Fun ideas for Halloween in 2017

In this post I share some great Halloween ideas to do with your family and get you ready for trick or treating this year.

Halloween, here we come!

Halloween is upon us with only two week's left to go before the fun begins. In Australia it will fall on Tuesday the 31st of October. I love Halloween! Our family look forward to dressing up and trick or treating here in Queensland. Dressing the kids up is the best part for me because they get to share their own creative ideas in the process and they all look so cute and "scary" when we are done. My little ghouls are most excited about the fact that they get to eat and have their own swag of lollies and treats.

What can you do this Halloween?

There are so many great choices of things to do whether you decide to go out or stay in the comfort of your own home as a family.

These include:

• Pumpkin carving
• Decorating your front porch or doorway
• Playing pranks
• Some Christian families attend church services
• Visit haunted attractions or a wax museum
• Go trick or treating
• Play around with Halloween make up, there are some really awesome Halloween make up artistry tutorials on YouTube that blow my mind, so definitely have a look. I have a link to a great one below if you want to see what I mean. 
• Dress up and get into some Halloween costumes.
• Host a costume party
• Bobbing for apples
• Do some Halloween themed baking
• Tell scary stories
• Watching horror films or not so scary ones (made for the little ones), to prevent nightmares.

Did you know?

Did you know that Halloween means 'Hallowed Eve' also known as 'Holy Evening'? Another interesting fact is that the very next day is the Christian festival 'All Saints Day', they have this special day to celebrate the saints. When we were still living in New Zealand, there was a tiny church in Auckland city that held a free Light festival every year to celebrate the saints early with the wider community and everyone would dress up and enjoy the fun together, it's what got us all enthusiastic about Halloween and probably was the start of us getting right into the fun and making it apart of our family celebrations. Kiwis didn't really get into it back then, although it is becoming more popular with every passing year.

I hope these tips help you and your family have some fun and have a great Halloween this year.

Happy spooking boss mum's!

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