Indoor Halloween Decorations

Our print-and-adhere template conjures up a ghostly vision: hands! Entwine a pair of wall sconces with hissing snakes, arrange black calla lilies in vessels dark as tombstones, and unleash the ghost who's been trapped behind the glass. One glimpse at it, and people will never forget the night they reached for your candy bowl.

Frankenstein saw inspiration in the most grotesque of scavengings. Here, we took a note from his book and constructed a bare-bones table decoration. The table legs are legs indeed—store-bought faux bones.

String up this ghoulish garland -- it's a spooky twist on the classic paper-doll chain.

Halloween isn't all orange and black—it's a burst of bright colors and fun motifs. Bedeck a pair of paper lanterns with découpaged clip-art: owls, flowers, and star bursts.

Go larger than life. This "Flintstones"-size femur and the heap of humeri posing as logs in the fireplace are made from newspaper wrapped in plaster cloth.

These easy, inexpensive window treatments are a spooky addition to windows for Halloween.

Goody bags can do double duty as party decor when you update black bags with our haunted-house clip art.

This eight-legged oddity requires very little legwork: Tape black crepe-paper streamers to wire, snip the edges with fringe scissors, then bend to create claws and knees. A piece of tape secures each leg to the core of a black-tissue flutter ball.

Hair-raising party decorations don't need to be costly or fussy. You can make these frightening flourishes with some inexpensive craft supplies in just a few minutes.

Glittered plastic skeletal parts create a suitably dramatic and unexpectedly artful ambience when set off by an oversize glass cheese dome.

Cast a sinister glow over any setting with a cluster of white tapers dripping with "blood" (actually red candle wax). Fill a cup or a small pail with sand, and plant white candles inside so they stand upright. Light a red candle and tip it over the white candles so the wax drips down the tops and sides, being careful not to burn yourself. Let wax cool completely before removing candles from sand.