Arrange ghouls or skeletons on the ground.If any are hanging, arrange the ghouls or skeletons (we’d use shepherd’s hooks for this) behind or amongst the gravestones.I would also place 2-3 of them on the ground like they’d fallen over. Secure the tombstones to the ground, some upright and some at angles.Place Halloween tombstones (mixed up randomly as you’d see in an old cemetery so it looks like the real thing) on the ground.It’s been packed away for a year after all! Lay similar Halloween yard decorations in groups so you can see what you’re working with. Gather all your materials close to the site.More spooky inspiration: Halloween Front Porch Decorations Reused Each Year To Create A New Look, Halloween Yard Decorations: Delightfully Scary Decor Ideas Step By Step Instructions To Create Your Own Halloween Graveyard That way, there was nothing but spooky darkness in the background.

Halloween Graveyard Ideas We always lit this Halloween cemetery scene with just enough accent lighting.

Things to think about when creating your Halloween graveyard display.

Step By Step Instructions To Create Your Own Halloween Graveyard.

Note: This post was first published in 2016, was updated on, & again on 8/25/22 with new links so you can create your own Halloween graveyard scene! Although you may not be able to find exactly what’s been used in this display, I’ve gathered a group of similar pieces so you can create your own spooky graveyard too. They’ve been purchased from wholesale display houses as well as from retailers.Įach year a bit is added and each of the displays is slightly different.

The Halloween graveyard props have been collected and used for years. The lady of the house has a big Halloween party every year and gobs of trick-or-treaters visit so there are many, many photos taken of and in this DIY Halloween graveyard! It’s the first thing you see when you enter the front gate so it makes for quite the spooky entrance. It’s time to get your goblins and ghouls out – Halloween night is fast approaching! I did a large decorating job in the San Francisco Bay area for 23 years and the Halloween cemetery scene steals the show from all the other displays in the front yard. It’s spooky but not too scary and is a delight to all who see it, especially at night.

Spooky graveyard