15 Vintage Halloween decorations for your own haunted house!
Whether you’re a fan of all things macabre or creating your own haunted house for spooky season, vintage Halloween decorations are a great way of combining scary with style!
Finding genuine vintage Halloween art can be tricky (and costly), but fortunately, there’s plenty of Halloween prints and decor channelling that classic creepy vintage style.
From blood-curdling bunting to creepy candles and petrifying prints, here are some of our favourite finds to help you make your home truly horrifying this Halloween!
15 Vintage Halloween decorations
1. Vintage Halloween art bunting
Every good party needs some bunting, and this Halloween bunting is perfect for ghostly gatherings of all ages. The bunting is made up of 15 rectangular flags on quality cardstock with cute but creepy vintage Halloween art-style prints.
- Get your Vintage Halloween art bunting from Amazon
2. Rustic moon wooden sign
We love the vintage-style illustration and distressed effect on this wooden sign. These signs are handmade on stained and sealed solid wood, with the unique wood grain and knots beautifully complementing the worn styling.
- Find this Rustic moon wooden sign on Etsy
3. Nosferatu candle holder
If you’re looking for decorations that reference vintage horror movies, then you’re going to love this candle holder!
We all know how scary movies can be, especially if it’s in the shape of that classic vampire from back in 1922! Too young to have seen the original? Get ready to hide behind those pillows because a remake is expected in 2025!
- Scare your friends with this Nosferatu candle holder from Amazon
4. Wooden Halloween illustration decorations
Kayleigh Radcliffe has a wonderful vintage style to their illustrations, and if you’re after a quirky decoration by an independent designer then you can’t go wrong.
You’ll find a range of creepy but cool wooden Halloween decorations in her Etsy store including pumpkins, skeletons, witches and ghosts… but we particularly like her black cats and the ever-so-creepy Herman Moon!
- Check out the range of Vintage Halloween art wooden decorations on Etsy
5. Vintage Halloween art postcards
Perhaps you’re not planning on having a party but want some vintage Halloween style to display around the home. This 24-pack of vintage Halloween art postcards would look brilliant displayed on a mantelpiece or in a frame, without turning your home into a full-on haunted house.
- Treat yourself to these Vintage Halloween art postcards from Amazon
Spooky stickers
Add a bit of vintage Halloween art to whatever you choose with these vintage witchcraft sticker packs on Etsy.
6. Halloween twig wreath
Give your guests a proper eerie entrance with this fabulous black Halloween twig wreath. Available with or without LED lights, it’s got a fabulous gothic style that plenty of guys and ghouls would happily display all year round.
- Order your Halloween twig wreath from Not on the High Street
7. Changing Halloween photo frames
Most people generally find old black-and-white portrait photos a little bit creepy, so these vintage Halloween decorations are sure to scare the life out of your friends and family!
These gothic horror picture frames change when viewed from different perspectives, so what may at first look like an old photo will give you a fright when you see it from the other side of the room! They’re a simple and affordable accessory that is perfect for creating a haunted house.
- Dare you buy these Changing Halloween photo frames from Amazon
8. Replica skull decoration
You can’t get much creepier than a human skull on your dining table. There are plenty of replica skulls available online, but this one is certainly more realistic than most.
Made out of plaster of paris and hand-painted to give it that weathered look, this sinister skull has got to be the ultimate Halloween decoration.
- Dig up this Replica skull decoration from Etsy
9. Ouija board
If you’re after vintage Halloween decorations that your guests will remember, an old-fashioned Ouija board will definitely get them talking. Leave it out on your table and see which of your guests are brave enough to try it – count us out though!
- Get your Ouija board from Amazon (they really do sell everything!)
10. Jack-O-Lantern character bunting
If our last few items have all got a bit too scary for you, these Jack-O-Lantern characters will help to lighten things up. This bunting features 6 different wooden characters in classic orange and black Halloween colours.
- Order your Jack-O-Lantern character bunting from Amazon
11. Scaredy cat pennant
How cute is the vintage-style illustration on this pennant banner? Printed on solid felt fabric, it’s a simple vintage Halloween decoration that would look great on your door.
- Find this Scaredy cat pennant on Etsy
12. Crochet pumpkins
Back before mass consumerism and global food transportation, you grew your own pumpkin! Of course, you can still do that, but wouldn’t you prefer the homely styling of these crochet pumpkins? They’re great for a Halloween display but you can also keep them out for all of autumn too!
- Get your Crochet Pumpkins from Etsy
Make your own
Like the look of these pumpkins and want to try making your own? Then head on over to our free crochet pumpkin patterns!
13. Hocus Pocus book of spells
Do you want to hear something really scary? The Hocus Pocus film came out over 20 years ago!
While many of you will be too young to remember the original 1993 film (although you may have caught the 2022 sequel), anyone who has seen it will remember the iconic spell book, with that memorable eye on the cover.
You can now get your own leather-bound Hocus Pocus style book, which comes blank so you can write your own spells in… or use it as a party guest book!
- Make some magic with this Hocus Pocus book of spells from Amazon.
14. Vintage woodcut cushions
Ok so we know cushions might not be your first thought when it comes to decorations, but even the undead like to be comfortable! And what could be more vintage than woodcut images out of The History of Witches and Wizards from 1720?
These fabulous designs are a great way to add a bit of witchcore and devil worshipping into your soft furnishings! You can even get these designs as coasters – because even Satan himself can’t stand water stains!
- Go back to ye olde school with these Vintage woodcut cushions from Etsy.
15. Replica Ravens
Even if you’ve never read the 1845 poem. Even if you’ve never seen The Simpsons Halloween Special rendition of Edgar Allen Poe’s masterpiece. We can all agree that there’s something slightly menacing about Ravens - after all the collective noun is a ‘murder’ of ravens!
These completely black artificial Ravens make a great vintage Halloween decoration, and when placed carefully will totally creep out your guests (perhaps even perched upon a bust of Pallas just above your chamber door).
- Get your own Replica Ravens from Amazon
Perfect prints
If you love vintage Halloween art and fancy a special print to adorn your home, you can find this fabulous design and more on inkanddrop.com.
Nothing is scarier than vintage Halloween decorations
Using vintage Halloween art and designs is a great way to creep out your guests, and anything with a bit of age can create that frightening feeling. Old dusty crockery or books, black-and-white portrait photographs, and even old lace doilies can all add a sinister styling to your haunted house.
Don’t forget your front door
With all those kids trick or treating, you want to make sure your front door is suitably scary. Check out our list of Halloween door decorating ideas on Gathered.
