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A Halloween candy tree is a festive way to welcome fall and bring the season's cheer to your porch. Families can create a Halloween tree with their artificial Christmas tree - no matter the color - by decorating it with strings of bright lights, whimsically scary decorations, and an assortment of their favorite candies for neighborhood kids to take during trick-or-treating. Selecting a treat from the tree makes the safe, self-serve experience much more fun. And, when the haunted holiday is done, families can move the tree inside and decorate for Christmas.
After a tough year, Americans are eagerly anticipating holiday cheer. The #halloweentree trend that has generated tens of thousands of posts on Pinterest and Instagram is likely to gain steam, alongside the popularity of black Christmas trees. Offering a dressy, high-contrast backdrop for ornaments, black already is the most popular Christmas tree color after traditional green, followed by white and pink.
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Covid-19 Halloween Signs:
🎃 Sorry No Candy Here - Put these posters on your door or window to let trick-or-treaters know you aren't shelling out this year
🎃 Sorry No Treats Here - Select and print out some of these Brisbane Kids Halloween printables in full color.
🎃 Sorry No Candy Here - Post these on your door or window to let trick-or-treaters know if you're participating in trick-or-treating this year.
🎃 Sorry No Candy Here - Treat you next year! - Upper Canada Mall
🎃 Sorry No Candy Here - Treat you next year! - Cherry Hill Township
🎃 No Trick or Treating Sign Free Download - These are can be used any year, not just during Covid 19!
🎃 Free Printable Covid-19 Halloween Signs - Halloween Hand Sanitizer Sign, Halloween Wait Here Sign, No Knocking Sign, No Trick Or Treating Sign, One Group At A Time Sign, Please Take One Sign, Wear A Mask Sign
🎃 Free Printable Flyer Templates - Costume Parade Flyer, Drive By Trick Or Treat, Trunk Or Treat, Virtual Costume Contest, Virtual Haunted House, Virtual Pumpkin Carving Contest
Covid-19 Halloween Tips:
🎃 How Kids Can Halloween and Avoid COVID-19
🎃 Accessible/CURB-SIDE trick-or-treating solution - In a COVID-19 recovery-focused Canada, our CURB-SIDE trick-or-treating solution helps all families look forward to a safer Halloween.
🎃 Holiday Celebrations: Halloween | CDC
🎃 Halloween 2020 - Like We've Never Seen
🎃 Your 2020 Guide to a Sweet, Spooky and Safe Halloween
🎃 Parents Are Loving This Halloween Invention A Dad Created To Keep Kids Safer
🎃 Fun Social Distancing Halloween Ideas - Red Ted Art
Things To Do Instead Of Trick Or Treating:
🎃 Non-tricky tips for a spooky safe Halloween (PDF, 120 KB)
🎃 Celebrating Halloween During a Pandemic: You've Been Booed
🎃 10 Ideas for Halloween Fun in COVID Times - Finding new ways to celebrate a favorite holiday
🎃 Halloween Scavenger Hunt Printables
🎃 Boston Moms Guide to Halloween at Home
🎃 6 Fun Halloween Activities for Families - Parents Can Create New Halloween Traditions During the Corona-virus Pandemic
🎃 20 Virtual Escape Rooms - Here are 20 virtual escape rooms for kids of all ages. And yes, they are all FREE!
🎃 FREE Printable: 2020 Covid-19 Memory Book
16 Ideas for Celebrating Quarantine-O-Ween
By: Sara Skirboll, shopping and trends expert at The Real Deal Blog
Decorate Your House to the Max
Haunt the neighborhood with store-bought or DIY
(or shall we say boo-it-yourself) Halloween decorations to transform the inside of your home, porch and more.
We've
compiled DIY ideas ranging from
Ombré Candy Corn Wine Bottles and
Glow-in-the-Dark Slime, all of which you can tackle with the kiddos.
On the store-bought front,
The Home Depot has
SO many cool Halloween decorations this year, including a
Coco-themed inflatable and
Giant Dragon.
If
Home Depot is sold out of the giant dragon, check
Amazon, they still have lots of
5 ft to 15 ft Halloween dragon decorations!
Also, apparently people are
turning their Christmas trees into kitschy Halloween trees!
Plus, there's this super-popular
RJ Legend 15-inch Halloween Ceramic Tree, which is constantly selling out but available right now at
Amazon.
Set up a Candy Graveyard
I got this idea from
Oriental Trading!
The concept is extra cool because your yard gets decked out for Halloween and gives kids a way to social distance while trick-or-treating in it.
Set up
fake tombstones in your yard with
prizes and
candy piled up next to each tombstone.
You could have each kid enter the graveyard one at a time and package up candy and prizes into
individual treat bags for extra safety.
Host Zoom Costume Parties and Pumpkin-Carving Contests
Host a Halloween-themed costume or dance party on
Zoom for friends and family.
Create a
spooktacular playlist for everyone to shake their boo things to, and have attendees show off their costumes on camera.
You can also gather remotely to
decorate and carve pumpkins safely from your own homes.
Interact while you craft by
sharing spooky stories.
At the end,
award prizes (virtual prizes or ones you send via snail mail) to the best looks!
Don't forget to add a
Halloween Zoom Background, so you can attend your virtual event in spooky style, or just creep out your co-workers in the October meetings!
Attend a Trunk-or-Treat
Trunk-or-treating is one of the trends buzzing this year in terms of socially distant trick-or-treat substitutes.
An organized event usually held in a school or church parking lot, trunk-or-treating entails decorated vehicles, and kids go trick-or-treating from car to car.
You can host this in your neighborhood, too, with neighbors setting up trunk displays in the driveway and passing out candy.
Note: Consider having designated adults
(who commit to applying hand sanitizer) give out the candy rather than encourage lots of little hands to reach inside the bowl.
Here are a few lists to check out for inspiration!
🎃 45+ Fun Trunk-or-Treat Ideas for the Spookiest Car Ever
🎃 45 Insanely Cool Trunk Or Treat Ideas To Celebrate Halloween 2020 Safely
🎃 50 Trunk-or-Treat Decorating Ideas You Wish You Had Time For
🎃 100 Awesome Trunk Or Treat Ideas You Need To See
Be on the Lookout for Socially Distant Bicycle Parades and Reverse Trick-or-Treating in Neighborhoods
Another trend we're hearing about are Halloween parades or a form of drive-by trick-or-treating.
With the former, costume wearers take to the street as a catwalk to show off their costumes and hand out and collect candy.
People also
decorate bikes, wagons, golf carts and cars to show off their looks!
With reverse trick-or-treating, you'll see people drive by houses similar to the
COVID-19 birthday parades.
Those in the car will throw
individually wrapped candy at the kids in costumes in their yards.
Boo or Ghost People
No, not that kind of ghosting of people, y'all!
Spread anonymous cheer by dropping a
Halloween goodie bag or
pumpkin on the doorsteps of friends and loved ones as a contact-free way to celebrate.
This usually works by sneaking to your boo-ing subjects home after dark, ringing the doorbell, leaving the treats on their doorstep and running!
Oriental Trading has all sorts of fun treat bags, buckets, toys and candy to work with.
Princess Pinky Girl has
all sorts of fun boo ideas.
Have a Halloween Movie Marathon
You can choose to do this one via a projector in the backyard, through
Netflix Party or just with your family bubble on the couch.
Pop some popcorn and throw on your favorite spooky movies and TV shows.
Check out our list of
Halloween-movie recommendations categorized by age.
Organize a Glow-in-the-Dark Egg Hunt
Egg hunts aren't just for Easter.
Buy
Halloween-themed eggs at Amazon, or Halloween-ify old plastic eggs you already own
(glow sticks work, too!) with stickers or markers.
Add candy, and hide them in the yard or around the house!
Grab
glow sticks and glow-in-the-dark eggs at Amazon for a nighttime search.
Set up a Trick-or-Treat Driveway Table
Ditch the traditional communal Halloween candy bowl and have adults set up decorated tables or booths in their front yards where they can hand out
individual bags or cups of candy.
This keeps contact to a minimum while also still showcasing decorations and hauntingly good personality.
Oriental Trading has ideas for a Fortune Teller Halloween Table, Ghoul Gang Halloween Table, Peanuts Halloween Table and so much more.
Plus, they’ve got you covered on all the items you need to achieve the look.
Whip Up DIY Treats or Order Halloween Specials From Restaurants
Brew up your own Halloween desserts and snacks
(popcorn balls, anyone?) to enjoy at home, or order takeout from one of the restaurants serving up
Halloween-themed menu items and deals.
IHOP, Papa John's and
Chipotle are expected to resurrect their themed pancakes, Jack-O'-Lantern pizza and boo-rito.
Chuck E. Cheese is doing a special at-home Halloween party with
Kidz Bop featuring special menu items and activities.
More 2020 Halloween Restaurant Specials
Try Out a Drive-Thru Haunted House if You're Feeling Brave
Haunted houses will certainly look different this year, too.
But drive thru, contact-free Halloween experiences are
starting to make headlines.
Search online for
haunted roads
or
drive thru haunted houses
to see if there is one near you!
Search for a haunted house near you
Head to a Drive-In Theater for Halloween Movies
Drive-in theaters have made a major comeback during the pandemic.
Search for a drive-in near you (US)
Search for a drive-in near you (Canada)
Many plan to screen Halloween movies and host socially distant activities.
Make a Reservation at a Pumpkin Patch
This is TBD, but we're expecting
(and some are already announcing this) pumpkin patches to open but with safety precautions.
Such as cashless payment, masks, hand sanitizer, and limited capacity.
Maybe even by reservation only to ensure social distancing and safety.
Find a pumpkin patch near you - Find a pumpkin patch, corn maze, safe trick-or-treating, hayrides and other Fall and Halloween fun near you!
(US, Canada, UK, and more)
Celebrate Halloween Around the World But From Home
You might not be able to travel the globe right now, but you can do so in spirit.
Educate your family and friends on Día de los Muertos in Mexico, Samhain in Ireland and Scotland, Dzień Zaduszny in Poland or Ghost Festival in East Asia.
Celebrate these other traditions, and consider cooking or baking traditional foods and making crafts associated with those international events.
P.S. The Halloween Tree is a great animated movie to watch with the family.
It educates and celebrates the origins and influencers of Halloween around the world.
The movie is based on the novel by Ray Bradbury.
He even narrates the film!
Halloween Piñatas, Anyone?
Either in your house or in the yard, string up a
Halloween-themed piñata filled with
candy and/or
party favors.
Amazon and
Oriental Trading have boo-tiful piñatas sure to be a
hit.
Or make your own
DIY Ghost Pinatas!
Surprise Your Halloween-Loving Friends With a Spooky Celebrity Shoutout
Cameo is a service that allows you to pay actors, musicians, reality TV stars and other public figures for personalized shout-outs.
Request a Halloween message on Cameo from creepy characters and beloved actors from Halloween movies, including
Pennywise,
Mark Patton (Jesse from Freddy's Revenge),
Danielle Harris (from Halloween) and
Kimberly J. Brown (from Halloweentown).
Something tells me
Cameo will curate a Halloween landing page closer to October 31 with more creators!
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