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LIFESTYLE

Have a Happy

Halloween at Home

BY ANN ARNOTT

alloween is one occasion that most kids graveyards, ghosts, bats, spiders, worms,
living in our precinct look forward to with cockroaches and pumpkins will add to the occasion.
great relish. The excuse to stock pile
sweets and treats, and dress up in scary For decorating the house, collect up all the white plastic
Hcostumes is irresistible. However, there’s a shopping bags that you get, turn them inside out, make
concern over letting the kids loose this year - and social scary ghost faces on both sides and hang them all over
distancing and having to wear masks are definitely the house. For the little ones, you may try draping a
dampening the mood. large duvet or blanket over your dining or patio table
m underneath, with glow in the
and making a den for them underneath, with glow in the
and something slimy
Perhaps this year can still be full of anticipation, though, dark ornaments, spiders and something slimy
if you plan a home festival. Decorations can be made (that’s easy to wash out of clothes and
f clothes and
of recyclable materials and the snacks can be a mix of hair!)
healthy and sugar-overload treats.
ck
A quick visit to West Pack
Why not turn the preparations into a competition with and Food Lover’s Market t
on
super prizes for the most innovative ideas? Halloween gave me some ammunition
is, after all, more about decorating and creating a scary to come up with a mix of
atmosphere, than anything else. snacks that would get
the festivities started,
When I started looking for snack ideas, I soon and these are easy for
realised that the options are endless. Anything the kids to actually do
that has eyeballs, bones, skeletons, intestines, themselves.
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