Description
A Halloween garage door cover is a giant printed banner that hangs straight over your garage door and turns the biggest blank surface on the front of your house into the scariest one on the street. This one is 180 x 400cm of weatherproof polyester with a scary ghost print, eight grommets and ties, and it goes up in about five minutes without a ladder full of tape and staples.
Most Halloween decorating in Australia happens at knee height - a few pumpkins by the door, some cobwebs on the hedge, and that is it. From the footpath none of it reads. The garage door is the one surface trick-or-treaters actually see from three houses away, and it is usually the only part of the front of the house left completely bare. Cover it and you go from a house with a few decorations to the house the kids point at.
Specifications
| Type |
Halloween garage door cover and banner |
| Size |
180cm high x 400cm wide (approx 6 x 13 feet / 71 x 157 inches) |
| Material |
100D polyester fabric |
| Design |
Scary ghost print |
| Hanging |
8 reinforced grommets plus ribbon ties |
| Weather |
Holds up to sun and rain, suitable for outdoor use |
| Reusable |
Yes - folds down small for storage |
What's in the Box
| 1 x Garage Door Banner |
180 x 400cm, scary ghost design |
| 8 x Grommets |
Reinforced, already fitted to the banner |
| Ribbon ties |
For fixing the banner through the grommets |
Why a Banner Beats Taping Things to the Door
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It covers everything at once - one piece of fabric does what twenty cut-outs, cobwebs and stick-on decals would take an afternoon to do, and it looks deliberate instead of cluttered.
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Nothing sticks to your paint - garage doors are usually Colorbond or powder-coated, and tape in the sun is how you end up with adhesive baked onto the finish. This hangs from grommets and touches nothing.
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It reads from the street - at 4 metres wide the print is visible from a passing car, which is the whole point on the one night of the year people drive around looking.
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Rain does not end it - the polyester is made for outdoor use, so a wet Thursday in late October does not mean starting again on Friday.
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You get it back next year - fold it, put it in the box with the rest of the Halloween gear, and it comes out the same in twelve months. Paper and cardboard decorations do not.
How Do You Hang a Halloween Garage Door Cover?
The quickest way is to thread the ribbon ties through the top grommets and tie them to something already above the door - the top track of the garage door itself, a gutter bracket, an eave hook or a couple of screw-in cup hooks in the timber above the opening. Work along the top first and get the banner hanging straight, then tie off the bottom and side grommets so it does not lift in the wind. If you have nothing to tie to, small adhesive hooks rated for outdoor use will hold it, since the banner weighs almost nothing. One tip that saves a lot of swearing: hang the two top corners first, stand back and check it is level, and only then do the middle.
Will It Fit My Garage Door?
Measure before you order. The banner is 400cm wide and 180cm high, so on a single garage door you will have fabric to spare either side, which you can either fold behind or let spread across the surrounding wall for a bigger effect. On a double door 400cm covers most but not all of the width. The 180cm height means it hangs as a full panel down the face of the door rather than wrapping the frame, so most people hang it from the top and let the bottom sit clear of the driveway. If your door is a roller that lifts vertically, tie the banner to the frame rather than the door itself so you can still open it.
Can You Leave It Up in the Rain?
Yes. The 100D polyester is made to sit outside through sun and rain, and the colours do not run or bleach out over a few weeks of display. What actually shortens the life of an outdoor banner is wind, not water - a banner tied only at the top corners flaps, and flapping is what tears grommets out. Tie all eight and it will sit flat and quiet. If a real storm is forecast, take it down for the night; it takes two minutes and it is cheaper than replacing it.
Where People Hang It
Garage doors first, obviously, but the same banner works on a front fence facing the street, across a brick or rendered wall, along a balcony rail, or over a side gate. Indoors it makes a full wall backdrop for a party - hung behind a food table or across a hallway it does more than any amount of bunting. Schools and community halls use them across corridors and stage backs for Halloween discos, and they roll up small enough to move between rooms.
Pair It With
The banner sets the scene and everything else builds on it. 2.5m Giant Stretch Spider Web across the corners of the door frame, with a Giant Spider Prop or the 4pk Black Giant Spiders sitting in it, is the fastest way to make a flat wall look three dimensional. Add the 3pk Hanging Ghost Decorations from the eaves above so something moves in the breeze. For the driveway and path, 50pk EL Glow Wire and 6 Inch Glow Sticks give the kids something to carry, and the Life Size Skeleton propped against the garage is the detail people photograph. Inside, the 8pc Halloween Foil Balloon Set and 24pc Halloween Latex Balloons finish the room.
Frequently Asked Questions
What size is this Halloween garage door cover?
180cm high by 400cm wide, which is roughly 6 feet by 13 feet or 71 by 157 inches. Measure your own door before ordering rather than assuming, because garage openings vary a lot between houses.
How does it attach?
Through eight reinforced grommets using the ribbon ties supplied. You tie it to whatever is above and beside the opening - the door track, gutter brackets, eave hooks or outdoor adhesive hooks. Nothing sticks to the door itself.
Can I still open my garage door with it up?
Only if you tie the banner to the frame or the wall around the opening rather than to the door panel. If you fix it to the door itself, the banner will lift with the door. Most people hang it from the frame for exactly this reason.
Is it waterproof?
It is weather resistant polyester made for outdoor display, so rain and sun are fine. It is not a tarpaulin - do not expect it to keep water off anything. In strong wind, take it down.
Will the colours fade?
The print is designed to hold its colour through a display season outdoors. Left up all year in full Australian sun anything will fade eventually, which is another reason to take it down and store it after Halloween.
Can I use it indoors?
Yes, and it is one of the fastest ways to decorate a big blank wall for a party. Hung indoors it works as a photo backdrop as well as a decoration, and there is no wind to worry about.
Can I reuse it next Halloween?
Yes. Fold it dry, keep it out of direct sun in storage, and it will come out the same next October. That is the main advantage over paper, cardboard and stick-on decorations.
Fast Australian Shipping
We ship from Australian stock to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Canberra and Darwin, plus regional addresses in every state. Halloween decorations sell out through late September and October every year, so order early if you have a date locked in.
Colours may look slightly different on screen due to lighting and monitor settings. Please allow a small variation in measurements, as sizes are taken by hand. This is a decoration, not a safety barrier - keep ties clear of driveways and door tracks, and take the banner down before operating an automatic garage door.
