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    Dollar Store Halloween Decorating Ideas

    Decorating, Halloween Decor, Holiday & Seasonal

    collage of inexpensive Halloween decorations
    Dollar store Halloween decorations with a plastic skull and pumpkin in a lantern with a plastic spider crawling on it
    foam skull topiary in a planter
    collage of Dollar Store Halloween decorations
    collage of Dollar Store Halloween decorations
    collage of inexpensive Halloween decorations

    You don’t have to break the bank to decorate for All Hallow’s Eve. I’ll show you how to use dollar store Halloween decorations to haunt your house on the cheap.

    When it comes to Halloween, I’m very much a budget decorator. Our trick or treat decor is a mix of vintage items and dollar store Halloween decorations. It’s all about the cheap scares!

    In this post, I’ll provide some examples of how I’ve used these inexpensive Halloween decorations in the past, share my favorite scary things to buy at the dollar store and link to other bloggers who have great budget Halloween style.

    collage of inexpensive Halloween decorations

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    Dollar Tree, in particular, is a great place to buy Halloween decor, as well as party and craft supplies. Some of my favorite items to buy there include:

    • foam gravestones
    • tealight lanterns
    • rats
    • bats
    • skulls
    • creepy cloth
    • holographic portraits that can be transformed into creepy DIY art
    • zombie masks
    • gory plastic hands and feet
    • animal skeletons
    • oversized spiders
    • rubber bugs and creepy crawlies
    • lights
    • spider webbing
    • crime scene tape
    • bony hands
    • Halloween ice cube molds
    • skull goblets
    • plastic eyeballs (You could make a great eyeball wreath like this one from No. 2 Pencil)
    • plastic beakers and test tubes
    • jack-o’-lantern treat buckets (Charleston Crafted used dozens to line their porch stairs and create a pumpkin topiary)

    Because everything only costs a buck, I tend to buy these items in bulk and use them to create spooky vignettes. The more the scarier!

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    skeleton sitting in front of a black desk on a Halloween front porch

    These plastic skulls are a great example. I bought as many as I could find last year to fill the rustic wooden lanterns on our porch.

    Even buying multiples of these items, I don’t break the bank. I tend to reuse the same Halloween decor year after year, in slightly different ways. So, I consider these dollar store buys an investment in our Halloween decor for years to come.

    Cheap Scares for Halloween

    Here are a few of my favorite ways to decorate for Halloween with different inexpensive items.

    Plastic Skulls

    Plastic skulls come in a vareity of sizes.

    plastic skulls in a black lantern are inexpensive dollar store Halloween decorations

    They look great massed in lanterns, vases and baskets.

    plastic skulls in a lantern are inexpensive dollar store Halloween decorations

    Same lantern, different skulls.

    plastic skeleton under a glass cloche

    Is there anything scarier than a skull under glass?

    plastic skulls in a large wooden lantern

    I also like putting them on top of pumpkins with other creepy crawliews or creatures nearby.

    foam skull with a plastic rat on it for Halloween

    Stack two or tree foam skulls, secured with wooden skewers, or glue plastic ones together to create a terrifying topiary.

    pumpkin and skull Halloween topiary in a planter are an example of inexpensive dollar store Halloween decorations

    These creepy crystal balls are one of my most popular Halloween crafts.

    crystal balls with skulls in them for Halloween

    They’re made using candle holders, skulls, glass globes and other items from Dollar Tree. Click here for the tutorial.

    Creepy Cloth

    Creepy Cloth is one of my favorite things to buy at the dollar store. They usually carry it in black, white and natural colors for much cheaper than you can find it online or in other stores.

    Halloween decorations on a vintage aqua blue buffett

    I use yards and yards of the stuff every year, draping it over furniture, lamps, chandeliers and windows.

    crusty Halloween specimen jars with bats, beetles and other silhouettes in them

    It also makes a wonderfully spooky tablecloth.

    Skeletons

    orange and white pumpkins on a black bufffet with plastic rats, animal skeletons and skeleton hands

    You can find all different sorts of skeletons at the dollar store: hands, feet, miniature complete skeletons and animal skeletons.

    German book on a brass stand with skeleton hand

    Place them anywhere you want to create a scary vibe.

    plastic rat skeleton on a green pumpkin Dollar Store Halloween decorations

    This rat met a most unfortunate end.

    Halloween cat skeleton on a porch with pumpkins and mums

    Maybe the cat had something to do with it.

    Halloween bat skeleton

    Use fishing line to hang bird and bat skeletons.

    Spooky Skeleton Halloween Wreath

    I used an assortment of miniature skeletons to make this macabre Halloween wreath.

    Spiders & Spiderwebs

    As with creepy cloth, you get a lot of bang for your buck when you buy artificial spider webbing from the dollar store.

    Haunted Halloween Boneyard Front Porch from Atta Girl Says

    Stretch the stuff across windows and doors, inside and out, as a backdrop for wreaths and clingy creatures.

    fake spider on fake webbing Dollar Store Halloween decorations

    Giant spiders add a nightmarish touch whenever you place them.

    plastic skull and pumpkins in a large wooden glass lantern with an oversized plastic spider on top

    Birds, Rats, Bats & Creepy Crawlies

    Halloween skeleton with rats crawling on it

    A bag of rubber rats, bugs or scorpions will set you back $1. But the scares are worth so much more than that.

    Halloween skeleton with rats crawling on it

    They look so creepy crawling out of the eye holes on a skull or perched a top a pile of pumpkins.

    plastic rats on pumpkins

    They’re even scarier keeping company with bats and birds and other creatures of the night.

    Dollar Store Halloween decorations on a front porch

    If a single bird is merely scary, a murder of crows is terrifying.

    pumpkins and lanterns on a Halloween porch

    A flock of bats clustered on the front door is not the kind of greeting most guests would expect.

    black maple leaf wreath and paper bats on a front door

    Hang them from windows or dead branches. Again more is always better.

    spooky Halloween front porch with skeletons, bats and skulls

    There’s no such thing as “too many damn” vampire bats, no matter what the grandfather in “The Lost Boys” said.

    Other Dollar Store Halloween items

    resin skeleton on a black wooden plaque made with dollar store Halloween decorations

    I used quick-setting resin and skeleton ice trays to make these spooky Halloween plaques. You can also use them to make spooky resin swizzle sticks.

    plastic eyeballs in BOO letters for Halloween

    Grab a bag of bloodshot plastic eyeballs and you’ll feel like somebody is always watching you.

    plastic eyeballs and skeleton hands in glass jars for Halloween

    Fill a jar with them to keep an eye on your Halloween guests.

    purple Halloween punch in a skeleton goblet

    Float one in a glass of purple people eater punch that is served in a Dollar Store plastic skull goblet.

    Halloween zombie pallet decoration

    Use plastic hands, feet and masks from the dollar store and an old pallet to create this zombie Halloween decor, inspired by the Walking Dead.

    More Dollar Store Halloween inspiration

    Don’t just stick to the seasonal aise when shopping for Halloween decor at the dollar store. Dollar Tree and the 99 Cent Store are treasture troves. With a little creativity, you can make all kinds of scary decorations using items purchased for a buck.

    Check out these creative projects, for inspiration:

    • Dollar Store Man Eating Alien Plant – This Southern Girl Can used footballs and faux fingernails to recreate Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors
      Hanging Cage Halloween Prop – The Navage Patch used round laundry baskets to make these creepy cages
      Faux Chains – Ribbons and Glue used pool noodles to make oversized chain shackles.
      DIY Spiderwebs – Fast Forward Fun used black trashbags to make spiderwebs

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