Ideas for a safe, happy Halloween in times of COVID

Photo by Cheryl Landes

Looking for ideas for celebrating Halloween at a safe distance during COVID-19? Here are eight:

  1. Create a candy slide.
  2. Ghost your friends by leaving candy at their doors.
  3. Throw a costume party on Zoom.
  4. Turn your house or apartment into a mini-neighborhood.
  5. Host a distanced outdoor movie screening.
  6. Choose mask-friendly costumes.
  7. Set up a neighborhood scavenger hunt.
  8. Go park-er-treating.

Read more about these ideas at this PureWow post:
8 Ways to Save Halloween This Year (All Vetted By Actual Children)

Here are instructions for making three different types of candy chutes from Alabama.com:
Halloween 2020: How to make a candy chute for trick-or-treaters

And, if you’re good at flinging objects with slingshots, check out this idea from Julie Schirmer in Columbus, Ohio:
One Good Thing: Wickedly creative pandemic trick-or-treating

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