--- title: How to Turn Your Swing Set into a Haunted Mansion description: Part of the fun – for kids and adults alike –is decorating. Some people go all out, turning their homes into haunted houses to thrill trick-or-treaters. image: https://blog.swingsetwarehouse.com/hubfs/images/iStock_75530977_SMALL.jpg --- # How to Turn Your Swing Set into a Haunted Mansion 10/20/16 9:16 AM / by [Swingset & Toy Warehouse](https://blog.swingsetwarehouse.com/author/swingset-toy-warehouse) Of all the holidays on the calendar, Halloween might be the most fun: getting dressed up, watching scary movies, going to parties. And that’s just the adults. For kids, Halloween is even more fun: you get to do everything we just described, and you get a night where you can roam the streets in search of free candy. Part of the fun – for kids and adults alike –is decorating. Some people go all out, turning their homes into haunted houses to thrill trick-or-treaters. [![Turn Your Swing Set into a Haunted Mansion](https://blog.swingsetwarehouse.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/iStock_75530977_SMALL.jpg?width=789&name=iStock_75530977_SMALL.jpg "Turn Your Swing Set into a Haunted Mansion")](https://blog.swingsetwarehouse.com/how-to-turn-your-swing-set-into-a-haunted-mansion) But why stop at your front porch? Your child’s [backyard play set](http://www.swingsetwarehouse.com/products/swing-sets?clientId=1949291991.1462981921?clientId=1949291991.1462981921) can easily become a haunted house with a few easy steps. Here are a few outdoor Halloween ideas you may want to try. ## 1. Scary Swings A lot of people decorate by hanging skeletons, witches, scarecrows or ghosts from their front porch. Why not do the same with your [swings or monkey bars](http://www.swingsetwarehouse.com/products/swing-sets/cedar-playgrounds)? You can find some of these decorations at Halloween-themed stores or party stores. But don’t be afraid to make your own decorations at home. It’s easy to craft a scarecrow using some old clothes and some leaves or straw, or a ghost by sacrificing an old sheet. ## ![iStock_3422563_SMALL-crop.jpg](https://blog.swingsetwarehouse.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/iStock_3422563_SMALL-crop.jpg?width=289&name=iStock_3422563_SMALL-crop.jpg)2. Backyard Graveyard With a few cardboard boxes, paint, and a little imagination, you can turn the area around your [backyard playset](http://www.swingsetwarehouse.com/products/swing-sets/vinyl-swingsets) into a fake graveyard. Again, this is something you can accomplish with a trip to a Halloween store, but it might be more fun to create your own tombstones and let your kids come up with some clever names and descriptions. ## 3. Spin A Web Artificial spider webs are a staple of Halloween decorations, and it’s just as easy to drape them over your backyard play set as over your front porch in order to give things a “haunted” feel. Continue the haunted house theme by hanging strips of black plastic trash bags from the entrance of a tree house to create the look of a dark hallway. ## 4. To The Bat Cave Bruce Wayne had the right idea: bats can be scary. Hang a few bat decorations from your Halloween swing set to make things extra spooky. If you’re feeling creative, you can make your own bat decorations out of black craft foam. ## 5. Eyes Are Watching You It’s easy to make a pair of ghostly eyes to watch over your [swing set](http://www.swingsetwarehouse.com/products/swing-sets/redwood-playgrounds). Get the cardboard tube from a roll of toilet paper, and use a scissors to cut a set of eyes into it. Use masking tape to apply it to the swing set, and put a glow stick inside the tube. Instant scary eyes. ## 6. Visit The Pumpkin Patch Not all Halloween decorations need to be scary. You can decorate simply by putting up a few bales of hay or a pile of straw, and displaying the pumpkins you and your kids carved. (We’d advise using caution when mixing jack o-lanterns and straw/hay. If you want to light the pumpkin you’ve carved, use a battery-powered candle.) If you have swing set decoration ideas but no swing set, we can help. [Swingset & Toy Warehouse](http://www.swingsetwarehouse.com/) has a number of playsets that will allow you to turn your backyard into a haunted mansion. [Contact us today](http://www.swingsetwarehouse.com/contact/contact-us/) to learn more, and have a safe and happy Halloween! 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