5 Fabulous Ideas to Celebrate Halloween 2021 At Home

This year, Halloween is still going to look a little different due to COVID. Below are some creative ideas to make Halloween 2021 fun and safe for all! Whether you're staying at home, trick or treating around the neighborhood, or giving out candy, we've got some great ideas for you! 

We all need a bit of spooky fun this year, so we’ve compiled a list of safe ways to celebrate Halloween 2021 at home! If you're planning on hosting trick or treaters or taking your kids around the neighborhood, check out our top trick or treating tips!  

Ideas for Halloween 2021 - Trick or Treat Home Edition 

1. Scavenger Hunt

Turn your home into a Halloween scavenger hunt. Hide treats or small gifts in every room or around the yard for your children to find. If your kids are old enough to read, you can make clues to help them find their next treat! For added spooky fun, turn off the lights and hand out flashlights or glow sticks to the kids! You can even get them in on the pre-fun! Give them bags of candy to hide in random places, for their siblings to find later! Download your free Printable Scavenger Hunt now (we've also included blank sheet if you want to come up with your own clues)!

2. Party Time!

Once they're all candied out, there are tons more activities you can conjure up! Decorate a pumpkin or a face mask. Whip out the Skoolzy's Pumpkin Matching Game for some family fun, or place some googly eyeballs around the yard and time them to see how long it’ll take to find them all/who finds the most in ten minutes, etc 

3. Virtual Party

Decorate your house (or even just a room) and create a virtual fancy dress party with friends and family! Get the pets to join in too!

Each family can print out some spooky coloring sheets for the kids to color in, and have treats at the ready so you can all award prizes for scariest costume, funniest pet costume, most colorful picture, best jack-o-lantern, etc

4. “Scary” Movie Night

Have a spooky movie night inside with family or outside with friends! There are plenty of fun age-appropriate Halloween movies you can watch with your children. Check out these great classics:

• Super Monsters Save Halloween (4+)
• Scoob! (8+)
• Happy Family (The Adams Family) (7+)
• It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (4+)
• Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest (3+)
• Frankenweenie (9+)
• Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween Party (3+)
• Mickey’s Treat (3+)
• Spooky Buddies (6+)
• Halloween is a Grinch Night (5+)
• The Dog Who Saved Halloween (6+)
• Toy Story of TERROR (6+)
• Double Double Toil & Trouble (5+)
• Super Monsters Save Halloween (4+)
• Casper (8+)

5. Spooky Treats

There are a ton of Halloween-themed treats which are a blast to make. Gather your family around the kitchen and have fun decorating together! Not everyone has the time or the skill to make super elaborate treats, so we’ve compiled a list of quick and easy spooky treats. Have a go making Edible Monster Pizza Bites, Bat Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich, Celery Snails & Caterpillars, Orange Jack-O'-Lanterns, Skeleton Crudité or the Monster Meatball Sliders.

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