17 Ways to Decorate Your Bedroom for Halloween

It's easy to overlook your bedroom when decorating for Halloween. Trick-or-treaters arrive at your door, so your foyer and front porch get a lot of attention, and because living rooms and dining rooms are Halloween party hotspots, they also get a lot of decorative attention.

However, your bedroom is your space—where it's you spend the majority of your time. Sure, your Halloween bedroom décor may not impress or frighten your houseguests. But it can get you in the Halloween spirit, which is important.

So, after you've hung your jack-o-lanterns, cobwebbed your entryway, and filled your house with far too many pumpkins, turn your attention to your bedroom. Light some eerie candles, hang some festive garlands, and save more Halloween bedroom décor ideas than you can handle.

01. Set the Mood With Halloween Candles

Begin your decorating by lighting a few festive candles. This is a good place to start because it is relatively unobtrusive. If your candles have a classic fall scent, such as apple cinnamon or pumpkin spice, you can light them as soon as the seasons change.

02. Replace Your Lightbulbs

Change the lightbulbs in your space to set the tone. Replace the standard bulbs in your bedroom lamps with eerie alternatives such as black lights or orange bulbs. Then, turn off your overhead light and allow the lamps to create serious mood lighting in your bedroom.

03. Put a Jack-o-Lantern in Your Bedroom

Most jack-o-lanterns live outside. But yours does not have to. So, if you've carved a masterpiece you're proud of, light it with a fake candle and keep it on a plate. These precautions should keep your pumpkin from making a mess of your bedroom, allowing you to enjoy a charming and unexpected festive pop of décor.

04. Put Pumpkins on Your Nightstand

As soon as fall arrives, it's acceptable to decorate with pumpkins. So stock up on the beautiful gourds and keep them on your nightstand. Score a variety of pumpkins in various sizes, shapes, and colors. Or get some fabric pumpkins that you can use year after year.

05. Hang a Garland Over Your Bed

Drape a garland over your bed to adorn your walls. Choose a festive option with pumpkins, ghosts, or bats. Alternatively, a garland lined with orange and black tassels will be more subtle.

06. Switch Out Your Bedding

Switch out your bedding for Halloween—and we don't just mean bringing in fall favorites like flannel sheets and fluffy duvets. You can transform your bedroom into an autumnal paradise by adding an orange comforter to your bed.

TIPS:You can flesh out your palette with throw pillows and blankets, leaning as much or as little into Halloween as you want.

07. Drape Mesh Over Your Mirrors

Stock up on mesh and drape it over your mirrors for an elevated take on classic cobweb décor. Because mesh is more streamlined than the stretchy faux spider webs commonly found in haunted houses, it will add some spooky style to your bedroom without making it too kitschy.

08. Line Your Shelves With Décor

One traditional Halloween decoration? Fill your shelves with decorative items. Replace vases of fresh flowers with bowls of pumpkins, stock up on spooky figurines, and consider filling your frames with festive signs rather than traditional art and photographs.

09. Put Skeletons in Unexpected Places

Make your Halloween décor more interesting by purchasing a single skeleton and placing it in various locations throughout your room. Place the skeleton on a chair, seat it at your desk, or prop it up on your bed. You'll be playing a Halloween-themed game of Elf on the Shelf before you know it—though you might want to expand beyond your bedroom to keep things interesting.

10. Hang Holiday-Appropriate Art

Do you want to keep your décor setup as simple as possible? Instead of adding more décor to your bedroom, replace your everyday items with Halloween ones. Replace the art on your walls with creepy photographs or illustrations. And decorate your frames with Halloween-themed artwork.

11. Dress Up Your Wardrobe

There are only a few focal points in any bedroom: your bed, your nightstand, and your wardrobe, so make sure to dress all of them up. You can make your room feel festive without buying an overwhelming amount of décor by adding eye-catching pieces to each of these three major areas.

12. Line Your Wall With Bats

Decorate your walls as well as your furniture. Make swarms of adhesive ghosts or bats that trace the corners of your bedroom. Or stock up on sticky spiders and peeping eyes to scatter around your space.

13. Top Your Nightstand With Fall Leaves

Fresh flowers complete the look of any nightstand. Instead, why not treat yourself to some autumn leaves? The vibrant leaves will bring some warm autumn colors into your bedroom. You can also combine them with other seasonal plants, such as pumpkins, to create a Halloween-themed tablescape on your nightstand.

14. Use Sticks to Make a Spider Web

Pair your go-to store-bought items with a few DIY pieces to spruce up your Halloween décor scheme. (Don't worry, handcrafted doesn't have to mean difficult.) You can make a cute spider web with a hot glue gun and a few sticks that's the perfect size for any nook in your bedroom. Simply add sticks to make the web bigger, or cut them to make it smaller.

15. Hang Masks Around the Room

One overlooked method for making your room Halloween-ready? Allow your favorite costumes to double as décor. Take out your masquerade masks, cat ears, witch hats, and capes and scatter them around your room. Your sleek coat rack may not appear particularly eerie. But what about after you've draped a ghost sheet over it? It'll be the most terrifying thing in your room.

16. Color-Coordinate Your Décor

Simply reduce your color palette for a more subtle Halloween look. Give anything that isn't orange, black, or neutral the boot until November 1st. By going all in on this traditional Halloween color scheme, you can make your space feel festive without overdoing it with décor.

17. Put Tiny Pumpkins Everywhere

Fill your space with tiny pumpkins when in doubt. Line your shelves with pumpkins, place pumpkins on your desk, or hide pumpkins in unexpected places, such as a ledge in your closet or near your bathroom sink. The festive gourds are inexpensive and simple to decorate with. Even if they're the only decorations you buy for Halloween, they'll make your room look festive.