Halloween Line Icons

Last Updated on July 25, 2026 by Editorial Team

A free set of line icons, covering the Halloween niche. The icon set contains 12 spooky icons and is available in three formats: .EPS, .AI and .PDF.

Created by Marko Stupic for Five.

What makes this Halloween icon set work so well is the consistency of the linework across such a varied cast of subjects.

An axe with a drip of blood, a friendly ghost, a witch hat, a coffin with a small cross, and a skull all share the same stroke weight and rounded terminals.

That uniformity carries through the spider, the web, the bubbling cauldron, the grave marker, and the trio of candles, so nothing in the set feels like it was drawn by a different hand.

The bottom row rounds things out with a Frankenstein face, wrapped candies, a jack-o-lantern, a black cat, and a bat mid-flight, giving you a nicely balanced mix of characters, props, and symbols rather than fifteen versions of the same pumpkin.

The outline style itself is doing a lot of communication work here.

Every icon is built from thin, even strokes with no fill, which reads as friendly and approachable rather than gory or heavy.

That makes this set suited to seasonal branding that wants a Halloween mood without tipping into anything too dark or graphic, think family-friendly event flyers, kids’ party invitations, school newsletters, or a candy shop’s autumn promotion.

The open, airy quality of line icons also means they hold up at small sizes, so they work equally well as tiny bullet markers in a menu of trick-or-treat activities or blown up large as a hero graphic on a landing page.

Where These Icons Fit Best

Because the set leans playful rather than horror-themed, it suits a specific band of Halloween projects rather than every possible use.

• Social media posts and stories announcing Halloween sales, costume contests, or trick-or-treat hours
• Email newsletters and website banners for seasonal promotions
• Printed materials like flyers, invitations, or menu cards for Halloween-themed events
• UI accents for a seasonal app update, a countdown widget, or a themed landing page
• Packaging or label details for candy, baked goods, or party favors

If your project calls for something darker or more illustrative, like dripping blood, cracked tombstones, or detailed monster faces, this set will feel too clean and cheerful for the job.

But for anything that wants a lighthearted nod to the holiday, these icons hit the right tone immediately.

Editing them is straightforward since they’re built from simple vector strokes.

Open the file in a vector editor and you can recolor every icon by selecting the stroke and swapping it out, which is useful if the bright red background here doesn’t match your palette.

A quick trick is dropping the icons onto a deep purple, black, or muted orange background instead of red, which shifts the whole mood from bold and punchy to something moodier and more atmospheric.

You can also adjust the stroke weight uniformly across the set if you need the icons to feel bolder for a print piece or lighter and more delicate for a web interface.

Because each icon sits on its own, cropping them individually from the set and placing them into a grid, a scattered pattern, or a single-icon badge are all easy layout moves.

When it comes to pairing these with other design elements, a rounded, friendly sans-serif typeface tends to match the tone better than anything gothic or dripping, since the icons themselves are already playful rather than eerie.

If you’re building out a full seasonal kit, this line style pairs naturally with solid-color badges, simple dotted borders, or a light pattern of stars and moons for a nighttime trick-or-treat feel.

Keep an eye on contrast if you’re placing white-stroke icons on light backgrounds, since the linework needs a reasonably dark or saturated backdrop to stay legible, much like the red used in the preview here.