Enter the Haunted House Decorating Contest

If you love Halloween, the 5th Annual Lake Lorraine Haunted House Decorating Contest is for you!

There’s tons of Halloween-themed homes decorated throughout the Sioux Falls area. This contest is a great way to show off your creativity and invite the public to share in the fun! There is NO charge to participate; entrants photos and addresses will be shown on the website and social media.

Contest entries open Oct. 11. After all the entries are submitted, we’ll share our “Haunted House” list to encourage the public to check them out! See pictures from last year’s entries here.

The contest portion comes into play with two categories — the People’s Choice and the Best Overall! People’s Choice will be decided by the public via Facebook votes. A committee of Lake Lorraine volunteers will determine the Best Overall Award. Committee members will be judging Friday, Oct. 25 -Saturday, Oct. 26.

The inspiration for the event…

Remember “Christmas Lanes” and how families would hop in the car and drive around to see how people decorated their homes for the holidays? In recent years, we’ve noticed a surge of cool Halloween-themed decorated homes. We created the Haunted House Decorating Contest in 2020. We wanted to promote a fun, safe way for families to celebrate Halloween — and to showcase those decorated homes!

A reminder — if you need to stock up on some great Halloween decor, we know a few stores you might want to check out!