Family Halloween ideas 2023 for you and the kids

Halloween doesn’t have to be all about buying the scariest witch or werewolf costume to go trick or treating. Fake blood and fingernails? Pfft, witch please, that was so last year. This year it’s time for something different. We’re here to help you get creative with how you enjoy the 2023 spooky season as a family. So, if you’re stuck for a few fresh ideas this Halloween, here’s all the tricks and treats you’ll need…

DIY Halloween costume ideas

Trick or treating may be off the cards, but it doesn’t mean dressing up has to be! If you’re not already set on a theme, you’ll find tonnes of costume ideas on the internet to creep it real this Halloween. We’ve gathered a few faves to get your creative juices flowing…

Our top tip? Step away from spending the world on a shop bought costume. Yeah, it’s terrifyingly tempting but aside from scoring 0/10 for originality, shop bought costumes are an environmental nightmare. So why not save a few bob and sprinkle a little creative dust yourself.

We’re talking a smidge more than cutting a few holes in a sheet and calling yourself a ghost – but don’t worry, it’s frighteningly easy to get you and the kids Halloween ready, without giving your bank account a huge fright too! Instead, we’ll help you get crafty and creative with your recyclables to join the eco-friendly costume craze. 1 nil to planet earth – boo-yah!

• Cardboard boxes are always a good start for any DIY costume!
  Think ‘outside the box’ and become an alien, robot, Rubix Cube, or even a Lego character. Boxes are the perfect base for your creativity and something we all can easily find. Add fun finishing touches with decorated bottle caps, toilet roll tubes, paper plates – anything you can find around the house – without spending a penny. Home-made costumes are a fun activity for all the family to get involved in (don’t forget, more hands make lighter work too!)
• Check out the wardrobe – you’re bound to have something worth upcycling.
  Become the ghostest with the mostest with your frayed sheet costume, opt for funky patterns, polka dots and bright colours to become a clown, black and white stripes to become a robber, a or striped t-shirt, waistcoat and a DIY eye patch to become a nautical pirate! Ahoy me hearties!
• Looking for Halloween costumes for kids? Why not morph them into their favourite cartoon, TV or film characters using the contents you already own? Should you need a few final touches, take a visit to your local charity shop for some amazing fancy dress finds. Often a few well-chosen accessories can add the wow factor to your outfit.
• Want a family fancy dress theme? Reach the ultimate squad-ghouls with this one…
  Grab a check shirt each from the wardrobe and make a few pointy red hats from card to become a family of garden gnomes. Creep it up with dripping red food colouring or use make up for the finishing touches. Hint of rouge lipstick on the cheeks? Boo-tiful!

Eerily easy Halloween crafts and DIY decorations

DIY decorations are the perfect way to inject a little horror into your house. Check out these easy Halloween crafts for kids to make at home – you’d be ghoulish to miss out!

DIY Lanterns

Use plastic milk cartons to create your own jack-o’-lanterns! Sounds complex? Think again! It’s a spookily easy craft to create at Halloween. All you need is a few milk jugs (as many as you’d like!), a permanent marker, scissors, and some lights to pop inside the back. Cool huh!

Carve a Pumpkin

It’s the old classic, but the fun never gets old! Pumpkin Carving is a great activity for the whole family to unleash your inner creativity. With child-friendly pumpkin carving tools available too, there’s no reason why you can’t give this one a go! Display them proudly once you’re finished for all to see, in or outdoors!

DIY Halloween Bunting

Home-made Halloween bunting is a great way to jazz up the place with your spooky sketches! Whether you want to draw some plump pumpkins, spine-chilling spiders, or wacky witches’ brooms – the more the merrier and the brighter the better! Once you’re done, hang them onto string to display around your newly decorated haunted house!

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