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Spooky Halloween tips and ideas

Trick or treat! Create a spooky atmosphere with our tips and ideas for the most thrilling time of the year: Halloween. Here’s how to get your home ready for Halloween and some exciting spooky movie nights.

Don’t be scared off by these spookily fun ideas

Create the perfect Halloween setting with dark tableware and glassware. Craft the spookiest snacks and drinks yourself. This way, you’ll secretly scare everyone.

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A TRYGG bowl filled with fruit syrup with ice in the shape of a hand. Great idea for Halloween!
Text on a black background: Trick or treat? Halloween at IKEA.
A Halloween table set with dark gray plates and red flowers in the center.
A Halloween table set with black and white plates and black TILLAGD cutlery.
A VARDAGEN muffin tray with spiders in it. Make your own Halloween ice cubes with IKEA.
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Halloween isn’t complete without a big bag to collect all your candy. This purple HÖSTAGILLE bag with orange handles fits perfectly into the Halloween theme.

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Create the perfect spooky atmosphere

With these decorative lamps, lanterns, and candles, you create the perfect spooky atmosphere in your home!

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Black BORRBY lanterns with FENOMEN candles on an outdoor table in a dark outdoor setting.
ÄDELLÖVTRÄD electric block candles in black lanterns in a spooky tab setting.
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Bloody Halloween snacks you can make yourself

The best snacks for a spooky evening are selfmade. Do you dare to take a bite of these green bread fingers with almond nails? And how do you think this bloody eye tastes? Don’t tell anyone, but the blood is made from cranberry sauce.

A white SKYN serving bowl
A glass/aluminium-colour RAJTAN spice jar
Two hands  decorating fake eyes with red coloring
A stainless steel KONCIS roasting tin

Octopus, spider, ghost, or hanging dryer?

This clothesline casts a spooky shadow in the dark. You can use this small clothesline with clothespins to dry your laundry, but also to hang cute photos, for example. Give it a try…

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Spooky image of a clothespin holder’s shadow cast on the wall.
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