Halloween Projects & Crafts

We've compiled our favorite Halloween kids' projects for you and your little goblins. Try your hand at making decoupage pumpkins, garlands, pasta skeletons, and even Halloween-themed piñatas!

When Should You Start Decorating for Halloween?

We asked the holiday experts for their perspectives on pumpkins, ghosts, and winged bat wreaths.

21 of Our Best Indoor Halloween Decorations

Lure in your guests with an entrance that transports all who dare to step inside.

Fabric Pumpkins

A novice sewer can easily stitch up this pumpkin patch, rendered in matte and lustrous linen, silk, and velvet. Set the sewn pumpkins among real ones (some natural-hued, others spray-painted) in a cool autumnal scene of spare branches and scattered leaves spray-painted silver.

Cheesecloth Spirits

Hanging Bats

On Halloween, welcome trick-or-treaters in hair-raising style by turning your front porch into a bat cave. These fluttering winged critters are easy paper decorations.

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31 of Our Best Outdoor Halloween Decorations

Cast a spell over your entire neighborhood with these outdoor Halloween decorations, which are designed for front porches, backyards, sidewalks, and driveways.

Chicken Costume

Why did the chicken cross the road? To go trick-or-treating, of course. This funny costume is made from two tickly feather boas, ordinary kitchen gloves, tights, and a pilot's cap that's crowned with a felt comb. Under the plumage, two leotards are stuffed with batting for extra plumpness.

Tasteful Halloween Porch Décor That Is Subtly Spooky

Plaster Hands

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Picks of the Patch: Check Out Some of the Unique Pumpkin Varieties Grown at Washington's Gordon Skagit Farms

Tucked down a country road in the heart of Washington State's fertile Skagit Valley, Gordon Skagit Farms seems plucked from a storybook. Crates overflow with heirloom pumpkins in surreal colors, and sprawling displays showcase gorgeous gourds, warts and all. On an early-fall visit, we got to see the season's bounty up close—and learn about a family-run business on a serious roll.