Our Halloween Front Porch Decor

I love decorating our front porch for fall and Halloween! Here’s a peek at our Halloween porch decor for 2024, along with some tips and tricks for making yours look great.

Decorating the front porch for fall is one of my favorite things to do. It’s right up there with putting my Christmas tree up – which, if you know me, is saying something! I have so much fun gathering pumpkins every time I go to the grocery store (starting towards the end of September) and watching my collection sloooowly grow. In a few weeks, there might not even be room to walk on the steps. And I’m not even sorry about it.

Our 2024 Halloween Front Porch Decor

Here’s the formula I’ve followed for the front porch in the last few years.

• A spooky door hanging
• An oversized spider web
• Approximately one hundred pumpkins
• My favorite faux mums
• My Sanderson sisters silhouette (retiring them this year, but gonna replace next year!)
• Annnnd a couple of other fun things that call to me that year

Is there a cohesive theme? Not really. Is it gonna end up on a magazine? Absolutely not. But, does it bring my family a ton of joy every time we pull into the driveway. It absolutely does.

Although, Corey and I were talking this year and I think we’re gonna do an overhaul next year. With an actual theme. We have a plan and it may or may not revolve around making this DIY project. But, that’s for next year.

Let’s break the elements of this year’s porch down a bit, shall we?

The Tomato Cage Ghosts

I shared this little project earlier in the week – it was so fun. If you need a really simple and affordable DIY for your front porch, these little ghosts are it. They’re perfect for greeting trick or treaters at the entryway!

You can get the full tutorial for how to make them here.

The Skeleton Door Hanging

I grabbed this guy from Target last year – they don’t have the exact same one, but here’s a similar option! I love this as an alternative to a wreath for the front door – it’s really unique and so adorable. Quick tip – I added some Command strips to his legs to help stop him from banging against the door in the wind! The dogs were constantly barking at the noise, and this fixed it immediately.

(Not Included) My Favorite Witches

I think one of the most impactful Halloween decorations on our front porch last year was this silhouette of the Sanderson Sisters from Hocus Pocus. This was a DIY project (see the full tutorial here), and I truly love it. However, for a lot of reasons it got retired this year (the main reason being that I made the mistake of using 1/8″ plywood instead of 1/4″ or 1/2″. It wasn’t stable enough!). As I mentioned earlier, I have plans to replace them next year, and it’ll be better than ever!

Click here to grab the template for the sisters, if you want to try it!

Decorating the Front Steps for Halloween

The steps are really easy to decorate – I mostly just cover them with pumpkins! I have a couple of black lanterns that stay out most of the year (see the DIY wood lantern tutorial here), and, of course, we’ll carve a couple of these into jack-o-lanterns once we get closer to Halloween! I love to use a mix of orange, green, and white pumpkins, as well as some other gourds. The weirder looking they are, the better!

Over the steps, I have this giant spiderweb that hangs from a nail near our gutters. It’s definitely a show-stopper and the kids look forward to it getting hung every year! They name the spiders and everything. And, of course, we’ve got some flower pots with the best faux mums around to add a little color.

Other Halloween Front Porch Decor Ideas

Need some other ideas for Halloween decor to step your exterior game up a bit? Here are a few simple ideas to get you started:

• Use fishing line to hang some witch hats or faux candles from the ceiling of your porch (I do this in our dining room and it’s so fun!)
• If you have a bench or other outdoor seating, consider adding a Halloween-inspired throw pillow or blanket!
• These skull and skeleton pieces can be stuck in your lawn for a really spooky effect.
• And, of course, when all else fails, just get the giant 13′ Jack Skellington and call it a day.

Hopefully this gives you a bit of inspiration for this Halloween season! A few small touches of Halloween can go a long way, and I promise it’ll bring the whole family a lot of joy.