A crochet wreath is one of the most visible ways to decorate for Halloween — it’s the first thing guests and trick-or-treaters see at your front door. This roundup pulls together 18 free crochet Halloween wreath patterns covering skulls, spiders, bats, witches, black cats, and pumpkins, with options ranging from a quick weekend build to a multi-session project with dozens of individual pieces.
Each link below goes straight to the designer’s own blog or shop listing.
A Quick Note on Yarn and Wreath Forms
Most Halloween wreaths are worked in worsted or Aran weight yarn, with a foam or straw wreath form as the base underneath. A few patterns on this list use a grapevine base instead for a more rustic look, and one uses a felting technique that changes the yarn requirements entirely — check each pattern’s materials list before buying yarn, since felted projects typically need wool or a wool blend rather than acrylic. Standard craft store wreath forms come in a range of sizes, so measure your door or wall space before committing to a specific finished diameter.
Here Are the 18 Patterns
1. Halloween Scream Felted Wreath
This wreath uses a felting technique rather than standard crochet finishing — the crocheted pieces are agitated in the wash and machine-dried to shrink and mat the fibers into a denser, more textured surface. It’s the only felted pattern on this list, worked in Lion Wool at about 11 inches across.
Best for: trying felting technique on a crochet project Pattern: Lion Brand
2. Crochet Skull Wreath Free Pattern
Eight individually crocheted skulls circle this wreath alongside a striped ruffle border, making it one of the more labor-intensive designs on this list simply due to the repeated skull count. As a Red Heart PDF pattern, it comes with precise yarn amounts and gauge listed up front.
Best for: a wreath built almost entirely from one repeated skull motif Pattern: Red Heart
3. Crochet Halloween Bat Wreath
Sarah Zimmerman combines a crocheted bat with additional craft elements — a small wooden house and a hand-lettered sign — rather than relying on crochet alone to complete the finished piece. She notes the bat can be stitched on directly or hot-glued for a faster finish, depending on how permanent you want the attachment.
Best for: mixing crochet with other craft materials Pattern: Repeat Crafter Me
4. DIY Spiderweb Halloween Wreath
This design centers an orange-hued web against a black and purple background, breaking from the more common all-black or all-white spiderweb color scheme used elsewhere in Halloween decor. Yarnspirations rates it accessible to all skill levels, with a small hanging spider as the finishing detail.
Best for: an orange-toned web instead of the usual black or white Pattern: Red Heart / Yarnspirations
5. Crocheted Halloween Wreath
This wreath layers three separate motifs — a spider hanging from its own web, a jack-o’-lantern applique, and a witch hat — onto one base rather than committing to a single theme. That layered approach makes it a good reference pattern if you want to combine motifs from other patterns on this list onto your own wreath base.
Best for: combining multiple Halloween motifs onto one wreath Pattern: Highland Hickory Designs
6. Crochet Halloween Wreath Free Pattern
This wreath ring cover is worked in back loops only for the base, then built up with a spiderweb lace applique, spiders, and pumpkins added separately in three distinct construction sections. The main ring measures about 10 inches, with clear notes on adjusting the length to fit a different-sized wreath form.
Best for: a clearly sectioned build with room to customize ring size Pattern: Fosbas Designs
7. Crochet Eyeball Halloween Wreath
Rather than a single motif repeated at one size, this wreath covers the ring in eyeballs at several different sizes, which adds visual depth that a uniform pattern wouldn’t achieve. It’s a distinctive choice if you want a wreath that reads as unsettling rather than cute.
Best for: visual depth through varied motif sizing Pattern: Slip Stitch Hollow
8. Halloween Witch Stuck Wreath
This design creates the illusion of a witch who’s crashed into the door and gotten stuck, with just her legs and hat visible above the wreath ring. It’s a genuinely different visual joke than the more straightforward decorative wreaths elsewhere on this list, and tends to be a strong conversation starter for trick-or-treaters.
Best for: a wreath with a built-in visual joke Pattern: Stringy Ding Ding
9. All Season Crochet Wreath—Fall Edition
This isn’t a Halloween-specific pattern on its own — it’s a base wreath cover meant to be restyled through the seasons — but Erin notes you can swap in skeleton details and other Halloween accents once fall decor transitions toward the holiday. That flexibility makes it a practical base if you want one wreath form that carries from September through November.
Best for: one wreath base that transitions from fall into Halloween Pattern: Simply Made by Erin
10. DIY Crochet Superstitious Black Cat Wreath
This black cat design finishes at a substantial 18 inches wide by 25 inches tall, considerably larger than most wreaths on this list, with a striped bow adding a pop of contrast against the black silhouette. The larger scale makes it a strong statement piece for a front door rather than a subtler accent.
Best for: a large-scale statement piece for the front door Pattern: Red Heart
11. Happy Halloween Wreath
Punqa keeps this design straightforward, built around a simple lettered greeting alongside seasonal motifs rather than a single elaborate character piece. It’s positioned as suited to haunted-house-style displays as much as a standard front door, depending on how you style the surrounding decor.
Best for: a simple lettered greeting alongside Halloween motifs Pattern: Punqa
12. Winne the Witch Halloween Wreath
Similar in concept to the witch-stuck design earlier in this list but from a different designer, this version uses a stuffed witch hat and dangling legs built with polyester fill over a foam ring base rather than a flat crocheted ring cover. The stuffed construction gives it more dimension than a purely flat wreath.
Best for: a more three-dimensional, stuffed witch silhouette Pattern: Pippin Poppycock
13. Easy Fall Crochet Pumpkin Wreath
This wreath combines crocheted pumpkins with faux greenery and other seasonal accents on a grapevine base rather than a foam ring, giving it a more rustic, farmhouse-style finish. Erin specifically notes you can add removable skeleton details when you’re ready to shift the display from general fall decor into Halloween.
Best for: a rustic grapevine base with swappable Halloween accents Pattern: Simply Made by Erin
14. Crocheted Halloween Spider Wreath
This wreath commits fully to a single large spider as the centerpiece rather than combining it with other Halloween motifs, giving it a more focused, singular visual impact than the multi-motif wreaths elsewhere on this list. It’s a good pick if you want one clear statement piece rather than a busier, layered design.
Best for: a single bold motif rather than a layered design Pattern: Ravelry
15. Crochet Halloween Black Cat Wreath
Sarah Zimmerman builds this black cat wreath around a wooden craft fence element from a craft store, hot-gluing the crocheted cat and other pieces onto the assembled base rather than relying entirely on crochet and yarn. That mixed-media approach gives it a farmhouse-style finish distinct from the more purely crocheted black cat design elsewhere on this list.
Best for: a farmhouse-style finish using craft-store add-ons Pattern: Repeat Crafter Me
16. Trick Or Treat Wreath Crochet Pattern
This is one of the most involved patterns on this list, calling for four balls of yarn across three colors to build seven witches, ten webs, eight spiders, and up to fourteen small or large pumpkins onto one wreath. The sheer number of individual pieces makes this a multi-session project rather than a single-evening make.
Best for: a multi-session project with the most individual pieces on this list Pattern: Lily Sugar’n Cream / Yarnspirations
17. DIY Too Cute Halloween Wreath
This wreath sticks to a short stitch list — chain, slip stitch, and single crochet — with each section worked in rounds, then seamed and lightly stuffed before final assembly onto the wreath. The simplified stitch list makes it one of the more approachable patterns on this list for someone newer to wreath construction specifically.
Best for: a first attempt at building a full wreath Pattern: Divine Debris
18. Simple to Crochet Halloween Wreath
This pattern swaps in pumpkin motifs instead of a traditional flower motif on what reads as an otherwise standard wreath base, with a forgiving gauge of 16 stitches by 14 rows that doesn’t need to be followed precisely. It’s designed for a quick finish, making it a reasonable choice if Halloween is close and you’re still looking for a door decoration.
Best for: a last-minute wreath when time is short Pattern: Hooked for Life Publishing
Tips for Crocheting a Halloween Wreath
1. Measure your door or wall space before choosing a wreath form size. Finished sizes on this list range from about 10 inches to 25 inches — a wreath sized for a mantel display will look undersized on a full front door, and vice versa.
2. Use a foam or straw form for structure, not just yarn alone. Nearly every pattern on this list wraps or covers a purchased wreath form rather than crocheting a self-supporting ring, which keeps the finished shape stable over months of display.
3. Attach embellishments with a mix of stitching and hot glue. Several designers on this list note that hot-gluing motifs like spiders, bats, or signage is faster and often more secure than stitching everything by hand, especially for pieces that will hang outdoors.
4. Save leftover yarn for smaller Halloween accents. Wreaths use a fair amount of yarn in a small number of colors, so leftovers often stretch to cover a coaster, earring, or ornament project from elsewhere in your Halloween decor plans.
5. Store wreaths flat or on a hook, not compressed in a box. Crocheted motifs like the layered eyeball or skull wreaths can lose their shape if stored crushed; hanging the finished wreath or laying it flat between seasons helps it keep its form year after year.
Frequently Asked Questions
What yarn is best for a crochet Halloween wreath?
Worsted or Aran weight acrylic yarn is the most common choice, since it holds up well outdoors and doesn’t require special care. The felted wreath on this list is the exception — it needs wool or a wool blend, since acrylic won’t felt in the wash.
How much yarn do I need for a Halloween wreath?
Simpler single-motif wreaths, like the spider or eyeball designs, typically use one to two skeins total. More elaborate patterns, like the Trick or Treat Wreath with its dozens of individual pieces, can use four or more balls across multiple colors.
Are these wreath patterns beginner-friendly?
Several are — the DIY Too Cute Wreath and the Simple to Crochet Wreath both use short stitch lists without complex shaping. Multi-piece patterns like the skull wreath and the Trick or Treat Wreath are better suited to someone with more patience for repetitive motif-making, even if the individual stitches stay simple.
Can I use a wreath pattern indoors instead of on my front door?
Yes — nothing about these patterns requires outdoor display. Smaller or more delicate designs, like the felted wreath or the layered eyeball wreath, may actually hold up better indoors, away from weather and direct sun exposure.
What size wreath form should I buy?
Check each pattern’s stated finished diameter before buying a form — most on this list use a 10 to 12 inch foam or straw wreath base, though the black cat wreath and a few others run larger. Buying the form specified in the pattern avoids having to rescale the whole design.
