38 DIY Outdoor Halloween Decorations to Get Your Yard Ready for Spooky Season

Talk about eerie! This headstone pumpkin is inspired by old cemetery headstones. You'll need our headstone template when carving. Add lights, then place your new headstone on the front porch to welcome party guests.

Make your own eyeballs with this eyeball clip art. Print them onto clear stick paper then cut out the pupils with scissors. Stick them to ping pong balls, then attach them to a foam wreath form with glue.

Here's one for the bird lovers out there. For this crow design, first clean your pumpkin with a water and vinegar spray mixture. Use a pumpkin carving knife to cut a round opening from the bottom of the pumpkin. Scoop out the inside pulp, before tracing this crow template onto the pumpkin using washable chalk markers. Cut along the template's lines before placing string lights inside.

Paint or spray paint your pumpkin white. Carve out the bottom so you can scoop out the insides. Draw star or diamond shapes all throughout and use a carving knife to cut them. For the final touch, place tea lights or Christmas lights inside.

Create your own spooky skeleton for the front porch by stacking two faux pumpkins on top of each other. Note: use a round pumpkin for the base and an oval shape for the head. Just spray paint them white and draw on black accents using this template for the face and ribs.

Adorn your front door with this rustic harvest wreath that you can easily make yourself. Secure dried branches, flowers and grass onto a pampas grass wreath form by weaving together larger and smaller pieces. Once you're happy with your creation, use floral wire or hot glue to add last-minute touches like dried fruit and mini pumpkins.

String lights with a Halloween twist? Yes, please. You can't go wrong with this attention-grabbing design decked out with skulls. Cut faces out of black paper and paste them onto white paper lanterns.

Here's a DIY project your child wouldn't mind tackling. Attach plastic spiders and Styrofoam balls to a twig wreath form and finish the look with gauzy spiderweb material.

Cover a vintage frame in black spray paint, and once it's dry, cut out butterfly and Halloween-appropriate calligraphy art to dress it up. Hang your frame with any ribbon of your choice.

Fill a few wooden crates with poisonous apples (don't forget the witch legs) and wait for visitors to be scared out of their minds.

It's always a good idea to offer up treats wrapped up inside individual bags that kids can grab and go. Set up a treat station on your front steps with black urns and our "Pick Your Poison" calligraphy art.

When in doubt, rely on googly eyes to amp up your Halloween decor. Place them on your front door and in planters for a fun and festive look.

Ditch the traditional black and orange wreath for this unique creation, featuring a spiderweb design made of twine and white burlap ribbon.

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To keep it simple this year, add a stack of painted pumpkins — don't forget the berries — to a wooden chair. Set them on a plaid throw blanket to bring in more personality.

Don't miss the opportunity to show off your style for an outdoor Halloween dinner party. Scatter some pumpkins on your table, and pick a few to decorate with berry wreaths.

To create this wreath, fold two sheets of black paper accordion-style (about 1.5-inch folds). Proceed to fold each in half lengthwise. Cut the top of the fold diagonally (you should be left with a pointed end when it's unfolded). Then, cut three rectangles out of the paper, about half an inch apart, on each segment. Once both sheets of paper are cut and folded, tie them together tightly at their center folds. Take each loose edge of folded paper and attach it to the end next to it with glue. Soon enough, the paper will open up like a spider web.

Want to make a spooky first impression? Take a mossy wreath to the next level by using a plastic skeleton hand and ribbon to hang it from your door.

Spook your neighbors with this creepy, snake-laden wreath. To make it, gather an assortment of plastic snakes and a wreath form. Start with your largest snakes and weave them between the twigs, repeating until you use all your rubber snakes. Use hot glue as needed to hold them to the wreath.