50 Times People Took Their Neighbors By Surprise With Their Halloween Decorations (New Pics)
It can be hard to find Halloween decorations that aren't cheesy. Plus, it's a holiday, which means you're supposed to have fun. Not stress over whether or not that inflatable lawn that you bought online will arrive in time.
So we at Bored Panda put together a list of creative ideas to help you prepare for the spooky night. There's a zombie attack, a skeleton puking acid, and all the other things that must've gone viral not only on the internet but in the neighborhood as well.
So continue scrolling to check out the pictures and remember, there's still time to get ready for the 31st of October.
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Pumpkins + Skeletons + A Kraken Makes Pumpkin Spice?
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How much did all of that cost? It is quite intricate and beautiful.
Load More Replies...It's got a bit of class to it, not tacky. Hats off to them!
Load More Replies...yeah, but this way people can't mess with them!
Load More Replies...I'm Loving This Kitty Moon Wreath I Made
OK, I'll be "that guy". I actually bought the same thing on Amazon. So, while cool, not homemade...
Me heading to the craft store to make this....thinking I can make this lol
Load More Replies...Awesome. I would not just put this up during Halloween but year round!
I just looked this up on Amazon and these are for sale there. I think it would cost about the same if not more making them yourself. Sad too because I am an artist and no one wants to buy locally. They would prefer to buy online.
My Neighbor's Halloween Decorations
When you watch Child's play pre-teenage years by yourself, you kind of start questioning what those big eyed dolls are conspiring.
Load More Replies...Where did all those Barbie’s come from. Hope your little got a kick out of it.
Halloween Decoration From Melbourne, Australia
Where's Freddy? Oh, There He Is. He's Just Melting
Every teen in horror movies: "Ok....you go hide in that abandoned amusement park where that kid got decapitated 20 yrs. ago tonight, and you go hide by the lake where couples mysteriously disappear, and I'll go hide in that dilapidated house where that cult had their mass-suicide..."
For running into the basement instead of going to the running car....
The GANGs all here!! This this crew made my College years wonderful!!!
May Not Have A House But I’ve Got A Balcony
I think it would be so cool to drive by and see that! Little kids must love it!!!
Nice composition. Personally I like it better than seeing an entire house and yard full of stuff...
Anti-Vaxxer Reunion For This Year's Halloween
No one regrets NOT getting the vaccine. I know your fantasies tell you otherwise, but that's because y'all are f*****g dumb.
Shouldn't that be the vaxed reunion seeing as way more vaccinated have died after getting the vaccine???
I think its more of a vaxer reunion. Or people that shoot up anything in there blood just because someone tells them to no questions asked!
Zombie Attack! I Wrapped Friends In Duct Tape And Stuffed The Forms To Make This Halloween Display
My neighbor actually had a decoration which was a skeleton hanging from a parachute in a tree as if it had been left there for ages! Very creative.
Several years ago someone near the area where I used to live, had....ceased to exist, from a tree, in the front yard of their home right before Halloween. Apparently the house was located on a somewhat main road so many people drove by not realizing it wasn't a Halloween decoration. Always a bit leery when I drive by that sort of decor :/
Load More Replies...Wrap someone in plastic wrap and then In duct tape to strengthen, avoiding their mouth and nose. Instant thick a*s, realistic looking dummy (even posable!)
Load More Replies...They don't need to be zombies, but that many people coming to my house would make me s**t my pants.
This from OP <> I first wrapped them in plastic wrap then duct tape. Once wrapped, I carefully cut them out with scissors. Then taped the pieces back together and stuffed them.
OOOOOOOOHHHHHHH. That makes a lot more sense, thanks.
Load More Replies...It took me three reads to understand that title and I was very concerned for the first two.
Heres A Pic Of A Teeny (6in) Graveyard Terrarium I Made For Halloween
This is so beautiful. I love tiny scenic( hope that's the right word) terrariums.
Reminds me of the town model in Beetlejuice. I say this with love, and if you're a Beetlejuice fan you'll understand. Nice F-ing model!
My Raven And Crow Mantel This Year
This Halloween Decoration
Someone did this where I live, people were so freaked that the authorities had to come check IT out. Pun intended.
I did this during quarantine Halloween. I set the candy bowl right next to it and (because know the people in Streets/Water) I had stuck a clown mask down there, so as people leaned down to get the candy, if they looked into the sewer a clown was staring back.
Pennywise: "We all float down here, Davey." Me: "Yeah, well s**t does float to the top." Pennywise: "RWARRRRrRRRrrrRrGg!!@#!" Me: I'm dead.
Sit back and watch everyone cross the street. even the person that put it there.
Spotted In Caldwell, Best Halloween Decor
I've shared this pic with everyone I know and encouraged them to VOTE! Would love to give credit to the creative person who came up with it!
Spotted This In Someone's Yard On My Morning Walk
In case anyone needs this as badly as I do... https://www.halloweencostumes.com/8-foot-tall-crawl-inside-jumbo-ufo-inflatable-decoration.html
The cow is sold separately from the UFO? I feel both disappointed and inspired.
Load More Replies...The Coolest Halloween Decoration I've Ever Seen
I've seen that (or similar) working, it talks and the horse move the legs and whines, it FAB!
Actually the Headless Horseman. Ichabod was the school teacher.
Load More Replies...Halloween Dream
I know it’s not logical, but IMO skele-animals look so much better with ears XD
Load More Replies...Upgrading Thrift Store Finds Into Halloween Decorations
this is my favorite trend!!! My kids and I do this, it's so much fun!
I did something like this many years ago for my youngest sister. I found an inexpensive figurine in a dollar store of a young girl with long hair and she was holding a bowl. A kitten was at her feet. My sister LOVES cats. I painted the hair red like my sister's hair, I forget what color the dress was. I painted the bowl and added white glue to look like milk and the cat was black. My sister really liked it. I wonder if she still has it. We don't speak to each other any longer.
I've Got My 12 Foot Skeleton, Now I'm Anxiously Waiting For Home Depot To Bring Back Their 8 Foot Ferry Of The Dead
Charon, oh tribute to thee. Take a ride on the river Styx, only two coins, act now!
Two coins? Inflation! You used to only have to put one coin inside the mouth.
Load More Replies...My Grandma Sent Me A Picture Of Her Halloween Decorations This Year
You can use your own bones as a stick kids, Don't waste for reasorses that you already have
To Have Fun With A Halloween Decoration
See? Not all cops are bad. Only the ones shooting minorities and the ones covering for them.
Load More Replies...You know you won Halloween when the cops show up to see just how 'realistic' your decorations are
Yes of course, it’s definitely just a Halloween decoration! *note to self… if I want to hide a body, just pretend it’s decor…*
You know at some point . . . They had to go up and give it a little 'kick'! :-) Just to make sure!
My neighbor is a cop and he said Halloween is the best and worst time of the year... Usually the worst. There are some good stories out there. Maybe BP could have a "Cop Halloween story" thread.
Excellent idea! I would buy the book about it too!
Load More Replies...My 12ft Eddie Munson With A 9ft Guitar. Happy Halloween
Oh, it's not over for Eddie. My theory is that he wants to find Chrissy on the other side. Not a clue how that could be possible, but it is a fantasy show so anything can be made reasonable. Anyway, there is NO chance that the 20 mins of perfect chemistry between them in s4e1 was for nothing. They gettin zombie married in Season 5.
Load More Replies...OMG I HAVE A FRIEND THAT WOULD CRY OVER THIS BECAUSE SHE LOVES ALL OF THE THINGS IN THIS PICTURE!!!
Naturally Carved Pumpkin
Instead of carving the jack-o-lantern myself this year, I poked a bunch of small holes in a pumpkin and stuffed the holes with peanut butter. I then let the squirrels go at it for two days. The result is something truly disturbing.
use it! he looks he his eyes and mouth got melted and he is still living
Recycled Last Year's Costume Into A Fall Wreath
Welcome To The Pumpkinshire
WHERE IS THIS??!!?! I wanna go here. Wait, scratch that, I wanna live here
This one is photoshop, the faces on the pumpkins repeat themselves (much as I'd love to live here!)
What in the world? That's a LOT of pumpkins!!! Very cute but a lot of work.
I Have Wanted To Make These Since I Was A Kid. I Love Halloween
Few places in the south you can see something like that year round unfortunately
With your comment you seem like a lame redneck. Very lame God bless you.
Load More Replies...Decorator Of The Year Award Goes To
One Of The Best Halloween Decorations I Saw This Year
And the spam phone calls about your expired car warranty will haunt you also.
Load More Replies...He smashed his head on the hood one too many times. Working on trucks of that period requires a hardhat.
Called Uncle Otto's Truck. Look it up. It's a great story
Load More Replies...Anyone who ever waited for a tow truck that is "on its way" can relate to this one.
I love this! I do something similar. I have a full size skeleton in my front yard that I pose and repose doing something different every 2 days during October. This year he started out riding a bike, push mowing the lawn, chilling with his solo cup on a lawn chair, going to the bathroom (on a medical fold up toliet), digging a grave, swinging around a stripper pole (made from an old stand up floor lamp) walking his skeleton dog...these are just some of his many adventures!
If the dead become ghost then can’t he forget about repairing the truck and just fly, leaving the bones behind? (I hope I didn’t over think this.)
Entry Decor
The Edgar Allen Poe bust is a nice touch. Needs a raven on top of his head. 😄
my ma always puts out two pictures on our mantel for halloween and they are creepy looking and growing up i had no clue who it was. one is edgar allen poe, the other is vincent price
Load More Replies...Sick Beetlejuice Display In My Neighborhood
My whole life is a dark room. One. Big. Dark. Room.
Load More Replies...I Glued Empty Cardboard Boxes Together, Glued Dollar Tree Plastic Halloween Decor All Over It, And Spray Painted It All Black
That would only be good as an indoor decoration.
Load More Replies...Looks like it came from a spooky old house. Great idea & execution 🦇.
Well done! I would've believed it was an expensive decoration... It rly does look amazing
That is so fantastic!!! Wow! I made my own things also, but this takes the cake!!! Happy Halloween!
This is a great idea. I love homemade decorations and made something this year for my yard I used a long curtain rod for the 'spine', a short curtain rod for the 'shoulders', a foam ball for the head, a cheap mask, an old wig I've had for years for a project I never made. The 'body' is four white sheer curtains that were on the windows of my house when I bought it. I glued tea lights inside the mask and the thing looks really cool at night. The breeze always blows here especially now so the fabric blows all around because I cut strips in it. Had to add monofilament line to hold out the 'arms' and added strips of fabric so no one would trip over it. ghost-in-f...026df1.jpg
I Made A Halloween Chandelier
Happy Halloween
It's a scene from the movie Tremors with Kevin Bacon. Great film!
Load More Replies...My Brother And Sister-In-Law Put Together The Most Epic Halloween Decorations Every Year
this is what being an adult truly means!! Taking things to extreme just because you can. I can't explain enough how much I love this!
When I was a kid I would have refused to walk to this door no matter how good the candy they were passing out was. Lol.
I Got To Love It When An Entire Block Gets Into The Spirit And Decorates For A Holiday
I Thought I’d Share My Fireplace. Waiting On A Few More Things But I’m Pretty Pleased So Far
Rather simple but nevertheless quite nice. Thank-you for all of your upvotes!
I Finally Finished My Newest Halloween Decoration. Audrey From "Little Shop Of Horrors"
I've tried to at levels of moisture from desert to mud, I've given you grow-lights and mineral supplements - what do you want from me, blood?
Halloween Decorations At My House Have Gotten Much Better Since My Son Suggested A Spider Theme
My Neighbor Does Not Mess Around When It Comes To His Halloween Decorations
I wish I had gotten into Halloween decorating long ago. By now I would have a lot to use. I really never got into it but this year I did and made my own life size demon ghost.
Halloween Night. What Do You Think?
Stranger things. The light ouija board is to talk to her lost son
Load More Replies...Is this for Halloween or are they trying to do their best TGI Friday's impression?
Why We Can't Use This Halloween Decoration Anymore
Awe!!! So cute. This is why I can't put anything on my front window. My little dog loves to sit on the back of the living room chair and look out the window.
Couldn't Get Him Complete For Last Year, But This Year He's Looking Great
Sandworm Candy Slide
My sister is terrified of this movie yet still wants to watch Halloween….
Halloween Display Of A House In My Town. They’ve Gone All Out
There is a two story old house in an area where I once lived in Florida. The house is pretty old and always LOOKS old. Every year the owners really go all out for Halloween. I mean, ALL OUT. They've probably been collecting decorations for years. It's all the same theme so nothing looks gaudy and tacky. They have creepy zombies hanging out on the front porch (big front porch), creepy zombies in the front yard, zombies hanging out of the second floor windows. Their yard has a lot of trees so everything really looks frightening even during the day. If I was a kid I would never walk up to the door.
Wife’s Pumpkin Arch Lit Up. Really Did Tie It All Together
My Halloween Decoration Collaboration I Made. Ghostbusters And Ghostface
Happy Halloween From Hawkins
On 90 Degree Summer Days When You Can Just Close All Of The Curtains, Light A Fall Scented Candle, Blast The AC And Hide Inside Like A Vampire
Same here. When I lived in central Florida, this is how the weather was. Too hot. I now live in the northern area of S.C. and it's cold. Love it.
Load More Replies...I remember when Halloween was always cold. Now all the candy melts if you sit out to check out the kids!
Halloween Dinner Party Decor
I would love them to be actors who stand still until suddenly around dessert time the light goes out.... Lol
Load More Replies..."Day-o, day-o Daylight come and we want go home Day, is a day, is a day, is a day, is a day, is a day-o Daylight come and we want go home"
Every Year We Go All Out On Decorating For Halloween. Last Year We Built A Giant Spider Den, This Year We Got A Case Of The Worms
It Didn’t Feel Like October In Salem
These 12 foot skeletons have been a big deal this year! They look amazing!
Bewitching Beauties Came To Join The Dinner Party. A Reminder That Outdoor Decorations Can Make A Dramatic Display Inside Too
If you're a fan of embracing creativity and humor in unexpected places, consider the inspiration found in wildlife photography.
Just as some Halloween decorations can make a memorable impact, capturing amusing antics of wildlife offers a delightful twist in its field. Both concepts invite a playful perspective towards traditional themes, making them stand out for their unique charm.
My Neighbors' Halloween Display
Trick Or Treat? Halloween Decoration Of Famous Pittaki Street In Athens. Do You Like Halloween?
I can only imagine how long this would take to set up. How impressive!
Our Halloween Mantel Complete With Black Cat And All
Gothic Du Jour
Beautiful
Last Year's Trick Or Treat Dining Room Setup
I am pretty sure that would creep me out a bit walking inside. The writing does it for me! It looks really good!
Halloween Is My Favorite Day Of The Year. I Wanted To Share A Few Of My Favorite Interior Decorations With Like-Minded Folks. I Made A Lot Of Them
I Wanted To Share This Past Halloween Decorations
I'm So Ready For The Premiere Of Hocus Pocus 2
I've Waited So Long For Pumpkinhead
I Move My Skeletons Around Each Week. This Week They Are
The Ikea skeletons have extra parts and crazy assembly instructions.
Load More Replies...House Costume Complete With Curious Cat
My Fisher Price Gothic Dollhouse Glow Up! Halloween Everyday
Halloween Plants I Made For My Creepy Garden. I Didn’t Finish In Time For Last Year, But It Will Be In My Decor This Year
Halloween Decor: Hunt Springfield, IL
The headstones are so creative. Rip Alex Trebek. I really like the electric chair most of all.
My fiancée and I are getting married on Halloween next year. They won’t let me put up The Potters gravestones :(
Omg, I love the headstones. For me it's a battle between James and Lily, Spock, and Alex Trebek
Things Are Getting Strangely Spooktacular
BE RUNNING UP THAT HIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Load More Replies...If this is a carving it's insanely well done. If it's painting... it's still insanely well done. Wow.
New Halloween Decor
Halloween Decorations In My Neighborhood
Dressed Up My 12ft Skeleton As 1985 The Return Of The Living Dead Box Art Zombie
The Decoration I'm Most Proud Of
If you look closely enough, you can juuuuust make out what looks like fishing line hanging it from the ceiling.
Load More Replies...A balloon and foam noodles to give form and then layers of cheese cloth to give affect. Seriously, very well done
We All Have One
My Spooky Decorations
The Skeleton House Is The Most Humerus Skeleton Display Around. The Queen Of Halloween Outdoes Herself Every Year, Adding More Punny Skeletons
The Skeleton House is in New Orleans on historic St Charles Avenue. It has its own website. There must be over 100 skeletons all satirizing some person or event. It’s awesome.
The Startling View From My Door's Peephole After Hanging A Halloween Decoration
That's not the decoration you're looking at thru the peephole!
Living In Haddonfield, There's Only One Prop We Use For Decoration
My Dad's Hand-Crafted Halloween Decorations
Fancy Halloween
Saw This Crazy Decoration At A Neighbor's House
Another Great Halloween House. Love The Skeleton Hanging From The Top Window
We Took This Year's Halloween Decorating To The Max
My Halloween Decorations This Year
I Asked My Sister To Make Me A Witchy Halloween Wreath This Year And She Did Not Disappoint
This Halloween Decoration At The Santa Ana Airport (At Night, When The Airport Is Closed)
I Decided To Get My Flamingos Involved In My Yard Decor
Should I Move?
Slowly Putting Together A Tiny Spooky Coffee Bar
A Few Spooky Nighttime Scenes From Around Salem
We Went For The Funny vs. The Scary For Our Halloween Decor
Halloween Decorations In My Hometown
I Know Everyone Has Their Feelings On Inflatables. But We’re Finally Decorated
I Made My Very First DIY Halloween Decoration This Year
Turned Our Grandfather Clock Into The 13 Hour Clock From The Haunted Mansion
Not Our House But So Cool
Some Halloween Decorations Spotted In North York
A Spider Helped Us Make Our Halloween Decorations A Bit More Creepy
We Finished Our DIY Scream Halloween Decorations Today
I am no doctor but I am sure she died because of those intestines'. They just don't look very healthy.
The Coffins Came Out Good
Pumpkin Palace. My Favorite Halloween House In The City
Don't Put Fingers In There
Our Floating Candles Set-Up For Halloween This Year
My Neighbors Use Of Their Halloween Decorations During Summer
I'm one of the lucky ones that doesn't have an HOA in our neighborhood!
Load More Replies...For Halloween I Turned My Bar Into Moe’s Tavern! Complete With Flaming Moe’s And Prank Phone Calls
Wrestling Skeletons
Getting In The Halloween Spirit
The Front Of My House This Year. Not Done Yet But What Do Ya Think?
Witchy Halloween Porch
My Mom’s House Decorated For Halloween
Halloween Decor
Couldn't Resist The Urge To Start Decorating A Bit Early This Year
The Greatest Halloween Decoration
My Neighbor’s Yard Decoration
My Halloween Coffee Station
I Thought You All Might Appreciate My Shelf I Redecorated Yesterday
The Pumpkin’s All Start Creeping Back In As It Nears Closer To Halloween
My Halloween Living Room Last Year
Time For Big Skelley Float Trip
My Halloween Decorations This Year
Our Halloween Decorations Are Crawling Along
The Coolest Halloween Display I Have Seen (Olmsted Falls, Ohio)
Got Spooked By My Neighbor's Yard Decorations
I Told A Couple People I Would Post The Sandworm Groundbreaker After I Got Him In The Ground
A Test Setup Of The Pumpkinhead-Themed Tombstone I Made With Vines And Pumpkins. It Will Be Incorporated Into The Pumpkin Patch Area Of Our Display This Year
Thought This Was A Clever Halloween Decoration
I'm A Big Fan Of Our New Halloween Decorations For This Year
Halloween Decoration At PlayStation
I've Got A Huge Rock In My Lawn, So I Thought, Hey Halloween Decoration. Say Hi To Grunty
The Neighbors Asked When The Halloween Decorations Were Going To Come Down. "These Are Everyday Decorations."
What Is Even The Point Of Decorating When My Neighbors Do This?
My Vibe
My Grandma's 12ft Skeleton In The Dark
Halloween Party Tonight. I Had Fun Decorating
Human Spider Prey I Made A Couple Of Years Ago
My Living Room
My Only "Spooky" Decoration For The Season. If You Know The Show Reference, I Will Give You Virtual Candy
My Neighbor's Halloween Decoration
Halloween Chandelier
Awww I missed posting on this post. These are all very well done. Here is my witch for Halloween! 312050719_...b5a446.jpg
We go off...my husband does movie lighting and I do makeup. Every year I go to the thrift shop and pick up dolls that I repaint into zombies and evil clowns. We have a full zombie graveyard, rear projection ghosts, a fog machine, etc.
My dad does lighting for CF (college of Florida) for the plays so my dad is going of too. He loved doing the lighting during Halloween for Busch Gardens too! We have all the same to and our house is decorated in Halloween, 365 days a year!
Load More Replies...I saw a Jeep on the hyway (I have a Jeep as well) with a skeleton clinging to the spare tire! I might just copy that idea.
This is my October every year, with my hubby! He adores adores adores Halloween. Show him a real skull, he'd pass out, but... there we are. (This year's yard includes Dinner With the Dead, and spiderweb "lace" I crocheted to look like, yes, real webs.)
I make a lot of ours from thrift shop finds! Our dollar stores have a lot of fun decorations as well.
Load More Replies...Thank you for sharing this Halloween decorations post. I am just now seeing it and I love it.
Awww I missed posting on this post. These are all very well done. Here is my witch for Halloween! 312050719_...b5a446.jpg
We go off...my husband does movie lighting and I do makeup. Every year I go to the thrift shop and pick up dolls that I repaint into zombies and evil clowns. We have a full zombie graveyard, rear projection ghosts, a fog machine, etc.
My dad does lighting for CF (college of Florida) for the plays so my dad is going of too. He loved doing the lighting during Halloween for Busch Gardens too! We have all the same to and our house is decorated in Halloween, 365 days a year!
Load More Replies...I saw a Jeep on the hyway (I have a Jeep as well) with a skeleton clinging to the spare tire! I might just copy that idea.
This is my October every year, with my hubby! He adores adores adores Halloween. Show him a real skull, he'd pass out, but... there we are. (This year's yard includes Dinner With the Dead, and spiderweb "lace" I crocheted to look like, yes, real webs.)
I make a lot of ours from thrift shop finds! Our dollar stores have a lot of fun decorations as well.
Load More Replies...Thank you for sharing this Halloween decorations post. I am just now seeing it and I love it.
