If you’re looking for the best Halloween Tree ideas, look no further!
If you’re one of those people who can’t wait to decorate your holiday tree, you’re in luck. Instead of counting down the days until the winter holiday season, put up a Halloween tree, and extend the tree display season.
What is a Halloween Tree?
The Halloween Tree tradition is believed to have been started by an Ohio man named Jack Milroy, who had the idea in 1948. His wife was a school teacher and used a Christmas tree for her classroom, so she thought she was use it again for his students for Halloween.
Halloween trees are traditionally decorated with black and orange crepe paper, twine, and sometimes tinsel. Some people also hang small toys from the branches.
3 Tips to Make Your Own Halloween Tree
Here are three tips to help you create a spooky Halloween tree.
1. Decide on the location of your tree
Halloween trees look festive inside and out. If you prefer an indoor tree, consider placing your evil tree in a window where neighbors and passers-by can share in the happy Halloween spirit.
Ready-made artificial Halloween trees are also available from home and discount stores, like this one from Amazon, $28.99.
If you usually have a Halloween display on your porch, add a new feature with a dedicated Halloween tree that fits your outdoor theme. Place your tree in the center of a fake cemetery or open casket display to help set off your other decorations.
When a new tree isn’t in your holiday budget, decorate one or more of your outdoor trees with Halloween-themed ornaments. Outdoor trees and shrubs with interesting branches make great bases for ornaments when the leaves fall in the fall.
A fun option is this Halloween Tree Wrap Ghost, $16.99 from Amazon.
Special faces and arms are available to attach to wider outdoor trunks. Decorations make everyday trees look alive and spooky, and you can make your own DIY versions to save money. We like it Witch Wrap, $25.99 from Amazon.
Another fun option is some decorations to hang on the tree. The hanging ones Skeletons from Amazon make a great impact!
2. Choose your Halloween Tree colors
Halloween revelers decorate their usual winter holiday trees for the trick-or-treat season, whether the trees are silver, pink, red, or the traditional green. But, you can also buy dedicated Halloween trees in different colors.
Some of the more traditional Halloween tree colors are orange, black, and purple. But if that’s not your thing, why not go for a brighter option like this child-friendly pink tree Building Main Street.
Another fun idea is this beautiful pink tree by My Pink Dream. Especially good if you have small children, this cute setup with a ghost ornament is less creepy than some!
Some versions of Halloween trees are pre-lit, so you can just plug and go. You can also choose separate purple and orange string lights to decorate your tree. Or, choose string lights with shapes like bat wings, skulls, and witches’ hats for even more spooky tree fun.
3. Decorate your Halloween Tree
Your imagination is the limit when it comes to decorating your Halloween tree. A simple set of eyes and mouth can turn an orange tree into a giant jack-o-lantern.
For a Halloween tree you can use until Thanksgiving, choose lights and decorations in the shapes of fall leaves, scarecrows, pumpkins, and ears of corn.
Or go mystical with a Fortune Teller themed tree like this one Tricky Lumberjack!
Go for a menacing look with ornate round eyeballs in a blood red color. Additional popular Halloween tree decorating ideas include spiders, skeletons, bats, pots, and cobwebs.
Create a fun candy themed tree covered in Halloween treat bags. For a darker Halloween theme, cover your tree in sprinkles and add decorations with scary words like “Eek!”, “RIP”, and “Be Careful!”, which you can yourself or buy at the store.
If space is an issue, you can use a smaller, tabletop tree. Add it to your Halloween Porch decor for the best of both worlds!
Halloween Tree Ideas – Final Note
Find more scary and festive ideas for Halloween here. Give your family and your neighborhood a bright, boo-worthy reason to smile this October with your own original Halloween tree display.
About the Author
Jane Sheriff is the founder, creative director, party planner and mother of three. She started Darling Celebrations in 2012 to share easy and beautiful ideas for celebrating life’s special events.
