Halloween is coming soon! Happy Halloween! The Halloween date is the evening of October 31st every year, the day before All Saints’ Day. However, for most countries that celebrate this festival, people not only have Halloween activities just on that special day, they also regard the whole month of October as “Spooky Season”. People enjoy holding and participating in various Halloween events in October.
Pumpkins, in particular, are always in short supply in October, because carving pumpkins is an important Halloween activity. Pumpkins can be seen everywhere, from shopping malls to schools. But other than pumpkin carving, are there any other fun Halloween activities? This article will introduce several things to do on Halloween in two situations: home and school.
Fun Halloween activities for family
1. Decorate your home as a haunted house
Decorations are essential if you want to make your home festive. You can collect some Halloween decorations, such as pumpkins, ghosts, skeletons, etc. These decorations can make your home more attractive.
2. Invite friends to your Halloween party
If you feel lonely at home for the holidays, invite your friends to your house for a Halloween party. And you can make full use of your decorated house and have a very atmospheric Halloween.
3. Dress up your pet
Do not forget to dress up your pet! Your pets are also a part of your family. They are eager to join fun Halloween games and spooky things as well. You can buy or even make some festive costume for your pets.
4. Prepare a fall tablescape
Decorating a table in your home is a good Halloween activity. You can put pumpkins, maple leaves, skeletons, fake spiders, etc, and also use some black and orange decorations. By doing so, your table will be filled with a Halloween atmosphere. It would be perfect to take photos here.
5. Hand out candies to trick-or-treaters
When it comes to Halloween, trick-or-treat is an essential and the most traditional Halloween activity. And it is also one of the most anticipated Halloween events for children. On this day, children wear beautiful and characteristic clothes and go from house to house asking for candies. If the family did not hand out candies, the children would go to their house to do a trick. This traditional but interesting custom has been maintained until today.
6. Paint or carve pumpkins
Painting or carving pumpkins together is a great opportunity to improve your family relations. The whole family can pick a spare day in October to do this fun Halloween activity together. You can design the pumpkin any way you like. Finishing carving pumpkins will also give you a sense of accomplishment.
7. Pick pumpkins together
Halloween, of course, is inseparable from pumpkins. Pumpkins are used in many ways on Halloween, whether for food or decoration. If the whole family can go pumpkin picking together, it will be a rare experience. And you can also choose the shape of your favourite pumpkins, which are easy to decorate.
8. Create a candy display
Halloween requires buying a lot of candies. These candies are used for decoration as well as for eating. So you can make some decorations with these candies. You can also make a beautiful basket to display the candy you bought.
9. Make Halloween food for your neighbours
Halloween is also a great time to bond with neighbours. You can take this opportunity to make some Halloween treats to share with your neighbours, such as pumpkin pie. Sharing will make the holiday more exciting and will also make people happier.
10. Make apple cider
when does spooky season start? The whole October is spooky season, and the weather at that time can be very cold. At this time, if you can drink some wine, you will warm up. The Halloween tradition is to make apple cider. Making cider for storage with your family is an unforgettable experience.
11. Make Halloween-themed cookies
Cookies are something that almost every family makes. Therefore, on Halloween, of course, delicious cookies are certainly essential. But Halloween cookies can be more special. You can make them into all kinds of scary shapes and accessorize it with various decorations.
Fun Halloween activities for school
1. Participate in a Halloween costume party
Halloween costume party is very popular among students. Many universities or colleges plan to hold such Halloween costume party, and students there actively participate in these parties. Students can wear Halloween-themed costumes and do some frightful makeup.
2. Halloween bake-off
Even if you are not at home, you can enjoy Halloween food. Many schools hold bake-offs during the spooky season. Students can create their own elaborate Halloween-themed treats in the competition. The students show their skills and enrich their campus life.
3. Halloween scavenger hunt
Scavenger hunt is definitely one of the favourite Halloween games ideas among college students. If you like to take risks and use clues to find things, scavenger hunts are what you like. The school can organize some people to put things with Halloween characteristics in some places on the campus, and students who can find things can get corresponding rewards.
4. Spooky date night
If you want to spend this special holiday with your partner and don’t want to go to all kinds of parties, you can have a spooky date night with your partner. You can watch scary movies and eat Halloween-themed food together.
5. Visit a haunted mansion
If you’re looking for excitement, get together with a group of friends to visit a haunted house. If there’s a commercial haunted house around, you can go. If not, you can choose a gloomy house nearby. However, be sure to be safe!
6. Do spooky manicures
You can get a Halloween-themed manicure. It’s even better if some friends wants to do it together. You can get matching manicures. In that case, it looks good to take pictures together.
7. Design Halloween makeup
You can’t have Halloween without Halloween makeup. This is the time of year when people show off their makeup skills. You can also design your own makeup.
8. Hold a Halloween-themed game night
If you are a person who likes to play various video games and board games, and have a group of friends who share the same interests, why not take this opportunity to host a Halloween-themed game night. Everyone dressed up in all kinds of frightful looks and played your favourite games together.
9. Make Halloween costumes
To stand out, you can make your own Halloween costume. You can make costumes with your favourite themes, such as zombies, skeletons, ghosts, and more. Therefore, making your own clothing is the best way.
Enjoy yourself by participating in Halloween events
Halloween is one of the most exciting holidays of the year for people. Every spooky season, everywhere you go, there are spooky decorations and fun Halloween activities. You don’t need to spend a lot of money to have a happy Halloween. You just need to spend time with your family and friends. You can carve pumpkins and create unique costumes together. The above-mentioned Halloween events and Halloween games are common activities. You can also do something you want to do, or plan more meaningful activities with friends. Let’s have a frightfully memorable Halloween together!
FAQ
All Saints’ Day, a traditional western festival, is on November 1st every year. While Halloween, October 31, is the night before All Saints’ Day. It is also the busiest time of the holiday.
The whole of October is spooky season. During this period, fun Halloween activities can be seen everywhere.
There are plenty of good things to do for Halloween.
For family, you have these fun things to do for Halloween:
- Decorate your home as a haunted house
- Invite friends to your Halloween party
- Dress up your pet
- Prepare a fall tablescape
- Hand our candies to trick-or-treaters
- Paint or carve pumpkins
- Pick pumpkins together
- Create a candy display
- Make Halloween food for your neighbours
- Make apple cider
- Make Halloween-themed cookies
For school, you can do these Halloween day events:
- Participate in a Halloween costume party
- Halloween bake-off
- Halloween scavenger hunt
- Spooky date night
- Visit a haunted mansion
- Do spooky manicures
- Design Halloween makeup
- Hold a Halloween-themed game night
- Make Halloween costumes
According to legend, more than 2,000 years ago, people at that time believed that the soul of the deceased would return to the former home on this day to find the living people, so as to revive. The living are afraid of ghosts, so people light their fires and candles on this day, to keep ghosts away. This is why Westerners now celebrate Halloween with frightful costumes.
