
12 Best Dorm Decorations For Halloween to Make Your Room the Spookiest Spot
If you’re looking to add some spice to your dorm room this halloween season, you need to try some of these dorm decorations for halloween! They are sure to make your room the cutest and most festive in the hall.

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Halloween is such a big season in college, with parties every night and different costumes for each. Take the halloween season one step further this year and decorate your dorm room too!
There are a million super cute dorm decorations for your room this halloween season that’ll make your room look amazing. Plus, most aren’t going to break the bank!
This post is all about dorm decorations for halloween!
halloween pillow covers
In an attempt to keep it cheap this year and NOT accumulate extra items around your room, try decorating with halloween themed pillow covers.
Key word: covers. Instead of buying actual halloween pillows for your bed (which cost more and will take up more space when spooky season is over), but pillow covers instead. These go right over the pillows you already have in your room.
Then, once halloween is over, you can pack the covers up with the rest of your halloween costumes and save them for next year.
Easy, cheap, and they won’t create more clutter in your small dorm room!
fake spider webs
Fake spider webs are a classic halloween decoration, so don’t let being in a dorm room stop you!
You can buy a pack of these fake webs and hang them from just about anything in your room. Try putting them on the walls, furniture, ceiling, and the door for a super festive halloween look.
Plus, they are pretty cheap and decorate the entire room without breaking the bank.
Bat wall decals
These cute bat wall decals are perfect for a quick and easy dorm decoration that doesn’t take up too much space.
These bats stick onto any wall or even the door and are perfect for decorating. They are easy to put up and easy to take down after the halloween season.
bulletin board decoration
If you have a bulletin board in your dorm room, decorate it with a halloween themed spread. There are dozens of different ideas and inspiration for halloween themed bulletin boards on pinterest and social media that you can look through when choosing your decor.
white board decoration
Similar to the bulletin board decor, you can also decorate a white board if you have one in your room or on the door of your dorm room.
Get some orange, purple, black, and green dry erase markers and go to town drawing some cute halloween themed pictures on your white board.
You can color the whole thing or just doodle little pumpkins, ghosts, spider webs and more!
This is super easy and definitely cheap if you already have the white board. All you need is some time to do some drawings.
Halloween door decorations
Door decorations are one of the cutest dorm decorations for halloween. There are literally endless ideas for how you can decorate the door of your dorm room to make it halloween themed.
Whether you use the ideas from the pictures above or create your own unique creation, a cute halloween door is sure to make your room the most festive in the hall.
halloween themed tapestry
A halloween tapestry is a great addition to your wall decor for the spooky season. This dorm decoration for halloween couldn’t be any easier: buy the tapestry, hang it up, and you’ve got yourself a halloween themed room.
There are a bunch of different tapestries you can find on amazon, so you and your roommate can even coordinate with matching ones if you are both using them to decorate.
Letter board & light box quotes
Letter board and light boxes are the perfect place to decorate for halloween. If you already have them, this is basically a free dorm decoration for halloween.
Look up inspiration for halloween themed quotes and find the perfect one for your board or box. You can even switch out a few different quotes over the course of October.
mini pumpkins
For a small halloween touch all around the room, buy a multipack of mini pumpkins and put them everywhere.
Decorate your bedside table, desk, dresser, and more with these mini pumpkins. They aren’t too expensive and make the room look so festive for halloween. These pumpkins are also a good decoration for all of fall, so they will last you more than just the halloween season.
halloween door wreath
A halloween door wreath is a cute little addition to your dorm room door if you don’t feel like putting in the time to decorate the entire thing.
You can either buy a wreath or make one: either way you will have a super cute and festive door.
Flameless candles
Like the mini pumpkins, these flameless candles are perfect to put all over the dorm to make everything decorated for halloween.
When it’s night time, your room will be the spookiest in the hall.
neon light SIgn
These neon light signs are the cutest dorm decoration to hang on the walls or the door. There are a bunch of different designs and styles that you can choose from when decorating.
Plus, they will last you a few halloween seasons if you save them after each year.
This post was all about dorm decorations for halloween!