Halloween
However you like to celebrate, we have Halloween inspiration and indoor and outdoor DIY decorating ideas to make your haunted house or monster party a smash hit. Find all kinds of creative Halloween costumes for kids, babies, and adults. See all our pumpkin carving ideas and spook-tacular recipes.

How to Make a a Doggie Dinosaur Costume

Carve a Creative Pumpkin With Our Mix-and-Match Face Templates

How to Make a Chicken Costume for Kids

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41 Pumpkin Stencils and Designs That Will Inspire Your Halloween Display

11 Amazon Halloween Decorations That Are Spooky and Sophisticated

Everything You Can Do With Pumpkin Seeds After Carving a Jack-O'-Lantern for Halloween

10 Ways to Use Pumpkin Guts After You Carve Your Jack-o'-Lantern

11 Pumpkin Carving Mistakes That Are Shortening the Lifespan of Your Jack-o'-Lantern

15 Halloween Doormats That Will Delight Trick-or-Treaters

How to Celebrate Fall Like Martha—From Making a Halloween Costume to Decorating Your Home

16 Spooky Houseplants Perfect for Halloween, From Brain Cactus to Black Bat Flower

The Best Paints to Use When Decorating Pumpkins

33 of Our Best Outdoor Halloween Decoration Ideas

The 10 Best DIY Halloween Party Invitation Ideas

The 11 Best Halloween Makeup Ideas for a Bewitching Transformation

17 Scarily Perfect Halloween Snacks to Serve at Your Next Spooky Party

12 Halloween Door Decorating Ideas That Will Bewitch Anyone Who Visits Your Home

Candy Apples

12 Pumpkin Carving Tools for the Perfect Jack-O'-Lantern

15 of the Best Places to Visit for Halloween Festivities in the United States

Skeleton Makeup How-To

13 Clever DIY Ways to Display Your Halloween Candy for Trick-or-Treaters

When to Start Decorating for Halloween

Our Best Halloween Crafts to Decorate (and Spookify) the Inside of Your Home

How to Carve a Pumpkin Like a Pro, Our Tried-and-True Method

The 30 Best Painted Pumpkin Ideas From Our Editors

How to Make Spooky Hanging Bats With Paper

16 Last-Minute Costume Ideas for Halloween

These Are the Most Haunted States in America, Based on Paranormal Activity

Plaster Hands DIY

27 of Our Best Pumpkin Carving and Design Ideas

10 Halloween Games to Play with the Entire Family

How Long Do Carved Pumpkins Last? Plus, How to Make Them Last Longer

25 Handmade Halloween Treat Bags and Favors Sure to Delight

Why Do We Bob for Apples on Halloween?

Martha's Best Halloween Costumes Through the Years, From Queen to Sorceress

Easy Pumpkin Bars With Cream Cheese Frosting

Why Black Cats Have a Hard Time Being Adopted on Halloween

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Cream-Cheese Filling

Why Are Black and Orange the Traditional Halloween Colors?

Why Do We Pass Out Candy on Halloween?

DIY Papier-Mâché Spider Decoration

18 Halloween Centerpiece and Table Décor Ideas That Are Mysterious and Elegant

This Is What Halloween Was Like for Martha Growing Up

Papier-Mâché, Crepe, and Cardboard: These Halloween Decorations Prove That Anything Is Possible with Paper

Three Tips for Hosting an Outdoor Halloween Party

DIY Creeping Vine Halloween Decoration

32 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes for Kids

Our Favorite Recipes for the Best Halloween Menu Ever

How to Make a Praying-Mantis Costume for Kids

Halloween Brownies

12 Understated Yet Eerie Halloween Porch Decorations to Shop Now

How to Make a Howling Wolf Window Silhouette

How to Make a Dandelion Costume

How to Make a White-Swan Costume

How to Make a Baby Rabbit-in-a-Hat Costume

Popcorn Balls

Felt Puppy Ears Headband

"Broken Glass" Cupcakes

Pumpkin Cupcakes

Bacon-Wrapped Prunes

Shrunken Heads in Cider