7 Cool & Creepy Design Ideas for your House this Halloween

The eerily perfect costumes, the sweet treats, the cold air, the spooky uncertainty that’s hiding just around the corner, and the sinister yet creative house designs, are Halloween trademarks that make it one of the best, if not the best holiday in the Philippines.


It’s also the time to get your creative juices up and running! What better place to start than at home? To give it a spook-tacular vibe, here are some ideas to adorn your house with:

DIY Bat Pillows

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Bats have been popularly associated with Halloween probably because of their dead set eyes and tiny fangs. To give your living room the Halloween spirit, why not fill it with bat-designed throw pillows? It’s easy to do and it only requires a couple of materials: a bat stencil design, paint brush, black fabric paint, and throw pillow cases. Simply paint the stencils onto the pillows and voila! You can now decorate your house with these spook-terrific cushions. 

Black Standee Cats

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Did you know that black cats have been a part of the history of Halloween for centuries? They have been commonly associated with superstition and even witchcraft—which makes the creatures the ideal festoon to furnish your lawn with.


To do this, you will need thick barbecue sticks, battery-powered lights (yellow as much as possible), and decoupage mediums like Mod Podge to give it a waterproof seal in case of dew.

Floating candles

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One way to pay homage to our dearly departed here in the Philippines is to design the house with these. During Undas, we usually light candles for the dead, but here’s a modern twist. What’s more petrifying than a set of candles floating mid-air? All you need to do is to get your fright & craft on by grabbing your glue gun, some paper tubes, and some paint. For the full instructions, click here.


These almost too realistic candles would work better if you have a dark background to emphasize its levitating and lighted effect.

Window Silhouettes

Imagine the most horrifying scene in your favorite horror movie. Now imagine seeing that right in your window. If you really want a décor that would give a good fright to everyone (including you), these window silhouettes might just do the trick. Use black cartolinas for the silhouette and use invisible tapes to make them stick.

Glowing Jack O’ Lantern Totem

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There’s no other object that screams Halloween more than the Jack O’ Lantern. Ever wondered how this tradition came into being? Well, during the early times, the Irish carved out turnips and placed coals and candles inside them to ward off evil spirits (based off of a myth about “Stingy Jack”). But then they discovered that pumpkins were much easier to carve, thus the birth of the Jack O’ Lantern.


If you’re thinking of carrying out this tradition, you can prop up plastic pumpkins with Christmas lights inside it. Place it near your doorstep to give trick-or-treaters a cool Halloween welcome.

Spiders & Cobwebs

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We often associate these critters to the season maybe because of their spindly legs and their dubious movements. Seeing these creepy crawlies wriggling their way across the wall is enough to make any kind of space freaky… but artistic. Don’t worry, there are easy-to-remove stickers you can buy at bookstores or online.

Skeleton Wreaths

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It’s time to get those skeletons out of the closet! These Halloween favorites are sheer reminders that this holiday is, indeed, for the dead. What’s scarier than seeing human bones lurking?


To get started on this embellishment, you first have to recycle worn out wreathes. To add a scary feel to them, you can glue in skeleton toys. Paint it black first, then, add some withered leaves as well.


Halloween in the Philippines is a time to literally celebrate the day of the dead. Aside from commemorating your loved ones, Filipinos also get to have fun by giving their houses the ultimate spook-fest through these equally cute and eldritch designs.