Celebrating Halloween at home this year? Don’t worry – you’re not alone. There are many fun, simple and inexpensive ways to be festive, all from the comfort of your home.
Start your Halloween day by carving a pumpkin. You can get very creative and carve out intricate designs or shapes. Make sure you have newspapers or old sheets hanging around as this can get really messy. After you finish carving out your pumpkin, try roasting the pumpkin seeds for a yummy snack.
Spend your afternoon baking yummy fall treats. Nothing is better than the smell of cinnamon or the flavour of carmel. If you love coffee, try baking these yummy, moist chai latte cupcakes. If you prefer the irresistible combination of sweet and savoury, try these crunchy and easy caramel dipped pretzels.
Continue your afternoon cozying up with a good murder mystery book. There is nothing better than reading a scary novel and drinking a cup of tea or hot chocolate on Halloween. A good murder mystery book is “Hallowe’en Party,” by the queen of murder mysteries, herself Agatha Christie. The story is about a detective solving the mystery of a young girl who dies at a Halloween Party. Definitely worth the read!
Spend the early part of your evening going for a walk around your neighbourhood and looking at the decorations and displays. See how your normal, average neighbourhood transforms into a spooky and spectacular sight.
End off your Halloween night watching a good horror or thriller movie. A favourite of mine is the original It (1990). The movie is about seven kids who fight an evil demon posing as a child-killing clown. Then, thirty years later, they reunite to kill the demon once and for all after it returns to their hometown.
Happy Halloween!