At-Home Halloween Haunts: Spooktacular Ideas for Kids

Are you staying at home during this Halloween? Let us make your at-home Halloween experience spooktacular!

Halloween is one of the most fun holidays to celebrate with little ones. Even though numerous activities are happening outside, sometimes celebrating Halloween outdoors with kids might be challenging.

Bring pumpkins to the table 🎃

Free your imagination, and use pumpkins to make the most fun with your little ones. There are several ways to use pumpkins to make spooky fun:

• Have a pumpkin decorating contest. Provide paints, markers, stickers, and other craft supplies, and start decorating pumpkins.
• Carve pumpkins together, make spooky masks, and roast the pumpkin seeds for a tasty treat.
• Play pumpkin bowling. Set up a bowling alley using empty soda bottles as pins and a small pumpkin as the bowling ball.

Bake spookylicious recipes 🧁

One of the reasons for Halloween to be little ones' favorite is all these candies and sugary treats. Even if you're not going out for a trick-or-treat tour, let your little ones enjoy treats at home.

• Bake Halloween cookies, cupcakes, or a spooky cake. Let the kids decorate the treats with icing, sprinkles, and candy.
• Blindfold the kids and have them taste-test different Halloween candies. See if they can guess the candy correctly.
• Make candy apples by dipping apples in caramel or chocolate, then decorating them with Halloween-themed sprinkles, crushed cookies, or candy pieces.
• Make edible "monster slime" by mixing powdered sugar, corn syrup, and green food coloring. Add gummy worms or other spooky candies.

DIY spooky costumes and decorations 🧶

Since you're staying home, why not turn your house into a Halloween wonderland? Spooky decorations, sound effects, and costumes that you'll prepare with your little ones.

• Get creative and make your own Halloween costumes together using old clothes and craft materials.
• Have a mini Halloween costume fashion show, with each family member showcasing their costume and rating each other's.
• Divide into teams and have a mummy wrap contest. Use toilet paper to wrap a team member from head to toe, turning them into a mummy.
• Make ghost decorations by covering balloons with white fabric or tissue paper, and add LED tea lights inside for a spooky glow.

Take your seat for the spookiest movie night 👻

Enjoy a little scare from the comfort of your coach! Prepare your snacks, take your seat, and get ready to be scared.

• Create custom movie tickets for each family member with Halloween-themed designs and movie titles.
• Set up a candy buffet with a variety of Halloween candies and treats. Let everyone fill a bag with their favorite sweets.
• Encourage kids to create movie posters for the films you'll be watching, displaying them around the room.
• Create a cozy movie night at home with a selection of family-friendly Halloween movies like "Hocus Pocus," "Casper," "Scared Shrekless," "Spookley the Square Pumpkin," or "Monster's Inc.