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FUN SOCIALLYDISTANCED ACTIVITIES FOR HALLOWEEN
1 Carve some pumpkins:
Head somewhere and pick out the perfect pumpkin. You can find one at a grocery store or make a day of it and go to a pumpkin patch. Once you make it home, carve away! This is a fun activity to do alone or with the family. It’s also a nice way to decorate your front porch.
2 Deliver Halloween care packages:
Fill a basket with fun festive items and deliver them to a friend. You may even drop one off at someone’s front door without being seen. You never know who needs some extra love!
3 Watch scary movies:
It may be surprising to hear, but in this day and age drive-in theaters still exist. Check out local showtimes online and view a film from your car. You may enjoy them just as much curled up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn in hand.
4 Visit a haunted house: There are lots of options
to get your scares this year! Quite a few haunted houses adapted in order to ensure the safety of everyone during this time, and some even take place outside. The safest option of all are virtual
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haunted house tours, which you can find online.
5 C reate some festive treats or cocktails:
With so many fall flavors, it’s not hard to find something delicious to make. When apples, pumpkins, cranberries, cinnamon, and other foods and spices are mixed with a few other ingredients, some yummy treats can be created. You may even attempt to make some fallinspired mixed drinks.
6 Host a virtual Halloween party: Thankfully,
Halloween parties can be done through screens these days. You might try arranging a costume contest with your friends or family, participate in a murder mystery game, or watch a movie together.
7 Make a candy chute: Sit down with the fam-
ily and design a way to get candy to trick-ortreaters without having to come face-to-face. This can be a fun bonding activity for everyone. When the actual day of Halloween comes along, trick-or-treaters will appreciate these fun inventions too.
