This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Drexel chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.
So maybe wandering around all night in a barely-there angel costume when the temperature is in the 40’s isn’t your favorite way to spend Halloween night. Here are some alternative ways to celebrate this spooky holiday while not risking your health.
1. Reverse Trick or Treating
Knock on doors throughout your dorm and, when they answer, give your neighbors candy and say “Happy Halloween!” Once you’ve covered your building, run around campus and hand out candy to everyone! This is the perfect opportunity to break out of your shell and make some friends. It’s also a good opportunity to befriend some Public Safety officers to walk you home afterwards. You have to be dressed up for this activity though; otherwise you just look like a weirdo giving out candy. (Not the best impression.)
2. Movie Marathon
Thank goodness for ABC Family. As soon as they announced their 13 Nights of Halloween schedule, I was in full giddy mode thinking about my weekend plans with the Addams Family and the Sanderson Sisters. (I would like to take this moment to apologize to my roommates for humming “Jump In The Line” all weekend.) This Halloween you can watch the two “Scooby Doo movies,” both “Addams Family” movies and a healthy dose of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” Don’t forget to check out our Halloween Movie suggestions for your movie marathon! If you have Netflix, they’ve got some classic horror films and some surprisingly spooky DreamWorks shows. Check out Scared Shrekless and you’ll see what I mean.
3. Baking Fest
Invite your friends over and attempt those daunting Halloween-themed goodies from your Pinterest boards. Or try some from our own list of Pinterest-worthy Halloween party ideas. This doesn’t have to be a full-blown party; just play some Halloween music from our suggested playlist and get those pumpkin and witch hat-shaped sugar cookies cooking. Don’t be afraid to get messy! It’ll make for some Instagram-worthy shots with Halloween captions, like you “killed it in the kitchen” or “recipe for death… I mean disaster.”
4. Scare Quest
Go walk around with your friends in the most casual way possible. Then every time you walk by a friend, classmate, dorm neighbor, or RA, jump in front of them and yell in their face. The goal is to scare the bejeezus out of them. So after your .7 second yell, wish them a Happy Halloween and casually resume walking. Once your victim’s heart rate returns, they’ll probably (hopefully) laugh and just shake their head. Bonus points if you scare a whole group of guys. Not so macho now, huh?
5. Have a “Séance”
Dress in all black with some of your friends and arrange to meet up somewhere like Drexel Park, Race Lawn, or Buckley Field. Have everyone show up at the same exact time and walk silently to the middle of the grass where you will all sit in a circle. You want to creep everyone out as much as possible. As you hold hands, have someone with the ability to keep a straight face begin chanting to call the spirits upon your group. Take turns calling out to the evil spirits, until everyone’s had their turn. Once that is over have everyone stand up and walk away in different directions, leaving everyone around you who is not involved very (very) confused.
Don’t forget to tweet (@HerCampusDrexel) or post on our Facebook wall what you end up doing for Halloween!