Halloween Decoration Ideas
Halloween is creeping up on us and we like to think you know us well enough to know that it’s kind of a big deal around here. Huge. Massive. Christmas-scale deal. So, park your broomsticks, light that pumpkin spiced candle you’ve been saving and prepare to immerse yourselves in all things skeletons, pumpkins, cobwebs and vampires, because our cauldron is bubbling over with Halloween decoration ideas.
From movie marathons and freakshake recipes to tablescape tips and DIY Halloween decorations, we’ve got treat after treat for you to sink your teeth into. All served up with a side of drop dead gorgeous Halloween homeware for up to 60% less than the RRP - and that’s not just a bunch of hocus-pocus! Ahhh, life is gourd.
How to Create a Halloween Tablescape
These Halloween decoration ideas are sure to lift your spirits...
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Frightening Foundations
Cover your table with your cloth of choice. Gather any placemats, plates, cutlery and napkins you want to use and style them uniformly in front of each chair. Get your DIY on and create place cards with mini pumpkins and a sharpie.
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Horrifying Heights
Short on table space? Use your ceiling to drape fake cobwebs, witches hats and anything else light and spooky you can find. Feeling extra? Order yourself some floating candles to create a Harry Potter great hall-inspired setting.
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Creepy Centrepiece
Now the foundations are there, it's all in the finishing touches. More is more when it comes to a Halloween tablescape, so gather any candelabras, candlesticks, pumpkins and skulls you can find and scatter in the centre of the table.
How to celebrate Halloween
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Top tip: you can also spray leaves and conkers if you're out of baubles. More is more when it comes to fright night, so feel free to weave in any bats, spiders or creepy crafts you can find. Et voila, a homemade Halloween wreath that'll give the neighbours pumpkin to talk about.
No tricks, just treat after treat…
Halloween without sweet treats is like an advent calendar with no chocolate in. Pointless if you ask us. Whether you've decided to host a horror movie marathon or the bloodcurdling bash of the year, the key to any successful soirée is a cauldron bubbling over with eerie-sistible goodies for you and your guests to gobble up.
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Sickly Sweets
Stock up on as many Halloween sweets as you can get your fangs on. Collect any glass jars, vases or bowls from around your home and fill 'em up. They also double up as edible table decor. Fangtastic.
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Bloodcurdling Bakes
Not everyone can devour jelly sweets until the ghosts come home. Stock up on big brand bakeware and spooky serveware before dishing up chilling crudités, bogeyman biscuits and ghoulishly gooey brownies. They're sure to be a scream!
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Spooky Shakes
Forget popcorn, a spooky shake is the horror film snack you never knew you needed. Blend your favourite chocolate bar with milk and ice cream and garnish with a donut-topped straw. We'll provide the ghoulish glass.
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Candy Carriers
You can't send the kids off trick-or-treating without a freakishly good fabric basket to stash all their treats in now, can you? Not only can you reuse them Halloween after Halloween, but they'll also double up as sweet storage until the big day.
Halloween Makeup
Well, well, well… looks like somebody left their Halloween costume until the last minute and now they’ve ended up on this page after frantically googling ‘Halloween costume ideas’. Don’t fret. No need to put in a graveyard shift and stay up all night making a costume, as there’s nothing that some Halloween makeup or a bit of nail art can’t fix. Last minute who?
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Feline fine
Give a spooky nod to the big day and recreate a Halloween classic using a makeup bag staple. All hail liquid eye liner. House cat or Catwoman? Accessorise with cat ears for a purrrfect look that'll have you feline fine all night long.
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Pretty petrifying
Feeling brave? Then why do things by haunted halves. Go all out scare-fest this Halloween with a full face of hair-raising makeup. Black and white face paints are all you need to create a skeletal look that's sure to spook.
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Enchanting nail art
If the thought of dressing up Heidi Klum style gives you chills, then why not let a themed manicure be your costume instead? Choose from gothic matte textures, blood red paint or skeletal nail art to get you in the spooky spirit.