Trick Or Treat Yourself To These Spooky Outdoor Halloween Decorations

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Halloween is the one time of the year when your goal is to make your home as imposing as possible. Although you might already have your costume and your Halloween Instagram captions planned, it’s officially time to start thinking about filling your yard with the best outdoor Halloween decorations to get your home in the spooky spirit.

Although you could just carve up a few jack-o’-lanterns and prop up a hay bale or two—and, to be clear, you totally can—there are so many outdoor Halloween decorations out there just waiting to spook, startle, and delight trick-or-treaters and neighbors alike. Whether you’re going for a nostalgic, classic take on All Hallows Eve (a la Hocus Pocus or Beetlejuice), you want your home to be the scariest on the block (or zip code!), or you’ve got your heart set on a perfect balance of cute and creepy, there’s a decoration (or 10) here for your outdoor fright fest.

We have great news: We’ve already sorted through all the tricks and treats on the internet this year, narrowing it down to the best outdoor Halloween decorations of 2023 for your yard, door, and house. And better yet, plenty of them are budget-friendly, too. As you gear up for October 31, just make sure you buy your must-haves quickly—there’s no guarantee they’ll be available for much longer! Remember: More is more. Happy Halloween!

Lighted Hanging Witch Hats

Lighting can make or break a Halloween yard display. That’s why we’re such big fans of these lights, along with the rest of Amazon—they’re festive, cheeky, and easy to store, on top of matching with basically any other outdoor decorations.

Floating Candles with Wand

Transform your home into Hogwarts for the season (or year-round for your kiddos!) with these floating candles. It comes with 20 candles and a wand remote control, adding to the magic factor.

Towering Reaper

At eight feet tall, this ethereal reaper looms large over the rest of your yard, watching silently with a wispy white sheet and glowing eyes. Better yet, its height and arms are completely adjustable, too.

Lord Dakhanavar

Not all bloodsuckers sleep in coffins—this guy (based on a legendary Armenian vampire) hangs out and chats all night. Just don’t get too close!

Hocus Pocus Sanderson Sisters Inflatable

Looking for an absolute showstopper? Invest in this colossal 4.5-foot tall and 6.5-foot-wide Sanderson Sisters inflatable for your yard. Winifred, Sarah, and Mary might even put a spell on your trick-or-treaters!

Grim Animatronic

Remember that posable skeleton? This is the animatronic version—and it more than delivers on looks and movement. Plus, its glowing eyes are actually kind of charming.

Giant Spider Web

Halloween decorations don’t need to break the bank; for example, this gigantic spider web (complete with a furry arachnid) costs less than $20 and fills a ton of space.

Colorlife Broom Amuck Halloween Garden Flag

At 12 x 18 inches, this garden flag is great for those looking to add a simple splash of festive décor to their lawn. And at only $7, the price can’t be beat.

Hanging Bats, 12-Pack

Another affordable decoration with a big visual impact, these hanging bats are a low-effort way to decorate your whole porch. They come with glowing eye stickers in three colors (red, green, and fluorescent yellow) that you can stick on the bats to bring them to life at night.

Holiday 12 ft. Giant-Sized Towering Ghost

Ghosts should loom larger than life, and this one from Home Accents Holiday does just that. Towering 12 feet tall, this gigantic ghost is the perfect decoration for those looking to splurge this Halloween.

Posable Skeleton

You can’t go wrong with a classic skeleton! Pose this guy on your porch, in your yard, or at a window, preferably in a fun pose or add a costume to take it up a notch.

Holding Hands Ghosts, 3-Pack

Is there such a thing as spooky minimalism? Well, these ghosts make a great case for it. Reviewers recommend buying multiple packs for an even spookier effect!

Trick or Treat Garden Flag

An oldie but a goodie, garden flags are a great way to decorate for Halloween without scaring away trick or treaters.

Sweet Dreams Clown

Clowns are scary. This animatronic clown, meanwhile, is bone-chilling. At seven feet tall, it’s also one of the most imposing outdoor Halloween decorations you’ll find online.

Rusty Metal Halloween Pumpkins, 4-Pack

If you’re after subtlety this spooky season, we suggest this ever-popular four-pack of jack-o’-lanterns. Bonus points if you illuminate each from behind!

Giant-Sized Skeleton with LifeEyes(TM) LCD Eyes

A cult-favorite Halloween decoration, this giant 12-foot skeleton with LCD eyes really ups the spook factor. These sell out fast, so Home Depot has a strict one-per-order rule.

Halloween Doorbell

If you’re seeing this, you need this eerie doorbell, which is sure to delight kids and adults alike. As soon as you press the button, its eye opens up and peers at you—it’s so much fun.

Realistic Skeleton Stakes

This guy isn’t super-scary, but that’s the point; if there’s ever been a nice-looking skeleton, this is the one. Plus, he’s a steal at below $20.

Crashing Witch Halloween Decoration

This hilarious crashing witch is sure to get some laughs. The broom is adjustable, so you can make it look like she just flew into your tree at a jaunty angle. Complete the scene with a witch warning sign, like those pictured here.

Orange & Purple Halloween Lights

Up the spook factor of your abode’s exterior with some orange and purple Halloween lights. Nearly 40 ft. of LED lights on black wire, these feature eight modes, including twinkle, for a lovely addition to your haunted mansion.

Foam Graveyard Tombstones, 5-Pack

Turn your front yard into a spine-tingling cemetery with these foam headstones, which look almost as weathered as the real things.

Light-Up Ghost and Pumpkin

There’s something so nostalgic about Halloween, and this blow mold ghost perfectly conjures up childhood memories of trick-or-treating, dressing up, and decorating with your loved ones. (It’s also way cheaper than actual vintage ones.)

Pre-Lit Spooky Tree

Spooky without being outright terrifying, this Tim Burton-esque willow tree adds a sense of atmosphere to your Halloween lawn decor, creating an immersive environment that’ll delight visitors of all ages.

Orange Witch Leg Stakes, 2-Pack

These durable resin legs are a must for any witchy home, adding a touch of humor without scaring little kids away. And you can’t beat their fun pop of color, too.

Fake Spider Webs

Giant inflatables and animatronics are great and all, but to complete the scene you need to mix in some smaller, atmospheric decorations, too. These fake cobwebs will add extra spookiness to your setup, plus they are stretchy so you can customize them exactly to your liking.

Jack-O-Lantern Scarecrow Garden Stake

Regular scarecrows are kind of unsettling, but this sculpted one—featuring a light-up jack-o’-lantern head—is beautiful (not to mention spooky, too).

Hanging Vampire Bats

At less than $10, this swarm of bats adds way more character than its price might suggest. Simply attach them to a tree or porch and let the wind do the rest.

Reflective Black Cat Skeletons, 4-Pack

These glow-in-the-dark kitten skeletons are too darn cute. They look like simple black cat silhouettes by day, but come alive with reflective bones at night.

Standing Werewolf Animatronic

Werewolf-inspired Halloween decorations are few and far between, so pick up this 5-foot tall animated one to make your haunted house stand out from the neighbors. It has pre-recorded phrases like "AWOOOOO-oo-oo-oooo" and "Roar!" and piercing green LED lights as eyes.

Halloween Inflatables Pumpkins

Talk about boo for your buck: These inflatable pumpkins stretch across seven feet of yard for under $60, meaning you can finish your Halloween lawn for less than it costs to take the family out to eat.

Pre-Lit Drippy Garland

Although it looks something like a hairy caterpillar coming out of the box, this garland is guaranteed to be a hit, thanks to its festive black-and-orange color scheme and easy installation.

The Nightmare Before Christmas Airblown Kaleidoscope

Jack Skellington fans, you’re in luck: This tall, inviting decoration can stay up from October through December.

Halloween Directional Signs

If you can’t make it through October without binging your favorite horror movies, we have the perfect decoration for you: This sign points the way to the locations of some of the most recognizable scary stories, including Sleepy Hollow and Elm Street.

Vintage Halloween Witch

Whether as a finishing touch or just a low-key way to show the neighborhood you celebrate spooky season, this retro paper witch—which you probably recognize from Halloweens of yore—is just begging to be attached to your front door.

Scary Yard Signs

Transform your home into a haunted house with this three pack of creepy, blood-spattered signsading “beware,” “danger,” and “go back.” Each is a perfect addition to any spooky set up.

Halloween Skeleton Wolf

Human skeletons are so overdone—to try something truly unique this Halloween, pick up one of these canine skeletons instead.

Mummy Hand Wreath Hanger

Wreaths aren’t just for Christmas! Pick out a festive option and hang it from this mummy hand—it’ll quickly become a yearly tradition.

Inflatable Happy Witch

This kid-friendly Halloween decoration is ideal for households that don’t want to go too hard on the spook. Witches get a bad rap, anyway—this one is perfectly friendly!

Pennywise Animatronic

Honestly, this is the stuff of nightmares. If you’re trying to win a scary yard competition in your neighborhood, this 6-foot tall Pennywise (a.k.a. “It”) animatronic is sure to muster up some screams.

Inflatable Tree

This top-rated inflatable has lots going for it: It’s menacing but not too terrifying, it glows with green light, and it’s genuinely massive at 12 feet tall. Oh, and it’s complete with ghosts and pumpkins!

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