18 Halloween Gift Card Ideas That Are Scary Good 🎃

Halloween is a time for thrills, chills, tricks and, of course, treats! So if you’re looking for a spooky season gift – whether it’s for a boo basket or just because – gift cards can be the ultimate option. With just a liiiiiiiittle bit of creativity, you can transform a simple gift card into a Halloween gift they’ll be talking about for many spooky seasons to come.

Whether you’re wrapping it in a ghoulishly creative way or selecting gift cards that will get them in the Halloween spirit, this guide has you covered with some scary good options. Let’s dive into some eerie-sistible Halloween gift card ideas!

👻 Halloween Ideas For Digital Gift Cards

Digital gift cards might not seem like something you can make festive, but oh, ho would that assumption be incorrect! When you choose to send a digital gift card with GiftYa, there are a few different ways you can give your gift some spooky style.

1. Choose a pre-set Halloween wrapper

Sending a GiftYa is pretty simple – it only involves a couple of steps. But one of the steps is to choose a wrapping paper for your gift card, which your recipient will click off when they receive their gift card. You don’t have to be a graphic design expert yourself to send something festive – there are options for every season and occasion from birthdays and anniversaries to graduation and holidays, and, of course, that also means Halloween.

2. Include a photo or video clip from last Halloween.

If you aren’t loving any of the pre-created options, you can also make your own wrapper in no time flat! Just upload a photo or short video clip from your device, position it, and viola! DIY Halloween wrapping for your digital gift card.

Consider scouring your photos app for things like:

• Snapshots from the pumpkin patch
• Their pet in a paws-itively frightening costume
• The Halloween costume that won them a prize in the costume contest
• Jack-o-lanterns they carved for Halloweens past
• Even just a snapshot of the fall foliage out your window

The choice is totally up to you!

3. Choose a spooky brand.

There are some brands that come to mind when the air turns cold and the leaves start to change. Whether you know the coffee shop they like to read on fall weekends or have a clever idea based on a company with a spooky-sounding name, you can also go the direction of making your gift Halloween-themed with your choice of brand.

Here are a few ideas to get you started!

• Send a Spirit Airlines gift card or one for another company with a spooky name
• Text a Target gift card so they can browse the latest Halloween blankets and throws
• Get a Caribou Coffee gift card or send a Dunkin’ gift card so they can sip their favorite fall drink as a sweet treat
• Buy a Barnes & Noble gift card for all those scary books they’re adding to their TBR
• Snag a Hot Topic gift card for memorabilia from their favorite spooky franchises, whether it’s Twilight, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Nightmare on Elm Street, or adorably spooky Disney and Sanrio merch
• Buy a Bath & Body Works gift card so they can stock up on their favorite fall scents before they’re gone
• Send a GiftYa Select gift card so that they can choose from any scary good brand in the whole catalog!

👻 Physical Halloween Gift Card Ideas

Now let’s say you’ve decided to go the physical gift card route. First thing’s first – you’ve got to choose one. You’ve got plenty of options, like a:

• Starbucks gift card to make their PSL dreams come true
• Spirit Halloween gift card for all of their costume and decoration needs
• Fashion and beauty brands with spooky collabs like Beetlejuice Beetlejuice x Glamnetic nails, Colourpop x Twilight makeup, La Femme en Noir x Vampira dresses and accessories, or Harry Potter x Kitsch pillowcases
• Woobles gift card so they can get started on a beginner-friendly seasonal craft
• Custom Halloween ghost Visa gift card from Gift Card Granny
• Gift card for the local haunted house, pumpkin patch, Halloween pop up bar or restaurant in their city, or amusement park

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But once the gift card’s in your hands, how do you wrap it so that it’s frightfully festive?? 😱 Read on, if you dare!

🎃 DIY a Spooky Gift Card Holder

Fun gift card holders are the bread and butter of a fun gift card delivery. There are just so many options. For starters, you can buy or DIY pretty much every option on this list, like…

4. Mummy Wrapped Gift Card

Wrap your gift card in a white piece of paper or a small envelope, then use strips of gauze or white fabric to wrap it like a mummy. Add googly eyes for a fun and spooky touch.

5. Gift Card Cauldron

Place the gift card inside a small cauldron or black pot, along with some faux spider webs and plastic spiders. This will create a fun and thematic presentation.

6. Spiderweb Pouch

Create a small pouch from black fabric or felt, then use white yarn to make a spider web design. Add a plastic spider for a creepy finish.

7. Halloween Graveyard Dirt Cups

Create a mini graveyard by placing the gift card inside a small box or tin, and then cover the top with crushed Oreo cookies to mimic dirt. Add a few cookie tombstones, candy skeletons, or marshmallow ghosts to complete the look.

8. Go Ghost

Wrap the gift card in a white cloth or tissue paper and tie it with a black ribbon. Add a spooky face with a marker to turn it into a ghost.

9. Or Go Batty

Use black construction paper to create bat-shaped envelopes. Cut out bat wings and glue them to a small envelope. Insert the gift card and seal it with a spooky sticker.

10. Pumpkin Envelope

Use orange construction paper to create a pumpkin-shaped envelope. Draw or cut out a jack-o’-lantern face, and slip your gift card inside.

11. Pumpkin Spice Packet

Create a small packet from orange cardstock and attach a gift card to it with a fun “Pumpkin Spice” label. Decorate with little pumpkins or autumn leaves.

12. Zombie Hand Holder

Make a zombie hand from green construction paper. Cut out and assemble the hand with “fingers” reaching out to hold the gift card. It’s a creepy but fun way to present your gift!

🎃 13. Create a spooky scavenger hunt

Halloween is a season of mystery, no? Why not add a little adventure to the gift card delivery by creating a spooky scavenger hunt (or for the Potterheads, a Marauders Map) to help them find their gift and have a frightful bit of fun along the way!

🎃 14. Make it a Boo-Basket

Halloween-themed gift baskets for your friends, partners, and anyone else you could call your “boo” have taken social media by storm. Luckily, it’s pretty easy to put one together! Just swing by your local craft store or even Walmart to find a container – a gift basket or even a candy pail works well – then start stocking it with goodies, like:

• Halloween gift cards
• Cozy items like blankets and spooky socks
• Candles or incense
• Seasonal tea packets or coffee pods
• Books ranging from sorta spooky to downright terrifying
• Their favorite candy

And anything else you can come up with!

PS - you can go down the rabbit hole of people buying PS5 controllers and Coach bags for boo baskets, sure. But you can realistically put together a very nice gift for $20-30 with a trip to your local Target, TJMaxx, or Dollar Tree.

🎃 15. Or just BOO!

If this little activity hasn’t taken your neighborhood or apartment building by storm yet, allow us to introduce you to Boo! It’s ding-dong ditch, but with a fun Halloween twist. 

To start, make a couple of goody bags containing candy, spider rings, a small gift card, anything you want. Print up an instruction sheet letting your victims (mwahaha) know that they have been Boo!’d and now they must Boo! two other people. Also include a paper ghost they can hang on their door to let other neighbors know they’ve already gotten got. Then ding-dong ditch and leave the treats on their doorstep! Soon the whole neighborhood will be playing along. 

🎃 16. Go with a Spooky Greeting Card

Perhaps the most classic option on the list, a Halloween greeting card still doesn’t have to be boring. Find a Halloween comic-inspired one by their favorite cartoon artist, or just see what you can find in the card aisle at the store. Here are a couple that gave me a chuckle while I was writing!

Caterpillar Trick Card

Nice try, kid.

Nathan Pyle Strange Planet Card

Halloween probably would seem really strange to aliens visiting Earth for the first time, huh?

Not So Spooky Cats

Honestly, they’re more cute than they are scary!

Grammar is Scary

A slight variation on an excellent birthday card.

🎃 Delivered with (Jumps)care

Halloween is about tricks just as much as treats! Since you’ve already got the nice part covered, why not make your delivery a pulse-pounding thrill?

17. Prank Box

Just order one of these bad boys on Amazon, put your gift card inside, and wait for the screams to begin. You might want to have a camera ready 👻

18. In Person

Dress up as a scarecrow and sit very still. Pop around the corner in a full Jason Vorhees costume. There are lots of way to spook your gift recipient with a jumpscare!

That’s it for our spook-tacular Halloween gift card ideas.

When it comes to Halloween, gift cards can be more than just a convenient last-minute gift option. With these creative ideas, you can turn a simple gift card into a Halloween treat that will  spook and surprise your recipient. From haunted gift card holders and boo basket bundles to scary scavenger hunts, there’s no shortage of ways to add a Halloween twist to a gift card!

So no matter which one you choose, we hope these ideas will help you celebrate the season in style. Happy Halloween, and happy gifting!