Pandemic Preparedness: Alternatives to Traditional Halloween Activities
Like many other events during the pandemic, Halloween will look a little different this year. If you are still hoping to get into the spooky spirit, here are some safer alternatives to the traditional Halloween activities:
| Traditional Hallween Activity | Low Risk Alternative Halloween Activities |
| Trick or Treating | Backyard trick or treating with members of your household: Hide candy around a front or backyard (similar to an Easter egg hunt) for children to look for. Remember, all candies that are shared should be individually wrapped to reduce the potential spread of germs. Creating halloween baskets or treat bags either to share with members of your household, or to drop off outside of your friends’ and family’s households. |
| Halloween Parties/Movies | Online costume party (through Zoom, Skype, Facetime, or another video calling platform) Create a list of Halloween (and/or scary!) movies, and pick a random movie to watch every day in October Use an online browser extension to watch Halloween movies with people outside of your household If you already have a streaming subscription, there are a lot of free options to use for an online watch party |
| Pumpkin Patch or Fall Festival | Buy pumpkins to carve at home with members of your household |
| Haunted House | Create an at home haunted house (e.g., decorations, lights, scary music) with the people you live with |
| Additional Low Risk Halloween Activities |
| Decorate your home for Fall or Halloween with people that you live with Plan Halloween arts and crafts (e.g., making slime, making witch hats) Cook spooky themed food recipe together (e.g., decorating cookies, making eyeball cake-pops) Play a Halloween board game With people in your household, or with others via video calling Read or tell scary stories With people in your household, or with others via video calling (halloween filters for video calling can add to the fun) |
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