By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern
Every year, the typical Halloween tradition is to get all dressed up in your finest, scariest costumes, and go out trick or treating. While this will always be a fun activity, it can sometimes be fun to mix it up a little bit. Whether it be because your kids are a little young for trick or treating, too old for trick or treating, or you just want a change of pace, here are a few fun Halloween activities to consider trying!
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Spooky Movie Night
Gather all your friends and family and crash in the living room to watch lots of classic Halloween movies! Beetlejuice, Casper, Hocus Pocus, Hotel Transylvania, Coraline, and The Corpse Bride are all less-gory, kid-friendly movies that everyone will love!
Spooky Game Night
For something more hands-on, host a Halloween game night! Do some bowling with pumpkins, apple bobbing, wrapping people with toilet paper to make a mummy, or do a Halloween-themed scavenger hunt!
Haunted Dinner Party
For those who want to do something a little more classy, host a haunted dinner party, with all the food, drinks, and décor themed around a haunted house.
Backyard Pumpkin Patch
Pumpkin patches are fun, so why not make your own in your backyard? Have a cute photo booth with a backdrop and straw bales, pumpkins scattered across the lawn, and some other fun backyard games set up!
Costume Party
Obviously, Halloween is all about dressing up, but take it a step further and have a costume party with a contest for the best costumes! Have categories such as most creative, spookiest, most realistic, and best overall! And have some wickedly cool prizes of course!
Just because you’re doing an alternative to trick or treating doesn’t mean that there’s no candy involved! Have a huge spread and array of candy for all your guests to enjoy!
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