Trick or Treating Safety Tips
To ensure that your trick or treaters have a Halloween to remember for all the right reasons, follow these safety tips.
Paper plate Jack-o’-lantern
Kids just love celebrating Halloween. Get them to craft their own Halloween Jack-o;-lanterns this year and have them hang them up outside for extra decorative fun to be proud of.
Pirate costume: make a pirate eyepatch
You dont need a sewing machine to make a simple eye-patch for a pirate costume. Follow our video tutorial below to help your child look his swashbuckling best - complete with an authentic pirate eye-patch.
Mandarin jack-o’-lantern
Halloween is a great excuse to put up some spooky decorations around the house and do some Halloween-inspired craft projects. This easy mandarin jack-o'-lantern is a practical alternative to the traditional carved pumpkin variety. Plus it looks great lit up with a tea light candle.
Coconut Spiders
These are a great no cook perfect treat for Halloween they are like bliss balls but with a scary spider look.
Halloween skeleton cupcakes
Chocolate icing on vanilla cupcakes is the perfect crime. Just add skeletons to make it the perfect Halloween party treat this year.
Make easy witch hats
Dress-up as a witch for Halloween by making this easy cone hat. Here's how.
Ghosty finger puppets
These simple puppets can be as cute or spooky as your kid wants them to be. Why not make a whole ghost family?
Halloween Craft: Bat Bon Bons Surprise
Halloween decorations don;t have to be expensive or elaborate. These simple Halloween bon bons is a must-have for any spooky party or even as a treat for trick-or-treating costumed kidlets
Twirly paper pumpkin
Create these fancy-looking paper pumpkins for some Halloween fun. Use it as seasonal decorations for the table or hang it on your door, either way, this fun curly-twirly paper pumpkin will help your kids add some Halloween flair to your home.
Halloween ghost lollipops
Not sure what to hand out to the cute dressed up kiddies knocking on your door? Anything sugary usually does the trick, but you can go one step further and stick to the spooky theme with these easy peasy lollipop ghosts! Great as Halloween party favours too - a pumpkin makes a good lollipop stand!
Band-Aid biscuits
These gross Band-Aid biscuits are the perfect addition to your Halloween party platter. They are so easy that you can get the kids to make them.
Halloween treat cups
Get the kids decorating for Halloween this year and have them make these fab treat cups. Pass them out to trick or treaters or collect your own sweets, either way you will have Halloween treat cups to be proud of.
Make Halloween Peg Bats
Making your own Halloween decorations is a fun craft activity for kids. These spooky upside down peg bats are a great Halloween idea.
Glue ghosts
Decorating th house and celebrating Halloween is fast becoming an Australian trend and why not? It's fun and crafts like these cost next to nothing to create. Have a great afternoon of fun making glue ghosts for the windows on your Halloween house this year.
Jokes for kids: Witches
These Halloween jokes are sure to get a bucketload of treats! Here are some of the top witch jokes, which will have the entire family rolling around in fits of laughter!
Watermelon Jack-o’-Lantern
Cut a jack-o-lantern from a watermelon instead of a pumpkin - its easier and the fruit is ready to enjoy straight away!
Halloween party decoration: Witchs black cat wall hanging
Halloween is a great time for all sorts of fun crafts! Make them to host a spooky party or just to decorate the house for Halloween. These black cats are sure to scare the pants off any superstitious guests!
Veggie skeleton dip platter
Make veggies fun and spooky this Halloween with this creepy veggie skeleton dip platter idea. It could also be a fun after school snack that may entice the kids to eat some veggies. (No guarantees.)
Halloween colouring pages
Get spooky this Halloween and print off some ghoulishly good and fearsomely fun colouring pages.
Monster mash freeze dance
Get the Halloween party started right with the Monster mash freeze dance! Start the music and let the laughter loose as your kids and their friends dance their monster best. This is a fun activity to get any party rocking.
Paper plate ghost
Grab out the paper plate and decorate. You will have to add a little bit of art and a lot of craft to them before you hang them though. Follow these instructions and decorate the house for Halloween.
No-carve jack-o-lantern
Carved pumpkins are the most iconic of Halloween images, but they can be a little tricky to do. Instead, get the kids involved and create a jack-o-lantern without arming yourself with a knife! We’ve used painted thumb tacks to create this look. Here’s how.
Halloween party games for kids
Getting together for some Halloween fun does not have to be a chore with decorations spread across the house. These simple, no fuss games have been created for when the resources are low and the imagination has to be called upon.
Watermelon fangs
These watermelon 'fangs' are great fun for the kids! These make a healthy Halloween treat, that the kids just might go for! Or a monster twist on the after school fruit snack.
Make cute egg carton spiders
Create cool, creepy-crawly egg carton spiders with this fun art and craft kids' activity. Your kids will love making these hairy creatures. Just watch our video tutorial to show you how!
Spooky skeleton scavenger hunt
Give the kids a ghostly good time with this fun Halloween scavenger hunt at your next Halloween party. Everyone can play this fun game, even the little ones. So challenge your party guests to follow the clues and find the skeleton treasure!
Halloween poetry: Trick or treat rhymes
Kids look forward to Halloween often reciting the same rhyme when they head out for their candy hunt. Give them something else to say with these gorgeous rhymes written just for them.
Cheesy Pretzel Broomsticks
Put some savoury in your Halloween platter this year with these cheesy pretzel broomstick snacks. Wonderfully witchy and surprisingly more-ish, they'll fly off your Halloween table before you can say, "Trick or treat"!
Funny mummy wrap game
Kids love stories of ancient Egypt and the mummies of old kings and pharoahs. Funny mummy is a great ice-breaker party game for kids to play as they team up against other pairs in a race to wrap each other in toilet paper.