16 DIY Halloween Wreath Ideas

Once October hits, take down your summer wreath and swap those fall leaves for a seasonal Halloween wreath to adorn your front door. These simple-to-make wreath ideas are the perfect way to decorate your home for the spooky holiday season.

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DIY Halloween Candy Wreath

The Hand Crafted Life

For a less frightful option suitable for younger children, you can try crafting this do-it-yourself yellow, orange, and black candy wreath, which is made out of pieces of candy for your front porch.

DIY Halloween Candy Halloween Wreath from The Hand Crafted Life
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Simple and Spooky DIY Halloween Wreath

The Spruce Crafts / Caylin Harris

With a grapevine wreath base, some dried florals, and a few fake bugs for that Halloween spirit, this just-a-tiny-bit-spooky wreath is simple and subtle enough to leave up long past October 31.

DIY Halloween Wreath from The Spruce Crafts
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DIY Black Feathered Wreath

Warm Hot Chocolate

This Halloween let Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" serve as your inspiration. Go all out and decorate your home with a raven theme, stick with the black palette, feathers, and raven paper silhouettes around your home. The feathery texture of this wreath made from inexpensive feather boas is so visually appealing that you will love how it looks against your front door. It is a perfect way to complete your raven-themed decor.

DIY Black Feathered Halloween Wreath from Warm Hot Chocolate
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DIY Mini Pumpkins Front Door Wreath

Mountain Modern Life

Instead of the typical orange and black color scheme, pick more neutral hues to decorate your front porch this fall. This classy DIY mini pumpkin wreath, with white painted pumpkins on a grapevine wreath, will look amazing on your door all fall. As you near Halloween, you can add a small sign that says "Happy Halloween" to customize the wreath for Halloween.

DIY Mini Pumpkins Front Door Wreath from Mountain Modern Life

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DIY Elegant Gothic Halloween Wreath

The Long Thread

If you are looking for an understated Halloween wreath that is the perfect mix of gothic and still elegant, this simple DIY black ribbon wreath should do just the trick. With just one roll of black ribbon, you can quickly tie pieces of ribbon around a wire frame and can have a Halloween wreath ready to hang in minutes. This wreath is perfect for busy parents who do not have a lot of time on their hands and do not want to spend much money on it either.

DIY Elegant Gothic Halloween Wreath from The Long Thread
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DIY Painted Spiders Halloween Wreath

Landee See Landee Do

Spray paint an old eucalyptus wreath to create a black wreath for Halloween that can be enhanced with creepy, glittery orange spiders that will look amazing against the black eucalyptus.

DIY Painted Spiders Halloween Wreath from Landee See Landee Do
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DIY Creepy Monster Eyes Halloween Wreath

Pink Texas Chick

For a spooky twist to a regular wreath, add creepy monster eyes that make it seem like there are hidden creatures lurking within it. Everyone who dares to ring your doorbell this Halloween will be in for a fright when they lock eyes on it.

DIY Creepy Monster Eyes Halloween Wreath from Pink Texas Chick
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DIY Halloween Felt Wreath

Kim McCray

Make a bright orange wreath using cut circle pieces of felt to give a soft fluttery wreath which is perfect for fall. Leading up to Halloween, you can give it a spooky look by adding a decorative spider accent to complete the look.

DIY Halloween Felt Wreath from Kim McCray

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DIY Skeletons Hands Halloween Wreath

Tried and True

Assemble decorative plastic skeleton hands in a circle around a small blackboard circle to form your own creepy Halloween wreath that will look outstanding on your front door this fall.

DIY Skeletons Hands Halloween Wreath from Tried and True
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DIY Gothic Black Rose Halloween Wreath

Brass Paper Clip

Add a gothic flair to your front door by decorating it with a black rose wreath that can be made by spray painting silk flowers black. The end result is a sophisticated, yet haunted Halloween wreath.

DIY Funeral Black Rose Halloween Wreath from Brass Paper Clip
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DIY Boo Bunting Halloween Wreath

Simply Kierste

Use a standard grapevine wreath, temporarily decorate it with woven orange and black ribbons along with a handmade boo banner, and string it across the middle to create this stylish wreath perfect for Halloween.

DIY Boo Bunting Halloween Wreath from Simply Kierste
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DIY Burlap Halloween Wreath

Shy by Design

If you are looking for a more rustic Halloween look, this burlap wreath complete with large purple boo sign and spider should do just the trick.

DIY Burlap Halloween Wreath from Shy by Design

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DIY Skeleton Halloween Wreath

Made in a Day

This creepy DIY skeleton wreath that warns guests to enter if they dare can help turn your home into a frightening haunted mansion.

DIY Skeleton Halloween Wreath from Made in a Day
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DIY Halloween Skull Wreath

Tried and True

For a super inexpensive Halloween wreath idea, this DIY Halloween skull wreath is the perfect project to try this fall. Made out of styrofoam mini skulls which can be found at the dollar store, the black glittery wreath will give a spooky first impression to your home when trick-or-treaters ring your doorbell this fall.

DIY Halloween Skull Wreath from Tried and True
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DIY Halloween Yarn Halloween Wreath

Fifi

Knitters and crocheters, usually have some leftover yarn and can take it to create a Halloween wreath for your home by wrapping orange wool around a wreath to give it a new look.

DIY Halloween Yarn Halloween Wreath from Fifi
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DIY Spider Web Halloween Wreath

She's Crafty

Using orange tulle, craft a festive spider web wreath welcoming kids knocking on your door come Halloween night.

DIY Spider Web Halloween Wreath from She's Crafty

16 DIY Halloween Wreath Ideas

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