Editor's Note: This article was originally published on LDSLiving.com in October 2018.
While the origins of "trunk-or-treating" are a mystery, the benefits of them are well-known: less walking for little kids, a safer environment for Halloween, and fun for everyone! While many Latter-day Saint Stakes sponsor these events in various places around the U.S., if you've never had a chance to trunk-or-treat, try starting one in your ward or community this year.
The best part of this fun tradition? Decorating your car's trunk to match a specific theme you choose. Some people keep it simple, and others go all out. The "trick" to it seems to be finding something you're passionate about—or have a lot of stuff for—and displaying it in your trunk as creatively as possible. If you've got Christmas lights, sports gear, cardboard, or fake cobwebs, you can have a creepy or cool trunk in a flash. And if you're feeling a little more ambitious, your creativity (and budget) is the only limit!
Get inspired for your trunk-or-treat look by these 50 amazing trunk-or-treat decorating ideas, from the flashy and flamboyant to the simple and sophisticated:
Pop Culture
1. Candy Land
2. Pac Man
3. Angry Birds
4. Sports team
8. I Spy
9. Muppets
10. Veggie Tales
Festive
11. Mummy
12. Black Cat
13. Spiders
14. Castle
15. Hay Ride
16. Ghosts
17. Crime Scene
18. Cartoon Mad Scientist's Lab
Movies
19. Narnia
20. Indiana Jones
21. Cars
22. Ghost Busters
23. Star Wars
27. Nightmare Before Christmas
28. Mike Wazowski (Monsters Inc.)
Other
29. Circus
30. Treasure Chest
31. Construction
32. Shoe
33. Darts
34. Mouth
35. 50s Diner
36. Zoo
37. Oven/Bakery
38. Beehive
39. Garden
40. Camping
41. Christmas lights
42. Shark
43. Jail
44. Artist
45. Whale
46. Wagon
47. Mini drive-in
48. Noah's Ark
49. Train
