Haunted HouseNo. 7594 · The 2026 edition
Halloween Decorating Ideas To Make Your Home Spooktacular!
Give your home a vintage Halloween makeover with easy, budget-friendly crafts and spooky table settings.
Our own summary of the original — the full post and photos live at jenniferdecorates.com.
Explore creative decorating ideas that embrace a vintage aesthetic, including a haunted dollhouse centerpiece and a painted shoe project. Perfect for adding charm and fright to your Halloween party without breaking the bank.
About this
A personal Halloween decorating post from Jennifer Decorates sharing her love of vintage, non-gory Halloween style. It covers porch and yard touches like pumpkins and mums, filling the house with witches, webs and pumpkins, an inexpensive Halloween table setting, a cheap haunted-house craft made from a discarded dollhouse, and an easy acrylic paint craft with a downloadable PDF. It also recalls the annual family Halloween parties she threw for her children.
The plan
- Throw a Halloween party for friends and family — the author did this every year while her children were growing up
- each year — Go up to the attic each year to bring down the stored Halloween decorations
- Plan around a non-gory, non-scary aesthetic; vintage Halloween decorations were the author's top preference
- Shop inexpensive sources such as Target, Wal-Mart and T.J. Maxx for the Halloween table
- Download the free 'Shoe fits' PDF before starting the paint craft
Decoration ideas
- Vintage Halloween decorations styled as shown in the post's photos
- Fill the house with witches, webs, pumpkins and more
- Fall-scented candles burning in the house
- Beautiful pumpkins and mums displayed on the porch
- Haunted house made from an old pink dollhouse rescued from the trash, transformed with a little paint, glitter and a 'spell or two'
- Stunning Halloween table setting created with inexpensive items from Target, Wal-Mart and T.J. Maxx
- Crafts and decorations full of charm and magic that release your inner child
- Crunchy leaves in the yard left as seasonal atmosphere
Activities
- Annual Halloween party for friends and family — a yearly tradition the author wants her children to reminisce about as adults
- Easy acrylic paint project suitable for anyone
- Painting lesson on mixing color with acrylic paints
- Painting lesson on adding depth with dark and light colors
- Downloadable 'Shoe fits' PDF craft project (link: http://jenniferdecorates.com/wp-content/uploads/Shoe-fits.pdf)
- Costume wearing as part of the holiday fun — becoming somebody totally different
- Reading the dedicated how-to post on making the cheap haunted house from the dollhouse
- Reading the dedicated post on building the Halloween table with inexpensive store-bought items
More photos
Photos hosted by jenniferdecorates.com.
