Chic And Easy Ways To Throw A Halloween Wedding

We love when a couple chooses a creative wedding theme and runs with it by tying all the wedding details around it. And while talking about innovative wedding themes, Halloween becomes an unmissable theme for all kinds of wedding styles. If your wedding date falls on or near 31st October, the opportunities and options for including Halloween holiday-themed details in your wedding will seem to be endless. No, you don't have to stick to a black and orange theme or fill up your table with Halloween-themed centerpieces. There are many creative Halloween wedding inspos that can send "Happy Halloween!" vibes out into the world in a stylish way. These creative and ingenious wedding ideas can surprise your guests in an amazing way. The trick here is to not go overboard with your Halloween wedding theme and embrace the details in small wedding ideas like your centerpieces, wedding gown, or both. This way you can say goodbye to goblins and phantom spirits and welcome innovative wedding cocktail ideas, dramatic floral inspirations, and moody wedding color palettes that fit right into your season as well as the wedding theme.

Halloween wedding ideas are becoming one of the most loved October wedding trends as it gives the perfect opportunity to make your wedding stand out and showcase your unique personality. There are millions of couples across the globe who love spooky and eerie ideas and have been dreaming to incorporate them into their wedding. This brings us to the best news- you don't have to get married on 31st October to include Halloween details on your wedding. Any wedding in the middle of the month and till the 31st would be amazing to incorporate elegant Halloween wedding inspirations that are glamorous and sophisticated as well as mysterious at the same time. In this article, we will talk about some of the out-of-the-box wedding ideas that can bring a Halloween theme to your wedding day, out of which you can choose your fit. From votive holders and candelabras to incorporating black table runners and brass accents, read on to find more.

Halloween-inspired Wedding Ideas for a Chic Celebration:

Fall-Halloween Fashion 

For your Halloween-themed wedding, you can opt for a crisp black wedding gown instead of a white wedding gown and make a style statement. Pair up the gothic bridal look with a bold black pair of wedding shoes while skipping the cream and ivory-colored bridal sandals. Dazzle up your wedding guests as you saunter down the aisle in a jet black wedding gown, paired with a black wedding veil, dark wedding shoes, and Halloween-themed bridal bouquet, looking like a gothic bride, and exchange your 'I Boo"! To set the spooky mood even further, you can also ask your group of bridesmaids to orchestrate the Halloween wedding theme by wearing matching Bordeaux-colored dresses. There is never a better time for some LBDs to team the fascinating black gloves or birdcage fascinators for your bridal party than a Halloween wedding.

Halloween Wedding Décor

Elevate the Halloween mood by turning your wedding reception into one big Halloween party by decorating it with spooky and ghostly artifacts! Serve up the scary wedding cocktails like a blood-red pomegranate rum punch in spooky cauldrons and complete the punches with dry ice. Make the entranceway or the dance floor a little more by flashing a few skulls, candles, crows, and cobwebs. If you want to include more festive and less frightening colors you can introduce subtle pumpkin wedding décors paired up with glowing string lights. Light up the Halloween mood by an altar illuminated with candles and decorated with crows, candelabra, and skulls, or ask your guests to take a seat at the excellently dark and moody tables teamed with a black table runner, brass candlesticks, and handpicked pears at each place setting.

Glamorously Gothic Wedding Florals 

Floral decorations and bouquets are an important part of weddings and to add the special charm of Halloween, spruce up your perfect Halloween wedding idea with touches of dark and gloomy romance. With the hint of decadence and vintage class, a bold Halloween bridal bouquet with burgundy, dusty pink, orange blooms, usual and dark foliage, and striped ribbons is perfect. The groom can match the perfect gothic look by teaming up a matching Halloween boutonniere in colors like Marsala wine, plum purple, ruby red, and black with metallic accents on his dark shirt or tuxedo. Gorgeous Halloween wedding floral decorations are the most personalized way to add a spooky and mysterious charm to your wedding day. The rustic and hauntingly beautiful dark wedding floral decoration ideas will definitely light up your mood and prepare you for the glorious fall wedding day.

Creepy and Historic Wedding Venue 

What can set the Halloween mood better than a historic mansion or an age-old manor that always tends to have a few skeletons in its closet? Celebrating new beginnings in a historic wedding venue that has at least one or two ghost stories attached to it for all the added macabre feels. Some couples take the Halloween theme wedding day to a different level by choosing to tie the knot on a historic burial ground with stone pathways, statues, and mausoleums and dressing up in Victorian costumes for a perfectly Halloween-themed wedding day. The best part about hosting your big day at an eerie wedding venue is that you don't have to compromise on style, beauty, or elegance as these wedding party spaces can be turned into whatever way you like as most of them are like blank canvases where you can paint your own picture. One can only imagine all those dark and moody wedding photos as part of the low light and night photography session! These haunted wedding locations are spectacular for hosting the wedding of your dreams in any way you like. And if you and your fiancé have a thing for the mystical, well, you are in luck! From incorporating black into your wedding to getting your favorite full moon night portraits clicked on your wedding night, these incredible statement-making wedding venues are a dream come true.

Spooky Wedding Décor 

When it comes to Halloween wedding décor ideas, the sky's the limit! Add a dash of luxe black linens in heavy velvet to accent a few spaces and deck out the entrance to your wedding venue, your reception tables, and even your dance floor with seasonal Halloween-y pumpkin squashes in their original plain orange color or paint them to match your color scheme. Use candle lighting to elevate the entire Halloween ambiance and give it a vintage feel by adding stylish and timeless hand-painted pumpkin cut-outs as wedding table décor or grim and spooky centerpieces. Display miniature pumpkins all over the place for staying true to the spooky wedding theme with a dash of cutesy and class.

Mysterious Wedding Invites 

Send creative wedding invitations as an introduction to the Halloween-themed wedding celebrations without giving too much away and maintaining the intrigue and mysterious element intact. The gothic wedding invitations will be a clue for your wedding guests to understand what they are signing in for without giving away much. You can go for simple designs like a tarot card with a hint of magic and mystical undertones without going overboard or full-blown gothic variations in bold color palettes to the rustic and autumnal designs featuring stylish Halloween pumpkins or dark floral decorations. You can keep it simple by only mentioning the wedding dress theme or jazz it up with important wedding details like how to navigate the corn maze right outside the chapel!

Trick or Treat Wedding Favors

The perfect autumnal mood is definitely calling for a gloriously seasonal caramel pie! Spruce up your fall wedding by adding accessorized caramel or candied apples and make them look like poison apples from a fairytale theme, by putting dark flags and thick twigs on these Halloween wedding favors. You can also start your make-your-own candy bar so your wedding guests can create their own with a yummy topping bar full of sprinkles, nuts, and candies. You can customize the cocktail labels and make them seem like poison drinks by giving them unique spooky names like 'Witch's Brew: Drink If You Dare' or ‘Crunchy Cockroaches.’ The good old pumpkin cake pops, cake toppers, and dark palette cupcakes will never go out of Halloween fashion.

Eerie Wedding Cakes 

Find a creative wedding cake that fits right into your Halloween wedding décor, like a seasonal pumpkin spice cake or a haunted house fondant cake to keep up with the spirits of mystery and thrill. Choose a darker color palette for your wedding cake or you can choose to mingle with the theme by choosing a flavor like 'Death by Chocolate' that matches your dark Halloween soul or going overboard for a totally designer wedding cake in the shape of a skull, pumpkin, or a cobweb. Embrace the eerie and amp things up with a grim and morbid cake topper like two dancing skeletons or decorative head taxidermy.

Halloween Wedding Signs 

Nothing can go wrong with Halloween wedding signs that can be also used as photo booths, especially during evening wedding receptions when the moon is full and there is a crisp breeze! Chic Halloween wedding signs like a 'Til Death Do Us Part’ plaque in your wedding portraits can be fa-boo-lous and sneak in a bit of dark humor into the wedding ceremony to perpetuate the Halloween fun. Include some awesome spooky décor like old furniture and fake spider webs as a backdrop to the wedding sign photo booth and deck out easy-to-wear Halloween props like hats, gloves, and boas for your guests to strike a pose during your wedding photography sessions.

Scary Votive and Candle Holders 

Set the perfect scary mood by including scary-themed votives and candle holders like a skull shape votive holder or a candelabra with a crow. The votive and candle display racks can be also subtle without feeling excessive where you can layout everything from jack o’ lantern table numbers to golden place card holders with string lights enhancing each corner. Candles are best for working up the ambiance into an eerie and atmospheric one and the ghostly and eerie candle and votive holders definitely contain spooky tricks up their sleeves! You can also design your own spooky-themed candle holders and votive holders by looking up some of the best DIY Halloween candle ideas.

Pumpkin Wedding Décor 

Pumpkins are practically the symbol of Halloween! Whether you are fond of the original jack o’ lantern table décor ideas or want to add some mysterious details like hand-painted pumpkins to create your own inspirational Halloween wedding soiree, pumpkins on Halloween will never be old-fashioned. Ranging from Halloween-themed pumpkin centerpieces to hollowed-out pumpkins that are completely wedding-worthy with a fresh coat of white paint and a pretty flower filling, Halloween pumpkin wedding decorations will never be out of style for your fall wedding. You can paint the pumpkins to match your wedding theme and decoration palette or keep it the original orange way, but you definitely cannot call it a Halloween wedding day without adding pumpkins to the decoration.

Dramatic and Halloween Wedding Makeup 

If going overboard and creating edgy excitement is your idea for your fun Halloween wedding day, then you can not miss out on a full-blown dramatic Halloween bridal makeup with highlighting dark smokey eyes or a deep plum lip color. Instead of going for nude lipstick and fluttering eyelashes, opt to darken your wedding look in a completely Halloween-ifed way! The dark makeup palettes and mysterious details will surely look bewitching against the anthurium-filled scene and dried branch canopies. Your bridal portraits will definitely be one-of-a-kind and you should be prepared to stun everyone with the Morticia Addams-inspired gothic bridal look on your wedding day.

Sinister Wedding Portraits 

What is a Halloween wedding without some sinister couple portraits that look straight from Tim Burton movies? Your Halloween-themed wedding photography session can lean into the spirit of Halloween by including some spooky All Hallows’ Eve inspirations. From couples posing while enjoying the dark side of the moon to couples decked up in Halloween makeup in a sinister graveyard, you will find numerous spooky Halloween photography ideas for your couple photography session. Gear yourself for some of the most hauntingly beautiful wedding photography session inspirations by bringing a bit of dark glamor with a sophisticated woodsy theme or a heavy infusion of moodiness by posing against enchanting wild and natural elements to give it an untamed vibe.

Grand Halloween Wedding Exit 

Setting you up in a mood for some apple cider and Hocus Pocus, or maybe even one of those smoke bath bombs, the dark and moody Halloween-inspired wedding exit ideas will be perfect for your fall wedding celebration extravaganza to make it feel like a holiday event for your guests. One of the most underrated ideas to celebrate your Halloween wedding is to make a dramatic wedding exit in a spooky getaway car or escape into the night amidst dark smoke bombs. You can also add an extra edge by including a black, antique, and horse-drawn buggy and make your reception departure fabulous by wearing a top hat, tails, and gloves to complete the look.

When the leaves begin to change color and the weather begins to cool down, it's the most exciting time of the year to be out and about in costume and celebrate all things Halloween. With all of the naturally brewing hauntingly beautiful Halloween wedding ideas making the rounds on the internet, it's safe to say that autumn is the most beautiful season for weddings. There are numerous Halloween wedding themes that use a wide range of color palettes, including black, red, and Bordeaux. Coupled with bridal parties and pre-wedding photo shoots featuring brides in floor-length black tulle dresses and floral eye masks, these gorgeous Halloween ideas transform weddings from ordinary to extraordinary. 

There are so many creative ways to tie Halloween wedding ideas into your wedding day details. From a wedding officiant who went full-on Friday the 13th by wearing the infamous Jason Voorhees's costume to coffin-shaped unique ring boxes that take the saying 'Till Death Do Us Part’' to a completely new level, unique Halloween wedding ideas have been our forever favorites and with all the creative minds at work. Each year we tend to see something new, from gothic wedding reception ideas in a completely bohemian Hallows Eve wedding theme to unique tablescape ideas that infuse the perfect feel of autumn with the grim and spooky of Halloween. Our talented team of wedding and engagement photographers loves to capture detailed shots of couples in memorable couple portrait sessions. Whether a couple has decided to have a moonlit photography session in a graveyard on the onset of Halloween or a professional Halloween photography session in a historic burial ground, our fun-loving couple photographers are game for each unique idea while striving to make this experience memorable and cherish-worthy for the lovestruck duos.