Autumn is in the air, which means one thing: Halloween will soon be here! The summer break will soon be a distant memory as the whole family settles back into work and school, but that doesn’t mean that the excitement needs to end. Autumn is also an ideal time for making some fantastic memories with the kids.
Everyone loves to see the leaves change colour, and to feel them crunch beneath their feet on a crisp autumn day. Then there’s the joy of adding cinnamon and pumpkin spice to everything and feeling cosy at home. There’s certainly lots to love about this time of the year.
Your family may already have a huge range of Christmas traditions that you complete together each year. However, Christmas doesn’t need to be the only time for making core memories with the kids. Starting some family Halloween traditions can be so much fun, and is a great way to spend tonnes of quality time together on autumn weekends, even after the kids have gone back to school.
If you like the idea of making autumn, and specifically Halloween, a memorable time of the year for your family, you may want to give some of these ideas a try:
Go Pumpkin Picking
Autumn and Halloween just aren’t the same without a pumpkin or two on display at home. Going to the supermarket to buy a pumpkin is all well and good, but nothing beats going to choose one yourself.
Pumpkin picking is an activity that younger children adore. The excitement of pushing around the wheelbarrow in search of the perfect pumpkins is lots of fun. Kids can then put their artistic skills to the test, with a bit of help from you, to carve or decorate their pumpkin before proudly displaying it.
Visit a Scary Escape Room
Encouraging older kids and teens to get involved in family activities can be a challenging task. This often means that you rarely spend quality time all together. However, it doesn’t need to be this way. Thinking up some suitably scary activities for Halloween is sure to capture their interest and make them want to spend time with the family.
Visiting a scary escape room is the ultimate way to keep older kids entertained and is sure to be a memorable experience. Trying out an escape room as a Halloween activity is a great way to introduce them to the concept. If they love it, you then have an easy activity that you can all enjoy together at any time of the year.
Host a Halloween Party
Trick or treating isn’t for everyone, so one final way to celebrate autumn and Halloween without heading out into the cold is to host a Halloween party at home.
Getting dressed up in their finest Halloween costumes, making Halloween decorations, bobbing for apples, and baking some fiendish Halloween treats is always so much fun. Plus, all these Halloween preparations are the perfect way to keep kids entertained over the October half term.