59 Halloween Crazy Hair Day Ideas That Look Amazing

Halloween Crazy Hair Day is such a fun way to join in with the spooky season, especially when you need something a little easier than putting together an entire costume.

My kids have had their fair share of Crazy Hair Days, and somehow these events always seem to involve me standing in the bathroom before school with hairspray in one hand, googly eyes in the other, and absolutely no idea where the bobby pins have disappeared to.

Please tell me it isn’t just my house?

Luckily, Halloween gives us plenty of inspiration. Think pumpkins, spiders, skeletons, monsters, witches, candy, and all sorts of delightfully creepy creatures.

I’ve gathered 54 Halloween crazy hair day ideas created by some seriously clever parents and fun-makers. 

Some are wonderfully over-the-top, while others are simple enough to recreate during the morning school rush.

For even more wild inspiration, take a peek at my main Crazy Hair Day ideas roundup. 

I also have a collection of cute and easy Crazy Hair Day ideas for girls with plenty of buns, braids, color, and sparkly silliness.

I have tried to locate the original sources for these amazing creations. Many were shared by everyday parents on Pinterest or social media. 

Should you spot an incorrect credit, please reach out through my contact page so I can update it.

Okay, now let’s get spooky!

What You’ll Need for Halloween Crazy Hair Day

Some of these Halloween hair ideas look as though they require a professional stylist, a structural engineer, and possibly a tiny construction crew.

Thankfully, most can be recreated with a basic hairstyle, a few craft supplies, and a healthy amount of hairspray.

Helpful supplies may include:

Whenever possible, attach craft pieces to clips, combs, or headbands before placing them in the hair. 

This makes the hairstyle easier to assemble, more comfortable to wear, and much less dramatic when it is time to take everything out.

Easy Ways to Build a Halloween Hairstyle

The easiest place to begin is with a sturdy base. A ponytail, bun, braid, or spiked hairstyle will give your decorations something to hold onto.

For long hair, buns and ponytails work brilliantly for pumpkin hair, spider bodies, candy displays, and creepy creatures.

Braids are handy for creating spider legs, skeleton bones, monster tentacles, or twisting snakes.

For short hair, temporary color and lightweight accessories can make a huge impact. Try adding plastic bugs to clips, creating a monster face with craft foam, or attaching a spooky decoration to a headband.

You do not need to recreate every idea exactly. Use what you already have and adapt it to suit your child’s hair. A slightly wonky spider is still a spider.

Cute Spooky Hairstyles for Kids

These spooky hairstyles are made for kids who want Halloween fun without choosing just one creature or character.

You’ll find creepy eyes, eerie colors, ghostly decorations, and other Halloween hair ideas for kids that sit somewhere between cute and wonderfully strange. 

They are ideal for school events, costume days, Halloween parties, or any child who considers “more googly eyes” a perfectly reasonable design request.

Some of these spooky hairstyles can be put together with a simple bun or ponytail, while others let your fun-maker-in-chief go completely wild with color spray and decorations.

Pumpkin Hair Ideas for Halloween

Pumpkin hair is one of the cutest ways to create an instantly recognizable Halloween hairstyle.

A round bun already has the perfect pumpkin shape. 

Add orange temporary color, green pipe-cleaner vines, felt leaves, or a tiny stem, and suddenly you have the sweetest little pumpkin patch heading off to school.

These pumpkin hair ideas can work with one large bun, two smaller buns, or several mini buns for a full patch of pumpkins. 

You could even leave the hair its natural color and add orange ribbon or lightweight pumpkin decorations instead.

They are playful, seasonal, and much easier than attempting to carve an actual pumpkin before breakfast.

Trick-or-Treat and Candy Hair Ideas

Halloween and candy go together rather nicely, so of course we need a section dedicated to trick-or-treat hair.

These crazy Halloween hair ideas feature lollipops, candy corn, sweet wrappers, trick-or-treat buckets, and colorful treats tucked into buns and ponytails. 

Most can be recreated using clean wrappers, handmade cardboard candy, pom poms, or lightweight plastic pieces.

Just be prepared for your child to ask whether the candy attached to their head counts as their morning snack.

For a school-friendly option, use pretend sweets rather than real candy. They will be lighter, less sticky, and far less likely to mysteriously disappear before the first bell.

Spider Web Hair Ideas

Spider web hair can be creepy, cute, or a little bit of both.

Braids, ponytails, pipe cleaners, and white yarn can all be used to create web shapes across the hair. 

Add one enormous spider or scatter several tiny ones throughout the style for an extra creepy-crawly finish.

A bun makes a brilliant spider body, while pipe cleaners can be shaped into legs. For something simpler, pull the hair into a regular ponytail or bun and stretch faux spider webbing over the top.

These spider web hair ideas are wonderfully adaptable for long, short, curly, or straight hair. 

They are also perfect when you have a packet of plastic spiders lurking in the Halloween box and no idea what to do with them.

Their moment has arrived.

Witches & Bat Crazy Hair

Witches and bats bring plenty of drama to Halloween crazy hair day.

You could turn a high bun into a witch’s cauldron, perch a miniature witch hat on top of a hairstyle, or add green and purple temporary color for a wonderfully witchy look.

Bat hair can be as simple as clipping paper or foam bats into a ponytail or spikes. 

For something more elaborate, attach bats to curled pipe cleaners so they appear to be flying around the head.

These styles are especially useful when your child wants something spooky but not too creepy. 

Monster Crazy Hair Day Ideas

Monster hair is where you can really forget the rules.

Spike it up, spray it green, add three eyes, give it horns, or create a creature that has never existed before. 

There is no wrong way to make monster crazy hair, which is excellent news for those of us whose hairstyling talents stop somewhere around “slightly uneven ponytail.”

These kids Halloween hairstyles can be inspired by familiar monsters or completely invented by your child. 

Add cardboard teeth, googly eyes, craft-foam ears, colorful pipe cleaners, or furry pom poms.

Monster styles are also great for short hair because temporary color, spikes, and a few lightweight facial features can transform an everyday haircut very quickly.

The messier it looks, the more convincing the monster. How often can we say that about hair?

Skeleton Hairstyles

Skeleton hairstyles bring a delightfully creepy finish to Halloween Crazy Hair Day.

Small plastic skeletons can be clipped into buns, braids, or ponytails, while white ribbon and pipe cleaners can be used to create the look of bones. 

You could even position a tiny skeleton so it appears to be climbing through the hair or relaxing across a giant bun.

Black and white temporary hair color works beautifully for this theme. 

Another easy option is to attach a skeleton decoration to a headband and surround it with teased hair or faux cobwebs.

These styles can be dramatic without being too complicated, making them a fun option for older kids who may have moved beyond pumpkins but are not quite ready to stop joining in.