10 Dollar Tree Halloween Decor Ideas Anyone Can Try

So Halloweens crawls at us, and you are probably staring at your bank account and wondering how to make your house look like a haunted mansion without selling a kidney, right? Here’s the thing – Dollar Tree is basically MVP for budget decoration, and I’m about to prove it to you.

I have turned up the dollar tree every fall since I discovered that you can actually make pinteresty decorations for literal pocket change. No joke, last year my neighbor asked if I hired a decorator. No, just me, twenty dollars and a hot glue gun. : 🙂

Let’s jump into some seriously calm (and seriously cheap) Halloween decoration ideas that will talk about your place in the neighborhood.

1. Creepy Candelabra Centerpiece

Do you want something that screams “Gothic elegance” without the price tag? Grab a little black spray paint and a handful of dollar tree candlesticks.

Here’s what you do: stacks candlesticks of different sizes (they sell many variations) and glue them together to create different heights. Hit them with the black spray paint, let it dry and add some LED lights on top. Drizzle a little warm glue down the sides and paint it white or red to mimic the wax drips.

Pro Tip: Group them in odd – three or five works best. Why? It just looks better for the eye, trust me on this one.

The entire setup may cost $ 5-7 depending on how elaborate you want to go. Compare it to the $ 40 light crown on Homegoods, and yes, you are welcome.

2. Dollar Store Wreath That Doesn’t Look Dollar Store

Okay, wreaths can look super cheap if you are not careful. But here’s the secret – team.

What you need:

• 1 foam wreath form ($1.25)
• 2-3 rolls of black mesh ribbon
• Mini pumpkins, skulls, or spiders
• Hot glue gun

Wrap that wreath is completely formed in black net (the more you overlap each other, the fuller it looks). Then glue my mini -decoration asymmetrically around the wreath. Don’t place them evenly – that’s what makes it look the home team in a bad way.

Add a little crispy black tulle or cheese cloth for texture and boom. You have a wreath that looks like you spent a minimum of $ 30.

3. Floating Witch Hats

Ever wondered why floating witch hats became such a trend? Because they are ridiculously simple and certainly look killer.

Dollar Tree sells witch hats for—you guessed it—a dollar. Grab three to five of them, some fishing line, and a thumbtack or command hook.

Hang them at different heights from the ceiling, porch or even outside a tree. The trick is to make them look like they really float, so these heights vary considerably. Some people add LED string lights inside the hats for an extra glow effect at night.

Cost breakdown:

• 5 witch hats: $5
• Fishing line: $1.25
• Total: $6.25 for a statement piece

4. Spooky Apothecary Jars

This one is my personal favorite, fyi. You know the fancy pharmacy glasses people sell on etsy for as $ 25 each? Yes, we earn them for about $ 2.

Materials Needed:

• Glass jars or containers (Dollar Tree has tons)
• Black vinyl labels or chalkboard labels
• Random creepy stuff (plastic eyeballs, fake spiders, Spanish moss)

Fill the glasses with which NIF’s ingredients you want – “Eye of Newt”, “Dragon Scales”, “Witch’s Brew”, what makes you happy. Write the names of labels and put them on the glasses. Arrange them on a shelf or mantle with some cobwebs that are stretched between them.

IMO, adding a small drying effect (ok, it costs extra, but still cheap) this takes from good to incredible. The smoke waves out of old potion glasses? Cook’s kiss.

5. Balloon Spider Invasion

Here things are fun and a little chaotic. Children love this, and honestly, so do adults.

Buy Black Balloons and Pipe Cleaners From Dollar Tree. Blow up the balloons (different sizes look better), and then twist eight pipe cleaners around the bound end to make spider legs. Use a white paint span or correction fluid to add eyes.

Tape these spiders everywhere – ceilings, walls, corners, creeping door frames. The more, the better. It looks like your house was legitimately invaded.

Item	Quantity	Cost
Black Balloons (20 pack)	1	$1.25
Pipe Cleaners (50 count)	1	$1.25
White Paint Pen	1	$1.25

There are about 10 gigantic spiders for under $ 4. Show me another decoration with that kind of influence-to-cost conditions. I wait.

6. Cemetery Fence Border

Do you want to split part of your garden or make a nif’s edge around your porch? Dollar Tree Foam Gravstein’s fences are criminally underestimated.

Buy more sections and connect them to make a mini cemetery. The foam material means that you can easily stake them in the ground or lose them to your porch. Add some battery-powered tea lights behind them for the eerie glow effect.

Quick upgrade: Spray paint them a darker gray or black and dry brush slightly lighter gray over the top for a weathered, age look. Suddenly they don’t look like they cost a dollar anymore.

7. Mason Jar Mummy Luminaries

These are stupid simple and ridiculously sweet (or scary, depending on your perspective).

Wrap masonry (dollar tree sells them) with gauze or white medical tape, leaving a gap for “eyes.” Insert two googly eyes in the gap. Release an LED -TE -light inside.

Set them on your stairs, porch railings or walkways. They create this warm, inviting glow while still on the theme. In addition, you can reuse the glasses after Halloween for literally something else.

Each luminary costs around $ 1.50 to make, and you can crank out five or six in an hour while watching your favorite scary movies.

8. Hanging Ghost Cluster

You’ve seen the elaborate hanging ghosts online selling for ridiculous prices. Let’s make them for next to nothing.

Grip white tablecloths or cheese cloth, some heads for heads and black felt for eyes. Drap the tablecloth over the ball, tie a band around the “neck” and cut out some NIF’s eye shapes from the felt.

Hang these from the trees, veranda roof or even inside light fixtures at different heights. The wind causes them to move naturally, giving the nip factor without doing any extra work. : 🙂

Group them in clusters of three or five – odd numbers left, do you remember?

9. Potion Bottle Window Display

Your windows are prime real estate for Halloween decor, so don’t waste them.

Here’s the setup:

• Various shaped bottles and jars
• Food coloring and water
• Labels (“Love Potion,” “Liquid Fear,” “Zombie Juice”)
• LED string lights or candles behind them

Fill the bottles with colored water – green, purple, red – and arrange them on the window sill. The sunlight (or LED lights at night) that shines through creates this cool, eerie effect. Add handwritten labels for the authentic witch’s cottage mood.

Total cost? Maybe $ 5 for ten bottles. And the best part? You can dump the water and use everything next year.

10. Black Cat Silhouette Army

Last but definitely not least – the classic Black Cat Silhouette. Except that we don’t just do one. We do it as twenty.

Buy Black Poster Board or Foam Board from Dollar Tree. Print cat silhouette templates online (free), track them on the board and cut them out. Vary the sizes and poses – to sit, bow, walk.

Tape these bad boys everywhere. Windows, walls, stairs, fence posts. Create an illusion that a whole package of black cats has taken over your property.

Quick Enhancement Tips:

• Add glowing yellow or green eyes using glow sticks
• Position some looking “into” windows from outside
• Place smaller ones in unexpected spots (like peeking around corners)

Each cat costs maybe 25 cents to make. Make 20 for $ 5, and your house officially becomes Kattedamen’s Halloween dream.

Final Thoughts

Look, I get it – Halloween decoration can feel overwhelming as you browse through the Instagram accounts with unlimited budgets. But here’s what I’ve learned after many years of dollar shop decoration: Creativity beats the budget every single time.

These ten ideas show that you don’t need hundreds of dollars to create a really impressive Halloween screen. You just need a little imagination, a warm glue gun and a willingness to use an afternoon work.

In total for all ten projects? Around $ 50-60 if you do everything. Choose your five favorites and you will see at $ 25-30. It is less than most people use on a single decoration from a large boxing store.

So grab the reusable dollar Tree bag, look up the Halloween midrange before it is picked over, and show your neighborhood what the budget decoration really looks like. Trust me when people ask where you got your decorations, and tell them that “I earned it a dollar” feels pretty amazing. :/

Now go out and make your house the spookiest on the block – without breaking the bank.