25 Scary Halloween Candles And Candleholders

scary halloween candles and candleholders

Candles are amazing for creating a mood and an ambience, and they are widely used everywhere, from usual home decor to stylish events. If you are having a Halloween party or just want to create a mood in your space for this spooky holiday, candles are right what you need. Halloween candles and candleholders are pure art breathing with this scary and refined feel of a one-of-a-kind holiday. Let me show you some of them.

Halloween Candles

You may find various scary candles to decorate your home for Halloween, and they can be shaped as bones, skulls, spines, spiders, snakes and so on, you may also DIY them according to tutorials. If you have just usual and basic candles, you can decorate them really fast, too, giving them a Halloween feel. The easiest way to do that is to rock dripping on candles – bloody or black dripping will make them scary. You may also add a pendant on a ribbon with a pendant like a bat to give the candle a witchy feel or cover the top of the candle with crystals for a beautiful look. You may also decorate the candle with spikes or nails to give it a spooky look – that’s a cool last minute craft.

A black candle with black drip, a star pendant on a black ribbon is a stylish witches' inspired idea.

A black candle with black drip, a star pendant on a black ribbon is a stylish witches' inspired idea.

A black owl candle is a stunning idea for Halloween, rock it for decorating your spaces.

A black owl candle is a stunning idea for Halloween, rock it for decorating your spaces.

A chic witchy candle in rust, with black drip, a ribbon with a lunar pendant in gold is a very refined idea.

A chic witchy candle in rust, with black drip, a ribbon with a lunar pendant in gold is a very refined idea.

A red candle with black dripping, a black ribbon and a bat pendant will be a perfect decoration for a vampire Halloween party.

A red candle with black dripping, a black ribbon and a bat pendant will be a perfect decoration for a vampire Halloween party.

A Halloween centerpiece of a black stand, hay, skulls, spiders, candles with black drip is a stylish idea.

A Halloween centerpiece of a black stand, hay, skulls, spiders, candles with black drip is a stylish idea.

Black bottles with red and deep purple wax from candles on them look scary and bloody, so you won't have to decorate the holders too much.

Black bottles with red and deep purple wax from candles on them look scary and bloody, so you won't have to decorate the holders too much.

Bloody candles, red roses placed on a book are nice for refined vampire-inspired decor.

Bloody candles, red roses placed on a book are nice for refined vampire-inspired decor.

Turn some basic neutral candles into chic Hallwoeen ones just adding nails and spikes, it's a very fast Halloween craft.

Turn some basic neutral candles into chic Hallwoeen ones just adding nails and spikes, it's a very fast Halloween craft.

Tall black candles with black drip and some crystals on top, black ribbons and star pendants for Halloween.

Tall black candles with black drip and some crystals on top, black ribbons and star pendants for Halloween.

Spooky Halloween spine candles like these ones are great and very scary decorations to rock.

Spooky Halloween spine candles like these ones are great and very scary decorations to rock.

Simple white candles deocrated with a tissue paper image transfer are stylish for Halloween.

Simple white candles deocrated with a tissue paper image transfer are stylish for Halloween.

Decorate simple white candles with a black sharpie making some scary faces and voila - you have Halloween candles.

Decorate simple white candles with a black sharpie making some scary faces and voila - you have Halloween candles.

Halloween Candleholders

If you don’t have time to decorate candles, grab Halloween candleholders or candle lanterns and usual candles to create chic decor. These can be glass lanterns with spiders or spiderwebs, spooky skull and human hand candleholders, black candle lanterns with skulls, blackbird and crow candleholders, vintage black bottles covered with wax and so on. Get inspired to style your Halloween with cool candles and candleholders!

A bowl with hay, a pumpkin and three candleholders in black is a stylish and scary idea for Halloween.

A bowl with hay, a pumpkin and three candleholders in black is a stylish and scary idea for Halloween.

A scary cement candleholder with red wax dripping is a great candelholder to rock for Halloween.

A scary cement candleholder with red wax dripping is a great candelholder to rock for Halloween.

A sheer mason jar decorated with blakc spiderwebs and spiders plus a black glitter ribbon will be a nice candleholder.

A sheer mason jar decorated with blakc spiderwebs and spiders plus a black glitter ribbon will be a nice candleholder.

A simple Halloween candle lantern made of a tin can with a spiderweb and a candle inside.

A simple Halloween candle lantern made of a tin can with a spiderweb and a candle inside.

A skull candleholder with a black candle is a stylish Halloween decor idea to rock and it looks bold.

A skull candleholder with a black candle is a stylish Halloween decor idea to rock and it looks bold.

Black candleholders with dripping gold will accommodate little tealights and will add elegance to your decor.

Black candleholders with dripping gold will accommodate little tealights and will add elegance to your decor.

Bottles painted with Mexican Day of the Dead sugar skulls can be used as candleholders or vases for blooms.

Bottles painted with Mexican Day of the Dead sugar skulls can be used as candleholders or vases for blooms.

Elegant and stylish blackbird candleholders with black candles will fit any Halloween table setting or mantel.

Elegant and stylish blackbird candleholders with black candles will fit any Halloween table setting or mantel.

Jars painted black with skull stencils on them are a nice Halloween-like idea to rock and will fit a modern party.

Jars painted black with skull stencils on them are a nice Halloween-like idea to rock and will fit a modern party.

Scary faux human hand candleholders with tall black candles and a bowl with fruits and matching hands.

Scary faux human hand candleholders with tall black candles and a bowl with fruits and matching hands.

Stylish black and gold candleholders are amazing for Halloween decor, they will work for modern and minimalist themes.

Stylish black and gold candleholders are amazing for Halloween decor, they will work for modern and minimalist themes.

Vintage bottles painted black and bronze to make the look like refined metal candleholders are chic and elegant.

Vintage bottles painted black and bronze to make the look like refined metal candleholders are chic and elegant.

White skull candleholders with black candles are perfect for decorating your space for Halloween, simple and traditional.

White skull candleholders with black candles are perfect for decorating your space for Halloween, simple and traditional.