DIY spooky Halloween decorations for the garden

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DIY spooky Halloween decorations for the garden


The most important points at a glance

  • With creative DIY ideas, you can easily transform your garden into a spooky setting for Halloween – from a homemade ghost to a decorative graveyard in a raised bed.
  • ELEO climbing obelisks like the Enna Obelisk become atmospheric design elements by serving as the base for glowing ghosts or skeleton prisons.
  • Even ELEO raised beds or a gazebo can be transformed into the perfect location for your Halloween display using simple means and everyday materials. Halloween party.

 

The spookiest of all nights is just around the corner: Halloween. The evening and night of October 31st belong to ghosts, demons, and mythical creatures that roam about—and, of course, children on the hunt for sweets. You can celebrate this special night with a Halloween party in your garden! We'll give you tips and ideas for the perfect DIY Halloween decorations. 

In this guide, we've compiled some original and unusual ideas for you on how to make spooky Halloween decorations yourself; feel free to do it together with your children. Give your garden and front yard a Spooktober atmosphere with minimal effort! Our outdoor Halloween decorations are quick and easy to make and even incorporate Ranko belisks and plant supports that are empty in autumn.

ELEO Pavillon Siena, uncoated, in autumn

© ELEO Gazebo: Wrought iron Gazebos offer a great backdrop for celebrations in any season: Pictured here

ELEO Enna Trellis Obelisk as Halloween Decoration, Ghost

© ELEO Garden: Our Trellising aid becomes a glowing ghost

A spookily beautiful eye-catcher is a glowing ghost that greets visitors at your front door or in your front garden. Hidden beneath the white fabric is a trellis that gives the ghost its necessary shape.

To make a glowing ghost you will need:

Step 1: Attaching the polystyrene ball

Cut a suitable hole in the polystyrene ball. The easiest way to do this is with a craft knife. Then place the ball on the top of your trellis. Your ghost's head is now complete.

Step 2: Attach the string lights

Wrap the string lights (preferably a battery-operated model) several times around the trellis supports and secure them with string or cable ties – this will prevent them from slipping.

Step 3: Cover with fabric

Now it's time to use the white fabric. Pull it over your ghost's head and body, and then wrap a piece of string around the neck area so that the round head stands out more clearly from the body. Now your ghost has the typical shape.

Step 4: Cut out the eyes from felt

Cut out round eyes (or a mouth) from the black felt paper, which you then glue onto the ghost's head (you can also attach the eyes with pins) – and your ghost is ready for Halloween.

Halloween decoration: the raised bed is transformed into a garden.

© ELEO Garden: The is transformed into a graveyard for the Halloween party in the garden.

Raised bed as a spooky graveyard

Do you have an empty raised bed that has already been cleared for the winter season? Then it is ideal as a backdrop for a small, creepy graveyard.

You will need:

  • Various stones (e.g., bricks or river stones)
  • Short branches
  • Tealight holders
  • Felt-tip pen

Step 1: Making gravestones

Clean the bricks, pebbles, or river stones of any dirt. Use the felt-tip pen to transform the stones into small gravestones by writing something like "R.I.P." (Rest In Peace) on them. Then, loosely insert the stones into the soil of your raised bed.

Step 2: Making wooden crosses

You can quickly and easily make small wooden crosses from the shorter branches. To do this, place two branches on top of each other to form a cross and tie them together in the middle with floral wire. Next, place the crosses in the raised bed. Step 3: Setting up lanterns Place various lanterns among your handcrafted gravestones and crosses to add the finishing touch to the cemetery atmosphere in your raised bed. Grave candles are also suitable. Instead of classic tea lights, you can also use wind and weatherproof LED candles. The result is a spooky graveyard scene that will be a real eye-catcher at your Halloween garden party.

Halloween decoration in the garden with skeleton and fire basket

© ELEO Garden: Our

© ELEO Garden: Little ghosts glow on the dark Halloween evening: quickly crafted from mason jars and gauze bandages.

 

Ghost lanterns made from mason jars

Lights are an important design element at Halloween. The more flickering and bright lights, the better. You can easily make spooky Halloween lanterns from old canning jars and gauze bandages, which you can then place on windowsills or the garden table, for example.

Materials you will need:

  • Canning jars
  • Garnish bandages
  • Hot glue
  • Googly eyes/felt paper
  • Tea lights/fairy lights

Step 1: Apply glue, attach gauze bandages

Apply a generous amount of hot glue (careful not to burn yourself!) around the canning jar and then wrap the gauze bandage tightly around the jar.

Step 2: Attach eyes, insert tea lights

Your lantern will become a ghost when you glue on googly eyes or cut-out felt eyes.

Finally, place tea lights in the glasses or add string lights. Done!

String lights made from Chinese lanterns on a wooden tray© ELEO Garden: Atmospheric and unusual: A string of lights made from the seed pods of the Chinese lantern plant.

String lights made from Chinese lanterns

The typical color for Halloween decorations is orange, which goes back to the custom of displaying carved pumpkins (like the orange Jack o' Lantern variety). However, your garden also contains other natural materials that you can quickly and easily transform into atmospheric Halloween and autumn decorations – for example, the orange fruit husks of the Chinese lantern plant (Physalis alkekengi). You can use these to craft an extraordinary string of lights.

For a string of lights made from Chinese lanterns, you will need:

  • several Chinese lantern seed pods
  • nail scissors
  • string of lights

Close-up of a Chinese lantern with seed pod

© ELEO Garden: To remove the seed pod, carefully cut a hole with nail scissors. around the stem.

Step 1: Remove the fruit

First, use nail scissors to cut a hole in the fruit skin around the stem. This will allow you to easily pull out the fruit inside. Make sure the holes aren't too big.

Close-up of a string of lights made from Chinese lanterns© ELEO Garden: The Chinese lantern plant shells are placed onto the individual lights of the string.

Step 2: Attaching the shells

Next, place the empty Chinese lantern plant shells onto the individual lights of the string. Your unique decoration is complete. The warm, orange light is perfect for autumn and Halloween.

Halloween pumpkin on a woodpile

© brenkee, pixabay.com: Halloween is a special, magical night. The right decorations enhance the spooky atmosphere.

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Interesting facts about Halloween and Halloween decorations

What is the meaning of Halloween?

On Halloween, October 31st, mystical creatures, demons, and the souls of the deceased are said to mingle with the living in the evening and at night. The dead seek out those who are destined to die in the coming year. To keep the spirits away, people traditionally dress up in costumes and put up spooky decorations. Fire and lights also play a major role in frightening the spirits.

When can you put up Halloween decorations?

In America, Halloween decorations are put up in the garden early – usually in the first two weeks of October. In Germany, it is customary to decorate a week before Halloween. You can put pumpkins in front of your house even earlier. They serve not only as Halloween decorations, but also as autumn decorations in general.

How long should Halloween decorations stay up?

When you take down your Halloween decorations is ultimately a matter of personal taste. To be on the safe side, you should bring particularly spooky elements like skeletons, ghosts, and the like back inside immediately after Halloween – because All Saints' Day is celebrated on November 1st. Especially in Catholic areas, your decorations could be considered inappropriate.



Reading tip: Autumn is pumpkin season – did you know that you can also grow pumpkins in raised beds? We've summarized everything you need to know in our guide "Pumpkins in Raised Beds".

by Jennifer Faatz Jennifer Faatz

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