Spook-tacular Halloween ideas for 2025

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Get set for Halloween. | Photo: Alex Raths (iStock)

It’s creepy and it’s spooky, it’s all together kooky. Get ready for Halloween’s eerie arrival on Friday, October 31 with our round up of some of the most ghoulish products and costumes we could find.

 

 

Transform your front yard or home into a chilling graveyard with this Halloween Yard Kit that includes tombstones, bones, and spiders. From bigw.com.au

If jack-o-lanterns are more your thing, go classy with these handmade terracotta ones which can be used indoors or outdoors. From potterybarn.com.au

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Pottery Barn terracotta jack-o-lanterns; Big W graveyard | Photo: Pottery Barn, Big W

Feed your hungry guests some mushy brains with this Halloween Brain Jelly Mould. Mmm, delicious. From costumebox.com.au

Add a large rat to your Halloween table decorations and your guests will rest easy that the meal can’t get any worse. From the rejectshop.com.au

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Costume Box brain jelly mould; Reject Shop rat | Photo: Costume Box, Reject Shop

Get the disco started with this 152cm (5 foot) tall plastic mirrorball skeleton. Stand him in a boggie stance or seat him with sass. From halloweencostumes.com.au

Haunt your visitors with this hologram mirror that projects the image of a ghost. From lightinthebox.com

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Halloween Costumes skeleton; Light In The Box hologram ghost mirror | Photo: halloweencostumes, lightinthebox

Use this remote-controlled Thing to help you solve the next Wednesday Addams mystery. The remote uses a toggle to allow Thing to walk forward, backward, and turn side to side. From gamesmen.com.au

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Remote-controlled Thing | Photo: Gamesmen

Channel your inner Jenna Ortega with this long black veil headband finished with a rose crown detail from Next. Add a gun metal spider brooch and you are good to go. From next.com.au

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Next veil and spider brooch | Photo: Next

No witch or wizard costume is complete without a pointed hat. This black one ticks all the boxes. From spotlight stores.com

This black hooded cape is made from tulle net with a satin tie and is designed to add a finishing touch to your costume. From spotlightstores.com

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Spotlight witch's hat and cape | Photo: Spotlight

For a touch of creep, the Dark Webs Halloween artificial nails pack comes with nail glue. From Target.

Unlock spooky secrets and keep guests entertained with eerie predictions from these Halloween Fortune Telling Cards. From the rejectshop.com.au

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Target Halloween nails; The Reject Shop fortune telling cards | Photo: Target, The Reject Shop

When the ghosts get too much, who you gonna call? This Ghostbusters hanging swinging slimer zips through the air with green ghost energy. It lights up and lets out unmistakable ghost sounds. From halloweencostumes.com.au

Australian Ghost Stories by James Phelps makes a great hostess gift with a spine-tingling collection of true crime tales and supernatural encounters. From Kmart.

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Halloween Costumes Ghostbusters decoration; Australian Ghost Stories. | Photo: Halloween Costumes, Kmart.

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