of four from Amazon for $14.99 (available in four styles and two sizes).
34. An “illusion” 3D video looping kit that includes a projection screen and some ghoulish designs to REALLY up the ante in your annual neighborhood Halloween decoration showdown. You can hang it on your window or door!
Wayfair
SImply hang up the 5.5 ft x 9 ft holographic translucent rear projection screen, insert the USB stick into the projector, put the projector 6–8 feet from your doorway or window, press play, then watch from outside and you can see spooky characters moving around in your house.
Get it from Wayfair for $89.99.
35. A wraparound ghost you can bend to your whims (and surfaces available or decorating) and then shove to the back of your linen closet ’til the day after Labor Day next year when we ALL know that Halloween season officially begins.
36. A “blood splatter” spoon rest to help you contain your Famous Sunday Sauce mess without making your kitchen countertop look like a total crime scene. (Kinda makes you wanna do a Dexter OG series rewatch, huh?)
Amazon
Promising review: “This is such a fun spoon holder. It’s quite thick and heavy and even survived an unintentional (person has never used one) run through the dishwasher. It didn’t melt. Just bent slightly. Nothing a little heat and bending the other way won’t fix right up. Cleans well.” —Jak
Get it from Amazon for $9.99.
37. A sorta genuinely terrifying window cover that’ll make it look like a killer clown is trying to get inside your home, or is already in there depending on where *you* are. But there are other designs so you can pick your poison, like another clown! And a jack-o’-lantern, zombies, and more!
Fun Little Toys is a small biz.
Promising review: “Such a cool decoration. I put the clown on the inside of our house facing the outside porch. This is what it looks like on both sides. The girl doesn’t look as cool as expected perhaps because my windows are too tall. The other clown in the first floor window is by another company and you can see how the quality is much lower and colors are not vibrant.” —Renata Leyderman
Get it from Amazon for $7.99 (available in eight styles). Check out a similar double-window cover!
38. A dozen spider shower curtain rings you should probably warn your family or roommates about, lest someone step into a morning shower pre-contacts, scream, and slip. We love Halloween! But we love safety just as much!
Amazon
Promising review: “These are the cutest little additions to my Haunted Mansion–themed bathroom. They are very sturdy metal that I think will hold up well beyond the hooks they came with. My only complaint is I wish they came with black hooks instead of silver.” —ShortyMom
Get them from Amazon for $13.99.
39. A set of posable pumpkin twig limbs that’ll make readying your freshly picked pumpkin for its porch debut a super simple task! No knife or paint required.
Reviews have been edited for length and/or clarity.
