Halloween can be a magical time to tie the knot — and there are so many fun ways to infuse the holiday in your celebration. Here, check out some of our favorite ideas from the spooky Halloween weddings we’ve featured in our Real Weddings gallery.
Set the Tone with the Right Invitation
We love the wording on Kristen and David’s bewitching wedding invitation:
Photo Credit: April Smith Co. Photography
And the skeleton print, gothic font, and black tone perfectly reflected Tamara and Jason’s classic Halloween wedding:
Photo Credit: Cary Pennington Photography
Costumes and Masks
The bride and her flower girls floated down the aisle in fairy costumes at Aspen and Brad’s rustic halloween wedding:
And at the reception, the couple provided a selection of masks for guests to choose from:
Photo Credit: Ace Photography
For Laurin and Brett’s modern Halloween wedding, guests were encouraged to dress up and enter into the Halloween costume contest:
Photo Credit: Ashley Photographer
Flower Girls and Ring Bearers
Swap your flower girls’ traditional baskets for faux pumpkins:
Photo Credit: Ace Photography
And have your ring bearer carry the rings inside a mini coffin:
Photo Credit: April Smith Co. Photography
Painted Pumpkins
Using pumpkins as décor doesn’t mean you’re relegated to an orange color palette. Patricia and Thomas displayed this stack of painted pumpkins at their ceremony entrance:
Photo Credit: Jessica Frey Photography
Aspen and Brad used this painted set on their candy buffet table:
Photo Credit: Ace Photography
And Laurin and Brett used mini white pumpkins to dress up their cocktail hour tables:
Photo Credit: Ashley Photographer
Spooky Signs
Add an ominous vibe to your celebration with haunted house-inspired signs, like at Kristen and Brad’s “Hallowedding”:
Photo Credit: April Smith Co. Photography
Pumpkin Escort Cards
Mini pumpkins made the perfect escort cards for this classic Halloween wedding:
Photo Credit: Cary Pennington Photography
Skeleton Details
Skeletons are another fun way to add a spooky touch to your wedding. We love Tamara and Jason’s skeleton place card holders:
Photo Credit: Cary Pennington Photography
And this skeleton cake topper was the perfect fit for Kristen and David’s haunted house cake:
Photo Credit: April Smith Co. Photography
Spiderweb Chairs
Patricia and Thomas traded in the traditional ballroom chairs for these spiderweb-inspired versions at their Nightmare Before Christmas-inspired bash:
Photo Credit: Jessica Frey Photography
Pumpkin Centerpieces
There are so many ways to incorporate pumpkins in your centerpieces, from surrounding them with florals to placing flowers inside of them:
Photo Credit: April Smith Co. Photography
Photo Credit: Cary Pennington Photography
Photo Credit: Jessica Frey Photography
Graveyard Photos
Add an eerie touch to your wedding album by heading over to a nearby cemetery for some photos:
Photo Credit: Jessica Frey Photography
No cemetery nearby? Lyndsay and Michael created their own for their vintage-inspired Halloween wedding — complete with a zombie trying to escape:
Photo Credit: Christina Sanchez Photography
Candy Buffets
No Halloween wedding is complete without a trick-or-treat-inspired candy buffet:
Photo Credit: Cary Pennington Photography
Photo Credit: Ashley Photographer
Photo Credit: Ace Photography
Don’t forget the DIY treat bags:
Photo Credit: April Smith Co. Photography
Themed Desserts
Kristen and David’s cake was inspired by a haunted house:
They also served these lady finger cookies:
Photo Credit: April Smith Co. Photography
Lyndsay and Michael topped traditional cupcakes with creepy details:
Photo Credit: Christina Sanchez Photography
And Patricia and Thomas’s cake perfectly refected their Nightmare Before Christmas theme:
Photo Credit: Jessica Frey Photography
Tell us: Would you plan a Halloween-themed wedding?
—Kristen O’Gorman Klein
