30+ Halloween Table Decor & Centerpiece Ideas From Elegant to Eerie 

No matter what type of soiree you're hosting this Halloween, there are lots of ways to give your table decorations a festive flair. These Halloween table ideas range from eerily elegant to creepy cool, and from super simple to creatively crafty. Use then to decorate your dining and buffet tables, as well as side tables and other surfaces. Get inspired to create a table your guests of all ages will never forget!

Carve a pumpkin in your favorite design, such as a cute house with windows or a nature-inspired motif. Arrange fall flowers, nuts, apples, and other natural autumn decorations around the pumpkin and add a pretty Halloween candle holder or two.

Display a bare black branch in a vase next to a tray of "poison" apples. You can use traditional candy apples from your grocery store, but replace the straight sticks with crooked ones. Or find those imperfect apples with bumps and dents and holes that nobody else wants.

Alternatively, scatter a few branches and apples around the center of the table. Add extra Halloween touches in the form of candy, candles, mini pumpkins, or a witch's hat.

Capturing smoke in a bell jar is a neat trick that can give your table decorations some magical style. Smoke won't stay in the air inside the jar for more than about 15 or 20 minutes, but you can add more from time to time to keep this table decoration looking great. Simply use a candle or match and blow it out inside the jar, allowing the smoke to stay there. Display paper or artificial toad stools inside the jar.

Create an arrangement of different pumpkins and gourds on a table for your Halloween party. Choose all different sizes and textures and consider painting a few of the pumpkins black for some Halloween style. Add twinkle lights around the pumpkins to bring a little magic to the display.

Give your guests an elegant and spooky decoration by placing a witch's hat on a table in your foyer. Add a simple vase with a branch. Choose a branch with just a few leaves still clinging to it and allow it to lean to one side for a spooky, windblown fall look.

Arrange a super creepy and cool table decoration for your Halloween party by placing a skull on a small table. Stretch a fake spiderweb over the top of the skull and tape it to the underside of the table. Scatter plastic spiders over the entire display.

Instead of carving your pumpkin and using strictly orange roses inside, you can hollow out a pumpkin and fill it with a rainbow of flowers. Start by removing the top and inside of the pumpkin as you would to carve a jack-o'-lantern. Then, add a short glass vase and fill it with a bouquet of fall-colored flowers. Add some smaller, fall-colored containers with flowers and some apples or mini pumpkins to complete the look. 

Pick up a real or artificial animal skull and use it as a Halloween party table decoration. You can make it pretty with lots of leaves, either in bright green or in fall colors. Add a tiny haunted house on top if you want some extra style.

You can purchase ceramic pumpkins in any color and then spray paint them in varying tones to make a beautiful Halloween table display. Muted colors like dark orange, cream, and black can lend some sophistication to your party decorations. Alternatively, you can choose brighter shades for a more playful look.

A white pumpkin makes a classy Halloween decoration that has a sophisticated, neutral tone and a simple and elegant style. You can add some magic by scattering little gold star confetti on the pumpkin and on the table around it. Toss a few fake spiders on the table too to a give it a little spooky Halloween flair.

Create a Halloween table decoration you can leave up through Thanksgiving with a display that's all about natural beauty. Choose an old round cutting board or piece of wood and place the most beautiful pumpkin you can find in the center. Scatter fall leaves and smaller gourds around it.

You can scale this table decoration to fit any size or shape of table, and it also works as a centerpiece. Simply use artificial greenery to make a background for mini pumpkins of different colors. Scatter them over the surface of the greenery and add some fairy lights or candles if you want a little illumination.

An empty antique bird cage offers a bit of sophistication and a little dark mystery in this neutral display. Place an old lace tablecloth under the bird cage. Add candles in fall colors, some pumpkins and gourds, and a vase of grasses and dried fall flowers.

Give your Halloween table some Goth glamor with this simple centerpiece. Place a fake skull in the middle of the dining table and surrounded it with dried flowers or artificial blooms in deep red shades.

Stop by your local thrift store and find the weirdest looking vase you can. Then pick up some artificial flowers from the craft shop and break out a can of matte black spray paint. Spray the vase and the flowers and arrange them in the center of the table for an unnerving display. For a little color, leave just the edges of the petals unpainted.

It's easy to arrange a long Halloween centerpiece that's low enough for guests to talk over. Start by placing a dark-colored table runner down the center of your dining table. Then put several fake skulls on the runner and add candles and dried flowers. It will feel sophisticated and spooky.

Set a simple table with a large uncarved pumpkin as the centerpiece, flanking it with candles for a touch of elegance. You can make things a bit fancier by using a metallic tablecloth and adding paper bats as place cards at each spot or using autumn leaves as your table runner.

Pick up a long piece of orange chiffon fabric or an orange scarf and use it as a table runner for your party. Don't worry about making it flat; instead, let it flow down the center of the table. Add neutral accents like a bouquet of grasses and some metallic chargers.

This spooky centerpiece is easy to make and lots of fun. Because it extends over guests' heads, it won't interfere with conversation at the table. To make it, find a branch from outside and spray paint it flat black. Nail it to a flat board so you can set it on the table. Add fake spiderwebs and even some spiders and watch guests squirm.

Make a simple and lovely centerpiece for your Halloween party table by placing a perfect pumpkin on a cake plate or pedestal. The pumpkin will be low enough that it won’t interfere with conversation, but it will still have visual impact. Add some trailing leaves and berries in a free-form design that will give this plenty of natural charm.

Turn a collection of fall gourds into an adorable Halloween centerpiece. You'll need a piece of wood, a basket, or a large plate to gather them together. Arrange the gourds and attach googly eyes to them to make everyone smile.

Group a ton of small gourds, fall leaves, and flowers in lots of bright fall colors. You can arrange these items down the center of the table and place a few pieces on each plate too. It will give the impression of overflowing oranges, yellows, and reds and will make your Halloween party extra bright and pretty.

Gather a bunch of mini pumpkins together in a basket, adding straw and grasses to create a harvest look. Then make the whole thing super creepy by tossing a bunch of fake spiders into and on top of the basket. Add a Halloween sign for even more fun.

Pick up a small skeleton at your local discount store, craft store, or Halloween shop and use it to create a centerpiece for your Halloween party table. Simply pose the skeleton in a kneeling or sitting position and use wire to help it maintain that pose. Any craft wire will work for this.

Surround your skelly with candy corn, either scattered or in little bowls, to give it a pop of color if you wish.

Create an elegant display with a bouquet of bright orange flowers and an assortment of gourds. Choose gourds that are varying sizes, colors, and shapes and scatter them on a light-colored tablecloth for a fresh and festive look.

If you've made a Halloween cake for your party, put it to good use as a centerpiece on your dining table. Everyone can admire your beautiful decorating work and look forward to sampling the sweet treat after the main meal is served. Flank the cake with candles for an elegant look.

Cover a table in a dark cloth and scatter candy and treats over the top. Add a cauldron with dry ice to give in a spooky and menacing feel. You can place a liner bowl in the cauldron so the dry ice "smoke" comes out around it, but no one will accidentally touch it. Be sure to keep the actual dry ice out of kids' reach.

Give out miniature jack-o'-lantern candy buckets to guests while giving trick-or-treaters the chance to reach into a larger, standard-sized bucket. You can give this Halloween table decoration a bit more creep factor by scattering plastic spiders on the table. Throw a few in with the candy for a little extra trick with the treat.

Cover your trick-or-treat table with an orange gingham tablecloth and then paint some jack-o-'lantern jars to decorate it. Choose any large jars you have around. They can be the same size or different sizes; it's up to you. Spray paint the jars with a thin layer of orange paint. Tape black paper mouths and eyes to the outside of the jars and put candles inside.

Use the wall behind your trick-or-treat table to add even more decoration to your display. Hang a Halloween banner or sign and some orange and black decorations on the wall and lay the table with a dark cloth and lots of tasty treats.

Use a giant fake spiderweb as a tablecloth for your Halloween party trick-or-treat table and add some homemade ghost candles to the mix. You can make the ghost candles by painting wine bottles with white spray paint and taping dark paper eyes to them. Place white candles in the necks of the bottle candleholders and light them for a fun glow. Scatter your treats on the table for everyone to sample.

Cover your trick-or-treat table with a display of painted leaves. This is a fun project for kids to make for Halloween, and it will make everyone smile. Simply collect leaves and paint faces on them with black paint or a Sharpie. Then scatter them over your trick-or-treat table at your Halloween party.

Give the impression that the witch of the house has just stepped away for a moment and left the trick-or-treat table unattended at your party. This Halloween decoration is easy to make and offers plenty of opportunity to get creative. Lean a broom against your trick-or-treat table and put a chalkboard in view. Write a Halloween message on the board and add accents like lanterns, witch's hats, or pumpkins.

In addition to these fun Halloween party table decoration ideas, you can get inspired by the theme of your Halloween party or gathering. If you're having a zombie-themed party, scatter a few zombie body parts on your tables. If it's a pumpkin-themed bash, use lots of pumpkins in your decorations. It's fun to get creative with your decorations, and your guests will love the way everything looks.