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Halloween photo widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A Halloween photo widget frames a favorite picture with a short caption. Pumpkin orange and purple on black. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Halloween photo widget design preview: Pumpkin orange and purple on black. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a Halloween photo widget shows

A photo widget puts a person, place or pet on the home screen without making it the wallpaper. The frame, the crop and the caption decide whether it feels designed or just pasted in.

You pick the picture with Android's photo picker, so WidgetCraft needs no storage permission, and the photo stays on your phone. It is a free element.

How the Halloween style shapes it

Halloween widgets use pumpkin orange, deep purple and black with a slightly eerie display font. A countdown to 31 October is the obvious centerpiece.

Photos: Use dark, moody photos with an orange tint.
Text: Use pumpkin orange for titles and fog grey for details.

Halloween photo widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 200, background #120B1A, corner radius 16
Layout	caption on the left, photo on the right
Image	190 × 160, corner radius 8, crop to fill
Text	place label, size 12, color #8E7AA8
Text	caption in two lines, Creepster, size 24, color #FF8A1F
Shape	rule 28 × 3 in #9B5DE5
Text	date, size 12, color #8E7AA8
Ornament	a crescent moon in the top right, made from an orange circle with a slightly offset circle in the background color on top, plus a few dim dots
Font	Creepster (import the font file), or the built-in Serif
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Halloween color palette

Midnight #120B1ABackground
Witch purple #24143ASurface and tracks
Pumpkin #FF8A1FText
Fog #8E7AA8Labels
Violet #9B5DE5Accent

How to make a Halloween photo widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 200, the background to #120B1A and the corner radius to 16.
Tap Add and choose Image. Pick your photo, size it to 190 × 160 and set crop to fill.
Set the image corner radius to 8. Drag the crop so the subject is centered.
Add a Text caption at size 24 in #FF8A1F using Creepster.
Add a small place label above and a date below, both at size 12 in #8E7AA8, with a short rule in #9B5DE5 between them.
Add the Halloween ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a crescent moon in the top right, made from an orange circle with a slightly offset circle in the background color on top, plus a few dim dots.
Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for Halloween photo widgets

Set a countdown layer to 31 October.
Keep the background nearly black.
Choose a photo whose subject sits in the middle; widgets crop the edges.
Portrait photos suit 2 × 2 or tall widgets better than wide ones.
Very large images make widgets slow; let the app resize the photo when asked.
Do not use the spooky font for small labels.
Do not add more than three colors.

Questions about the Halloween photo widget

What size is a Halloween photo widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 200 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Midnight (#120B1A) for the background, Pumpkin (#FF8A1F) for the main text, Fog (#8E7AA8) for labels and Violet (#9B5DE5) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Photo widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the Halloween styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for spooky photo widget, october photo widget, pumpkin photo widget. They describe the same look as this Halloween photo widget.

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