Halloween Inspiration for Families

Halloween movie marathon! Teens might be excited to "graduate" to scary movies from the spooky little kid ones they grew up with.

Read scary books or spooky mysteries in the month of October to get in the Halloween spirit. My teen is reading a few Neil Gaiman books this year.

Teens can do an escape room for Halloween. Many have spooky themes that are perfect for the holiday.

A murder mystery dinner is a fun thing for teens to do for Halloween with friends. You can use a kit that sets it all up for you, and everyone can dress in costume that matches the time period or setting of the game.

Scarecrow is an easy diy costume. Jeans, button down plaid shirt, floppy hat. Use makeup or facepaint for a brown nose and red circles on cheeks.

Wednesday Addams. Wear a black dress/skirt with a white collared shirt. If you can, put on a black long sleeve shirt over the collared shirt, and add white knee socks, black shoes, dark makeup, and braid your hair for the finishing touch!

Rosie the Riveter with jeans, blue button up shirt with sleeves rolled up, red bandana around the head, red lipstick.

A black cat is pretty easy to throw together using stuff you already have at home. Just wear all black, and draw whiskers and a nose on your face with eye liner. Add kitty ears using black triangles cut out of construction paper (tape them on a headband or pin them on with bobby pins), and if possible, find something to use as a tail, like a black belt, tie or sash.

There are so many great Halloween movies for kids, you can easily pick a new one each week for a whole month of spooky family movie nights. Lean into the theme by mixing some candy into your popcorn.

We like to paint or carve pumpkins to leave outside of our house to decorate for Halloween.

If your kids love making paper chain countdowns for events they're anticipating and ripping off a link each day, make a black and orange one for Halloween!

Find a local pumpkin patch or corn maze to explore as a family. Many really go all out with fun Halloween activities for kids.

What's the scariest pasta to eat? Fettuccine "afraid-o"

Why didn't the skeleton cross the road? Because he didn't have any guts.

Why do vampires have no friends? Because they are a pain in the neck.

Why are ghosts such bad liars? Because you can see right through them.

I Want Candy by Bow Wow Wow

The Addams Family theme song

"This Is Halloween" from The Nightmare Before Christmas

I Put a Spell on You