65 Best DIY Halloween Props

Give your neighbors a spook with these creepy and creative DIY Halloween decorations. 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
plastic dress forms, styrofoam head, clear plastic packing tape, plastic wrap, black light

Chicken Wire Ghost
chicken wire, gloves, cheesecloth

Yard Ghosts
styrofoam balls, lawn stakes, lightweight white fabric

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
cheesecloth, chicken wire, spray adhesive, wire, $1 skull, cup hook, fishing line, S-hook

Levitating Ghost
cheesecloth, foam balls, yardsticks, liquid starch, black felt, glue, needle, paint pole
You could use white creepy cloth instead of cheese cloth. You can get it at Dollar Tree along with the foam balls

The Ring Prop
plastic garbage bucket, foam, liquid nails, spray foam, Monster Mud, thin sculpting wire, glue gun, masking tape, latex,  tissue paper, latex paint, black wig, styrofoam head, pvc pipe, chicken wire, night shirt

Samara from The Ring
white foam head, witch wig, child’s white dress, arms from party city, old television, traffic cone, wooden stick

Lawn Ghosts
plastic drop cloths, white paper, newspaper, rebar, clear packing tape, white Christmas lights

Creepy Ghosts
drop cloths, dye, black fabric, wooden frame, chicken wire, paper mâché

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
foam head, tomato cage, night gown, light underneath the gown

Spider & Monster Halloween Props

Giant Spider
pvc pipe, fittings, pins, foam insulation, black spray paint, pvc pipe primer,  duct tape, spray foam insulation

Giant Spider Web
yarn, scissors

Life-Sized Spider Victim
white trash bags, clear packing tape, spider webs, sheer white fabric, hanging hardware

Giant Tentacle Monster
plywood, foam board, lumber, steel studs, vinyl trim, flex duct, foam pipe insulation, screws, caulk, liquid nails, paint

7-Foot “Man-Eating Monster Plant”
tree branch, flower pot, spray foam insulation, artificial pumpkin, spray paint, silk or faux leaves, hot glue, pumpkin carver

Body Part Halloween Props

Garage Door Victim
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
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)

Budget Bodies in Bags
packing foam, plastic bags, spray paint, duct tape

DIY Halloween Severed Head
craft foam display head, fabric stiffener, cheese cloth, mod podge hard coat, black ink pad, foam pad, jute twine

Heads in Jars
baby doll heads, gray paints, gauze or netting, glass canister jars

DIY Decayed Corpse
plastic skeleton, tin foil, tissue paper, spray paint, paper-mâché

Masking Tape Hand
masking tape, straw, scissors, glow stick

Mummy Hand 
$1 plastic hand + cheesecloth  + brown & black paint + paper towels + coffee grounds

Creepy Hands
painter’s tape, wire, wire cutters, paint

Head in a Jar
jar, food coloring, printer, photo editing software

Zombie Halloween Props

Halloween Zombies with Buckets
bucket, wire, duct tape, PVC pipe, hooded sweatshirt,fake hands, fake head

Acid Bath Zombie
old oil drum, creepy mask, can of spray foam

Zombie Pallet Gate
pallet, skeleton or zombie, blood, chain, sign
You can get the pallet for free on Craigslist

Pallet Trapped Door
pallet, red light, fake hands, shovel

Zombie Cage
$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
dolls, cheap face paint, fake blood, white spray paint, fire starter, plastic bag, drop cloth

Zombie Plated Hands
severed hands, skewers, cheap flower pots, soil

Other Halloween Props

Trash Bag Witches
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
chicken wire, cardboard, mod podge, spray paint, old pair of shoes, scrap wood, long black & white stock

Halloween Mailbox Monster
shoelaces, pipe insulation, duct tape, shirt, monster glove, wooden dowel

DIY Giant Scarecrow
pvc pipes, connectors, stakes, screws, zip ties, burlap, rope, straw, led lanterns, plastic pumpkin head, led light

Halloween Pop Up Prop
pvc pipe, pvc cap, pvc elbow, thread air chuck, npt thread extension pipes & adapters, heat shrink tubing, garbage can, pvc adhesive, plywood, wood dowel, hose clamp, halloween mask, wireless remotely operated switch

Monster Mud Reaper
pvc elbows, cross, adapter, pipe & cap, chicken wire, steel flange & pipe, brackets, mdf board, burlap, black paint, masonary sealer, stone spray paint

Merlin’s Reaper Stone

Life Size Mummy
duct tape, trash bags, yard stick, rolled gauze

Halloween Monster 

Fake Boarded Up Windows
polystyrene, brown exterior latex, velcro tape

Cousin It (source unknown)
Tomato cage, grass skirts from the Dollar Store

Zero the Dog

Accessories for Halloween Props

DIY Faux Chains
pipe insulation, craft paints

Quick and Dirty Tombstones
pink extruded polystyrene, copper wire, box cutter, Hotwire, stone spray paint

Foam Halloween Tombstones
floral Styrofoam sheet +  knife + marker + black spray paint + dark gray and white acrylic paint

Cardboard Tombstones
cardboard boxes + sand + stencils + newspaper + decoupage glue + spray paint

DIY Dollar Store Cardboard Coffin
cardboard boxes + wood contact paper + spray paint + $1 cross

$20 DIY Fog Machine

Water Only Fog Machine

Bed and Breakfast Halloween Sign
wood boards, vintage freestanding signpost, exterior latex paint, tracing paper, graphite transfer paper, craft paint, eye hooks, chain

Floating Candles (image source)
Tip: instead of cutting out foam to look like candle wax, use a hot glue gun to put the wax design on each candle

Faux Black Candles
toilet paper rolls, LED tealights, glue gun, black spray paint