Halloween party at home

Halloween will, like most of 2020, be a different experience this year, however, we have a great guide to make it special at home…

Halloween has always been about Start putting the decorations up early to create Trick-or-Treat, pumpkins and decorating a build-up to the event itself which will help get your house, however, this year, with the kids excited and forget about the potential

Trick-or-Treating all but off the schedule, we lack of Trick-or-Treating this year… thought we would look at the ways to have a great Halloween party at home with your TRICK-OR-TREATING immediate family. With Trick-or-Treating probably off the menu DECORATIONS create an Easter-style egg hunt around your

First things first, you will need to get a whole lot home with a spooky candy hunt? You can set up of decorations. Budget shops such as clues that lead around the house with spooky

Poundstretcher and B&M are great places to goings-on around the home, almost like pick up one-off decorations for your house. To Scooby-Doo. Kids will love finding sweets and make it a family affair, why not make DIY treats amidst all the spooky decorations. decorations. This is a great way to keep children entertained and build excitement for Halloween FAMILY PARTY GAMES this year. After the Trick-or-Treat hunt, why not have some

Glow in the dark paint and stickers are great to sweet treats. stick onto black paper and then cut off to make this year due to social-distancing, why not fun and games as a family, while enjoying those dangling decorations such as skeletons, ghosts BEAN BAG TOSS and witches which look great hanging from This game is really simple and utilises carved doors, in windows and in the centre of the room. pumpkins and Trick-or-Treat buckets. Each player has three shots to get their bean bags into either the buckets or carved pumpkins for a certain amount of points. And even better, once you have finished, you can add a tealight and put the pumpkin on show!

EYEBALL PONG Similar to beer pong for adults, paint spooky eyes on table tennis balls and take it in turns to bounce the eyeballs on a table and into a cup. Have a prize for the most balls in a cup each turn – obviously not beer if you’re playing with the kids!

GHOST AND PUMPKIN BOWLING Dependant on whether a new toilet roll shortage has started again, paint ghoulish faces onto 10 toilet rolls and stack them in a pyramid. Then, using a pumpkin with a spooky face painted on and with the stalk cut off, see how many toilet rolls you can knock over each go.

PARTY TIME Now is the time for some classic fun and games. Turn the family-friendly, spooky music loud and dance around the house. You can incorporate musical statues at any time, stopping the music and watching who freezes like a ghost! See who can dance like a zombie or a mummy the best and let the kids go crazy working off the sweets in their systems.

CHILLOUT TIME After all that fun and excitement, now is the time to chill. There are a huge number of familyfriendly spooky films on Sky, Netflix and Amazon Prime. Some of the classics include Casper the Friendly Ghost, The Haunted Mansion and The Witches. Perfect for a family cuddle on the sofa under a blanket whilst eating all those sweet treats, including some of the fabulous recipes on pages 14&15.

It may not be the same as going out in the local community and Trick-or-Treating with friends, however, with the current, ongoing situation, we hope some of these ideas will help you celebrate Halloween and create a fun evening for the kids this year!