Check out the most outrageously creative Halloween Trunk or Treat ideas you have ever seen below!
What is a Trunk or Treat?
Many neighborhoods, schools, and church communities have transitioned to a trunk or treat event rather than traditional trick-or-treating – and for a good reason! Rather than going door to door to unknown homes, the costumed kiddos get to go from car trunk to trunk collecting candy and playing games – all in a safe, festive, community environment.
Even more exciting, families participate together using over-the-top trunk or treat decorating ideas to design an elaborate Halloween display for the car’s trunk. The trunk or treat theme ideas can range from scary to inspiring. Decorating your car is part of the fun, but choosing a theme and catching a vision can be the hardest part.
Whether you are a veteran seeking new ideas or a rookie new to trunk or treating – we’ve got 101 super creative Halloween trunk or treat ideas that are outrageously creative to inspire you below!
Our Best Halloween Trunk or Treat Ideas By Category
To help you navigate all of the amazing ideas, we’ve broken the trunk or treat ideas into the following categories:
- Clever Halloween Trunk or Treat Ideas
- Easy Animal Trunk or Treat Theme Ideas
- Trunk or Treat Decorating Ideas Inspired by Movies
- Popular Halloween Trunk or Treat Ideas
- Easy Trunk or Treat Ideas for Church
- Easy Trunk or Treat Ideas: Monster Faces
- Scary Trunk or Treat Decorating Ideas
- Interactive Trunk or Treat Theme Ideas
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Just CLICK on the links above to be taken to the category you want! Now, let’s begin with…
CLEVER HALLOWEEN TRUNK OR TREAT IDEAS
Circus Tent
Circus tent trunk or treat Idea
In-n-Out
The Price is Right trunk or treat idea
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Camping trunk or treat idea
Emoji
Emoji trunk or treat idea
Pirates at sea trunk or treat idea
Christmas in October trunk or treat idea
North Pole trunk or treat idea
Donut trunk or treat idea
Pajama party trunk or treat idea
Ice cream shop trunk or treat idea
Boombox trunk or treat idea
EASY ANIMAL TRUNK OR TREAT THEME IDEAS
Lion trunk or treat idea
Bat trunk or treat idea
Frog trunk or treat idea
Black cat trunk or treat idea
Beehive trunk or treat idea
Crazy Cat Lady trunk or treat idea
Shark trunk or treat idea
Farm animals trunk or treat idea
TRUNK OR TREAT DECORATING IDEAS INSPIRED BY MOVIES
Willy Wonk & The Chocolate Factory trunk or treat idea
The Great Pumpkin trunk or treat idea
Jurassic Park trunk or treat idea
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas trunk or treat idea
Alice in Wonderland trunk or treat idea
Power Rangers trunk or treat idea
Mickey Mouse trunk or treat idea
Frozen trunk or treat idea
101 Dalmations trunk or treat idea
Up trunk or treat idea
The NIghtmare Before Christmas trunk or treat idea
Star Wars trunk or treat idea
Peter Pan trunk or treat idea
The Wizard of Oz trunk or treat idea
Aladdin trunk or treat idea
Toy Story trunk or treat idea
Batman trunk or treat idea
Harry Potter trunk or treat idea
Sandlot trunk or treat idea
Ghostbusters trunk or treat idea
Charlotte’s Web trunk or treat idea
Care Bears trunk or treat idea
The Little Mermaid trunk or treat idea
Winnie the Pooh trunk or treat idea
Titanic trunk or treat idea
Hotel Transylvania trunk or treat idea
The Cat in the Hat trunk or treat idea
POPULAR HALLOWEEN TRUNK OR TREAT IDEAS
Spider web trunk or treat idea
Candyland trunk or treat idea
Cookie Monster trunk or treat idea
Under the sea trunk or treat idea
Fortnite trunk or treat idea
Wild west scene trunk or treat idea
Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) trunk or treat idea
Pirate trunk or treat idea
Superhero comic book trunk or treat idea
Jungle trunk or treat idea
Rainbow trunk or treat idea
Pacman trunk or treat idea
Pyramid of Egypt trunk or treat idea
Outer space trunk or treat idea
Mario Cart trunk or treat idea
EASY TRUNK OR TREAT IDEAS FOR CHURCH
“C” is for Christ
Cookie Monster church trunk or treat idea
The Polar Express
The Polar Express trunk or treat idea
Lego & Let Jesus
Lego trunk or treat idea
God Made Us Unique – Unicorn
Unicorn trunk or treat idea
Fisher of Men
Fishers of men trunk or treat idea
Jonah & the Whale
Jonah and the whale trunk or treat idea
Noah’s Ark
Noah’s Arc trunk or treat idea
Whale of a Tale (Jonah & the Whale)
Jonah and whale church trunk or treat idea
Wild About Jesus
Wild about Jesus trunk or treat idea
Jesus is Our Superhero
Jesus is our Superhero trunk or treat idea
Jesus Loves You S’more Than You Know
S’mores trunk or treat idea
River Raft
River rafting trunk or treat idea
The Creation
The creation trunk or treat idea
EASY TRUNK OR TREAT IDEAS: MONSTER FACES
Monster mouth trunk or treat idea
Silly monster trunk or treat idea
Crazy clown trunk or treat idea
Scary mouth trunk or treat idea
Mouth full of candy trunk or treat idea
One-eyed monster trunk or treat idea
Cute monster trunk or treat idea
Clown trunk or treat idea
Surprised monster trunk or treat idea
SCARY TRUNK OR TREAT DECORATING IDEAS
Graveyard trunk or treat idea
Skeleton jail trunk or treat idea
Stranger Things trunk or treat idea
Mummy trunk or treat idea
It, the clown from Stephen King’s novel – trunk or treat idea
Skeleton mermaid trunk or treat idea
Cemetery trunk or treat idea
Witch trunk or treat idea
INTERACTIVE TRUNK OR TREAT THEME IDEAS
Pick a nose trunk or treat idea
Bull trunk or treat idea
Fortune teller trunk or treat idea
Our Best Trunk or Treat Ideas & Tips for Decorating Your Car
How do you decorate your trunk for trunk or treat?
- Start with a Trunk or Treat Theme – Use the inspiration from this page to decide your car’s official trunk or treat theme.
- Coordinate Your Trunk or Treat Ideas with Your Costume – More than just decorating your car, consider matching your costume to the trunk or treat theme, too! We have plenty of Family Halloween Costume Ideas to help you.
- Add an Activity to Go Along with Your Trunk or Treat – Many Trunk or treat decorators have added ways for the kids to earn their candy through some sort of activity. For some trunks, the kids must search through a treasure chest of gold at their pirate-themed car, or maybe they have to throw their fishing pole into the “sea” trunk to retrieve their prize. Kids LOVE this sort of thing!
- Get Creative With the Trunk or Treat Candy – Depending on your Trunk or treat theme, consider giving away candy or prizes that match the theme. For example, the Cookie Monster-themed trunk could definitely give out some cookies!
- Have Fun with Your Trunk or Treat Ideas & Make it Personal – We have lots of ideas for you in this post, but don’t feel limited by the examples. Think of your own favorite animals, children’s stories, movies, hobbies, and go with it!
Frequently Asked Questions About Trunk or Treating
What do you do at a trunk or treat?
Rather than going door to door asking for candy to unknown homes, costumed kiddos go from car trunk to trunk collecting candy and playing games – all while under their parent’s careful watch. The car trunks are usually decorated with a fun theme. It is a safer and more family-involved Halloween festivity.
Why do a trunk or treat instead of just trick-or-treating?
Trunk or treat is a great solution for rural communities where houses are further apart. A trunk or treat event can also be a safer alternative where parents can keep a close watch on their little goblins. And most of all, a festive trunk or treat gives the entire family a chance to get in on the holiday fun – not just the kiddos!
Do you bring candy to a trunk or treat?
You absolutely want to bring those bags of Halloween treats for those eager costumed kids! Because it is more of a party setting, we have even seen families set up cotton candy machines or homemade root beer stands. You can get really creative! Bonus points if your treat matches your car’s theme!
Do you dress up for trunk or treat?
It is very popular for people to decorate their cars and wear costumes to match the theme! The entire family can get in on the fun and we definitely recommend that you do!
If you are convinced that trunk or treat is the way to go, consider organizing one in your community! We have some great tips for how to Host Your Own Trunk or Treat to get you started. Whatever you decided to do – we hope you enjoy your trunk or treat event!
Hope you loved these creative trunk or treat ideas! Luckily, we have many more great ideas for you to check out:
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These are beyond AMAZING, Sarina!! I’m definitely tucking these away for later use!
SO fun!! I am in LOVE with all of these ideas! Talk about a fun way to spice up trunk-or-treating, awesome job Sarina (:
This round-up is BLOWING my mind! lol I can’t believe how creative people are!!!!! XOXO
WOW This list is amazing!! I’m thinking Bat Cave or Luau!
Amazing job on this post, Sarina! I think the mummy was my fave 🙂
Soooooo many fun ideas!
SOOOO many great ideas – will totally be using this for our ward’s Trunk or Treat. Thank you!
Such cute ideas! Love trunk or treats! pinned.
Wow! Amazing ideas. Pinned!!
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Thanks Jennifer! Glad you like it!