Countdown to Halloween!

Turn one evening into a DIY costume night! Gather craft supplies and let everyone get creative. You can even host a family runway show when you're done!

Trick-or-Treat Rehearsal Night! Practice trick-or-treating with family members around the house. Give out silly little "practice treats" like goldfish, stickers, or fruit snacks.

Alternatively, have a knock-knock joke trick or treat around the house where instead of candy, everyone has knock-knock jokes.

Head outside with pool noodles, brooms, or mop handles for silly broomstick races around cones or pumpkins.

Decorate cards or postcards with Halloween-themed doodles and send them to grandparents, neighbors, or nursing homes to spread some October joy.

Buy or make Halloween-themed snacks from different cultures (like pan de muerto, soul cakes, or pumpkin mochi) and taste test them together as a family.

Pack up small goodie bags or fall gifts (think hot cocoa, crafts, or stickers) and secretly drop them off on neighbors' porches with a note that says “You’ve been BOO’d!”

Grab some Halloween books or make up your own spooky-but-silly story. Let each person add a sentence, or try a Holiday Pro Mad Libs Halloween edition!

Decorate a cardboard box or dollhouse with spider webs, black construction paper, cotton ball ghosts, and stickers. Let your kids invent stories and characters inside.

Stack toilet paper rolls into a pyramid and use a small pumpkin to try to "bowl" them over.

For little hands or mess-free fun, set up a painting and sticker station. Use googly eyes, pipe cleaners, gems, and more to create wild pumpkin personalities.

Make a custom snack mix by offering healthy and sweet treats like pretzels, raisins, candy corn, popcorn, and chocolate chips in labeled “cauldrons.” Everyone scoops their own!

Put on a Halloween playlist (think “Monster Mash,” “Ghostbusters,” or “Thriller”) and play freeze dance. When the music stops, everyone strikes a spooky pose!