Halloween at home!
Hey, it’s that time of the year again, Halloween is back! but will we be doing trick or treating this October? This sucks for all kids who want to dress up and have fun out there!
UNFORTUNATELY!
If trick-or-treating isn’t an option this year, here’s a fun way to celebrate at home!
Even if plans change unexpectedly, you can still make Halloween magical with these at-home ideas!
So let’s not get downhearted, whether due to weather, illness, or personal choice let us keep our spirits high, so to speak, and improvise!
WHAT’S THE NEXT BEST OPTION?
So if we can’t get out there and do our thing looking all Goulish’ or ‘Witchy’ and ‘Monstery’ then……. who said you still can’t go ahead, but this time you can do ‘Halloween at home!’
Let’s keep the Halloween spirit alive!
PULL OUT OLD COSTUMES.
You and your kids can still dress up! Why not you may ask.
Find your saved outfits from last year, but if your kids have outgrown their dressing-up gear you can do a bit of snipping and altering, so they can get into their outfits. Otherwise, the easy option is the classic bin bag!
BIN-BAGS COME IN HANDY!
I remember using a black bin bag to dress up my kids. Slit an opening at the bottom of the bag so their heads can get through it and use some string or cord to tie it up in the middle.
GHOSTLY BED-SHEETS!
White sheets make good ghostly costumes. Throw over their head cut 2 holes for the eyes and a hole for the mouth and the additional bit is down to them to make the ghostly howling oooooohhh!!
GET IN-TOUCH!
Alternatively, you can ‘Skype’ or ‘Zoom’ relatives, grandparents, and friends even and show off your fancy dress gear.
Have some scary music in the background like, ‘Monster Mash’ or Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ and you are well away.
SOME IDEAS! ‘HALLOWEEN AT HOME!’
I thought, for families who are unable to venture out and do ‘trick or treating’ for ‘Halloween’ the person who came to mind is….. my niece, and what she did with her lovely family.
HALLOWEEN IN YOUR GARDEN!
They do the full work for Halloween, and their garden gets transformed, like the ‘Dungeons of Horror,’ but a kid’s version of course and there is no stopping her husband, as he is an avid Halloween addict, a big kid at heart.
HALLOWEEN FANATIC!
Every year, every Halloween, he would transform his garden into a spectacular ghoulish setting and invite over all his kids cousins and aunties, who themselves dress up for the occasion!
SETTING UP THE SCENE!
Well, there is no stopping him, with the help of his kids, 10, 12, and 14 years old, they dressed up and arranged spooky models, skeletons, ghosts, gravestones, bats and spiders, so you get that Halloween atmosphere and with a bit of background music pulls it all together!
Here are some super shots of the whole family getting ready for Halloween. Starting during the day setting up together and having loads of fun with Goulish themes.
HALLOWEEN AT HOME!
Halloween at home and in their back garden for the whole family to join in!
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Halloween is an exciting occasion, not only for the kids but also for the adults, so go ahead and use a bit of imagination.
HERE’S A ‘TREAT’ FOR YOU!!!
Below is a short homemade video of the final Halloween setting in their back garden. Everyone is joining in and the whole family and relatives are invited for the scary experience!!!
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE NIGHT SET IN!
FAMILY PREPARES BEFORE HALLOWEEN!
Roundabout October and the lead-up to Halloween, the whole family kept an eagle eye on items that would fit into making a super scary setting.
Lighting was set up around their garden to light up all the spectres and graveyard props during the night making it more Halloweeny.
Here are some pictures to put you in the right mood!
Meanwhile, my other nieces and their children also got ready and had their home Halloween as well, before all the families finally joined up for the garden finale. This is what they got up to.
A BIT OF FACE-PAINTING OR MAKE-UP?
There are no rules, any fancy outfit goes, it’s a fun time to simply dress up or down. To dress it up just do some spooky face painting. If your kids aren’t into face painting and just want to show off their outfits and play on that, then that’s cool too.
Witchery Witch didn’t have face paints so she used her green eye shadow to cover her face up with! She even put together a witch’s outfit and it works quite well!
So there you go, you can make it quite easy, all you need is a little bit of that old magic and zap up some pretty spooky outfits!
PUMPKIN COMPETITION!
Later on, they had a pumpkin competition, for the best or unusual pumpkin carving! I am sure the adults dived in and had lots of fun in the process, although I am sure the kids won hands down. Well done all!
