42 Easy Trunk-or-Treat Ideas and Fun Car Decorations 2024

What better way to show off some truly stellar costumes than with a red carpet decorated with stars from the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame? As for the treats, serve up the movie theater boxes of candy and mini servings of popcorn for a more unique offering.

SHOP RED PAPER

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Sometimes simple is the way to go. Depending on the type of car you’re working with, you can easily use pumpkins and gourds in a variety of sizes along with some spooky cobwebs window decals for a low-key but still very photogenic trunk or treat setup.

SHOP CAR DECALS

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Kids who were thrilled checking out Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad and Bowser on the big screen will get a kick out of this Super Mario Brothers trunk — I mean the Spooky Mario Brothers trunk. (Well, there are ghosts.) For this video game scene, paper lanterns became ghosts and chain chomps and tissue poofs became the bombs.

SHOP PAPER LANTERNS

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You don’t have to re-create the grimy New York City sewers to pay homage to those heroes in a half shell (though you always could — they are frightening). This trunk-or-treat setup took inspiration from the TMNT’s love of a pizza and decorated the car to look like a pizzeria (though you can see the sewer entrance manhole in the left corner).

SHOP PIZZA DECORATIONS

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Trunk-or-treat and Minecraft are both all about crafting, so they make for a natural match. This one features DIY pumpkins, TNT and — the pièce de résistance — a life-size creeper. (There’s also an Enderman just out of the frame, but you’ll see it if you click through to the blog post below.)

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Everyone knows that the truly loyal wait in the pumpkin patch on Halloween, hoping the Great Pumpkin will rise up and give them treats. If your kids can’t wait that long, a scene like this is the next best thing.

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Follow the yellow brick road to this re-creation of the Emerald City. The striped socks of the Wicked Witch of the East sticking out from under the bricks is truly a great detail.

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There’s a lot going on in the afterlife as envisioned by Beetlejuice, which makes for great trunk-or-treat fodder. In this display, black and white tablecloths make for the striped backdrop, and flashing LED globe lights even illuminate the sign at night.

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