Scary Simple Halloween Decor You Can Make with Dollar Store Items

Make the spookiest Halloween decor on the cheap using items from your local dollar store.

Scare away the standard store-bought decor this year and try these DIYs that are both budget-friendly and BOO-tiful.

Going a little batty? Create a colony of cool, colorful creatures of the night to hang out with.

These five easy DIYs will keep the kids from running amok, amok, amok.

Let your imagination take flight (or show your neighbors who they're really dealing with!) by crafting your very own besom, or traditional twig broom. Prop a besom next to your front door or in your foyer, as if you just arrived home from a midnight ride, or craft a pair and use them to spook up your front porch planters.

Upcycle a witch's hat from last year's costume to make a festive wreath this Halloween.

Use ectoplasm-green faux fur and basic craft supplies to transform a pop-up sports tent into a monstrous candy station perfect for socially distant trick-or-treating.

Hanging Boston ferns are a front porch staple that are easy to transform into hovering aliens in time for Halloween. Our tutorial will help you inexpensively magic up a googly-eyed alien in a flash.

This is the one spider you’ll want to keep on your porch all season long!

Create a Halloween pumpkin that is shaved, rather than carved, for an unusual effect.