Give your neighbors a spook with these creepy and creative DIY Halloween props. There are DIY ghosts, zombies, monsters, body parts and much more! Some of these DIY halloween props are super easy to make for those who want something quick and cheap and some projects are more time-consuming for Halloween enthusiasts who want a challenge.
Easy Packing Tape Ghost from Crazy Green Thumbs
Chicken Wire Ghost from DIY Network
Yard Ghosts from Listotic
Creepy Ghosts (source unknown)
doll, fabric, fabric stiffening spray
Get a doll and drape fabric around it. Spray with Aleene’s Fabric Quick Stiffening Spray and remove doll once its dry.
DIY Chicken Wire Cheesecloth Ghost from DIY Show Off
Levitating Ghost from HGTV
The Ring Prop from Lothar’s Lair
Samara from The Ring from Pinterest
white foam head, witch wig, child’s white dress, arms from party city, old television, traffic cone, wooden stick
Lawn Ghosts from Pink Pixie Forest
Creepy Ghosts from Grim Hollow Haunt
Ghost in Window
No tutorial, but very cool and wouldn’t be hard to figure out.
You could use the idea down below to make this.
Easy DIY Ghost from Pinterest
foam head, tomato cage, night gown, light underneath the gown
Spider & Monster Halloween Props
Giant Spider (source unknown)
pvc pipe, fittings, pins, foam insulation, black spray paint, pvc pipe primer, duct tape, spray foam insulation
Giant Spider Web from Instructables
Person Caught in Spiderweb from Instructables
Giant Tentacle Monster from Instructables
7-Foot Monster Plant from Eden Maker’s
Body Part Halloween Props
Person Under Garage Door (source unknown)
shirt, pants, shoes, straw, plastic bag or newspaper filling, blood
You can get the clothes at the thrift store for cheap if you don’t have any extra clothes around the house
Body Bag (source unknown)
cheap white trash bags rope or twine
Create an outline of a body with trash and wrap it up in the trash bag and rope.
(Ex: use a milk jug for the head)
Hanging Bodiess from Haunt Forum
DIY Halloween Head from Crafts Unleashed
Heads in Jars from Homeward Found Decor
Masking Tape Hand from Wholesale Halloween Costumes
Mummy Hand from Through My Looking Glass
Creepy Hands (source unknown)
painter’s tape, wire, wire cutters, paint
Head in a Jar from Handimania
Zombie Halloween Props
Halloween Zombies with Buckets from Dapper Cadaver
Pop Out Zombie from Brewster Yard Haunt
Zombie Pallet Gate from Atta Girl Says
Pallet Trapped Door from Pinterest
pallet, red light, fake hands, shovel
Zombie Cage (source unknown)
$1 laundry baskets, zombie, floral moss, bag of fingers, tape, spiders
You can get the laundry basket, moss, fingers and spiders at Dollar Tree
Zombie Dolls from Instructables
Zombie Plated Hands from Sew Woodsy
Other Halloween Props
Trash Bag Witches from Rowan Everleigh (via Pinterest)
black trash bags, foam shapes, long garden stake, witch hat, black ribbon
You can do the same thing with white trash bags to make ghosts
Wicked Witch Legs from Grillo Designs
Halloween Mailbox Monster from All You
DIY Giant Scarecrow from Hallmark Channel
Halloween Pop Up Prop from Instructables
Monster Mud Reaper from Halloween Forum
Merlin’s Reaper Stone from Haunter’s Hang Out
Life Size Mummy from Crafty Mommy and Me
Halloween Monster from Civ’s Legend of Sleepy Hallow
Fake Boarded Up Windows from Haunted Yards
Cousin It (source unknown)
Tomato cage, grass skirts from the Dollar Store
Zero the Dog from Scrap Happens
Accessories for Halloween Props
DIY Faux Chains from Ribbons and Glue
Quick and Dirty Tombstones from Haunted Yards
Foam Halloween Tombstones (source unknown)
floral Styrofoam sheet + knife + marker + black spray paint + dark gray and white acrylic paint
Cardboard Tombstones from eHow
$20 DIY Fog Machine from TeeDiddlyDee
Water Only Fog Machine from Instructables
Bed and Breakfast Halloween Sign from BHG.com
Floating Candles (source unknown)
Tip: instead of cutting out foam to look like candle wax, use a hot glue gun to put the wax design on each candle
50 Cheap & Easy Outdoor Halloween Decorations
Della says
How did you make the well with the girl coming out of it I made the girl just nor sure about the well
Misti says
The link for the Dead and Breakfast sign (BHG) doesn’t go to more info about that particular decoration.
Rowan Everleigh says
Those witches around the cauldron are mine. I made them. You can give credit for them to me.
prudentpennypincher.com says
Hi Rowan,
Thank you for letting me know! I updated the post and included your name! I love that witch circle so much; it’s one of my favorite halloween finds! 🙂
Sandy says
I am going to try some of these they are good ideas
prudentpennypincher.com says
Thanks! Glad you like them 🙂 Have fun
Feather says
You have a broken link to my packing tape Ghost tutorial. This is a working link: http://crazygreenthumbs.com/2017/10/07/easy-packing-tape-ghost-2/ I also have an entire section on Halloween tutorials in the tab at the top of my home page, if you are interested. Thanks for sharing!
prudentpennypincher.com says
Thanks for letting me know and providing the new link! I updated the post to include it. I will be sure to check out your halloween tutorials too!