Halloween is that one night we can all embrace the eerie, turning our homes into haunted houses, our gardens into graveyards, and ourselves into something straight out of a scary story. Creating the perfect night of fright doesn’t have to cost an arm or a leg, and it doesn’t happen by magic — it takes imagination, a few good tricks, and of course treats.
Spook-tacular Costumes
Whether you’re going for gory, funny, or downright goofy, the key to a killer outfit is to pick a theme and run with it. Step into horror as a mummy – just cut up some old sheets! You can even repurpose old book week costumes with a “monster mashup” — maybe a zombie ballerina, vampire cowgirl, or ghostly pirate.
Money-saving hack: explore the local op shops for vintage gems, fabric finds, and outfits you can safely shred or splatter in fake blood, also known as paint. Round out your look with makeup or face paint.
Frighteningly Good Food
Turn ordinary snacks into ghoulish delights: sausages linked like intestines, chops drenched in “blood” (ahem, tomato sauce), or “mummy dogs” wrapped in pastry. No Halloween is complete without something sweet, think ghostly meringues, spider-like liquorice creations, and cupcakes shaped like severed fingers.
Why not hold a bake-off with the kids and see who can conjure up the creepiest (and tastiest) treats. For something spooky yet delicious, try red velvet cupcakes “bleeding” with strawberrty syrup, topped with edible sugar-glass shards. Or for an easy, no-bake option, create “dirt pudding” cups — chocolate pudding layered with crushed biscuits and topped with tombstone cookies.
Haunted Home Decorating
Bring the haunted fun home – decorating is half the Halloween magic!
Drape white sheets or paper lanterns to make floating ghosts, cut eerie silhouettes of bats or witches for your windows, and craft spiders or creepy crawlies from pipe cleaners and clay. For your front yard, stuff old clothes to make life-sized “bodies,” splash them with fake blood, and surround them with pumpkins or cardboard tombstones.
🎃 To all our single mum friends, have a frightfully fun Halloween! 👻
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