Halloween at Home
Depending on where you live, Halloween may be different this year. Whether you are staying home or scaling down your activities, there is plenty of room to create a fun experience. Trick or treating isn’t a big deal in our neighborhood, but the company my husband works for has an annual Halloween event where they decorate the offices and employees’ kids trick or treat. We will miss seeing all of the kids in their creative costumes and catching up with the parents this year. Instead, we plan to have a mini celebration where we have candy at home and porch drop small packages of Halloween goodies to a few friends. Here are some fun ideas and cute — or scary — supplies to help celebrate Halloween in 2020.
At Home Halloween Bags
Think Easter Basket with a Halloween theme! If you aren’t able to trick or treat around your neighborhood, you can still enjoy a full basket of candy and goodies. The possibilities of what to include are endless, but I’ve narrowed it down to a few things here. I always like to include some candy and non-candy items. What are you including in your Halloween baskets?
Canvas Trick or Treat Bags
These bags are a good size at approximately 13.8 inches x 17.5 inches. They are also reusable for future Halloweens, grocery shopping, etc.
Fruity Candy
Candy is a basic staple for Halloween baskets and this two pound bag has plenty of fruit flavored treats.
Chocolate Candy
This 5 pound bag of chocolate candy is full of great classics to enjoy.
Halloween Sticker Book
This book includes 400 reusable Halloween stickers. Get ready for pumpkins, bats, cats, bugs, rodents, flowers, and more.
Temporary Tattoos
A pack of 144, 2 inch cute temporary tattoos
HIPPEAS Organic Chickpea Snacks
A great non-candy food option, these puffs in vegan white cheddar are one of my favorite snacks.
Halloween Bingo Cards
Includes 24 unique kids bingo player cards, 385 marking chips, and 2 caller chips.
Glow Sticks
These glow sticks are great for trick or treating in the dark or as a fun gift. 100 small glow sticks and 100 connectors. Join 2 or 3 for bigger pieces.
Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete
A lift-a-flap book that follows Pete as he trick or treats.
Junie B. Jones Boo…and I Mean It!
A fun Halloween book for elementary grade students.
Note: Find more book suggestions — 31 Halloween Books
Halloween for Older Kids
Of course, candy is very popular with most older kids, but here are a few additional items that they may enjoy on Halloween.
Cut & Assemble Haunted House
Build a haunted house out of paper. A fun project for an artistic or engineering minded child or adult. Recommended for grade 6 and up.
Undead Mad Libs
A Halloween themed twist on the fill-in-the-blank classic.
Vinyl Halloween Stickers
Great additions to water bottles, plain mugs, and anywhere else teens place stickers.
Goosebumps Horrorland 10 Book Set
Older elementary school students will love this classic set.
Halloween Pencil Case
A fun gift for holding pencils, pens, etc.
Pumpkin Egg Hunt
Similar to an Easter egg hunt, put small candies, little prizes like stickers and erasers, or cash or gift cards for older kids inside and hide the pumpkins, skulls, or Halloween themed eggs. Here are three cute options. The pumpkins come pre-filled for an easy activity.
Skull Eggs
Set of 12
Treat Bags for Friends and Neighbors
Brighten your friends’ or neighbors’ days by giving them a fun bag of candy, mini pumpkins, and other delightful gifts. You can leave the prepackaged bags outside of your house (if your state/county/city is allowing that) or have fun making porch drops to others.
Halloween Cellophane Bags
Great for small treats. These bags measure approximately 11 inches x 5 inches. 150 bags in 3 different designs.
Kidtion Halloween Bags with Stickers
A cute option that can be sealed with a sticker. 9.45 x 5.12 x 3.15 inches. 60 bags in 6 different designs (10 of each design).
Small Halloween Tote Bags
24 pieces of non-woven bags with 4 styles. The bag is 8 inches x 8 inches plus the handle.
Trick or Treat Buckets
These buckets come as a set of 3 - one of each design - and are 9.5 inches tall x 9 inches wide plus the handle.
Decorate More Than the Front Porch
Make a fun activity of decorating the living room, dining room, kitchen, or bedrooms. If you want, you can even trick or treat from room to room inside your own house.
Battery Operated Halloween Flameless Candles
A safer option for people with kids and pets. These flameless Halloween candles provide a fun glow.
Scary Bats Wall Stickers
These 3D stick on bats come in a set of 28 and are so cute on a wall, window, or door.
Paper Ghosts
A pack of 3 hanging paper ghosts will make any space a little more scary.
Bat and Pumpkin Window Decal Set
Window decals are an easy decoration technique. Put them in the living room, kitchen, dining room, bedroom, etc.
Spider and Cute Pumpkin Window Clings
These sweet pumpkins make a cute option for window clings or decals.
What are you doing to celebrate Halloween this year?
