Fun Halloween Ideas For Kids That Are Safe For COVID Times
If you’re a parent of young kids, waiting on tenterhooks to find out whether or not trick-or-treating will be cancelled this year is likely one of approximately two hundred billion stressors running through your mind right now. As most provinces are waiting to see what COVID-19 caseloads look like closer to Oct. 31 before making a decision one way or the other, many parents are starting to think of alternatives, in case trick-or-treating is deemed too risky.
The good news is that even if it does end up getting cancelled, there are a lot of fun and easy ways to celebrate Halloween at home. Here are a few of the best options.
Have a Halloween candy hunt
If you treat Halloween like Easter and hide candy throughout your home, your kid gets both a fun activity that will keep them occupied (hunting!) and the best part of trick-or-treating (the candy haul).
Plus, added bonus: you can buy just the good candy, and leave out the Rockets your kid will never actually eat. And, if you’re so inclined, pick up the treats you and your kid both like.
Turn your space into a haunted house
If you have the space to decorate, making your living room a haunted house is a great way to make the day different and special. Leading up to Halloween, stores are full of stuff like fake cobwebs, pumpkins, spiders and ghosts. Add one of those Halloween sounds playlists, which you can of course find for free online these days, and voila!
Watch spooky movies
There are a ton of Halloween movies for kids of all ages and scaredy-cat levels. There’s something special about seeing a movie you only get to watch at one point in the year. “Hocus Pocus,” “ParaNoman,” “Frankenweenie,” “Casper,” and “The Addams Family” are all good options — plus, there are a lot of new Halloween movies coming out this month on Netflix.
Tell scary stories
If screen time isn’t your thing, turn out the lights and light some candles or get a flashlight and tell scary stories. Here are a few different...
