We all know that spending time with our loved ones is a blessing. And what better plan than preparing holidays like Halloween to be with the children and the family? Dressing up and making crafts with the kids can be a perfect plan to enjoy a fun and exciting time with the family, that's why we want to give you some tips to help you get the most out of Halloween. ideas to have a great time with the preparations and the night of Halloween.

Halloween takes place every 31 October, the purpose of All Hallows' Eve is to commemorate the dead. It has been mistakenly believed to be a pagan holiday of American origin, but it is actually European. It actually comes from Celtic culture and is one of the most deeply rooted traditions of the Irish. Later, the Irish emigrated to America and brought this tradition to the other side of the ocean.

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In Ireland, tradition dictates that people sit around the dinner table and feast together, reuniting with deceased loved ones. The reason for wearing costumes was to inspire fear and deter evil spirits by pretending to be one of them. In order for the spirits to find the light and not get lost, pumpkins and candles were placed to show the way. Now children go from house to house in costume asking for candy with the phrase "trick or treat", collecting food and sweets.

For the little ones, it is undoubtedly a very fun festival, which year after year has been gaining popularity even in other European countries such as Spain. In some corners of our country you can see hollowed out pumpkins lit up with candles in the streets, and it is customary to eat sweets and the delicious saint's bones that are so typical of this time of year. So why not enjoy Halloween with the kids? Below, we explain how to make the most of this festivity surrounded by your loved ones.

 

Halloween activities with children

 

  • Take advantage and dress up with your loved ones. A children love costumesWhat better days to do it than Carnival and Halloween! Both costumes and masks are valid for All Hallows' Eve. The most popular costumes are witches, skeletons, ghosts, pumpkins and even vampires.
  • Enjoy an afternoon of baking with children. They love experimenting and doing new thingsSo getting them to make biscuits with you can be a very entertaining task that is sure to keep them fully occupied while they enjoy it. You can make Halloween biscuits in shapes that will thrill the little ones: ghosts, pumpkins, stars, witches, etc. All you need is a little bit of skill to create some scary biscuits.

activities with children

  • Filling the house with balloons to show that it's Halloween in your home. You can decorate the house with orange balloons and paint scary faces. The children will have a great time and learn to work as a team. Halloween crafts with children can be the perfect excuse to bond and foster parent-child relationships, while having fun and gaining manual and mental dexterity.crafts-with-children
  • Decorating jars to store sweets for children to receive when visiting neighbours. All you need are some jars, if they are made of plastic it is better, so there is no danger if it falls over. You will also need wire to surround the mouth of the jar to create the handles. And finally, orange and black paint to paint the jars to look like pumpkins, and voilá! Now we have some absolutely beautiful little baskets to go trick-or-treating. They can also be used as candle holders if you want to decorate your house.
  • Painting pumpkins. A house without pumpkins on Halloween... is no house at all! The ideal is to empty the pumpkins, but the truth is that the pumpkin is very hard to cut and it can be a dangerous and unsuitable task for a child. With a black permanent marker, paint a scary face on your pumpkin and decorate the house with lots of them. You'll get a scary atmosphere worthy of the eve of the dead. The kids will have a great time and so will you, they will be thrilled with the house decorated with things they have created themselves. You can also opt for a pumpkin simulation, there are many ideas with material that you don't use and with which you can achieve a spectacular result and in this way we instill in them the values of recycling and reuse of materials.
  • How about taking some cardboard, scissors, markers and glue, and making masks? The little ones in the house will not only have a great time making Halloween craftsThey will be able to put them on and play with them.
  • Something simple are the vampire masks. Cut a pair of fangs out of white cardboard and paint them with a little red to simulate blood. Then glue them onto a purple or black mask. Not only will they have a good time, but they will also exploit their creative side by letting their imagination run wild.

 

With a small budget and a few simple ideas, it is possible to make Halloween crafts and have a great time with the little ones at home!