Top-Notch List of Halloween Planter Ideas in 2023

Halloween is coming; it’s time to put up decorations! We prepared some Halloween planter ideas for you, fellow plant lovers. Some are super easy to make, and some need a bit of effort, but all of them will surely spook your guests! 

Indoor Ideas

Pot with Scary Teeth

This spooky Halloween planter will fit perfectly in your living room.

Materials

• Vampire teeth
• Terracotta pot
• Hot glue
• Macrame or another type of rope
• Black trash bag or cloth
• Acrylic paint
• Plant
• Paint brushes

How to Create

1. Wrap the pot with a trash bag or cloth and fix it with a rope. 
2. Hot glue the teeth to the cloth. 
3. Hang the ropes across the leaves of the plant. 
4. Take acrylic paints and paint an eye inside of the teeth. 
5. Splash some red, blood-looking paint around the decoration.

Pot with Spider Legs

Halloween isn’t Halloween without spiders! Do you want to stand out? Learn how to make this creepy pot. 

Materials

• Pot
• Acrylic paint
• Brushes
• Hot glue gun
• Straws
• Spider web

How to Create:

1. Choose a black pot (you can paint it yourself!). 
2. Draw the eyes of the spider, as many as you wish, maybe 8, maybe 10!
3. Take the straws where they bend, fold them, and hot glue them to the bottom of the pot so that it looks like a spider. 
4. Style your planter with a spider web. It can be DIY or real (for extra spookiness).

Creepy Baby Dolls

Are you looking for a horror movie vibe? This one is one of the eeriest of our Halloween planter ideas. 

Materials

• Baby dolls
• Acrylic paint
• Scissors
• Paintbrushes
• Plants in small pots

How to Create

1. Cut a hole in the doll’s stomach, chest, or head and fit the pot inside. 
2. Take black and red paint and draw whatever you like to make it look creepy. For example, you can paint the eyes black and the underneath of the doll baby’s clothes red to make it look like blood. Go with your fantasy!

Day of the Dead Skull Pots

Not all of our DIY Halloween planters take a lot of effort! This authentic and scary decoration will be super easy to make.

Materials

• Pot
• Acrylic paints
• Brush

How to Create

1. Print and attach an image of a Mexican-style skull onto any pot you'd like. Or use the picture as a reference and draw it on your own. Be creative!
2. A small tip! Apply some hairspray if you want the paint to stay on the pot longer.

Spiderweb Planter

This is your go-to kid-friendly choice. It's quick and fun!

Materials

• Pot with a plant
• Spiderwebs
• Fake spiders
• Bats/rats, etc.

How to Create

1. Take a pot and wrap it in spiderwebs. 
2. Decorate it with fake spiders, bats, or rats.

Pots with Creepy Things

These DIY Halloween planters are quite creative, but you’ll need to take some heads off…

Materials

• Pots
• Dolls
• Acrylic paints

How to Create

1. Take a pot with soil but without a plant. 
2. Take the dolls apart into heads, legs, hands, etc. 
3. If you wish, paint some blood or bruises on these body parts. 
4. Stick the body parts into the pot.
5. Add some spiderwebs for decoration.

Half-Animal Pot

For this one, you’ll need an old stuffed animal you’re ready to let go to the afterworld.

Materials

• Stuffed animal
• Acrylic paint
• Scissors
• Spiderweb
• Plant

How to Create

1. Take the stuffed animal and cut it in half.
2. Place the pot into the body and make its legs wiggle on the strings. 
3. Attach the head to the top of the plant, and paint the animal with blood and scars.

Scary Mask Pot

This is the simplest Halloween planter ever! It's also very spooky.

Materials

• Pot
• Scary mask

How to Create

1. Put the mask on the plant.
2. Enjoy!

Hanging Ghost Pot

Ghost lovers, it's your time to shine! This is a great Halloween planter idea for you. Boo!

Materials

• White sheet/paper/pillowcase
• String lights
• Plant
• Rope
• Scissors
• Acrylic paint

How to Create

1. Make a hanging pot out of macrame (or use a regular one).
2. Cover the pot with white material and tie it up with hot glue or string. 
3. Attach string lights underneath the pot (they should shine through the white cloth).
4. Draw the eyes with acrylic paint.

Pumpkin Boy

You can make a hanging or lying pumpkin boy. This craft is fun to do but needs some effort. Are you ready?

Materials

• Small pumpkin costume (for a kid)
• Stuffing material
• Plant
• Rope
• Sneakers
• Hot glue
• Paint

How to Create

1. Choose the rope the pot will hang on (skip this step if you don't want to hang it). 
2. Take a pumpkin romper. 
3. Fix the romper to the pot with hot glue or ropes. 
4. Fill the romper with stuff for volume. 
5. Attach sneakers with hot glue or laces. 
6. Cut out hands from paper or other material. 
7. Paint black holes for the ghost eyes and fix the rope to hang the pot.

Cute Monster Pot

A little monster in your house! The cuteness meter is off the charts, isn't it? 

Materials

• Plant
• Pair of small colorful tights
• Witch hat
• Acrylic paint

How to Create

1. Put the tights on the pot. 
2. Attach the witch cap to the planter. 
3. Paint ghost eyes on a piece of paper and place the picture on the plant.

Outdoor Ideas

Halloween Urns with Ferns Inside

This decoration will look fantastic outside, on your porch, meeting your guests…And making them feel a bit spooked! 

Materials

• Plant (fern)
• Urn
• Acrylic paint
• Spiderweb
• Packing paper
• Sticks
• Wood

How to Create

1. Cover the whole urn with black or any other paint you'd like. 
2. When it dries out, put a lot of sticks and leaves inside to make it look like a forest. 
3. Put your plant inside. 
4. Wrap the urn in packing paper.
5. Cover it with a spider web here and there to finish the look.

Scary Halloween Garden

Why not create a whole garden full of fright? It is surprisingly easy!

Materials

• Cardboard box
• Soil
• Trash bag
• Small plants
• Acrylic paint
• Chains, costumes, pumpkin, baby, candles, spiders, etc.

How to Create

1. Cut out coffins from the cardboard. 
2. Wrap the cardboard in the trash bag, put some soil, and plant a few plants. 
3. Put the doll baby among candles, spiders, hands. You can use almost anything spooky.

How to Choose the Best Halloween Planters?

There are tons of Halloween planter ideas out there, so you can choose those that fit your taste the most! Keep in mind that your project shouldn't harm the plant in the pot. Don't spray paint the plant; don't take warm-loving plants outside. 

Check out the process in our video:

FAQ:

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What Are the Most Spooky Plants for Halloween?

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What Are Plant Nursery Ideas for Halloween Garden Décor?

Our DIY Halloween planters are spookier than average decorations. Still, plant nurseries also recommend stacking more pumpkins in your garden and placing a scarecrow or bales of hay around the lawn. 

Which State Decorates the Most for Halloween?

According to one study, Utah is the state that decorates the most for Halloween. We bet they've got tons of Halloween planter decorations!

What Are the Best Kid-Friendly Plant Ideas for Halloween Decorations?

It's all fairly simple: don't make your Halloween planters too creepy. It's probably better not to tear up dolls and cover everything in fake blood. Opt for cute pumpkins, skeletons, and spiders.