The Best 3D-Printable Halloween Items for Last-Minute Decor

We've put together a handy list of the best items you can print before spooky season comes to an end.

Halloween is right around the corner, folks! So if you haven't already sorted out your decorations, this weekend is your last chance. But your local Spirit Halloween store is going to be a madhouse filled with other procrastinators, so why not check out some 3D-printable decor? We've put together a handy list of the best items you can print before spooky season comes to an end.

1. Adorable 'best costume' trophy

Every good Halloween party needs a costume contest and that means you'll want a trophy to present to the winner. This glowing ghost designed by Jackint0sh is a great choice. With a 3D printer and a few simple electronic components that you probably already have on hand, you can make an illuminated prize that will ensure strong competition in your costume contest.

2. LEGO skeleton Minifig

You love LEGO and so do all of the trick-or-treaters that will visit your home. So print this fun design from Nils Pache and become known as the "cool house" in your neighborhood! There are a few customization options, like a friendly face and a scary face, so you can create the maxi-minifig that best suits your style.

3. A puzzling decoration

If you want something a bit more interactive, Nick's pumpkin puzzle may fit the bill. It has 10 individual 3D-printed pieces that fit together in a tricky way. After assembly, you get a cute little pumpkin to display. Nick says that it isn't too difficult to complete, so it should be fun for the kids in your home.

4. Miss Minutes ghost clock

The Loki TV show has been a massive hit and has garnered its own fan base. In the show, Miss Minutes is a cutesy mascot and propaganda-wielding AI. PhilippHee's model lets you build a Miss Minutes clock with a ghastly theme. You'll need a clock movement for this project, but it will work with common sizes that you can find at craft stores.

5. A glowing homage to Jack Skellington

Is The Nightmare Before Christmas a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie? We don't know, but this lamp from Chester3D fits both holidays. It shows a silhouette of Jack and Sally, standing on Oogie Boogie's head and backlit by orange glow. This does, however, require the ability to print in at least two colors to achieve the effect.

6. Skelly cookies

If you love Jack Skellington but don't have a 3D printer capable of a multi-color printing, then you can put his face onto cookies with Miguel M.'s cookie cutter design. This is a quick and easy print, but for food safety reasons you should treat it as a disposable item. Choose your frosting wisely to give the cookies an appropriately creepy motif.

7. Knitted jack-o'-lantern

You want to celebrate the holiday, but you also care a lot about style. Don't worry, because we've got you covered. This jack-o'-lantern design from Tailored3D is stunning. They managed to model a knitted texture into the pumpkin's skin, giving it a much more chic look then you would normally associate with Halloween decor. This is another dual-color print, but you can tweak it to print the pumpkin as a solid orange and then paint in the black mouth and eyes.

8. EL wire apparition

Electroluminescent (EL) wire gives you lighting similar to neon tubes, but without the massive amount of work that would entail. This frame design from mygeekymuse lets you easily form EL wire into a spectral apparition to adorn a window. Just print the frame and insert any sewable EL wire with a diameter of 2.3mm. Make sure you get EL wire that comes with a power supply, as driving EL wire with your own hardware is trickier than it sounds.

9. A complete glowing diorama

If you have an Arduino on hand, you can use it and a few LEDs to light up a complete set of 3D-printed figures by following this guide from DIY-Projects4U. You can print whatever hollow figures you like, then use the provided sketch to control the LEDs. There are a handful of different patterns available, so you can make a ghost glow while a jack-o'-lantern flickers.

10. Posable eye stalks bring anything to life

Countless projects have proven that fact that you can bring anything to life by slapping some googly eyes on it. But MerganMcFergan's Eyegor posable eye stalks add a level of alien appeal that you don't get from standard googly eyes. Stick these eye stalks onto your mailbox or favorite gourd for quick and easy last-minute decorations.

11. That's Mr. Pumpkin Head to you

Carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns is a time-honored tradition that is a bit too messy for some. Diggle's Mr. Potato Head-style printable props make pumpkin decoration a piece of cake. These "Pumpkin Pop 'Ems" are available in two sets: FRANK! and Bat. Let your kids go wild mixing and matching the sets for hilarious results.

12. Franken-stein

Get it? Because it is a stein that looks like Frankenstein's monster! Your friends will envy your sophisticated sense of humor if you rock fixumdude's can koozie at the Halloween party. Any standard 12oz can of soda or adult beverage should fit inside. Print with low infill to gain a small insulating effect.

13. Coasters are considerate

If your party guests don't have the forethought to bring their own Franken-Steins, you might want to print these nifty stackable pumpkin coasters from bmatic to protect your tables. Each set contains a base, a top, and six coasters that fit between. When they aren't in use, they come together to form a pumpkin. But as soon as people start leaving rings on your coffee table, you can break these out. Sadly, there isn't any known technique to make guests actually use coasters.

Cameron Coward
Writer for Hackster News. Proud husband and dog dad. Maker and serial hobbyist. Check out my YouTube channel: Serial Hobbyism
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