It’s almost Halloween! Do your kids have their costumes picked out? Do you? Have you bought all the candy you need and put up all your decorations? We thought we’d put together a little roundup of sorts and feature several Halloween posts from around the web, including some past posts from our blog. In the links below you’ll find all sorts of ideas for this spookiest of holidays!
Costume Ideas
Of course we’ve got to start with costumes! It’s the most important part of Halloween..well, besides candy!
Costume Ideas for All Ages – This post is broken down by age, and features a costume idea for each age group. There’s even some fun ideas for entire-family costumes!
DIY Halloween Costumes for Kids — Are you the type of crafty family that likes to save money on expensive Halloween costumes and make your own unique one? You’ll find some great DIY ideas for kids in this post!
The Family that Dresses Together Stays Together — Perhaps you’ve decided that you want to coordinate a family costume, but you don’t have the perfect idea yet? Well, the folks at PopSugar posted 37 pictures of family costumes! You’re sure to find some inspiration there somewhere!
Decorations
Especially if you’re in a neighborhood that gets lots of trick-or-treaters, chances are you’ll want to put up some Halloween decorations.
Fun DIY Halloween Crafts for Kids — This is a post that we put together recently. It includes five of our favorite Halloween craft ideas from Pinterest. Not only will you and your kids have a blast working on these, you’ll also end up with some great decorations!
50+ Enchanting Halloween Decorations — If the ideas above aren’t enough for you and you really feel like digging deep, Good Housekeeping featured over 50 Halloween decorations on their website.
Safety
Yes, we realize safety isn’t always a fun thing to talk about, but we felt that it was an important thing to include on this list of Halloween ideas. As parents, we’re always concerned about our children’s safety. Halloween presents its own unique safety concerns, and its important that we address them.
Clever Halloween Tricks to Keep Your ‘Treaters Safe — Like we said, safety isn’t always fun. But there might be ways to change that! In this post, you’ll find some ideas to “trick” you’re little ones into being safe!
12 Easy-to-Remember Halloween Safety Tips — In this post safety expert Fritzi Gros-Daillon uses “Treat-or-Treat” as an acronym for these easy-to-remember safety tips!
Halloween Safety for Kids Infographic — Here’s a small infographic with 8 simple safety tips. There’s probably nothing on this list that you haven’t thought of, but it’s always worth a quick refresher with the kids!
What About Candy?
We really doubt you need us to tell you which candy to buy! :) But we DO have a great suggestion about treats. Do you know about the Teal Pumpkin Project? It’s a great way to ensure that kids with food allergies can have a fun and safe Halloween!
Please feel free to share your own Halloween ideas in the comments section below!
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6 Comments on “Ideas for Everything Halloween – Costumes, Decorations, & More!”
I meant as small toys,pencils,stickers.I find these make a much nicer treat than candy ! I like to buy small items over the Spring and summer(markdowns) and give out as treats
Now is a great time to buy special items on markdown and a great way to give kids something more memorable than candy. Great idea!
I love the different costume ideas and the crafts /DIY my grand kids will enjoy making.
Glad you found some ideas to use here Paula! Thanks for the comment. :)
Dollar Store has many items great for giving out and much better than candy and cheaper than good quality candy !
Yes, good point Kathy! Depending on the store, you can often find most types of candy at the dollar store. And usually much cheaper than the grocery store.