Place SettingsNo. 8025 · The 2026 edition
Halloween Tablescape
Transform your dining table into a hauntingly stylish centerpiece with these spooky table settings.
Our own summary of the original — the full post and photos live at betweennapsontheporch.net.
Discover a collection of Halloween table decoration ideas featuring themes from Beetlejuice and Dia de los Muertos to vintage candelabras and Edgar Allan Poe's Raven, perfect for setting a spooky yet elegant mood.
About this
An archive/index page from the blog Between Naps on the Porch collecting its Tablescape Thursday posts about Halloween table settings, going back to 2010. Each entry is a link to a separate full post showing a different Halloween or Day-of-the-Dead themed table, with themes ranging from Beetlejuice and Edgar Allan Poe to whimsical Pumpkin Hollow and kid-friendly tables. The page itself offers only short teasers plus long tag lists naming the dishes, centerpieces and decorations used, so it functions as a Halloween tablescaping idea round-up rather than one detailed party plan.
The plan
- Pick a cohesive Halloween theme before gathering dishes and decor.
- Set the table outdoors on the porch when the weather is mild enough.
- before Halloween — Fill little treat bags ahead of time for trick-or-treaters.
- Carve and scoop out a pumpkin, then reuse the pumpkin to make soup for the dinner.
- during the dinner — Light candles and dine or photograph by candlelight for a moody look.
- Shop thrift stores, HomeGoods, Marshalls, Hobby Lobby, Walmart and Pottery Barn for affordable themed pieces.
Decoration ideas
- Vintage candelabras
- Skull candelabra
- Skeleton glasses/stemware
- Ravens and crows from Hobby Lobby
- Raven/crow dinnerware and plates
- Mercury glass pumpkins
- Spooky aspen branch crow tree centerpiece (Pottery Barn knock-off)
- Haunted house table centerpiece
- Spiderweb tablecloth
- Spider napkin rings and spider plates
- Black cat wine glasses
- Witch stockings used as chair covers
- Chandelier plates
- Chandelier decorated for Halloween
- Beaded napkin rings
- Embroidered pumpkin napkins
- Sunflower plates
- Pumpkin chargers and pumpkin tureens
- Pumpkin leaf plates
- Twig flatware
- Mr. Owl cookie jar raised on two cake pedestals
- Light bulb glasses
- Black tulle wrapped around napkins as sleeves
- Decorating with bats and ravens
- Black and white dinner plates resembling MacKenzie-Childs
- Pottery Barn clock plate knock-offs
- David Carter Brown Halloween plates
- Black & orange check tablecloth
- Autumn pheasant and a bouquet of black blooms
- Candlelit centerpiece with candles lit
Food & drink
- Pumpkin soup made in the carved-out pumpkin
- Spider cupcakes
- Owl cupcakes
- Halloween treats
- Halloween foods
Activities
- Host an annual Halloween party for friends and family
- Throw a Halloween-themed birthday party
- Trick-or-treating with grandchildren
- Dine by candlelight
- Set a special kids' table where grandchildren sit
- Link up tables to the Tablescape Thursday blog party
More photos
Photos hosted by betweennapsontheporch.net.
