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6 Halloween Tumbler Ideas for a Freakish Drinking Experience

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October is here, bringing forth another Halloween holiday. We bet you've got everything planned, including your costume, decorations, and the type of theme you'll be going for. Another crucial part is food, drinks, and the respective utensils.

Typically, most people select normal cups/tumblers or plates. However, you can get creative and have designed or customized tumblers, to make your theme party or event more interesting.

If you're wondering how the following write-up looks at the best Halloween tumbler ideas. We've also got you covered with DIY methods, a special way to create a gift, and crafting a personal drinking cup or mug. Moreover, you can make this a group project, helping you have fun with friends, partners, or family. Read on for more information.

Importance of Getting Halloween Tambler Designs

Of course, you can still get a normal supermarket tumbler and enjoy your tea, coffee, or beer. Where's the fun in that, though? Having specially designed tumblers helps you achieve the following aspects: 

  • Creating gifts : Imagine getting a customized gift based on your favorite movie character or horror movie. Fun and fulfilling, right?

  • They enrich your chosen theme : For Halloween enthusiasts, matching the tumblers with your general helps you fulfill small theme details.

  • Can double as decorations : Customized tumblers can be great Halloween decorations. This is unlike normal store tumblers, which might seem like litter once used.

So, what Halloween tumbler ideas are there? Continue reading to discover them and learn how to purchase or craft them at home.

1. Pumpkin Tumblers

Pumpkin models can be your automatic Halloween tumbler design, allowing you to experiment with varying sizes, shapes, and colors. If you're going for an extremely scary vibe, acquiring related designs with monster or vampire blood cups can help you enrich your theme. Just imagine your guests drinking a red type of juice in these Halloween tumblers.

Different online stores, such as eBay and Etsy, offer such tumblers. Make your order today to fulfill your desired Halloween celebration.

This image shows orange tumbler with pumpkin face sourced from Walmart.
Image Source: Walmart

2. Purchase Branded Halloween Tumblers

Various providers offer Halloween merchandise, such as pumpkin cups and drinking equipment. These designs usually relate to scary historical stories and art, such as skulls, skeletons, mummies, and witches.

If you're having a party, mix the designs and let your guests choose their personal preferences. Such aspects can be great conversation starters, helping your guests interact and enjoy the haunting holiday. Another example is having two people with the same brand team up for a Halloween game night. 

This image shows 24 pumpkin tumblers with different design and colors sourced from Amazon.
Image source: Amazon

3. Movie Merchandise Inspiration

Production teams tend to brand many accessories to earn extra cash. Tumblers, mugs, and cups aren't an exception, giving you an opportunity to get some for your Halloween. Therefore, take advantage of horror movie merchandise releases, which might not necessarily be around Halloween.

Luckily, if the branding aim is marketing the horror film, you can get the merchandise for free. If you are looking for a specific film, you can get the respective images or quotes online and have professional designers personalize your tumblers.

This image shows 2 pumpkin tumblers with magic design sourced from Amazon.com.
Image source: Amazon

4. Animal Horns as Tumblers

Are the Barbarians and the Vikings your costume inspiration? If so, opt for horns mock-ups as your cups/tumblers, and achieve a glimpse of Valhalla entertainment. Various designs depict actual horns, while others resemble normal tumblers but have unique external designs.

Also, a horn tumbler can be a great counter artifact, especially if you do reindeer hunting. You can carry it to your local pub or during camps with family or friends.

This image shows a blended tumbler sourced from seasidegalleryandgoods.
Image Source: seasidegalleryandgoods

5. Mythical Roman Empire Gold Cups

No, you won't be getting gold tumblers, but you can get great look-a-like props when playing Roman Empire characters. Online stores like Amazon detail various providers, helping you role-play Caesar, Sheeba, Medusa, Zeus, or Poseidon.

This image shows a pumpkin with Golden skull pattern sourced from Spenceronline.
Image source: spenceronline

6. DIY Methods

If you overspend on your costumes, various DIYs can help you create multiple Halloween tumbler designs. Depending on your preference, you'll need some photo editing skills and printing methods like screen and HTV printing.

Luckily, all processes are easy to learn and execute. That said, here are DIY methods for creating haunting Halloween tumblers:

Print Witty and Scary Quotes on the Tumblers

Through screen printing, you can print scary phrases on cups, a great idea if having guests over or distributing the tumblers for sale. Various quote examples include:

“This Poison is hitin the right spots."

"Special Blood Punch.”

"Dracula's Special.”

"My Last Drink as a Human.”

"Straight Outta Poison Lake.”

"Bitter than Herbs.”

If having guests, have each come up with personal quotes for their tumblers. The best quote or phrase can get a gift.

This image shows 2 pumpkin tumblers with purple and black pattern and word design "It
Image source: Amazon

Skulls + Your Event’s Initials

If you've named your Halloween event, you can screen print a skull photo plus your party’s initials. This way, no one will steal the tumblers, and it will also help you enrich the general vibe of your party. 

This image shows a pumpkin tumbler with a white skull face sourced from Poshmark.
Image source: poshmark

Crystal Beads or Skull Designs

If you have patience, get a pack of crystal beads, plus glue, and use them to create 2D Halloween drawings like skulls or pumpkins. To make your work easier, trace objects to draw on the tumblers and use them as a guide when sticking the crystal beads.

This image shows a pumpkin tumbler with a Pumpkin face made with golden beads sourced from Etsy.
Image source: etsy

Print Your Favorite Horror Movies

There is no need to rush for movie merchandise if you know how to engrave or print personal designs. Simply download images of your favorite show and print them on plain tumblers. If you are looking for somewhere to start, legendary horror movies include The Conjuring, Doll House, The Exorcist, and The Shape of Water.

You can also get quote inspiration from such movies and shows. Luckily, you have the freedom to rephrase them to suit your theme or drink type.

This image shows a orange tumbler with halloween queen design and black bats sourced from Etsy.
Image source:  etsy

Scary Art Designs

Halloween allows you to explore art that's outside your comfort zone. You can use software like Illustrator or Photoshop to create your designs. Here are art examples to try:

The illusion of blood dripping from the tumbler.

The drawing of a bloodthirsty vampire.

An animated witch or Dracula design.

Draw the Grim Reaper.

A burnt or torn-up flag.

This will help you improve your drawing art, and can also sell it for significant profits during the Halloween season.

This image shows tumbler with white emojie ghosts and black spider sourced from Etsy.
Image source: etsy

Comical Villains Prints

Lastly, you can print and stick comical villains on the tumblers. Carefully select villains such as Kruger, Joker, Dracula, Grim Reaper, Bane from Batman, and Hacksaw Man. You can combine their art with features like pumpkin heads or print multiple villains on one tumbler.

This image shows a black tumbler with a horrible humanoid monster sourced from Etsy.
Image source:  etsy

You can independently explore the ideas or experiment with others like music inspiration, celebrity crush tumblers, or highlighting towns with paranormal activity.

What are you waiting for? Get yourself a Halloween-themed tumbler from certified stores. Alternatively, the article highlights the best DIY methods to try. Enjoy your Halloween!