Lanterns & LuminariesNo. 6933 · The 2026 edition
Halloween Decorating
Spruce up your space with spooky and stylish ideas for a hauntingly festive Halloween.
Our own summary of the original — the full post and photos live at betweennapsontheporch.net.
Transform your home with a mix of Halloween and autumn decor: from spider-and-lantern porch setups to witch-themed entrances, colorful tablescapes, white fall accents, and DIY frosted lanterns. This collection offers seven distinct approaches to blend seasonal charm with spooky fun.
About this
A tag-archive page from Between Naps on the Porch gathering the blog's Halloween decorating posts, from 2009 through 2021. It collects porch makeovers, table settings and tablescapes, pumpkin crafts, and reader-shared fall decor. Each entry links out to a full post; the excerpts here give the gist of each idea.
The plan
- Buy candy ahead of Halloween for trick-or-treaters
- Decorate the front porch for Halloween
- Wash the porch to remove mildew and dirt before decorating
- Swap the fall door basket for Halloween decorations
- Position the spider legs on the porch as a rehearsal for Halloween night
- Sort through and store holiday decorations you no longer use
Decoration ideas
- Leafy garland on the front door for fall
- Scary 'curtains' hung on the front door
- Extra large Halloween spiders with lanterns on the porch
- Halloween pumpkin centerpiece with black roses
- Spider-themed Halloween table
- Rats/mice placed on a staircase
- Boarded-up windows and spider-web house exterior
- Frosted candlelit lantern
- Découpaged blue-and-white patterned pumpkin
- Pumpkin decorated with ribbon
- Chinoiserie pumpkin (découpage)
- White pumpkins and white turkeys for fall
- Front door fall basket swapped for Halloween decor
- Halloween vignettes in the office
- Pumpkin pillows
Activities
- Découpage a craft pumpkin (Country Living inspired tutorial)
- Make a frosted candlelit lantern with Krylon Glass Frosting
- Decorate a pumpkin with ribbon
- Set a colorful Halloween table setting
- Take an historic home tour to see Halloween-decorated houses
- Hand out candy to trick-or-treaters on Halloween night
More photos
Photos hosted by betweennapsontheporch.net.
