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Halloween Photo Insert Cards: An Unexpected Way to Stay in Touch

Take a picture of your little pumpkin for spooktacular Halloween photo insert cards or party invitations that will put the TREAT into trick or treat!

Autumn is a great time taking pictures of kids, pets, or the whole family. The annual trip to the pumpkin patch (and subsequent carving party), a weekend of raking leaves, and of course dressing up in costume for Halloween all make for memorable photo opportunities.

Halloween photo greeting cards are the perfect way to share those precious photos with family and friends.

Halloween Photo Cards | 4x6 Photo Insert Cards for Halloween
Our Natural Flax, Black, and Snow White Photo Insert Cards are perfect for Halloween photo greeting cards.

While most photo card enthusiasts traditionally send their personalized greeting cards out at Christmas or to announce the birth of their child, Halloween is an unexpected—and fun—time of year to send out special fall-themed greeting cards to friends and family.

Never made your own Halloween greeting cards before? We’re here to help with photo tips (like when to take the pictures) and what to write in the card (we’ve included plenty of puns because puns are fun). So grab a slice of apple pie, pour a cup of pumpkin spice latte, cozy up, and learn how easy it is to create one-of-a-kind Halloween photo insert cards.

Where to take pictures for your Halloween photo insert cards

Here are some fun fall photo ideas for your personalized Halloween picture cards:

  • Halloween Party
  • School Costume Parade
  • Costume Contest
  • Apple Orchard
  • Pumpkin Patch
  • Pumpkin Carving
  • Halloween Wedding
  • Halloween Parade
  • Haunted House
  • Hay Ride
  • Raking Leaves – be sure to get an action shot jumping in the leaves!
  • Halloween Birth Announcement
  • Oktoberfest Celebration
  • Fall Festival
  • Set up your own DIY photo booth, right at home (don’t forget the Halloween backdrop!)

Have some little ones involved in the photo shoot? Get some bonus tips for taking Halloween pictures with kids.


How to decorate your DIY Halloween greeting cards

  • Use a plain black photo holder card to make your Halloween picture really stand out. Just slide your 4″ x 6″ photo in—no glue or tape needed!
  • Gelly Pens (especially metallic) work great on darker colored cardstock. Use a bronze, copper, or pumpkin-orange pen to stay with the Halloween theme.
  • Rubber stamps are an easy way to accent your card with spooky imagery. Choose a lighter color cardstock for most stamp inks, or use a highly pigmented metallic ink to stamp on darker papers.
  • Decorate with washi tape! Add some pizazz to the window border frame on our photo insert cards with some Halloween-themed washi tape.

What to write in Halloween cards

Halloween is one of those holidays where you can get away with puns in your greeting, message, and sign-off. Not that you have to, but may as well get away with it when you can, right? Here are some Halloween card messages and wishes for you to use:

Intros and greetings:

  • Hello, boils and ghouls! (The perfect intro for fans of the classic Tales from the Crypt).
  • Ghoulish greetings
  • Howl-0!
  • To the coolest ghoul I know
  • Ghostly greetings
  • Trick or sweets!

Messages for Halloween greeting cards:

  • Wishing you a night full of frights and a bag full of delights.
  • Have a boo-tiful Halloween!
  • Happy Halloween to my favorite little goblin!
  • Have a killer Halloween!
  • Wishing you the best Halloween sugar high
  • Eat, drink, and be scary
  • Boo to you from our crew
  • Here’s to all the thrills, chills, and treats this Halloween
  • Here’s to delightful thrills and spooktacular chills
  • Have a spooky time!
  • Here’s to frightful fun and tasty treats!
  • Have a fang-tastic Halloween!

Sign-offs (closers):

  • Beast wishes
  • Bugs and kisses
  • Stay spooky
  • Best witches
  • Chills and thrills
  • Happy haunting
  • Happy Hallo-scream!
  • Creep it real

Do you have a Halloween photo idea? Or maybe you used a really clever greeting card message. We’d love to hear your creative ideas! Share with us in the comments.

One Comment

  1. Thanks for sharing my DIY photo booth!

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