If you find yourself at home instead of trick-or-treating with friends, or showing off your costume at a Halloween party this year, here are some spook-tacular ways to create memories with your own Halloween festivities:
DRESS UP IN COSTUMES AS A FAMILY AND TAKE SILLY PHOTOS
Even if you didn’t plan to dress up this year, you can look in your closet and put together looks from your wardrobe or kids’ dress up clothes. Take photos and share them with family and friends!
DON’T FORGET A SPOOKY SPREAD
Food should absolutely be part of the decor. You don’t have to make anything too fancy, it should just be tasty, easy to eat, and of course, look scary! Think hot dogs cut like fingers, witch’s brew green juice, pizza with toppings like a jack-o’-lantern face, peeled grape eyeballs, and so on. As long it’s on theme, it works. For dessert, you could also bake or buy plain cookies or cupcakes for everyone to decorate with Halloween-themed icing and sprinkles.
BUILD A BLANKET FORT FOR A MOVIE NIGHT OR SCARY STORIES
Movies are a great way to set the mood for the scariest night of the year. Depending on the ages of your children, these movies could range from It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown! to Friday The 13th. Check your streaming providers for what’s available now.
Watch the movie from inside your fort, and tell stories in the dark with a flashlight afterward. Or you can skip the stories if the kids are too sleepy…or too scared!
HAVE A ZOOM PARTY WITH FRIENDS
If your friends want to be in on the fun, you could organize a Zoom party. Different members of each family could read stories out loud or you could all play games like bingo or Halloween-themed charades.
ORGANIZE A FAMILY SCAVENGER HUNT FOR HIDDEN CANDY
Even if trick or treating isn’t happening in your neighborhood this year, that doesn’t mean you can’t have candy! The adults (or kids if they wish) can leave clues for the other family members to follow in order to find hidden treats all over the house or even the backyard.
EACH FAMILY MEMBER CAN PAINT THEIR OWN PUMPKIN
This is another activity that can be just with your family or can involve other families. It can be just for fun, or even a friendly competition! Even preschool age children can have their own mini pumpkin and paint to their heart’s content. Share photos of your pumpkin art with everyone in the group!
Whatever you decide to do, I hope you have a fun and safe Halloween with your family!
If you are celebrating Halloween at home, what activities do you have planned?
This article has also appeared in Red Tricycle.
Photo by John Hayler on Unsplash
We got one of those cupcake decorating kits, that comes with the mix and the frosting with halloween sprinkles. It’s so much fun for the kiddies! And for my sweet tooth ha!
Sounds awesome! Happy Halloween!
Great ideas!!!
Thanks! Happy Halloween!
You too!
Can I reblog this?
Absolutely! Thanks for asking me first 🙂
Awesome thank you
Love it! Our family countdown chalkboard indeed says 2 DAYS and my 6 and 10 year old make, it’ll be a miracle, lol! We will probably watch Adams Family too
I love the idea of a countdown chalkboard! We only have one for Christmas, but one for Halloween is a must. Enjoy your Halloween!
Hi Jen! A little behind here lol. Are you and your family keeping up with the chalkboard countdown?
We have the Christmas one out right now 🙂
Some wonderful ideas to keep Halloween fun in spite of the crazy year we are having. Halloween is always a very big and very fun holiday in our family and we make the whole month fun. I do love your idea of the hidden scavenger hunt. I will definitely do this!
Happy Halloween to you and your family!
Thank you! A very happy Halloween to you and yours! 🎃🕷🧛🏻♂️
True Jen. Here we are, yet we didn’t decide to forego the celebration! ❤
Onward and upward!
We are having a cookie decorating party. They’re not just for Christmas! lol lol
That’s right 😀 Sounds yummy!
Sounds interesting 👍
The pandemic has offered up so many challenges; I never thought I would be sitting at home and celebrating Halloween…but here we are!
Love these really great ideas! The Movie fort will be a big hit in my house!! 🥳
Thanks! I hope you have a super Halloween!
Interesting ideas💡…we did some virtual pumpkin carving and colouring today 😂
Nice! How was the virtual pumpkin carving?
It was fun (happy kiddos)and mess free (happy mommy)😂