25 ChatGPT Prompts for Halloween Junk Journal Pages

October is coming, and there’s something special about this time of year that makes me want to create beautiful, spooky art.

If you’re like me and love making junk journals, you know how Halloween opens up a whole new world of creative possibilities. The rich oranges, deep purples, and mysterious blacks of the season create the perfect palette for crafting pages that tell haunting stories.

Halloween junk journals are more than just scrapbooks. They’re personal collections of memories, dreams, and creative expressions wrapped in autumn magic.

I love how these journals can capture both the whimsical and mysterious sides of Halloween. One page might feature a cute fox in a cozy sweater, while the next showcases an elegant gothic goblet filled with mysterious potions.

The beauty of junk journals lies in their imperfection. Torn edges, layered papers, and mixed textures create that authentic, lived-in feel that makes each page unique.

Head over to chatgpt.com or copilot.microsoft.com and copy any of these prompts exactly as written. Both platforms use the same image generation model, so you’ll get similar results.

I’ve tested each of these prompts myself, and they consistently produce stunning images perfect for printing and incorporating into your journal pages.

Once you generate your images, you can print them on vintage paper, distress the edges, or layer them with other elements like pressed flowers, old book pages, or handwritten notes.

25 Halloween Junk Journal Prompts

Vintage Halloween Witch

Create a vintage-style Halloween junk journal page featuring a beautiful witch with flowing pink hair, wearing an ornate black hat adorned with autumn leaves and blush-colored roses. The background should be a collage of aged sheet music, handwritten script, and faded floral patterns.

This prompt creates an elegant witch portrait that feels more romantic than scary. The soft pink tones balance the traditional Halloween elements perfectly.

Spooky Specimen Collection

Create a junk journal page that is a “specimen” display of various spooky elements like a spider, a bat wing, and a raven feather, all artistically arranged with labels in cursive script on a background of faded pink and cream floral paper.

Perfect for adding a scientific, Victorian-era feel to your journal. The specimen layout gives it an authentic vintage natural history vibe.

Whimsical Fox Character

Create a whimsical junk journal page featuring a shy fox character wearing a rustic straw hat and a teal-colored coat, standing next to a weathered wooden door and holding a small lantern. The scene should be surrounded by pumpkins of various sizes.

This adorable character brings warmth to Halloween themes. The fox’s shy expression and cozy clothing make it feel like a character from a beloved children’s book.

Monster Hunter’s Field Guide

Create a junk journal page from a monster hunter’s field guide, featuring a detailed anatomical illustration of a griffin’s skeleton with handwritten notes in elegant cursive script detailing its physiology. The background should look like aged, stained parchment with ink blots.

For those who love fantasy elements, this creates an authentic-looking page from an imaginary monster encyclopedia.

Retro Halloween Pattern

Create a retro junk journal page with a repeating pattern of stylized black cats with arched backs, smiling jack-o’-lanterns, and friendly, sheet-like ghosts against a bright teal background with atomic-era starbursts.

The mid-century modern aesthetic gives traditional Halloween symbols a fresh, playful twist that’s perfect for vintage-style journals.

Elegant Black Cat

Create a junk journal page with a central image of a sleek black cat with a delicate pink ruffled collar, perched atop a stack of antique leather-bound books. Surround the cat with scattered pink rose petals and subtle spiderweb motifs in the corners.

This sophisticated cat design combines elegance with subtle spooky elements, perfect for a more refined Halloween aesthetic.

Quirky Crow Character

Create a storybook-style junk journal page depicting a quirky crow with a long, blue beak, wearing a cozy pink trench coat and bright blue boots, standing amidst a field of sunflowers and pumpkins.

The unexpected color combination and whimsical styling make this crow absolutely charming rather than ominous.

Supernatural Botanist’s Notes

Create a junk journal page from a botanist’s logbook on supernatural plants. It should showcase a realistic, detailed illustration of a “Mandragora” (mandrake root) with notes on its lethal scream and magical properties, on a grid-paper background.

This creates an authentic scientific journal feel while adding mythical plant lore to your Halloween pages.

1950s Halloween Party Invitation

Create a junk journal page designed like a vintage Halloween party invitation from the 1950s. Use quirky, bubbly fonts and feature illustrations of dancing skeletons in bow ties and ghouls doing the twist.

The retro party theme brings fun, social energy to your journal with a distinctly vintage American feel.

Skull with Roses

Create a detailed junk journal page centered around a human skull elegantly adorned with pink and deep red roses, with a single butterfly resting on its cheekbone. The background should have a faded damask pattern and snippets of old letters.

This classic memento mori design is softened by romantic elements, creating a beautiful balance between life and death themes.

Owl Witch

Create a junk journal page with a wide-eyed owl wearing a pointy witch hat, perched on a branch with a few colorful autumn leaves. The background should have a soft, pastel-colored, distressed look.

The wise owl makes a perfect witch familiar, and the soft pastels keep it friendly rather than frightening.

Vampire Anatomy Study

Create a junk journal page studying vampiric anatomy. It should feature an antique medical diagram of the human circulatory system, overlaid with annotations in red ink tracing the flow of consumed blood and the physiological changes caused by vampirism.

For gothic horror fans, this creates a believable medical study with a supernatural twist.

Mid-Century Halloween Collage

Create a junk journal page with a collage of cut-out images from mid-century advertisements, but with a Halloween twist. For instance, a 1950s family happily driving in their convertible, but with a friendly Frankenstein’s monster in the back seat.

This playful approach combines nostalgic Americana with gentle Halloween humor.

Raven with Silver Key

Create a junk journal page depicting a glossy black raven with an underbelly of soft pink feathers, clutching an antique silver key in its beak. The background should be a collage of aged paper, botanical illustrations of thorny roses, and faux wax seals.

The mysterious key adds intrigue, while the pink feathers soften the traditionally dark raven imagery.

Autumn Animal Friends

Create a junk journal page featuring a group of animal friends—a fox, a rabbit, and a bear—all dressed in cozy autumn attire, having a picnic on a patchwork quilt in a pumpkin patch.

Perfect for those who prefer cute over spooky, this creates a heartwarming autumn scene full of friendship.

Monster Phrenology

Create a junk journal page on the “Phrenology of Monsters.” Feature a vintage phrenology head diagram, but with the sections relabeled to correspond to the traits of a creature like Frankenstein’s monster, such as “Existential Angst,” “Superhuman Strength,” and “Borrowed Intellect.”

This clever concept combines Victorian pseudoscience with classic monster lore in a humorous way.

Mid-Century Haunted Houses

Create a junk journal page showcasing a lineup of mid-century modern haunted houses. The houses should have sharp, angular roofs, large picture windows with spooky silhouettes, and be colored in a palette of orange, black, and gray.

The clean lines of modern architecture create an unexpected twist on traditional haunted house imagery.

Gothic Goblet

Create a junk journal page showcasing an ornate, gothic-style goblet filled with a swirling pink potion, with delicate pink flowers and small, decorative skulls at its base. Frame the image with a dark, intricate border.

This elegant vessel suggests magical rituals while maintaining sophisticated aesthetic appeal.

Playful Squirrel

Create a junk journal page depicting a playful squirrel character wearing a tiny vest, scampering up a pile of pumpkins. The background should have a distressed, aged-paper look with splotches of watercolor.

The tiny vest detail makes this woodland creature absolutely adorable and perfect for autumn pages.

Ancient Cursed Artifact

Create a junk journal page about ancient curses, centered around a detailed sketch of a cursed Egyptian scarab artifact. Surround it with snippets of translated hieroglyphics and dire warnings written in frantic, overlapping script.

This creates an authentic archaeological journal feel with mysterious, ancient magic elements.

Witch’s Love Spells

Create a junk journal page that looks like a page from a witch’s grimoire, with handwritten spells about love potions, illustrated with small drawings of flowers, black cats, and crescent moons.

Perfect for those interested in the softer side of witchcraft, focusing on love magic rather than dark arts.

Antique Potion Bottles

Create a junk journal page featuring a collection of antique potion bottles of various shapes and sizes, filled with shimmering colorful liquids and labeled with elegant, gothic calligraphy.

These mysterious bottles suggest magical practices while creating beautiful, collectible imagery.

Witch’s Crystal Magic

Create a junk journal page featuring a witch’s hand with black nail polish and delicate silver rings, holding a large, glowing amethyst crystal. Faint, ethereal smoke should rise from the crystal, forming subtle constellations in the dark background.

The crystal work adds a modern witchcraft element while maintaining elegant, mystical aesthetics.

Celestial Night Sky Witch

Create a junk journal page with an ethereal portrait of a celestial witch. Her hair should be long and dark, appearing to be made of the night sky itself with tiny stars woven in, and she should be looking up at a luminous, full moon with a serene expression.

This creates a beautiful, dreamy witch portrait that emphasizes connection with celestial forces.

Book of Shadows Dream Spell

Create a junk journal page that looks like a page from a Book of Shadows, detailing a spell for prophetic dreams. The page should be bordered with intricate, silver filigree and feature a central illustration of a dreamcatcher woven with crystals and raven feathers.

This combines Native American dreamcatcher symbolism with witch grimoire aesthetics for a unique spiritual page.

While these prompts create beautiful base images, your personal touch makes each page special. Add pressed flowers from your own garden, write meaningful quotes in your handwriting, or layer in ticket stubs and photos from your own Halloween memories.

The magic happens when AI-generated beauty meets your personal creativity and life experiences.