Halloween

[Oscaralley]

I loooove the colors and the fun things that happen during Halloween, but I don't like scary. When my kids were little we trick or treated a couple of times, but mostly went to school events. I really like creating treat bags and party supplies for Halloween.

What are your feelings about it?

 

[bcgal00]

I love the fun props for Halloween and even though my kids are grown now, I still love to go out and walk around, seeing the displays, watching the kids having fun and we give out a ton of candy as we get a few hundred kids come by. Usually my daughter comes over and we have a simple dinner, take turns answering the door and then hubs will give out candy if we go out walking around for awhile. Of course if the rain comes I stay indoors and just enjoy the kids coming to the door. We always watch a Halloween themed show or movie. Not sure what this year will be. Guess I should start thinking about. Last year we watched The Purge 1 and 2 so maybe we'll see the 3rd one this year. There is also a newer Friday the 13th movie that we haven't seen too, so that's a possibility.

 

[Oscaralley]

I love the fun props for Halloween and even though my kids are grown now, I still love to go out and walk around, seeing the displays, watching the kids having fun and we give out a ton of candy as we get a few hundred kids come by. Usually my daughter comes over and we have a simple dinner, take turns answering the door and then hubs will give out candy if we go out walking around for awhile. Of course if the rain comes I stay indoors and just enjoy the kids coming to the door. We always watch a Halloween themed show or movie. Not sure what this year will be. Guess I should start thinking about. Last year we watched The Purge 1 and 2 so maybe we'll see the 3rd one this year. There is also a newer Friday the 13th movie that we haven't seen too, so that's a possibility.

That sounds fun! There aren't kids that stop here. Most of the neighborhood kids go to the school event they have in the gym.

 

[FormbyGirl]

I am not big on scary, but love dressing up. WHen my kids were little, I loved making Halloween costumes. They always went out trick or treating. We always carved pumpkins - loads of fun!

 

[A-M]

Here in Australia we do not do much in celebrating Halloween until we came to live in this small country town where the local children do go Trick or Treating. I enjoy creating something digitally with a Bible Verse to go with some form of candy or treat.

 

[gwany1999]

Halloween is my second fav right behind Christmas. I love the black/orange color scheme. I like non-scary stuff, for myself and kids. LOL.

 

[dagi]

we do not celebrate Halloween over here.. I like it though and would love to witness the festivities and the atmosphere of it in the US

 

[Oscaralley]

I am not big on scary, but love dressing up. WHen my kids were little, I loved making Halloween costumes. They always went out trick or treating. We always carved pumpkins - loads of fun!

I carved pumpkins too!! I do think there is a "fun" side to Halloween!

 

[Oscaralley]

Here in Australia we do not do much in celebrating Halloween until we came to live in this small country town where the local children do go Trick or Treating. I enjoy creating something digitally with a Bible Verse to go with some form of candy or treat.

Anne-Marie....that is a great idea!! I should so do that.......wait...we have no trick or treaters here in our neighbor hood.

 

[Oscaralley]

we do not celebrate Halloween over here.. I like it though and would love to witness the festivities and the atmosphere of it in the US

It can be fun!! I once did more of a "Fall" party for my boys football team when they were young. We did a scavenger hunt, bonfire and more. Way fun!

 

[AmaneseFe]

I enjoy Halloween. I love to decorate with pg-13 decor (fun ghosts and cute witches with plenty of fall foliage mixed in) and hand out candy to trick-or-treaters. Occasionally Syd and her friends still dress up. (Last year they went as frat boys) One year the girls and I carved mini jack-o-lanterns from oranges and filled them with fruit. We used green cocktail picks for the stems. I do think Halloween might be my favorite holiday to scrapbook!!

 

[Heidi1472]

I am not a fan. I love fall. I love the colors and the cooler temps but I am not not a fan of Halloween at all. I pretended while raising my kids but now that they are mostly on their own, we go dark on Halloween. Husband and I started going to dinner and a movie which is better than buying and eating candy for a week. Hahaha

 

[Sams Scraps]

I love Halloween, we don't really celebrate it here in Australia as much as the US. We used to dress the whole front yard up & all the kids. We have a smoke machine & a black light & big old cauldron we fill with dry ice. Haven't done it the last few years as it falls too close to an event we work on & not enough time to get everything set up. I don't so much like the gory halloween stuff but it hs enabled us to meet lots of our neighbours in the process of handing out treats

 

[Oscaralley]

I enjoy Halloween. I love to decorate with pg-13 decor (fun ghosts and cute witches with plenty of fall foliage mixed in) and hand out candy to trick-or-treaters. Occasionally Syd and her friends still dress up. (Last year they went as frat boys) One year the girls and I carved mini jack-o-lanterns from oranges and filled them with fruit. We used green cocktail picks for the stems. I do think Halloween might be my favorite holiday to scrapbook!!

Omg...those little pumpkins are so cute!! I really like the decorations and all, but I'm not into dressing up. Everyone at work is going to dress up and I just don't want to. I'm not good at it and I just get embarrassed.

 

[Oscaralley]

I am not a fan. I love fall. I love the colors and the cooler temps but I am not not a fan of Halloween at all. I pretended while raising my kids but now that they are mostly on their own, we go dark on Halloween. Husband and I started going to dinner and a movie which is better than buying and eating candy for a week. Hahaha

That actually sounds fun. I might have to give that a try.

 

[AmaneseFe]

Omg...those little pumpkins are so cute!! I really like the decorations and all, but I'm not into dressing up. Everyone at work is going to dress up and I just don't want to. I'm not good at it and I just get embarrassed.

My go-to costume is a football jersey style shirt I had screen printed with “GO CEILINGS” and “CEILINGS ARE #1” .... I bought a couple of cheap pom-poms and go as a ceiling fan!! I have to explain it to some people but I don’t care, it makes me laugh every year!

 

[Firstoscartgrouch]

I love Halloween, even though it typically means a blizzard every year. Costumes must be made big enough to fit over snowsuits and adjustable enough to be worn indoors. We have neighbors that put on a haunted garage every year that is amazing. Hundreds come to see it. I love to dress up and have won a few costume contests. At work, or with the kids, or just because it’s so much fun.