Best Halloween decorations 2022 from Amazon, John Lewis and more

The witching hour is coming. Halloween is creeping towards us for a night of thrills and chills on October 31.

While not as big as in the US, Halloween celebrations in the UK are growing by the year. The holiday offers a chance to cut loose, embrace the macabre and scare the beejeesus out of friends and family.

Whether you’re planning to entertain the little ones with apple bobbing, fancy dress and a scary movie-thon, or throwing a spooky soiree for friends, one thing’s for sure. You’ll need to deck out the house accordingly.

From camp glittery cobwebs to artfully drape over chairs and bannisters to fabulous and faux pumpkins that spare you the mess of carving, here are our favourite Halloween house décor buys.

All Her Glory Halloween Pumpkin Stickers

Remove the faff of pumpkin carving, while still having good pics to upload to the ‘Gram with these all-weather outdoor script text stickers. Simply peel and stick onto your chosen squash - so you can save them for fruitful and tastier exercises - freshly baked pumpkin pie, anyone?

Buy now £6.95, NOTHS

Ginger Ray Halloween Balloon Garland

Flower walls are out, balloon garlands are in. While they’re an increasingly popular option at weddings, this version is made for Halloween with a black, white and silver palette creating an arresting visual display. Simple but effective.

Buy now £8.00, Boohoo

Brass Mottled Glass Pumpkin Trio

Halloween doesn’t have to be all sticky trick-or-treat bags and lurking in shadows to scare someone senseless - you can have a glamorous do, if you like. These sweet mini pumpkins are more Cinderella than Cruella, and are fitted with an LED light within the glass, lighting with a battery. Arrange along windowsills or over a table runner to create cosy autumnal decor. You’ll get three in a pack.

Buy now £26.99, Lights4Fun

John Lewis Tinsel Pumpkin Bauble Wreath

Scarily stylish, this wreath meets all kinds of Halloween decor goals. We love everything about it, from the orange and black palette to glittery spiders so fabulous we’d forgotten we’re actually rather frightened of them. Buy now, use for many years to come

Buy now £20.00, John Lewis

Jodie Gaul Halloween Party Spooky Face Cracker

Making the case that crackers aren’t just for Christmas, these spooky monochrome versions come empty, ready to stuff with your own tricks - or treats.

Buy now £4.00, NOTHS

Crystal Head Vodka

Star power: Dan Aykroyd

When you fancy a vodka martini, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters writer and actor Dan Aykroyd, of course. The star co-founded his vodka brand back in 2008, helping it stand out on the shelves in a transparent glass bottle shaped like a skull. Supposed to represent life (rather than the more obvious poison), it’s one of the most premium vodkas around, with different bottle colours - including a rainbow one for Pride (£44.49) - making them collectors items.

The spirit is among the purest you’ll find, going through a quadruple distillation process and seven-times filtration and made with Newfoundland water.

Buy now £42.95, The Whisky Exchange

VEYLIN 60g Halloween Spider Web Decoration, with 30pcs Fake Spiders

There are towns in Australia where spider’s webs can cover more than 1km, covering the grass in what looks like a thick white net. Recreate the shudder-worthy effect in this hemisphere with this decoration set for just a fiver. It consists of a huge 60g web which you can drape over the front garden and embellish with 30 plastic spiders. A big effect for a truly tiny sum.

Buy now £1.99, Amazon

AOTWAN Happy Halloween Party Decorations Set

Want the full Halloween kit? This 49-piece deal is your one-stop shop offering everything from photo booth props to balloons and spider garlands to get your party started.

Buy now £12.99, Amazon

STAUB Speciality Cocotte - Pumpkin

Serve your deathly dinner party in style with this on-theme cast iron pot from luxury kitchenware brand Staub. Hand wash only.

Buy now £280.00, Amara

Halloween Black Ghost Projector Light

Why spend hours stringing up lights when you can get an equally ghastly effect with a projector. The light filters out of frames cut with Halloween-ready motifs: think gravestones, pumpkins, witches on broomsticks and bats. All the usual suspects.

Buy now £12.00, ASDA

John Lewis Halloween Pumpkin Baubles, Pack of 2

Perhaps it's because they're so close together on the calendar, but the Christmasisation of Halloween is everywhere. Make sense, we suppose: one purchase for both holidays decorations is a good idea, especially if you love the spooky season. Decorate your home with festive glitter pumpkin-themed baubles. They work for tablescapes, door handles or just dangling from curtain rails.

Buy now £5.00, John Lewis

Beaumont Skull Garnish Picks

These scary cocktail picks will cause quite the stir at your monsters ball. Made from stainless steel, you’ll get 10 in the set, each measuring 11cm.

Buy now £18.00, Harvey Nichols

I LOVE FANCY DRESS LTD Animatronic Crawling Zombie Halloween Decoration

Scare the living daylights out of visitors with this crawling zombie, so good it looks like an extra in The Walking Dead. The battery-operated prop features light up red eyes and is ideal to scare trick or treaters. It also plays eerie music for extra hair-raising effects.

Buy now £16.99, Amazon

Halloween Glitter Chandelier Decorating Kit

Transform your home into a space that would get the Morticia Addams seal of silent approval. Party Delights is offering this fabulous Halloween kit to get your homes ready in spooky style.

The 17-piece Halloween chandelier kit includes: 1 x 40cm black glitter chandelier, 2 x 12.7cm skull cutouts, 2 x 11.5cm bat cutouts, 2 x 19cm raven cutouts, 2 x 13cm spider cutouts, 2 x 7cm spider cutouts, 2 x 60 cm spider swirl decorations, 2- x 60cm raven swirl decorations and a couple of 60cm skull swirl decorations. Throw in a couple of pumpkins and you’re good to ghoul.

Buy now £13.99, eBay