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Beach House to Haunted House for Halloween

By Christy 6 Comments

Learn how to transform your beach house into a haunted house for Halloween with affordable decor from Oriental Trading. Just so you know, I did receive free and freaky decor to facilitate this post, but all opinions and photos are completely my own.

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Beach House to Haunted House on a Budget

Halloween is my second favorite holiday, coming in as a very close second to Christmas of course. Since Bubby is basically a Halloween baby, we like to “do it up” around here and we tend to start early. Our house is full of beach decor in hues of blue and green so it’s kind of tricky to give it that scary feel that we want for the month of October. But with the help of affordable Halloween Decor from Oriental Trading, we can easily transform our beach house into a Haunted House for Halloween!

beach house to haunted house

Reapers, and skeletons, and spiders…oh my! With just a few simple touches, you don’t have to makeover your house for Halloween, just creep it up a bit!

beach house to haunted house

Solo Man is by far Bubby’s favorite Halloween decoration so he typically goes up first. The frightful banter and glowing eyes from this guy spooks passers by every evening and it’s way funnier than it should be to me!

beach house to haunted house

No haunted house would be complete without a reaper!

beach house to haunted house

This year’s new addition for our outside decor, Greta, is ready to greet all of the trick or treaters as they walk up this year.

beach house to haunted house

Making the inside of our home a little scary is always more of a struggle. I mean, there’s nothing scary about seashells, light blues and greens, and anchors, right? But with a little imagination, it’s pretty simple to change things up. Hang webs from windows and add a few spiders.

beach house to haunted house

Hang motion-activated (scary as hell) slashing bats from walkways.

beach house to haunted house

Cover antique desktops with bloody clothes and skeletons, and things start to take shape quickly!

beach house to haunted house

Placing signs and potion bottles on your tiki bar gives it a festive flair.

beach house to haunted house

And my absolute favorite, the screaming, shaking skeleton in his cage, hangs just outside my kitchen so that every time I drop, chop, or pop something, he starts chattering and cracks me up!

beach house to haunted house

Our backyard graveyard (in the jungle) is a great place for entertaining all of our ghoulish friends. Really, when it all comes down to it, it’s so simple and affordable to turn your beach house into a haunted house with the help of Oriental Trading, a few dollar store items, and after-Halloween sale items from your favorite big box store.

What do you do to boo during the month of October?

Filed Under: Crafting, DIY, Family Traditions, Galveston, Holidays, Island Living, Oriental Trading Tagged With: halloween, halloween decorations, haunted house, island decor

About Christy

Christy Gossett, managing editor of SoFabFood and creator of the healthy living blog, Insanity Is Not An Option, is a WAHM of 4 kids ranging in age from 29 to 10. She enjoys sharing her heart-healthy, low sodium recipes to help others with dietary restrictions enjoy a flavorful life while maintaining a healthy diet.

Comments

  1. Kaitlyn says

    January 12, 2017 at 10:47 am

    Your decor turned out great! The graveyard is so neat. I’ll have to keep these ideas in mind for Halloween!

    Reply
    • Christy says

      February 9, 2017 at 8:57 pm

      It’s my second favorite holiday to decorate for, my youngest son’s favorite. That graveyard scared the crap out of the trick or treaters which made it even more fun! 😉

      Reply
  2. Aaron Burg says

    May 21, 2017 at 8:34 am

    I get scared easily so I’m not sure if I can last inside a horror/haunted house. Especially if there are people in make-up tasked to scare you.

    Reply
    • Christy says

      June 28, 2017 at 3:27 pm

      Hahaha…I get creeped out when I walk into the living room in the mornings when I wake up during Halloween too!

      Reply
  3. Aaron Burg says

    May 24, 2017 at 2:29 am

    I would love to spend the night in haunted places like this.I would totally visit these places if I could afford it.

    Reply
    • Christy says

      June 28, 2017 at 3:25 pm

      It sure does get spooky around here. 😉

      Reply

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