1. Wailing window
A big-impact craft that’s a snap to create, the glow-in-the-dark gremlin is the best decoration.

2. Scares in the air
This black bat, hairy spider, and floating ghost all began life as Styrofoam balls; then paint and crafty add-ons made them otherworldly.

3. Aisle of lights
The eerie orange-face luminarias are actually flashlights tucked in bags of sand.

4. Lively lanterns
Give your pumpkins a little more personality by carving the tops instead of the sides, and let the gnarled stems take center stage.

5. Dead ringer
Let Dr. Frankenstein’s monster give trick-or-treaters a wacky welcome with a doorbell decoration carved from foam.

6. Creepy cutouts
Greet guest with scary ghost made from black and white construction paper.

6. Monster mail
Whether resistant Con-Tact paper transforms your mailbox from ho-hum to haunted.

8. Candy-moving canine
Kids from the neighborhood can grab goodies from this beastly box (at their own risk!) while they wait for you to bring out the treats.