20 October, 2021
Bewitch your trick-or-treaters and give your guests a fright by turning your home into your favorite type of Halloween haunt — a ghoulish graveyard, a witch’s den, or a monster’s mansion — all with the right indoor and outdoor Halloween lighting ideas.
The outside of your home is where you set the stage for Halloween, so use smart light to bring your house to life (or death, depending on the type of Halloween decorations you like!).
Only the bravest trick-or-treaters will dare to approach your door when you use smart light to illuminate the path. Outdoor lightstrips are a favorite for Halloween, as you can snake them along winding paths and set them to any color — try orange, purple, or green — to creep out your Halloween visitors.
Create a cemetery in your front yard with DIY gravestones, and then place Lily spotlights in between them. With their powerful beams of light, Lily spotlights can create interesting shadows — making your outdoor Halloween decorations that much more dynamic.
Place a lightstrip on the windowsill and cover lightly with fake cobwebs, which will diffuse the light underneath. Then, attach Halloween silhouettes to the window: a bunch of flying bats or a witch riding a broom, for example. The lightstrip will cast light upwards, illuminating the display.
Bright idea: Bring sound into your Halloween decorations with Philips Hue + Spotify! Create a new Entertainment area with your Halloween lights (including your window lights), and then tap the Sync tab in the Philips Hue app. Play any Halloween song or sound effect, such as thunder or ghostly noises, and your lights will react to the sounds.
Whether you’re just waiting for the next group of trick-or-treaters or throwing an epic Halloween bash, you can transform your home to be just as eerie inside as it is outside.
A jack-o'-lantern is the centerpiece of Halloween decor, so go big this year with an extra-large pumpkin — large enough for a Hue Go portable lamp to fit comfortably inside. Unplugged from the charging cable, it’s well suited for a pumpkin. Want it on for longer? Simply run the cord through the back of the pumpkin to keep it shining for hours on end.
Bright idea: If you miss the flickering of candles in your jack-o'-lantern, use the Hue Labs Candlelight romance formula to simulate the brightening and dimming of a tealight in your pumpkin.
A skeleton is one of the most popular Halloween decorations, and they can really make a spooky statement when placed in a corner of the living room. Complement this Halloween decoration with the Signe floor lamp — with its long, slender light, it can be hidden perfectly behind the spine of a skeleton. Drape a few cobwebs or tattered linens above and around the skeleton to add a few shadows to the setup.
Bright idea: In the mood for a little Halloween prank? Program a Hue motion sensor to turn the floor lamp on at night. When an unsuspecting person walks by for a midnight snack or trip to the bathroom, the skeleton will light up — and give them a midnight fright.
If you don’t already have a lightstrip in place, one of the best locations for it is along the backside of a long side table or buffet — the lightstrip faces the wall, spreading light around and upwards. Not only does it create a beautiful effect for everyday lighting, but it also provides the perfect spot to showcase holiday decorations, including a swarm of paper bats.
You can’t go wrong with a few spiderwebs and some creepy-crawlies, but you can make them even creepier with smart light. After hanging the cobweb and dotting it with spiders, place a Bloom table lamp right behind it. The Bloom often faces the wall, but this time, you want to face it outwards: position it toward one of the largest spiders so that it casts a shadow across the room.
There is plenty more to do with your smart Halloween lights if you dare! Check out Hue Labs for more inspiration on Halloween decoration ideas or use a third-party app with special Halloween formulas, such as OnSwitch, to take your decor a step further.
Happy Halloween from Philips Hue! 👻🎃