A fun school Halloween party starts with interesting classroom decorations. The best classroom decoration ideas make big impact with little effort and expense.

Classic Table Decorations

A bright orange paper table cloth works nicely to cover the tables especially if you are serving food. The table cloth is much more sanitary than a bare tabletop, which has a lot of germs and bacteria. The solid paper table cloth gives children the option of drawing Halloween designs on it. To create a beautiful centerpiece you can simply use an arrangement of white, orange and black balloons. Put the balloons together and add Halloween images, candy or plastic spiders to fill out the centerpiece.

Ghosts Hanging From the Ceiling

No classroom Halloween party is complete without classroom decorations that hang from the ceiling. For a simple classroom decorating idea, begin with a white rectangular sheet of construction paper and tape 2 ends together to create a tube with a good size diameter. Once you have the body of the ghost done you can cut some streamers using either crepe paper or white plastic trash bags. Either one works fine so it is really up to you what you want to use. Connect the streamers to the bottom underside of the construction paper tube with tape or glue. Finish the ghost by drawing a scary or funny face on one side of the tube. Once they are all finished drawing faces and decorating the ghosts you can hang them from the ceiling all around the classroom.

The Haunted Corner

If you have enough classroom room, make a haunted corner for younger children to play in during the Halloween party.  The haunted corner doesn’t have to be anything fancy. You can create a pretty cool one just by hanging a black sheet or piece of fabric. When putting up the sheet make sure you leave at least a little opening so you can see what the children are doing and make sure they are not causing any trouble. A couple other ideas for your haunted corner are to create fake spider webs and hang them low enough so they brush the tops of the childrens’ heads as they walk in. Depending on how old your students are and how messy you think they will get you can also put a bowl of some jello with gummies and other edible things!

Halloween Activity Table

Set up tables with fun activity choices for your students. One fun craft students will enjoy is painting mini pumkins that they can take home. A stack of colorful foam sheets can be used to make Halloween decorations that can be used for many years. Have the children create a background for their decoration by cutting out a large oval or rectangular shape from one of the foam sheets. Then, give them some stencils of pumkins, goblins, bats, witches and other Halloween themed stencils letting them use their imaginations and creativity to create their own unique Halloween decoration.

Classroom Decorations You Can Eat

For a tasty classroom decorating idea, offer some cupcakes that students can decorate with tubes of colored icing and then eat! The spider pop is another edible activity. Have the children cover lollipop tops with squares of black tissue paper. Next, show them how to attach the tissue paper with 4 black pipe cleaners wrapped around once so that 4 legs stick out evenly on either side. They can then glue wiggle eyes in the center of the pipe cleaners to make eyes.

These fun classroom decorating ideas for a Halloween party require little more than the classroom craft supplies on hand. All you need is a little bit more food like a vegetable tray, some beverages, and several fun activities, and you are all set to have an awesome classroom Halloween party!