Top 10 Hall-Haunting Halloween Decorating Ideas

Make their spines tingle from the moment they arrive in front of your house. Create your spooky front door scene with Halloween decorating ideas like complementing your cobwebs with scary signs, terrifying tombstones, grim reapers and other fantastically creepy creatures!

To create a not-so-spooky Halloween scene that won't scare off younger trick-or-treaters and party guests, keep lighting a bit brighter and mix in friendly fans and fluffy decorations with your creepy critters and characters.

For a quick outdoor Halloween decorating idea, turn your flower garden into a graveyard for the season. Create a base with Jute Roll and bags of moss, then bury these faux tombstones in the ground at different angles for an old haunted cemetery look.

Nothing says spooky like an entrance full of fog. Use Halloween decorating must-haves like a custom banner, Haunted Forest Room Roll that transforms any space into a wicked woodland setting, and gauze draping to make an archway or doorway look like it leads to a chilling chamber of Halloween thrills. And, of course, don't forget a fog machine!

Even if your house isn't haunted, you can use eerie colored light to cast a spectral glow that adds other-worldly dimension to scary signs, making it one of the highest-impact Halloween decorating ideas. Or surprise guests with a strobe light to creep them out even more!

Especially if you're planning a daytime monster bash for children, show your sense of humor as you're planning your Halloween decorating ideas. A skeleton relaxing in a tomb can make for a spine-tingling and funny way to welcome guests to your party.

If your home has a fireplace, it's a prime spot for Halloween decorating! Spin some faux spider webs first; stretching them around logs, bricks, stones or moulding. Then top the mantle with torn black gauze and black leaf garland. Add a macabre touch with glitter bones and skulls, ravens picking at the bones, decorative pumpkins and a candelabra.

Even simple Halloween party decorating ideas can be striking. Hang assorted orange and black solid and patterned lanterns (or fans) in strings that go from ceiling to floor for an eye-catching display. This effect would also work well against a plain white wall; used in a hallway, it's a friendly way to block off certain parts of the house.

Turn up the drama in your dining room for a chillingly charming Halloween dinner party. Plates that beckon "Let's Have a Bite" pair wickedly well with blood-red-and-black paper Halloween lanterns. And a Shocktails table decorating kit makes setup scary-fast. Try a red or orange lightbulb to get vampires and victims alike in the mood for food.

If you have a large open room, hang up the Gothic Mansion Room Roll to transform the area into a haunted mansion. Set up a table with glasses and trays that are ready for serving food and drinks. Add subtly spooky decorative touches to the table with black leaf table sprinkle and black picture frames. Write mysterious quotes in your black frames to set a ghastly vibe.