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Spooky season has arrived! Halloween looks different this year, leaving many ghouls uncertain of how to celebrate. Never fear, pumpkins! Nothing can squash your All Hallow’s Eve mojo. From treats to flicks... 2020 can’t stop these spooktacular at-home Halloween celebrations from happening. So, fire up your cauldron, break out the candy and scroll on through!
Whooooooo\'s there?
Ring’s ‘At-Home Haunted House’
Ring doorbell’s are a must - especially this time of year. Not only will they leave you less scared to answer the door, but they can enhance your Halloween fun! Here’s two festive tips from our friends at Ring:
- Dress up your front porch by adding a Halloween Faceplate to your device.
- Set it to ring with a new spooky chime tone so you know exactly “whooooooo is at the door.”
Who ya gonna call?
Alexa’s ‘At-Home Haunted House’
Continue creating the techy haunted house of your dreams with an Alexa device! Here’s some tips straight from your favorite virtual assistant:
- Ask Alexa to play spooky sounds or sing a spooky song
- Ask Alexa to tell you a spooky story via the Halloween blueprint where parents can even customize the tale!
- Enable Alexa’s Ghost Detector Skill if you dare... Then say: “Alexa, launch Ghost Detector” to start ghost hunting.
- You can create your own spooky “Routine” with Alexa. Pick a trigger phrase (we suggest “Alexa, make it scary”) that will make your smart lights dim and turn orange, and Halloween music begins. Now that will send shivers up the spine!
Decor to die for
Pottery Barn Kids Mickey Mouse Halloween collection
Bring some spooky magic to the table (literally) with Pottery Barn Kids’ Mickey Mouse Halloween collection! These playful items are the perfect touch for any family friendly celebration at home. Plus, decorating together is always an experience.
Halloween movie night
Movie nights are the coziest way to spend a holiday. Of course, in 2020, we’re all glued to the tv set... So, make your Halloween watch special!
Turn your TV room into a Halloween haven. Then slip into your pumpkin socks, fill a bowl of treats (keep scrolling for ideas) and snuggle up on the couch for a showing of, you guessed it, Hocus Pocus. (Or your Halloween film of choice, but let’s be real there’s none as magical as HP).
We recommend using your Fire TV Stick 4K to watch all the scary (and silly!) Halloween movies. It can connect to your favorite apps like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and more, so you’re never left with the scariest feeling of all: “I don’t know what to watch!”
Treat yourself
Baked by Melissa’s Spooky Cupcakes
Available in a variety of gift packs, this year’s Halloween collection includes spooky flavors like Midnight Munchies (chocolate cake with pretzel icing, dulce de leche stuffing and topped with potato chip & pretzel chocolate brittle), Bear-ied Alive (chocolate cake with chocolate icing, chocolate pudding stuffing and topped with Oreo crumbs and a gummy bear), Spooky Tie Dye (tie dye vanilla cake) and more.
Sweet & spooky
Eat Me Guilt Free ‘better for you’ Monster Brownies ($36 for a box of 12)
Make your own treats this season with these easy to make monster brownies. Eat Me Guilt Free, a Latina-founded healthy snack brand, has shared a recipe with us that will give the entire family a spooktacular time:
6 Eat Me Guilt Free Birthday Cake Blondies:
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons of keto or sugar free frosting of your choice
- Orange, Purple and Green natural food coloring
- Orange, purple and green sprinkles (you need about 3 tablespoons of each color)
Instructions
1. Mix 2 tablespoons of frosting in 3 small bowls. A total of 6 tablespoons (2 tablespoons in each small bowl).
2. Add orange natural food coloring to the first in very small amounts until you reach desired color. Then follow the same directions on the second two bowls for the next two colors respectively.
3. Use a butter knife to smear a thin layer of orange frosting on the top 2/3 of a brownie.
4. Sprinkle orange sprinkles to the top 1/3 of the frosted portion of the brownie.
5. Take 3-4 edible eye sprinkles and place in a pattern of your choice on the bottom two thirds of the frosted area.
6. Repeat for purple and green monster brownies, and enjoy your spooky treats!
Sugar rush
by robynblair X Mini Melanie Candy Cookie Box ($68.00)
Trick-or-treating is a bit up in the air this year, but never fear! This robynblair x Mini Melanie cookie box will bring a TREAT to your doorstoop. Containing eight handmade sugar cookies inspired by candy, these colorful freshly-baked confections are the perfect way to sweeten spooky season!
Pajama *fright* night
Midnight Stars pajams by Hanna Andersson ($14 - $32)
Your family unit will be #SquadGhouls in these matching pajama sets. Hanna Andersson boasts various Halloween prints in their legendary (and freakishly soft) organic material. They even offer pjs for pets!
In Case Of Emergency...
by robynblair Jigsaw Puzzles ($48)
If you’re feeling puzzled about what do to, look no further than artist Robyn Blair’s signature 200-piece puzzles. This sweet holiday activity comes in four styles so bright you’ll want to frame the finished product.
Witch(CRAFT)
Maisonette’s Kid Made Modern Halloween Craft Kit ($16.99)
Celebrate a handmade Halloween with spooky arts and crafts supplies. This Halloween craft kit will get your little ones in the holiday spirit and feed their inner creative monster.
Brace yourselves
Halloween/Daisy Lily peyote stitch bracelet project kit - JTV ($43.19)
If you’re sick of carving pumpkins, shake things up with a new craft! Order this special Halloween bracelet making kit from JTV, equipped with all the colored beads you could want to make a spooky chic accessory.