Halloween Gift Ideas: A Guide by Budget
Halloween has quietly become one of the biggest gifting occasions of the year, and not just for children. The adult market is where the growth is: people who want a black cat on their bookshelf in February as much as in October, and who would rather own one beautifully made piece than a bin bag of plastic tat. This guide is organised by budget, every item is in stock, and nothing here gets thrown away on the first of November.
Witchy Home Decor Under £20
The strongest category this year is ceramic witchy homeware, largely because it works as everyday decor rather than seasonal decoration. A book-stack vase or a spell-book oil burner sits happily on a shelf all year round, which makes it far better value than something that lives in the loft for eleven months.
The Ghost Stories Oil Burner at £11.99 is the cheapest way in and one of the best-looking. The Black Witch Boots Oil Burner at £13.99 has star cut-outs that throw proper shadow patterns when the tealight is lit, which is the detail that sells it in person.
Ghost Stories Oil Burner | £11.99
Black Witch Boots Burner | £13.99
Book of Spells Vase | £13.99
For anyone who keeps fresh flowers, the book-shaped vases are the pick of the range. The Book of Spells and Poisonous Plants vases are both £13.99, with the latter leaning botanical gothic rather than overtly spooky, which suits a more restrained interior.
Gothic Homeware £17 to £21
Moving up slightly gets you larger pieces and more elaborate glazes. The Coffin Flower Vase at £17.99 is exactly what it sounds like and is more elegant in person than the description suggests. The Green Witch Book Vase at £17.99 suits anyone with a houseplant habit, and the Groovy Ghost Vase at £19.99 is the one for a younger recipient who wants cute rather than macabre.
Coffin Flower Vase | £17.99
Groovy Ghost Vase | £19.99
Black Cat Magick Vase | £20.99
For the Black Cat Person
Black cats are the single most reliable Halloween gift category we stock, because the appeal outlasts the season entirely. If you are buying for someone who owns one, this is almost impossible to get wrong.
At the affordable end, the Black Cat Book Stack Oil Burner and the Black Cat Book of Spells Wax Warmer are both £20.99 and take either tealights or wax melts.
From the Nemesis Now range, the Charmed Companion Black Cat figurine at 20cm is £19.99, the Forever Friend Black Cat on Skull is £19.99, and the larger Familiar Fate Cat and Skull at 24.3cm is £24.99. For something odder, the Cult Cuties Pawzuph horned occult cat at £14.99 is the best-value stocking filler in the whole gothic range.
Charmed Companion | £19.99
Familiar Fate | £24.99
Pawzuph Cult Cutie | £14.99
Horror Fans and Skull Collectors
For anyone whose Halloween is more slasher than séance, the Nemesis Now mask wall hangers are the obvious gift. The Chucky Mask replica at 22cm and the Jason Voorhees Mask at 22.5cm are both £24.99 and both hang straight on a wall with no framing needed. These are the two pieces most likely to sell out before the end of the month.
Skull collectors are well served too. The Steampunk Goggles Skull and the Hell Fire Biker Skull are both 15cm and £19.99, the latter being a genuinely good man-cave or garage gift rather than a purely Halloween one.
Chucky Mask | £24.99
Jason Voorhees Mask | £24.99
Hell Fire Biker Skull | £19.99
Also worth a look: the Three Wise Bats figurine set at £24.99, a see-no-evil trio for bat lovers, and the Cthulhu Cult Cuties figurine at £14.99 for the Lovecraft reader in your life.
The Nightmare Before Christmas Range
This is the licence that earns its keep twice over. A Jack Skellington piece bought for Halloween stays on display straight through December, which makes it unusually good value compared with anything purely seasonal.
At the accessible end, the Nocturnal Nightmare Bat Kid is £39 and the Pumpkin King Jack Skellington on a gravestone is £57.99. The Scary Teddy Vampire figurine at £59.99 is the one for a collector who already owns the obvious pieces.
The Pumpkin King | £57.99
Scary Teddy Vampire | £59.99
Soulful Soliloquy | £149.99
Spending more opens up the serious display pieces: the Disney Showcase Jack Skellington at £95, the Nightmare Before Christmas Pyramid at £129.99, the 24cm Soulful Soliloquy fountain figurine at £149.99, and Jack, Sally and Zero together at £149.99. Our Disney Traditions guide covers the wider range if you are buying for a committed collector.
Statement Gothic Pieces
For the significant gift, the large Nemesis Now sculptures are where the money goes furthest. These are proper display pieces that anchor a room rather than decorate a shelf.
The Dragon's Kinship Lady Dragon at £69.99 is the most giftable of the fantasy pieces. The Black Wing Dragon at 37cm is £86.99, and the Baphomet figurine at 38cm in bronze resin is £99.99 and about as committed a gothic statement as the range offers.
Black Wing Dragon | 37cm | £86.99
Baphomet | 38cm | £99.99
Maeven Raven Fairy Queen | 78.5cm | £160
The Maeven Raven Fairy Queen at 78.5cm is the largest piece in the gothic range and priced at £160. At that height it needs a dedicated spot rather than a shelf, so check the space before buying. The Twin Dance of Elements dragon statue at £129.99 is the alternative if you want colour rather than monochrome drama.
Buying Well for Halloween
A few things worth knowing, from thirty-five years of watching what people actually keep.
Buy things that work in November. The single best test for an adult Halloween gift is whether the recipient would still want it on display in spring. Ceramic homeware and resin figurines pass that test. Novelty costume tat does not.
Check how dark they actually go. There is a wide gap between someone who likes pumpkins and someone who wants a Baphomet on the sideboard. Groovy Ghost and Baphomet are both in this guide and they are not for the same person.
Mind the stock levels. Most of the Nemesis Now and Disney Traditions pieces here are single units rather than deep inventory, so the one you are considering may well be gone within days rather than weeks.
Measure before you buy big. A 78.5cm sculpture is taller than most people picture when they read the number. The same applies to the 37cm and 38cm dragons.
Where to Browse
The quickest route is our Halloween Gift Ideas collection, which brings every piece in this guide together on one page. For the darker end of the range, head to Gothic Giftware and Skulls and Skeletons. The full Nemesis Now Figurines collection runs to 35 pieces and covers everything from £14.99 collectables to statement sculptures.
For witchy homeware, browse Aroma Diffusers and Oil Burners, Candles and Home Fragrance and Ancient Witch Ritual Water. Collectors should head for Disney Traditions by Jim Shore.
And if you are already thinking ahead, our Christmas gift guide is live, organised the same way, by budget.
The best Halloween gift is the one still sitting on the shelf in June.