pumpkin decorating 2Eating caramel apples, trick-or-treating, and dressing up in costumes are fun ways to celebrate Halloween as a family. Why not add a few more traditions to your spooky holiday? Here are a few ideas.

Pick pumpkins at Kula Country Farms on Maui.

Make pumpkin pancakes and eat them the morning of Halloween.

Play the “You’ve Been Booed” game with other families in your neighborhood. Leave a bag of treats on your neighbor’s doorstep with a “You’ve Been Booed” sign that includes instructions to enjoy their treats and to continue the fun by “booing” two other families in the neighborhood.

Enjoy a local “Trunk-or-Treat” celebration at a church or school.

Watch It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown together as a family.

Dress up as a theme. For example, each family member can be a s’mores ingredient (parents as graham crackers, child(ren) as marshmallows and chocolate bars). Or, dress up as movie characters from The Incredibles, or as members of The Flintstones family.

Decorate pumpkins together. (Find inspiration on page __.) [Note to Nicole: need to fill in the page number for the pumpkin decorating article]

Go stargazing together.

Make caramel popcorn balls.