Autumn is here, every street, path and park is filled with a sea of autumnal bliss. It’s that cosy time of year where all the magic begins to happen and it all starts on the night of Halloween!
This year Halloween is on a Saturday, meaning there is a whole week of entertainment leading up to the big day. After a year of thinking outside the box to keep your little ones busy, this holiday can feel very daunting.
Worry not, here are some activities to keep your little ones entertained over this spooktacular period.
1. Spooky Cupcakes
After lock down, if there is anything families have mastered it is baking! Now is the time to put the skills you have mastered to the test and create some creepy cup cakes.
You can find 100’s of recipes, techniques and ideas from a quick online search! ! Here are some of our favourites:
- https://www.olivemagazine.com/recipes/family/best-halloween-recipes/
- https://preppykitchen.com/halloween-cupcakes/
2. Classic Halloween Movies
After a day of entertaining your children, a well deserved rest is needed, why not try sticking on a classic Halloween movie to get you in to the festive spirit. Here’s a few of our favourites:
- Halloween town 1 & 2
- Hocus pocus
- Casper
- Twitches
- Ghost busters
- Toy story of terror
- Wallace and Gromit : The Curse of the were-rabbit
3. Pumpkin Picking
Pumpkin picking is the hottest Halloween trend and if you can book yourself in, it is a great annual tradition to do with your family to capture some beautiful photos. However, if you cannot find an available pumpkin patch anywhere near you, fear not! There is nothing stopping you from picking your pumpkins up from your local shop and taking them out for a family activity and photoshoot. Find yourself a field with some hay bales and get creative.
Your local farm shop is the best place to go to find unique pumpkins.
4. Pumpkin Decorating
Carving pumpkins is becoming a thing of the past. Black, white and green is the new orange this year. With parents opting for a more creative approach, we are now seeing painted or even spray painted pumpkins on our Instagram feeds. So why not give it ago, this is a fun and creative activity to do with your little ones, although we can’t promise it will make any less of a mess!
5. Traditional Halloween Games
Traditional Halloween games are a great way for both you and your little ones to feel festive, we love:
- Apple bobbing
- Halloween musical statues – get the classic Halloween tunes on like monster mash!
- Guess what’s in the spooky box. Fill individual boxes with fake spiders, skeletons and sweetie eye balls and blind fold your little ones so they can guess what is in the box.
6. Trick Or Treating
This year Halloween is going to be a little different. We wanted to inspire you to create an exciting trick or treat experience all around your home. By making every door in your house a new door to knock on, your little one can still have an authentic Halloween experience by collecting their sweets from each room. You can adopt the different styles and treats you get when you go trick or treating…Some people give fruit, others opt for money or there are the traditional sweet treats. Different treats behind each door adds to excitement!
