Boo! Here Are 12 Ways To Make This The Best Halloween Ever For Your Kids

Fellow ghouls and goblins, Halloween planning need not be scary!

1. Get in on the fun with family costumes.

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Dressing up the entire family is nothing short of ADORABLE. Rock the block in your favourite characters like the cast of Harry Potter, Toy Story, or Top Gun. We're pretty sure you'll be the envy of all your neighbours.

2. Create a haunted maze in your front yard for your Halloween party.

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If you've got the space, turn your front lawn or garage into a creepy, crawly, haunted maze (that's family friendly)! Get creative using old shipping pallets, or even just burlap for walls. Install some lights, smoke machine, and a few ghoulish accessories and tada! You're ready to get lost.

3. Play a Halloween 'feeling' game.

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For this game all you need is a blindfold and some everyday items you probably have lying around the house (or you can grab some spooky accessories and decor at Party City). 

First blindfold your kids and then place an item in a bowl, tell them what it is and watch them freak out. Tell them baby carrots are toes, peanut butter is earwax, and peeled grapes are eyeballs!

4. Amp up your treat game with some spooky accessories.

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If you want to be boring, just throw your candy in a soup bowl and call it a day. If you want to show your kids what makes Halloween amazing then pick up some easy decor accessories! Halloween-themed cups, plates, tablecloths — anything you can think of you can probably get at Party City.

5. Fill in the blank spooky storytime.

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Create a spooky Halloween story that is full of blank spots and have your kids provide words that include nouns and adjectives. Then read the story back with their new words added in for a hilariously educational storytime. You can do this online or even with just a fun Halloween notebook!

6. Balance out all that chocolate by whipping up a Frankensmoothie on Halloween morning.

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The kids will need their energy to stay up trick-or-treating, so start their day with a smoothie that looks freaky, but doesn't taste freaky. It'll be a great morning treat and the trick is... they won't even know there's spinach in it. Get the full recipe here!

7. Create a Halloween-themed scavenger hunt.

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Who said scavenger hunts are just for Easter? Create a Halloween-inspired hunt with not only candy and prizes. but also scary things like cobwebs or a realistic hanging skeleton! Grab your cobwebs here.

8. Fashion your family a pair of feet loaf, perfect for any Halloween dinner table.

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When you think of meatloaf, you probably don't think of feet. But you will after you make this dish for your family and friends (because it serves 12!).

9. Make this nifty Halloween advent calendar.

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Give your kids a weekend project by creating this DIY Halloween Advent Calendar. Fill it with tricks or treats from Party City — anything goes!

10. Bob for apples.

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This classic game is a right of Halloween-passage for any kid. Make it more festive with a Halloween vessel to bob from, dye the water a spooky black colour, and cover it all in cobwebs. 

11. Create some cute Halloween Marsh-Monsters.

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All you really need for this DIY are some candy melts, marshmallows, and your imagination! Decorate some ghosts, goblins, or pumpkins. This will keep tiny hands busy for at least 10 minutes. Get the recipe.

12. Go on an adventure at Party City and let them pick out their own costume and accessories.

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A superhero with a tiara? A princess sporting a pair of devil horns? A pirate with some wings? The options at Party City are limitless. Let the kids spend an afternoon browsing costumes and accessories, and see what they come up with! Their Halloween costume for 2022 might just surprise you.

If you're looking for any supplies to help make these activities a reality, check out Party City and scream "Hallowoo-hoo!" when you discover their endless selection of decor and costume ideas this Halloween. Shop online now!