Organise a spook-tastic Halloween with these 30 wickedly fun Halloween activities that will keep both adults and children entertained!
Whether you enjoy a low-key, creative Halloweeen or love the thrill of being scared out of your wits, there is a perfect activity - or two! - for you.
#1 Go Trick Or Treating
Enjoy a traditional Halloween with a spot of Trick or Treating. Put on your favourite spooky costumes and get your neighbours to fill up your treats bucket!
#2 Host A Pumpkin Carving Competition
Spend the afternoon carving a pumpkin for your window ledge. Why not add to the fun and turn your pumpkin carving into a competition? Extra treats for the carver of the most creative pumpkin!
#3 Go Pumpkin Picking
Get out in the brisk autumn air and visit a pumpkin farm to pick out your own pumpkin.
#4 Make A Pumpkin Fairy House
Not all Halloween activities have to be scary! Use your pumpkin to create a house for a fairy family.
Carve out the middle of your pumpkin, add a door and a window and apply a little paint to make the perfect home for a fairy.
#5 Host A Murder Mystery
Brush up on your detective skills and throw a murder mystery party. There are loads of murder mystery party templates online - the best ones also include suggested costumes!
#6 Play Pin The Spider On The Web
Use this Printable Pin The Spider Template to give a traditional game a Halloween twist. Aim to get your spider closest to the centre of the web!
#7 Make Lanterns
Get creative with some Halloween-inspired upcycling! Make lanterns to line your path out of recycled cans, old milk jugs or used jars.
Feeling extra crafty? Use this template to make your own Halloween-themed paper lanterns.
#8 Give Your House A Halloween Make-Over
Decorate your front door - or your whole house! - ready for trick or treaters. Try a child-friendly look with fairy lights and cute little ghosts, or go for a haunted house theme with spooky surprises and terrifying music.
#9 Host A Costume Party
Host a costume party with a fun Halloween theme - horror films, supervillains, the undead. The options are endless!
#10 Make Your Own Costume
Get creative and make your own costume. Find inspiration among the thousands of creative ideas on Pinterest.
#11 Don’t Forget To Make A Costume For Your Pets Too!
While you’ve got the scissors and glue out, don’t forget to make your pets a Halloween costume too. Extra points for matching costumes!
#12 Add Colour To A DIY Halloween Mask
Use this simple Printable Mask Template to make a Halloween mask.
#13 See A Scary Show
Spend Halloween scaring yourself silly at a terrifying show. For major goosebumps, get tickets for The Woman In Black. Prefer something gothic? See The Phantom of the Opera. Learn more about the Wicked Witch in Wicked or see the newest West End show - 2:22 A Ghost Story.
#14 Dare To Enter A Haunted House
Steel your nerves and take a tour of a haunted house.
#15 Brave A Ghost Walk
Take a ghost walk through a historic city, the scenes of horrific historic crimes or a haunted graveyard.
#16 Corn Maze
Visit a corn maze for outdoor autumnal fun during the daylight. Go after dark for a fright at a maze scare fest!
#17 Go To A Halloween Festival Or - If You’re Feeling Brave - A Fright Night
Go to a local Halloween festival for thrilling rides, spooky fairground games and tasty treats. If you’re feeling brave, go to a fright night for thrilling and frightening fun!
#18 Make Some Halloween Decorations
Make some creative Halloween decorations for your home or as gifts. From sticky spider webs to crystal ball candlesticks, there are loads of creative ideas online, such as these 55 Cool Halloween Decoration Ideas.
#19 Check Out The Best Decorations In Town
Take a tour of your town to check out the best scary decorations.
#20 Pick Fresh Apples
Visit an orchard to pick fresh apples. Then try some of the following apple-related Halloween activities!
#21 Apple Bobbing
Enjoy traditional apple bobbing. Add a spooky surprise to your apple tray - eyeballs, creepy crawlies, a severed hand! (Or lychee, plastic animals and an inflated glove!)
#22 Enjoy Some Apple Cider
Serve up some crisp apple cider. Best enjoyed around a warming campfire!
#23 Make Toffee Apples
Make - and then eat - some autumnal toffee apples. Simply spear an apple with a wooden chopstick and dip it into warmed-up toffee, chocolate or caramel.
#24 Serve Up Some Spooky Punch
Serve some spooky drinks at your costume party! Why not try this frightening, but tasty, Tart Cherry Eyeball Punch recipe?
#25 Host A Spooky Mystery Feast
Host a Halloween mystery feast! Lay out your terrifying spread of eyeballs (lychee or peeled grapes), fingernails (sliced almonds), worms (cooked spaghetti), hearts (canned tomatoes) and toes (mini sausages). For added spook-factor, blindfold your guests and get them to put their hands into mystery boxes of your freaky food.
#26 Whip Up A Sweet, Spooky Treat
Impress your guests with some sweet and spooky treats. Try this great recipe for Marshmallow Ghost Brownies or this spectacular Haunted House Cake.
#27 Read A Ghost Story
Read a ghost story by candlelight. Enjoy Frankenstein - the book which started as a ghost story told on All Hallow’s Eve - or read The Shining for a major scare.
#28 Scare Yourself Silly With A Horror or Thriller Movie
Tune into a horror or thriller movie as the sun goes down. Get a real scare from The Exorcist or the Halloween franchise. Or opt for something more child-friendly, like Hocus Pocus.
#29 Swap Scary Stories Around A Campfire
Light up a campfire, toast marshmallows and enjoy an apple cider while sharing scary stories.
#30 Halloween Scavenger Hunt
Set up a Halloween scavenger hunt full of tricks, treats and spooky clues.
