Best of AC Content: DIY Halloween Yard Decorations

When we were kids we loved finding the spookiest decorated houses to visit when we went trick or treating. The houses playing scary music or hearing the screams, to a graveyard full of skeletons and tombstones, and to seeing cob webs everywhere this is what Halloween is all about. Here you will find 10 articles written by Associated Content Contributors that will create spooky Halloween yard decorations to make your house the most visited on Halloween night by the kiddies.

Halloween Yard Decorations #1

This article written by AC Contributor Kim Keason tells you how to decorate your yard with tombstones made from plywood with skeletons bones at the base of the stones. She also has a great scarecrow that sits in a chair and then on the night of Halloween makes it "come to life." You'll love this idea.

Halloween Yard Decorations #2

A scary Dead Betty Halloween yard decoration by AC Contributor Lisa Hoskins. She uses a shovel, fabric, styrofoam head, and acrylic paints to make a scary Halloween decoration for your yard, the trick or treaters will love.

Halloween Yard Decorations #3

This article by AC Contributor Slate Stone has over 25 ideas on how to decorate for Halloween. I love the use of fake mice and rats outdoors, to making your own scarecrow, and banner for the porch. Has alot of great Halloween decoration ideas for inside your home too.

Halloween Yard Decorations #4

You will learn how to make tissue ghosts you can hang from your porch, to accordian lanterns, milk carton luminaries, spooky street signs, paper chains, cardboard headstones, and a great cornfield for decorating your yard. This article is written by AC Contributor C. Jeanne Heida.

Halloween Yard Decorations #5

A crafty article from AC Contributor Kristen Michaels on how to make standing ghosts for your yard, and a ghost wreath you can hang on your front door.

Halloween Yard Decorations #6

This article written by AC Contributor Sophie Walton gives you detailed instructions on how to make funny tombstones, luminaries from soup and vegetable cans to line your driveway, and a link on instructions on how to make a crashing witch.

Halloween Yard Decorations #7

This article is written by AC Contributor R. Ann Sipper she gives instructions on how to make a Jack O Lantern totem pole using orange spray paint and gallon buckets.

Halloween Yard Decorations #8

How to make a scary Halloween yard cemetery by AC Contributor Jaipi Sixbear. She gives instructions on how to make scary creatures using shepherd hooks, making tombstones from styrofoam, bloody handprints, and tying sticks together for great spooky Halloween yard decorations.

Halloween Yard Decorations #9

Another great Halloween decoration by AC Contributor R. Ann Sipper on how to make a ghost windsock you can hang out on your porch or deck from garbage bags.

Halloween Yard Decorations #10

This article written by AC Contributor K. Ferguson gives detailed instructions on how to use webbing to decorate your yard for Halloween, and spiders too.

Have a safe and Happy Halloween