Lighting is often one of the most critical elements of a good, spooky, and festive house during Halloween. Whether you’re looking to add a specter of foreboding and woe to your party or just want to add some tricks to your treats, string lights are often the way to go.
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You can’t go wrong with any of these Halloween-themed lights, so let’s take a look at some of the coolest, spookiest, and all-around delightful string lights you can decorate your house with. So grab some nails, double-sided tape, and a step ladder ‘cause you’re going to want to string all these lights up before the Halloween haunts begin.
Halloween Skeleton Skull Lighted Displays
Purple and Orange Halloween Lights
Cover your house in the classic orange and purple lights that Halloween fans love. There is more than 300 feet of lights in this bundle, letting you wrap up every inch of your house.
The classic Halloween purple and orange work exceptionally well together, especially with the vibrant LED string lights. This bundle is a two-pack of lights, each one stretching 164 feet, giving you tons of lights to decorate your house, and since they’re waterproof, you’re able to use them inside or outside, wherever they fit in your design.
Another neat feature of these lights is that they have a button you can push to swap between eight different light effects. You can pick twinkle, slow fade, sequential, and more, or just have them stay on all the time.
Halloween Pumpkin String Lights
Little jack-o'-lanterns to spice up your Halloween decor with some pumpkin goodness. There are 20 bulbs on each string, letting you drape them over doorways or in your yard.
Jack-o'-lanterns are one of, if not the most iconic things associated with Halloween and these string lights bring almost two dozen of them to your Halloween decorations. These LED Jack-o'-lanterns are a smaller size, only about an inch and a half tall and wide, so they’re more of an accent piece than a statement one.
The lights are waterproof, too, so feel free to string them up outside your home for an extra level of Halloween spooky-ness. These lights also come with eight modes you can customize them with if you want to spice up your light show, with slo-glo, flashing, and a wave effect to add a little creativity to your party.
LED Halloween Eyeball String Lights
These creepy eyeballs stare back at you and your guests, whether you are inside your house or out in the yard. The eerie green glow helps distinguish your Halloween decor from the rest of the block.
You’re walking through the darkened streets late at night, and you see a faint glow in the distance. As you get closer, you can make out a few dozen orbs, each one staring you down as you approach, never letting you out of their sight.
These unsettling eyeball lights glow green and are bloodshot from their never-blinking gaze. The nice thing about these lights is that they are battery-operated, so you can hang them anywhere you like without the need for an outlet to plug into.
LED Pumpkin Bat And Ghost Halloween String Lights
Combining all the classic Halloween icons, ghosts, jack-o'-lanterns, and bats together on one string light. You can even make them twinkle as one of eight different patterns.
For a little more light-hearted Halloween fun, these string lights bring a bit of joy to your parties. These lights feature little jack-o'-lanterns, ghosts, and bats, each one glowing in different colors for some variety in your decorations.
These string lights come with a remote to let you turn them on and off from a distance if you don’t want to brave the dark to turn them off. You can also change the light’s mode with the remote, alternating through eight different modes or even activating the timer mode so they turn off after a few hours.
LED Ghost Bat And Pumpkin Halloween String Lights
Some of the cutest string lights you’re able to hang this Halloween season, these ghost, bat, and pumpkin orbs bring an adorable sense of fun to your Halloween parties.
Perhaps the cutest lights on this list, these versatile orb lights come in a variety of colors and designs to delight your trick-or-treaters. These string lights have three types of bulbs on them: an orange jack-o’-lantern, a white ghost, and a purple bat.
You can display these lights indoors or outside thanks to their waterproof seal and battery-powered shell. You’ll be smiling like these little bats when you hang these lights around your house.
LED Plastic Chain String Lights
These atmospheric and creative chains let you explore some fun designs with your Halloween decor. Chain down your other decorations or use them to block off rooms in your dungeon or house you don’t want guests exploring.
If you want something a little different for your Halloween decorations, then how about some chains to lock up any dangerous and scary props you have displayed around your house?
These chains are ten feet each, giving you enough to wrap up columns, lock down trees, or barricade any room you don’t want trespassers venturing into. You don’t need to plug them in either; they come with a battery pack and a timer, so you can leave them on, and they’ll turn off on their own.
Spooky scary skeleton lights send shivers down your guests spines when you decorate your home with these rattling string lights.
Quite possibly some of the coolest string lights you’re able to hang this Halloween season, these skeleton-shaped lights come strung up on a 6-foot string, letting you drape these rattling bones and jittering skulls across doorways, over a fire put, or even along your windows since they’re also waterproof.
These lights also come with a remote to switch through different light patterns and can be turned off at a distance. Each string comes with ten little skeletons to dance around in the wind, adding a creepy amount of ambiance to your Halloween decor.
FAQ
What are the best color lights for Halloween?
While it’s up to personal taste, orange and purple lights are fantastic Halloween colors. An eerie green can also be great to show off some foul magic or an alien glow.
Where do you put Halloween string lights?
You can put your Halloween string lights up across windows, hallways, decks, fireplaces, and pretty much any surface that has room for tape or a hook.
What do you put string lights up with?
You can use tape, hooks, nails, staples, and more to hang string lights up with.
