Clip Art and Templates for Halloween

Hanging Snake and Frog Vellum Lanterns

These giant gothic lanterns will hang ominously over your buffet table.

Butterfly Specimens

Use butterfly clip art to create party decorations that come to life.

Etched Victorian Pumpkins

This sideboard tableau intersperses luminous pumpkins with a decanter of wine, a stand with fruit, and other objects evocative of Edgar Allan Poe and his tales of horror. To render the glowing silhouettes, we used two techniques: The bright candelabrum and goblet are cut through the pumpkins' walls, while the textured quill and skull are pared gently from the outer shells. Pumpkins of different hues, including white Lumina, a green-gray Jarrahdale, and burnt-orange cheese pumpkins, add tonal variety.

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Mirror with Glowing Eyes

Glow-in-the-dark glitter gives this Halloween decoration its one-of-a-kind look.

Skull Treat Boxes

Mischievous smiles make these skulls more sweet than scary.

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Pumpkin Creatures

Mischievous spirits, lacking bodies of their own, have been known to set up house inside scooped-out pumpkins and gourds. You can offer help by arranging these Halloween standbys into animal shapes -- all the better for playful souls to occupy.

Spiderwebs

Hair-raising party decorations don't need to be costly or fussy. You can make these frightening flourishes with our template, some inexpensive craft supplies, and just a few minutes of your time.

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Candy Box Templates

Dole out treats this Halloween in our frightfully charming candy boxes.

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Pumpkin with Vulture's Cage

In this project, a smaller pumpkin is nested inside a larger one to create the look of a vulture trapped in a cage.

Creepy Crawly Invitations

Guests will expect an unusual event when they receive invitations crawling with bugs.

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Black Cat Silhouette

Use double-sided tape to place these cats where guests might least expect to find them -- whether they're perched inside framed prints or hiding in the window.

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Morbid Multiples

Not one but five apple gourds, which have an unpleasantly mottled hue, lie in wait on this sill. Their shifty glances and tormented frowns were carved to look similar -- yet not quite the same. A bed of dead branches ensures this vengeful band will get no sleep.

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Paper Shadows

Shadows are emblematic of Halloween: They're dark and fleeting, and always lurking a step behind you. But decorating with them is impossible -- at least without black magic. Use some black paper and a little craftiness to make silhouettes, and you'll get the next best thing.

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Bone Frame with Sea-Life Clip Art

Create an arm-bone frame to display our sea life designs or another suitably spooky work of art.

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Ravenous Pumpkin

This ravenous pumpkin is cursed: He must offer up sweets to children all evening, yet he is not allowed to eat them (neither the sweets nor the children). A treat-filled bowl was placed in his cavernous mouth, and miniature flashlights were tucked on either side, against his jowls.

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Hanging Owl Treat Boxes

These woodland favors are pinecone boxes disguised as birds of prey. The textured ridges resemble feathers, and crepe-paper embellishments finish the owl's menacing look.

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Two-Faced Pumpkin

In case its startling greeting didn't scare you, this pumpkin also projects a leering visage onto the wall behind it.

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Witch Jack-o'-Lantern

Bumpy, lumpy, and greenish gray, these Hubbard squashes have the perfect complexions for making warty witch jack-o'-lanterns.

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Glitter Silhouettes

Create Halloween decorations that shimmer by adding glitter to our witch, jack-o'-lantern, skull, spider, or owl templates.

Folded Paper Halloween Hang-Ups

Floating, spinning visages will draw extra attention to a table of goodies.

Fierce Feline Pumpkin

Make a ferocious cat that claws at balls of twine filled with candy.

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Hanging Acorn Treat Boxes

Pressed-paper acorn boxes get dressed up for Halloween, evoking vintage treat containers handed out by candy shops and bakeries in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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Jar-o'-Lanterns

Think twice before you toss those used jars; You can give them a second life as cute Halloween decorations. Just paint them in pumpkin colors and give them funny faces.

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Clothespin Bats

Spine-chilling as it sounds, a colony of bats hanging from the highest reaches of your house serve as the perfect welcome for guests -- if you're throwing a Halloween party. You can also clip these clothespin bats onto tree branches or bushes outdoors to greet trick-or-treaters.

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Skeleton Invitations

Strike fear and anticipation into the hearts of your guests with invites that set a spooky mood the moment they emerge from the envelope.

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Jack the Winker

Carve a screwy face into a pumpkin, and make him wink using socket kits and small appliance bulbs.

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Shocking Silhouettes

As day turns to night, call on candles to cast an eerie glow throughout your home. When fierce silhouettes are propped above them, spectacular shadows dance across the walls.

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Spooky Paper Curtains

Replace fabric curtains with elegant, gothic-inspired ones made of paper.

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Mini Jack-o'-Lanterns

Add a centerpiece of a pack o' lanterns to your table. These toothy little guys will enliven the whole room.

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Bat Treat Boxes

We used an egg-shaped paper box -- with a treat hidden inside -- to make this playful bat decoration.

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Spider Squash

What would Halloween be without a macabre evocation of the denizens of the night? These multilegged creatures rise up from the damp earth and moss to skitter across cold stones.

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Candy Jar Treats

A selection of sunny sweets is even more tempting when displayed in glass containers with cheerful labels.

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Vellum Halloween Table Lanterns

When the sun goes down, set a spooky scene with these dramatic lanterns made from simple supplies and our exclusive clip-art designs.

Silhouette Curtains

Give guests (and neighbors) a scare with curtains that reveal a scary figure lurking indoors.

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Vine and Leaf Pumpkins

Create a sophisticated pumpkin centerpiece with sinuous stems and fanned leaves.

Owl Invitations

These avian hunters, equipped with clenched talons and a piercing stare, foretell a ferociously fun evening.

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Celtic Knot Pumpkin

For an intricate and unique jack-o'-lantern, try carving a Celtic knot -- a complete loop with no end or beginning -- into a pumpkin.

Punch Bowl Pumpkin

Fill a pumpkin with dry ice for a smoldering display, or use it to serve punch.

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Faux Bois Pumpkin

Looping wood grain onto your pumpkin is a cool, unexpected twist.

Paper Mice Decorations

These creepy, crawly paper mice are not so nice. Stick these unsavory critters on stair risers, baseboards, or any spot where they might give unsuspecting passersby a little jump.

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Funkin Witch Carousel

Turn a Funkin into a spinning witch carousel you can use for Halloween year after year.

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Witch and Cat Lawn Ornaments

This sinister sorceress and her trio of menacing felines are in a black humor -- all the better to give guests a start when they arrive at your home for the festivities.

Farmer's Field Pumpkin

A rickety picket fence unites a row of pumpkins in a depiction of a farmer's field.

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Skull Potato-Stamped Treat Bags

Use these simple and inventive skull potato stamps to add a spooky touch to Halloween treat bags.

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Black Magic Pumpkins

These puckish pumpkins, with paint-blackened rinds and orange-gold interiors, thumb their carved noses at traditional jack-o'-lanterns.

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Witch Silhouette

Add a bewitching touch to walls and windows with our wicked-witch-on-a-broomstick silhouette.

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Halloween Luminary Invitations

These dual-purpose Halloween invitations remind guests to save the date and later act as a treat bag for their party favors.

Pumpkins with Marbelized Paper Leaves

The stippled skins of these "One Too Many" pumpkins are adorned with marbleized Florentine-paper leaves and millinery-wire tendrils. Mini "White Ball" gourds nestle at their feet, while "Baby Boo" pumpkins find a spot at the table as place markers.

Because none of the pumpkins in this subtly colored centerpiece are carved, they can last well into the fall, perhaps even until Thanksgiving.

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Candy-Filled Headstones

Only brave party guests dare disturb the tasty contents of these graves.

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Pumpkin-Top Invitations

On the outside, pumpkin invites bear a greeting; pull up on the pumpkin top to reveal the party details.

Spooky Silhouette Pumpkins

An ink-coated silhouette is a sophisticated variation on pumpkin carving.

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Deadly Drink Labels

Only the bravest of party guests will dare imbibe these terrifying drinks.

Pumpkin Basket

Turn a lopsided pumpkin into a basket for a spooky bouquet.

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Flying Bat Mobile

Suspend a colony of creepy bats above the party table to give guests a scare.

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Eyes of Newt Clip Art Favor Boxes

Send your guests home at the end of the night with newt-eye favors (green jellybeans), packed in wooden boxes topped with clip-art labels.

Fish Skeleton Silhouettes

These spooky fish bones will add a creepy touch to any kitchen.

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Coffin Treat Boxes

Surprise your guests with inventive coffin treat boxes full of deadly delights.

Jack-o'-Clock

The base of a Cinderella pumpkin makes a perfect face for a jack-o'-clock.

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Message in a Bottle Invitations

Lure guests from their homes with mysterious party invitations in apothecary-style bottles.

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Trick-or-Treat Bags

Let kids decorate their own trick-or-treat bags with ghosts, bats, spiders, and reflective fabric for glow-in-the-dark fun.

Spooky Bird Silhouettes

Set an ominous scene for visitors with these window silhouettes of monstrous birds.

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Spiderweb Clip Art

Cobwebs, incorporated into the fireplace's molding, provide a resting spot for long-legged critters.

To make them, print out our cobweb labels on self-adhesive computer paper. Affix to the molding of the fireplace or any other place in the household where spiders might lurk.

Pillowcase Trick-or-Treat Bags

For the serious Halloween reveler, the trick-or-treat bag isn't merely a vessel for the evening's spoils; it must also be a spooky costume accessory.

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Insect Coasters

Serve potent potions on our creepy-crawly insect coasters.

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Candy Artifact Display

Tempt your guests with an array of candies masquerading as botanical or nautical artifacts. Create a cabinet of curiosities by arranging labeled jars in wooden cubbies.

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Noisemakers and Place Cards

These bats cause double trouble -- as noisemakers and place cards.

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Wine Bottle Labels

Creative labels turn wine into Queasy Riesling and Murky Merlot.

Creepy Candy Jar Labels

These candy jar decorations are both elegant and eerie -- perfect for amusing guests over the holiday.

Choirboy Squashes

Legend has it that the luckless souls who hear the Three Squashes' song of woe shall vanish into the nearest vegetable patch, never to be seen or heard from again. Since narrow squashes are easier to hollow out if you work from both ends, these guys had the tops of their heads cut off.

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Ghost in the Mirror

Even if you tend to be scared of your own shadow, you'll still smile at your reflection, thanks to this friendly spirit on your mirror.

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Dancing Black Cat Silhouettes

These playful cats are having a wicked time at this Halloween Party. One has even leapt into the candy barrel.

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Candlestick Pumpkin

A bell-shaped squash serves as a vertical canvas for a moth-to-flame carving.

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Batty Bags

Cinch cellophane bags of jelly beans with these easy-to-make construction-paper-covered clothespins.

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Witch Silhouette Pumpkin

Carve a full-moon silhouette behind a wicked witch with our carve-by-colors technique.

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