12 Creative Halloween Door Ideas

Try one of these creative Halloween door ideas to dress your front door up in a costume for Halloween this year.

Have you ever thought about all the famous doors you recognize from movies and tv shows? Okay, probably not. But stick with me here!

I was looking for creative Halloween door ideas. Most of what I came across was wreaths and garland, which are cool, but not what I had in mind. I wanted to dress my door up in a Halloween costume.

Then it hit me. If I was dressing up like a famous character, why shouldn’t my front door do the same? So my oldest child and I sat down and brainstormed a list of famous doors that our front door could dress up as for Halloween this year.

We put together a list of a dozen ideas and tried to make as many as we could. All of the ideas on our list can be made with everyday household items and craft supplies you already have on hand, plus maybe a trip to the dollar store.

Door decorating tips

1. Start with what you have. This might seem obvious but think of creative ways to repurpose materials you already have at home. Using household items, leftover party supplies, and unused goodies from my craft stash, we made these 6 doors for less than $5.
2. Duct tape is better than Scotch tape. Everything you attach to your door needs to be removable, of course, so tape is the way to go. But it also needs to stay up there for a while, so go with duct tape. (Just be careful on painted doors. Really sticky duct tape might remove the paint.)
3. Save recyclables. If you have time to plan your door costume ahead of time, save items like empty cereal boxes and paper tubes. They’re great for a whole lot of different things.

Halloween door costume ideas

The TARDIS

In the tv series Doctor Who, the Doctor travels through space and time in a machine that’s disguised as a vintage phone booth.

This iconic blue box was easy to recreate since our front door is already blue! I typed up the signs in a word document and printed them at home.

Wonderland

When Alice falls into Wonderland, she comes across a tiny door whose doorknob has a face. All you need to recreate this door is paper to make a doorknob and faux hinges.

For this one, my teen hand-drew the doorknob face and hinges while looking at a still from the Disney cartoon.

Christmastown

What’s this – what’s this? The doors that Jack finds in The Nightmare Before Christmas are all attached to trees. We recreated the door to Christmastown, which has an iconic Christmas tree on it.

To create this one, we just drew a tree outline and painted it with craft paint to resemble the door from the film. If you want to make it more detailed, you could use brown paper to make the rest of the door have a tree bark texture.

Jurassic Park Gate

Welcome to Jurassic Park. The gate entrance seen in the films is one that almost everyone recognizes.

We lined the door with paper tube torches made with electric tea lights. Of course, we had to recreate the iconic sign at the top. I just drew it freehand, but you could probably find the font online to print it.

Emerald City

The entrance to the Emerald City in The Wizard of Oz is green, of course, and guarded by a man who (in the movie) doesn’t want to let Dorothy and her friends in. Our door is completed with a sign that says “Bell out of order, please knock.”

To make this one, we wrapped a door with a green plastic tablecloth. (It’s just taped on the other side.) Then we used a paper plate and cardboard, painted green, for the portal and knocker. The gold bulletin board pieces are from the teacher section of Dollar Tree.

Dumble-door

Okay, so technically Dumbledore from the Harry Potter series isn’t a door, but we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to make this punny door costume! Our wizard door has a pillbox hat, half-moon spectacles, and a mustache/beard.

We made this one using cardboard, paper plates, and lots of yarn. Dumbledore’s hat is just a scarf. His eyebrows are felt.

Doors of Durin

The entrance to the mines of Moria in the Lord of the Rings is the Doors of Durin. They’re covered in invisible symbols that only appear in the moonlight. The message across the top, in elvish, is a riddle that says “Speak friend and enter.”

Elsa’s room

Knock knock. Do you want to build a snowman? The door to Elsa’s bedroom in Frozen is decorated with Scandinavian-style artwork in purple and blue.

This Instructables tutorial includes printable files.

Boo’s room

Boo, the little girl from Monsters, Inc. has a cute bedroom door that’s really simple. It’s just a white door decorated with pink and purple flower stickers.

These vinyl decals on Amazon are similar.

The Overlook Hotel

Here’s Johnny! The bathroom door at the Overlook Hotel might not be the focal point in the film, but you can’t help but recognize Jack Nicholson’s face peeking through.

If you can find a large enough image, print it at home. This Etsy seller has a decal that’s really cool looking.

221B Baker Street

The front door to Sherlock Holms’s apartment at 221B Baker Street is easy to recreate. All you would need to make was the number sign and a knocker.

Minecraft

If your kids have played Minecraft, you’ve probably seen this pixelated brown door too many times. It’s easy to recreate with craft paper in a few shades of brown.

We only got around to making half of the doors on our list, but eventually, we want to create the others too. You probably noticed we did most of these indoors. (It’s still over 90 degrees outside right now.) Most of these ideas would be great for a front door, interior door, or even a classroom!

What’s next? Try these other fun and creative ideas on One Mama’s Daily Drama:

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• Fun Printable Halloween Tangrams Kids Activity
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