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

