Best Halloween Decorations for Your Home

Fill your yard with fearsome friends and the scariest Halloween props. Surround your 12-foot skeleton with a motion-activated animatronic 8-foot Soul Reaper that speaks while moving his mouth and head. Don't forget to add a lighted coffin that's open and waiting for its owner to fly home.

When gardens go bad, putrid pumpkins and man-eating plants come out to frighten and feast. Summoning souls with his glowing eyes, the 12-foot Giant Inferno Pumpkin Skeleton is posable in playful or scary setups. 

Tip: Put it together easily using this video and these instructions. 

Terrify guests with a 6-foot animated and faceless scarecrow with grabbing arm movements. If that wasn’t enough, this creepy creature talks too. No Halloween would be complete without a few pumpkins around. Make yours extra spooky with pre-lit glowing eyes or add a pumpkin-headed trick-or-treater or two from the dark side.

Spine-chilling and impressive, this 12-foot hovering witch animatronic is sure to turn heads this Halloween. Be the first on the block to create the illusion of a frightening witch floating high above the ground. Motion-activated and clothed in purple, her LCD lit eyes can freeze passerbys in their tracks as she entertains them with series of cackles and spells.

Create an atmosphere of dread and delight with this 9 1/2-foot towering animatronic werewolf. With a howling sound effect, this ferocioys beast tips its head and moves its jaws as it howls and snarls. Built-in motion sensors offer unexpected interactive fun, while orange LEDs kick the creepy factor up a level.

The nightmare is only the beginning. Create a display of every fear and phobia for chills and thrills. Fill every inch of your yard with everything from bubbling cauldrons to barking skeletons and ghoulish ghosts to wicked wizards. Nobody will ever have to guess that the creepiest, best Halloween decorations will always be at your house.

At an impressive 5 1/2 feet high, this creepy-crawly spider will get your guests' attention. Six light-up eyes and timed hissing sounds deliver the frights in the night.

If you want to really pack your Halloween landscape with the stuff of nightmares, add slithering snakes, fierce dragons and ghoulish ghosts.

No Halloween neighborhood would be complete without hanging out with some very old friends. Liven up your cemetery with escaping skeletons with glowing red eyes. Strike terror in unsuspecting guests with tombstones that blow fog or serve as Bluetooth speakers. Sync up your smartphone to play scary music and motion-activated moans.

Take it a step further with a decorative mausoleum setup. Arrange an archway and crypt near the sidewalk for neighbors and visitors alike to enjoy.

Large outdoor Halloween inflatables are a simple and impressive way to decorate your yard. Simply plug it in and stake it down and you're ready to go!

Here are some tips for decorating with inflatables for Halloween:

• Determine where each inflatable Halloween decoration will go and measure your available space. Pick inflatables that will fit comfortably in the area without rubbing up against one another or altogether blocking the view. This will keep your landscape from looking overcrowded.
• Choose placement carefully. Low-hanging branches can snag and potentially tear the fabric shell of an inflatable. A stiff wind can sometimes cause an inflatable to totter. Double-check that there is enough clearance around the decoration. Make sure there are no breakables or sharp objects nearby.
• To ensure smooth inflation, position the base of the inflatable where you want it to stand in your landscape. Spread the fabric flat on the ground before inflating to keep it from kinking or snagging while it fills with air. Tightly close any zippers, fasteners or vents to keep air from escaping while in use.
• Clear potential obstructions at the base. Most inflatables are equipped with an air intake at the bottom. This is a fan that forces air into the fabric shell, so it’s important to keep that intake clear of obstructions. Be careful to keep the decoration’s own fabric away from the intake side of the fan while inflating.
• Guard against the wind. Once your piece is inflated, use any included tethers to stake it into position. Anchoring your decorations will help keep them in place in the event of strong winds or storms.

Bring frights to the night with classic spooky looks like a terrifying and Pumpkin Head Reaper inflatable. This grim peeper stands an imposing 12 feet tall to torment your guests from your front lawn.

Bigger can definitely be better for the best Halloween decorations in the neighborhood. Inflatables conveniently self-inflate for easy setup. Look for inflatable, posable and animated giant characters for your Halloween decor like a huge green goblin, ghost or skeleton. Mix in little ghouls and witches to make party guests feel right right at home at your newly haunted house. 

Halloween projectors create a supernatural visual effect by projecting moving images on windows, walls, doors and more. Inside, a projector can give the appearance of ghosts, zombies or even waltzing skeletons having the time of their undead lives inside your living room.

Or cast spooky scenery on the outside of your home. Easily display flying ghosts, bats and even witches. Simply place it on your lawn and point it towards a smooth surface on your home's exterior. This is one of the best outdoor Halloween decoration ideas, especially if you are short on time. 

Bring the magic of a haunted house ride to your front yard with animated Halloween figures. Animatronics have come to be some of the best Halloween decorations out there. Let a friendly and frightening bartender pour guests a drink, or add macabre humor with an oversized goblin, or a Grim Reaper with a glowing red ribcage and eyes. 

Available in a variety of sizes and prices, some moving animated figures are even pre-lit and come with an ominous soundtrack.

The glowing eyes and mouth of a traditional Jack-o'-Lantern are found in many forms of Halloween decorations. You can decorate the entrance to your Halloween funscape with a stack of grinning pumpkins. Or choose molded plastic pumpkins to entice your trick-or-treaters.

Of course, any Halloween decorating wouldn't be complete without a traditional Jack-o'-Lantern. Make your own or choose molded, pre-carved ones that let you decorate year after year, minus any mess. You can't miss with Halloween classics like monsters, witches, devils and creepy skeletons.

Turn your front yard into a creepy graveyard, full of the ghosts of trick-or-treaters past. 

Scatter tombstones throughout your yard; you can get them as a set or find individual headstones to group together. Some have LED lights illuminating the carvings or skeletons decorating the top. Others feature animated characters jumping up behind the headstone. 

Add a howling animatronic dog for an extra-special touch of spooky.

• No home is fully decorated without festive Halloween lights. 
• String lights along your porch that flicker with a skull design. Light up your home in purples and oranges this season. Don't forget to mix in Halloween projector effects to make a glorious light show of your home. 
• Extend your Halloween lighting beyond the porch with glowing bats and other frightful path markers.

Let creepy LED eyes light the way. Prepare your visitors for the frights in store when you mark the path with glowing and animated markers. Place the spooky stakes along your lawn and sidewalk to guide guests and give them a good scare.