Home Halloween Activities 13 Trunk-or-Treat Ideas You Can Easily Pull Off by Oz SpiesAugust 4, 2022 iStock Search more like this cookie monsterdental carediycharlie brownday of the deaddollar storehelium balloonshow tomary poppinssugar skullbathalloweenhalloween funmachine Advertisement Trending Now Viral & Trending School’s Cell Phone Policy Goes Viral after Mom Refuses to Comply: ‘Nope’ News California Becomes 1st State to Provide Free Meals to Public School Kids News CDC’s New COVID Guidelines: Kids Can Stay in Class If Exposed News Nanny Job Listing Goes Viral Because It’s Bonkers News The ‘Sweet Magnolias’ Cast Is Posting Sneak Peeks of Season 3 on Instagram Advertisement Getting ready for Halloween fun? If you’re considering doing a Trunk or Treat instead of going door to door this year, you’re going to want to have an arsenal of the best themes for trunk-or-treat around. Whether you’ve got time to crafty, or if you’re scrambling to decorate your car at the last minute, we’ve got something frightfully fantastic everyone. From a Cookie Monster trunk-or-treat theme to easy trunk-or-treat kits you can buy, scroll down to see 14 of our favorite trunk-or-treat decoration ideas. Click here and save this list for years to come on Pinterest. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Brittany & Lauren | Disneyland Mamas (@saydisney) Disney Car Everyone loves a Disney-themed trunk-or-treat idea! Try this popular one out. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kia Kirkland Buchanan (@kiabia813) Happy Campers Set up camp at your Trunk-or-Treat! The campfire is especially fun! Deonna Wade Dead of the Dead How colorful is this Day of the Dead trunk-or-treat theme? With a few paper garlands, blankets, pumpkins and a sugar skull or two, you can easily pull this off. Get all the details over at Deonna Wade. Party City Party City Kits If you want to go big, but want to find all the supplies in one spot, check out Party City’s Themed Trunk or Treat Kits. You’ll find Trolls, Spiderman, classic Halloween and Frozen 2 kits, and they all include balloons, serving bowls, streamers and more! Target Keep It Easy While we love all the unique ideas we’ve found so far, sometimes buy the ready-made kit makes more sense (and keeps us sane). Target has already released their Trunk or Treat decor, and while you might not win any awards, the kids will have just as much fun. An Alli Event Practically Perfect in Every Way We love this detailed Mary Poppins trunk or treat idea, spotted over at An Alli Event. The faux fireplace adds the perfect chimney sweep touch, and with costumes like these and a few props, you too will be ready for any event. A spoonful of sugar optional! Dandelions and Daffodils It’s a Jungle Out There Roar into the trunk or treat with a jungle theme. Round up a few stuffed animals and fake plants. Then, add a finishing touch with a DIY wooden sign and an adorable tiger cub. Bonus: theme-worthy cozy animal costumes are perfect for fall weather. Check out Dandelions and Daffodils for more wild inspiration. An Alli Event Gumball Machine This DIY gumball machine trunk or treat idea is one we can chew on. We love that it coordinates with an easy apron costume and that it doesn’t take much more than fabric, paper, and puff balls. Take a closer look here. chickflix via instructables Who You Gonna Call? Poster board is put to use along with a diaper wipe box, PVC pipe and Hazmat stickers to make this ghostbusting containment machine. Add a proton pack made from Tupperware odds and ends and plenty of cans of black spray paint, and the ghosts and ghouls will have met their match. Who you gonna call? Just head to Instructables for the detailed how-to. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sarah (@galacticatattack) Just Keep Swimming The genius of this Finding Nemo-inspired trunk is turning the pumpkins into clownfish. With a blue background in the truck and a hand-painted Dory, the stage is set. The tissue paper decorations add a pop of coral color. An Alli Event Minions Here’s an easy trunk or treat idea that will pop! Fill the car with yellow helium balloons accessorized as minions, and you’ll be all set with a despicable display. You could also use blue balloons for an aquatic bubbly underwater scene or multicolored ones as gumballs. Tikiddo Bat Cave A cave is the perfect Halloween backdrop whether you’re a monster, ghoul or bat. The stalagmites and stalactites for this bat cavern are made from styrofoam attached to the open trunk with paper bats hung on a string or attached with toothpicks into the foam. Head to Tikkido for the details. For the Love of Felt Cookie Monster A great Cookie Monster Trunk or Treat just requires the right color blue. This version from Love of Felt uses a wooden frame, a black fabric mouth, brown felt cookies and poster board eyes. You can also have the open trunk as the mouth, blue fabric stretched in place, styrofoam balls for eyes and cookies made out of cardboard. Lynlee’s The Great Pumpkin Peanuts for peanuts! This trunk uses dollar store props and well-crafted cutouts to create a low-budget Halloween scene—Linus sitting in wait for the Great Pumpkin. This clever Charlie Brown comic strip scene used plastic pumpkins, burlap to line the trunk, some fall fabric placemats and faux leaves plus a poster board Linus and welcome sign. Head to Lynlee’s for all the details. —Taylor Clifton, Oz Spies with Emily Meyers RELATED STORIESEasy Halloween Decorations You Can Make for About $5Fun Halloween Traditions to Start This YearThese Luxury Halloween Costumes for Kids Are Over-the-Top Amazing57 Halloween Decorations You Can Easily Make at Home Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Copy (Opens in new window) Search more like this cookie monsterdental carediycharlie brownday of the deaddollar storehelium balloonshow tomary poppinssugar skullbathalloweenhalloween funmachine Welcome to our Tinybeans family! Be sure to check your email for new activities, recipes and parenting hacks – and to see if you’ve won! Do you have a dog or cat? 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