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Windows & DoorsNo. 7639 · The 2026 edition

Spooky and Fun Monster Door Ideas for Halloween

Friendly or frightening, these monster door ideas will make your Halloween entrance unforgettable.

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Transform your front door into a spooky or cute monster this Halloween with these 18 creative ideas. From a googly-eyed monster to an elegant deco mesh wreath, each project uses simple materials and is perfect for family fun. Choose your favorite theme and start crafting today!

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Directions

  1. Pick a theme that matches the look of your house and yard, such as a classic haunted house, a pumpkin patch, a friendly ghost, or a specific monster character.
  2. Collect supplies like tape (duct or masking), glue, paint, scissors, spray adhesive, and possibly stainless steel T-hinges for heavier items.
  3. Googly Eyed Monster: Cut a big mouth from a black paper plate, attach large googly eyes, add teeth or a tongue using white paper or foam core, and display on your front door with streamers or ribbon.
  4. Mike Wazowski Door: Take a green foam ball, carve out a small section for the mouth, use black construction paper for the eye and mouth details, hot-glue them onto the ball, add plastic spiders or a snake wreath, and suspend it with a plastic chain or ribbon.
  5. Vampire Door: Create a bat shape from black construction paper for the top of the door, add glowing eyes with yellow paper or foam core, cut fangs from white paper and glue onto the bat, and hang with black ribbon or streamers, plus a ghost wreath or plastic bats.
  6. Mummy Door: Wrap your front door with white streamers or gauze like a mummy, add eyes from black construction paper, and optionally include plastic spiders or a broomstick door hanger.
  7. Broomstick Door: Form a broom shape from sticks or dowels, tie them together with twine or ribbon, add black construction paper details like a witch hat or spider, and hang on the door with ribbon or twine.
  8. Jack Skellington Door: Paint the door white, then add black lines and details with a paintbrush, and attach a bow tie made from black ribbon.
  9. Zombie Apocalypse Door: Cover the door in brown paper, splatter red paint to look like blood, and add zombie apocalypse signs warning about infection and quarantine zones.
  10. Fluffy Monster Wreath: Assemble a wreath from colorful tulle and fluffy pom-poms, then add googly eyes and a mouth cut from felt or foam sheets.
  11. Bow-Tie Monster: Attach a black ribbon bow tie, colorful felt or foam sheets for eyes and mouth, and add pom-poms or tassels for extra style.
  12. Fearsome Monster Wreath: Build a wreath from black and purple deco mesh, add a monster face made from foam sheets or felt, and decorate with spider webs and fake spiders.
  13. Christmas/Halloween Monster: Use a wreath form, add black and orange deco mesh, include Christmas ornaments in black and orange, and add a monster face from foam sheets or felt.
  14. Lots of Little Monsters: Create a wreath featuring many small monsters made from foam balls covered with colorful fur or felt, with googly eyes and pipe cleaner arms and legs.
  15. Nightmare Before Christmas Wreath: Use a wreath form, add black and white deco mesh, combine Halloween and Christmas ornaments, and add a Jack Skellington face from foam sheets or felt.
  16. Deco Mesh Wreath: Make a wreath from deco mesh in Halloween colors like black, orange, and purple, and add Halloween ornaments and a spooky sign.
  17. Elegant Halloween Wreath: Construct a wreath from black and gold deco mesh, add a black ribbon bow, and include Halloween ornaments like spiders and bats.
  18. Involve kids in the process by letting them pick designs, cut shapes, and glue decorations, making it a family activity.

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