To get started on planning your game of charades, you will need some rules, a few simple items, and charade word ideas for Halloween.

There are charade words ranging from exciting to spooky, perfect for your kid or adult Halloween parties.

Items You Need to Play Halloween Charades

• Bowl for charade word ideas
• Paper
• Pencil
• Timer
• Players

Halloween Charades – How to Play

To start out your game of Halloween charades, you will need to focus on a few simple rules. First, the youngest person goes first. This person will then choose a topic from the bowl of Halloween charade words. Once a topic has been chosen, the person must act out the topic without speaking. The remaining players must then attempt to guess what it is that is being acted out. The first person to guess correctly before the timer goes off gets to choose and act out a topic next. The game can go on for as long as you prefer or until there are no words left in the bowl.

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Halloween Charades for Kids

• Pumpkin
• Candy
• Jack-o-lantern
• Brains
• Halloween
• Costume
• Carving Pumpkins
• Scarecrow
• Devil
• Witch
• Broomstick
• Bats
• Werewolf
• Monster
• Candy Apple
• Haunted House
• Spider
• Dragon
• Alien
• Vampire
• Ghost
• Goblin
• Spooky
• Skeleton
• Blood
• Graveyard
• Mummy
• Trick or Treat
• Black Cat
• Zombie
• Cauldron
• Frankenstein
• Fangs
• The Headless Horseman
• Cobwebs
• Haunted
• Mask
• Candy Corn
• Chocolate
• Dark
• Magic
• Evil
• Treats
• Ghoul
• Scary
• Psycho
• Night of the Living Dead
• Spiderwebs
• Dungeon
• Screams
• Goosebumps
• Boo
• Creepy
• Decorations
• Clouds
• Killer
• Horror
• Castle
• Hocus Pocus
• Dolls
• Clowns
• Dracula
• Spirits
• Psychic
• Phantom
• Make up

Halloween is an exciting time of year and playing a game of Halloween charades can make it even better. Just make sure to gather all the materials you need and get some awesome charade word ideas for Halloween. In no time, your family and friends will be enjoying the best game of Halloween charades, ever. Boo!

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Whether you’re crafty or not — as long as you’ve got the right inspiration — DIY costumes can be easy to assemble.  Just in time, we’ve gathered a spooktacular assortment of homemade Halloween costume ideas to help spark your creativity.

Check out all the tricks for making your own costumes this year — it will be a treat for your whole family!

Homemade Halloween Costumes

FAMILY FUN COSTUMES

Monster’s, Inc. Costumes by Mom Endeavors (pin it)

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Star Wars Costumes by Pulling Curls (pin it)

Alice in Wonderland Costumes by Baby Bump Beyond (pin it)

Superhero Capes by Jessica Ferrara of Chaos & Love (pin it)

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The flowers in my backyard are fighting for their lives against the overnight frosts, and only the sunflowers remain vibrant and healthy. The grass is also a carpet of red and orange waiting to be raked, and I really should go outside with a rake and a garbage bag for the sad flowers. Somehow though this would involve admitting that summer is over, that fall really is upon us and that I need to start thinking about the “w” word – which I can’t even bring myself to type.

Fortunately I’ve been blessed with a “glass half full” perspective to the changing of seasons, and there are a few things I am looking forward to this October and November. Pumpkin spice lattes anybody?

The return of my favorite autumn bevies aside, there is a lot to get excited about this time of year, and you don’t have to put on orange tinted glasses to get excited about the magic of the season. Below are the top 10 things I want to do this fall. I hope these ideas will inspire you to create your own Autumn Magic List.

My Autumn Magic List

1. Enjoy a local theme park, zoo, or tourist attraction – without the crowds! Why not celebrate that summer vacation is over and you can actually walk around your local zoo and see animals rather than crowds of tourists. As somebody who doesn’t like large masses of people, I love autumn and welcome having some of my favorite places to myself again.

2. Embrace slower paced autumn hiking. Summer tends to be busy, and we are often out the door early in the morning to tackle big adventures. Now is the time to embrace a relaxed start — to skip packing lunches and to grab something near the trail head before or after a short little outing, and to slow it down. Chances are the kids will love these short little weekend trips, too, as a break from the busyness of school and extracurricular activities.

3. Spend a day in the country. Nothing says autumn more than a day in the country running through a corn maze, hiking through golden trees, or picking pumpkins at a local farm.

4. Check one final trip off the summer list. I don’t know about you, but I know that my summer list definitely didn’t get finished. There are still bike rides that we didn’t get to, skate parks my son wants to visit at least one more time, and a few places we’d hoped to travel to but didn’t get the chance. My philosophy, therefore, is keep going till the snow falls! There are still a couple of good months to check things off that summer list before pulling out the skis.

5. Get yourself ready for cold weather sports. Now’s the time to build some skills that you’ll use over the next several months. Sign up for indoor skating lessons, register for an early-season ski clinic, or join a club that will get you out this winter.

6. Go camping one last time. I know it might be cold where you live by mid-October, but this is a great time to try comfort camping in a yurt or covered wall tent, to book a wilderness cabin or hut, or to stay in a back-country lodge.

7. Go on a Family Super Hero Hike. The best thing about the season of Halloween is that you can dress up and pretend to be anybody you want – even as an adult! Try it. I dare you to dress up in matching superhero costumes (complete with capes) and go running through the woods with your child. Let me know if you feel like you’re six years old again.

8. Throw an Outdoor Halloween Bash. Check out this story  that I wrote for BonBon Break last year to get inspired for this one.

9. Plan a Thanksgiving feast with friends. Pack the house to overflowing, create a mess that will take a day to clean up, and celebrate gratefulness with the people you love most.

10. Find Snow! I know, I said I wasn’t ready to say the “w” word, but you can enjoy a hike in the early season snow without having to think about winter yet. You may have to drive for it or to go find a ski hill that opens early in November, but it can be fun to escape the dreary days of late November with a quick trip to Narnia and the winter wonderland you’ll find when you step through the wardrobe.

If you’re on Instagram, hashtag your photos with #AutumnMagic so I can follow your adventures, and I’ll do the same. Together we can inspire one another to get out and to make the most of the next couple of months.

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Unless you’ve done a fantastic job of averting your eyes from anything orange over the past few weeks, you’ve probably felt like we’ve been taken over by pumpkins. They’re decorating stores, hanging from banners, dancing across the TV in commercials, and coming home in every project your child is doing at school. Every. Single. One.

They’re the true sign of fall and all things harvest–even if you don’t live within 100 miles of anything resembling a farm.

I love this time of year, I really do. But, sometimes I want to rebel a little and rip that happy (or scary) pumpkin face off the zillionth paper one that’s come home from school. There has to be more than pumpkin pie and pumpkin carving and pumpkin paper cut outs. And I even like pumpkins!

I also happen to strongly believe that kids need to move more, spend more time in fresh air (which is so crisp and refreshing and perfect this time of year), and have a little more simple in their lives.

So, it’s only natural for me to take those perfectly cute pumpkins and put them to use helping kids be just a little healthier and happier. When we can help kids move more, they’re easier to parent, they sleep better, and life is just a little less stressful for us all.

Give these five quick, creative, and decidedly UN-traditional pumpkin activities a try this year. They’re likely to become new traditions for you!

Pumpkin Buddies

Let each child choose a “pumpkin buddy” from wherever you get your pumpkins (the patch, store, etc.). Give each pumpkin a name and challenge the kids to show their “pumpkin buddies” as much of where they live as possible before Halloween. Make it even more fun by adding a camera and letting them document the whole thing. The kicker? Pumpkins only like to be outside…which means their whole mission is outdoor-­based.

Pumpkin Hikes

Go on a hike….with pumpkins, of course. Do the hike before the kids start and strategically place pumpkins along the trail. Little hikers will focus on looking for the next pumpkin instead of putting one foot in front of other. Celebrate the end of the trail with some healthy pumpkin bread and then pick up the pumpkins as a group on the way back. The more little hikers, the better for this one!

Pumpkin Scavenger Hunt

Plan a neighborhood pumpkin scavenger hunt. Give each pumpkin a little personality (yes, this means they may need cut­out faces) and strategically place them according to where they might belong if they were real. Give the kids clues according to each pumpkin’s unique disposition. Modify this for whatever works best for your family.

Example: Mr. Happy loves to climb trees and tends to go first where he can get a good view.

Example: Miss Snappy Pants is having a bad day and ended up in a time out. Again. Look for her in a corner.

Pumpkin Workout

Do a “Pumpkin Workout.” Again, a bigger group of motivated pumpkin­-movers is best. Lift pumpkin weights, jump over pumpkins, or pass pumpkins down a line of kids going over (heads) and under (legs). Add relay races or dance moves, too!

Pumpkin Love

Leave some pumpkin love. Write out encouraging words on some small tags that can be easily attached to the pumpkins’ stems or tacked to the outside of the pumpkin. These can be general quotations or specific notes for whoever will get the pumpkin. Wish your neighbors a happy fall with a cute pumpkin and some happy words left on their doorsteps. Throw in some pumpkin cookies, if possible.

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Here are eight tips for surviving Halloween with kids and making great memories:

1. Pick the costume out early and get it out of the way

I buy my kids’ Halloween costumes as soon as they go on sale right after Valentine’s Day. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating . . . but not much. I snag costumes as soon as I see them in the store. I get my pick of sizes – nothing is worse than telling a four-year old who wants to be Batman that there are no Batman costumes in his size anywhere within three counties.

I give my kids minimal input on costume choices. Kids under six are either too young to care about their costume or are “into” so many cartoon characters that they’ll change their minds on what they want to be for Halloween 486 times before October 30th.

If you’re one of those crafty moms who makes costumes by hand, I’m a little jealous of your skills. If you are one of those crafty moms who makes another costume because little Annabelle decided she wanted to be Sophia the First instead of Elsa two days before Halloween . . . well then, I say you’re batshit crazy.

2. Potty planning

Your child will have to pee at some point during the Halloween festivities. Have an idea of where and how to make that happen. If potty training is still a new thing and there’s a narrow window between “Mommy, I hafta pee” and an accident, you might want to rethink a costume that’s complicated to get out of.

3. Don’t try to do all the things

Trick or treating in your neighborhood? Trunk or treat at your church? And again at your mom’s church and the church down the street that don’t even attend? Your local “Zoo boo?” If you play your cards right, your kid can party hard the week leading up to Halloween and snag enough candy to keep 10 children sugared up for days, but is that a good thing?

It’s great that there are so many options for enjoying Halloween, but stop and think before you drag your small human to each and every thing just because you can.

4. Step away from Pinterest

Yes, really. Too much Pinterest will rot your brain . . . okay maybe not that, but it might convince you that you should become a whiz at concocting Halloween crafts out of recycled yogurt containers and toilet paper rolls. Every time you log on, Pinterest will make you feel inferior by showing you “easy” projects and treat recipes you should be making with and for your kids. And, if you’re one of those moms who bought  costumes at Costco, Pinterest will shame you for not caring enough to make a dinosaur costume out of felt in 104 easy-to-follow steps.

Don’t get me wrong, Pinterest is great. It’s the first place I look when I want to find a great recipe or inspiration for a party hairstyle. But this time of year, Pinterest is full of oh-so-simple looking crafty things and recipes that lure you in. The next thing you know, your fingers are stuck together with hot glue and you’ve got glitter underneath your fingernails and in other places you don’t want to have glitter . . .  ahem.

5. Talk to your kids about what to expect

This is really simple, but sometimes we get so caught up in the frenzy that we don’t realize the Halloween festivities are new, unfamiliar and maybe overwhelming for little goblins. My two boys are five (yes, I have two five-year-olds – just let that sink in) and this is their third year trick-or-treating. I plan to go over the play-by-play with them before we head out on Halloween night. They sort of remember how it went down last year but 12 months is a long time for very young children, so don’t assume they remember the drill.

6. Set limits

This goes along with talking about expectations. I’ve found that trick-or-treating for an hour and then coming home to pass out candy works best. Younger kids might not have the stamina to walk the streets begging for candy for two hours plus. An hour works best for us and everyone knows what’s up ahead of time.

7. Have a candy plan

My candy plan is to sort through all the candy, pick out the quality chocolate and let the kids have at it for one night. I mean, it’s one night. I can handle two hyped up, sugared up kids for one night. After that, everything goes into a bowl and I dole it out. I might give a piece for good behavior or throw some in the lunchboxes. Maybe it’s the OCD in me but I like knowing beforehand how the candy is going to be handled.

If the idea of a ton of candy in the house bugs you, try adding the Switch Witch basket to your Halloween lineup. It’s a cute, decorative basket that you enjoy as part of your Halloween décor up until the big night. You use it to display your candy and then after a set number of days “the Switch Witch” comes to take the candy, replacing it with a toy or other fun thing that doesn’t involve sugar. We haven’t tried that yet, but I think it’s a good idea.

And let there be no doubt, that quality chocolate is all mine.  Mini Snickers pair well with a nice Pinot Noir.

8. Cut them some slack

Your kids probably won’t be on their best behavior on Halloween night. It’s something special and the general vibe of the evening is not the same as every other day, and really, why would it be? Expect hyperactivity, the odd tantrum or two, uncharacteristic shyness, potty accidents – and anything in between.

And cut them some slack if they forget their manners or say something embarrassing. Chances are, nothing that happens on Halloween is going to really matter in the long run. Keep things in perspective.

Bottom line, trick-or-treating with children under six might require a little more preparation and structure, but it’s totally worth it. Seeing these little kids’ eyes light up at the magic of Halloween is priceless.

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If you are looking for easy DIY Halloween masks, then you have come to the right place! I love felt and masks & they are a huge hit with kids and adults. If you like woodland animals or My Little Pony (or if you have a 5-year-old girl in your house) then these are sure to be a hit for you too! I have included free printable templates for all the masks. (for personal use only, for resale information please contact April {at} illstyle.com)

All you need to throw together these easy masks is felt in a variety of colors, a good pair of scissors, your favorite fabric glue (we like this one), one of the printable templates linked below and about 20 minutes. Cut out the pieces, fit them together according to the photos and let the mask dry. And that’s it! You’re ready to rock your brand new mask!

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April from illistyle.com is sharing her no-sew, DIY Halloween masks – including free printables. These are totally fun!

You know where else these masks look fabulous? On pumpkins. Felt masks are a great way to dress up your pumpkins without having to cut into them and risk them rotting before the big day!

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Can you tell I like Halloween a little bit? Dressing up is so fun! What are you going as this year? Bonus points for tagging Bonbon Break and illistyle in your Halloween Instagram photos!

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But Julia wasn’t so sure what to be this year for Halloween. I could be this, she thought. Or that, maybe. The conversations over dinner and from the back seat seemed to stretch on for months. I know my kid, and I know she had her heart set on something wonderfully hand-made and grand like her brother’s jellyfish costume.

So I stepped in. One flood day last week, when school was canceled, I asked her to help me start crafting.

At our house, we like the unique kind of Halloween costume, the kind of costume that makes other trick-or-treaters drop their jaws, high-five us between houses, the kind of costume people remember. And I like costumes that are homemade, but easily homemade.

And that’s what makes this hot air balloon costume so so perfect.

And I know that this costume is on Pinterest, but trust me, there’s no basket cutting here, no ordering balloon nets or special trips to the party store. This is the super-easy version.

Here’s what you’ll need:

• Helium Balloons. I used 15, but just a great big bunch is what’s most important
• Paracord
• Pipe Insulation
• Brown Paper Bags
• Ribbon, both thin and wide
• Fabric
• Duct Tape
• Large Lamp Shade (that’s the genius part)

Check your closets and thrift stores for a large lamp shade. Make sure it’s big enough for your kiddo to wear around them with room to wiggle and run. It can be any color, really. If it doesn’t look basket like, then consider wrapping it with burlap or some other brown and textured material. Remove the metal hardware inside with strong scissors or metal cutters, and voila! Instant basket!

Cut triangles for bunting from the fabric, string it on the thin ribbon, and glue it around the basket. Julia and I share a love for the color yellow, but any and every color is best.

Make sandbags from the paper bags stuffed with newspaper, tie them with ribbon, and glue them on, too.

Wrap the wide end of the lamp shade with pipe insulation and cover it with coordinating duct tape. And the basket part is finished already!

Attach the wide ribbon inside the lamp shade with duck tape or hot glue. Measure to make sure it fits your kiddo at waist height. If your child is small, you might want to make the ribbons crisscross in the back to make them stay in place better.

Use the same method to attach four long lengths of paracord to the inside of the lamp shade. Make sure they’re long enough to reach above your child’s head. It might help to knot the ends of the cord to give you a surface on which to glue or tape to the shade.

Attach your big balloon bundle to the top end of the paracords.

Julia raided the dress up box, her brother’s closet, and my closet for her Amelia Earhart clothes, because every good pilot should be dressed the part, and she is ready for trick-or-treat.

We’re looking for high fives as we trick-or-treat this year.

Tell me, what costumes are you making this Halloween?

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First, we decided what sort of look we wanted and I sketched a rough shape with a pen.  I cut out the pieces and we all scooped the pumpkin seeds. The chickens and ducks at my house were delighted to get all the pumpkin guts and pieces of the shell.

My husband used pushpins to attach tiny LED lights on a string around the inside of the rim. This was the hardest part because they kept falling back out! My son poked guide holes into each window with a toothpick. He then used twigs to make window frames, pushing them into the guide holes.

I cut a sheer mesh bag I had in half and we used pushpins to attach them as “curtains” in the lower windows. my son hot glued the lid of the pumpkin and pushed dried moss all over it for a roof.

The boys found a milkweed pod and split in half, then they glued the halves under the lower windows as garden boxes.

After we hot glued some moss on, we glued in some tiny fake flowers. We worked together to make a popsicle stick door, then my son hot glued moss on and glued the door in place.

We tried to leave some small gaps in the door for the lights to shine through.

The last couple of days, the pumpkin fairy house keeps moving mysteriously to different locations around our property. My sons are having a great time locating it each time and reporting back with glee. We may just have to make this an annual tradition!

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I quickly realized that the world outside of our home would be harder to take on because most of the world out there revolves around food in some way. Thankfully, I like a good challenge.

I do not expect the world to bend to accommodate my daughter’s life-threatening multiple food allergies, but I do hope that she finds more compassion. We opt out of a lot of birthday parties, family gatherings and play dates, or we bring our own allergy-safe foods and figure out how to politely excuse ourselves. I host most sleepovers, play dates and gatherings because it’s just easier to do it all, rather than put the pressure on anyone to make it work. My kids don’t complain because it’s not the end of the world if we can’t participate in everything.

That’s how we roll. That is how it has been. Halloween is no exception.

Halloween is our favorite holiday even if it’s all about the candy that, at one point, my daughter could have none of and for which my son had few options. Dressing up in costumes is a fun time. We like to act silly. We love an excuse to hang out with friends. If my kids didn’t have food allergies, the candy still wouldn’t be the main focus.

We trick-or-treat even if 90% of the candy we get is not allergy-friendly. We can trick-or-treat for HOURS! A friend asked me once why we even bother and I said, “Uh… because it’s a really fun time to run around dressed up??”

We introduced the “Halloween Fairy” into our homes many years ago. I found out last year that some call this the “Switch Witch.” We trade out candy the kids can’t have or the surplus of what the kids shouldn’t eat and the Halloween Fairy brings better goodies instead.

Last year the kids left out a little bit to the Halloween Fairy and donated the rest to a local women’s shelter. They initiated that suggestion and I was proud.

We are always super safe when we trick-or-treat. My daughter carriers her “emergency bag” filled with all medications she needs including her epi-pen and I have extras on hand. I sort out the candy first making sure nothing is open that contains her contact allergies. It’s a process but it’s so routine that no one feels weird about it.

I’ve been asked before if my kids ever get upset that they can’t eat all the candy they collect. It has honestly never been an issue. It simply is what it is and I try to not focus on the CAN’T and focus on the FUN.

When they were younger I would see the enthusiasm on their faces when they went to a house that had a non-candy treat or a piece of candy they could have. My son still does a little dance and yells “Yes!” when this happens. Yes, it would be nice if this could happen more often, but we would never expect or want a fully “allergy-friendly” Halloween.

Why wouldn’t I want a fully “allergy-friendly” Halloween? Because A) it would never happen, B) it doesn’t mean our fun times would be better because we do just fine as is, and C) the Halloween Fairy does like the chocolate bonus, hehehe. But, in all reality you can’t have perfection, so why would I expect that for my kids? Nah, perfection is boring. I’d rather learn from the small bumps in the road and imperfections and have fun anyway.

Every year I’ve seen a few more non-candy treats when the kids unload their Halloween loot. The kids, allergies or not, love these. The increase of non-candy goodies may have to do with food allergies or other dietary restrictions or maybe being over the amount of junk food the kids get. No matter what the reason we really do dig it.

But, just because Halloween won’t be completely allergy-friendly doesn’t mean we all can’t try a little. For those of you who want to try, check out the Teal Pumpkin Project by F.A.R.E. (Food Allergy Research & Education). Teal is the color for allergy awareness AND it’s my daughter’s favorite color.

The concept is simple… Paint a pumpkin teal, print a flyer to raise awareness and have food allergy-friendly treats available for Halloween. Kids who have food allergies will be able to see what houses have allergy-friendly treats with no tricks for them. When you are out shopping for Halloween goodies why not look at those stickers, glow sticks, plastic rings, pencils or non-food items too? Don’t want to replace all your candy? That’s cool… why not have candy and a bowl for kids who can’t have candy?

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The Teal Pumpkin Project is something that gives people the idea of offering non-food treats only or having a separate bowl for those with food allergies. It isn’t about replacing all candy but creating more awareness and inclusion. No, food allergy parents across the world are not expecting EVERYONE to do this and eliminate candy and the new Halloween color to be teal instead of orange. But, it may make a handful of kids feel special and included. Where is the harm in that?

We are going to paint some mini pumpkins teal, give them to neighbors, teachers, family and friends with information on the Teal Pumpkin Project. If people choose to offer up some stickers, glow sticks or bookmarks in addition to (or instead of) their candy, then RAD!

If not… then we are still gonna have fun.

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This flapping bat is easy to make with your children and adds to a Halloween display for trick or treaters to interact with on their arrival to your door step.  With only a few materials required and a free printable template, set aside an afternoon enjoying some quality time with your children and create something batacular!

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We have made lots of different Halloween handprint crafts over the years and this cute little handprint ghost is one of our favorites–probably because it is one of the most fun for kids to make!

Ghost Handprint Craft:

• construction paper
• white paint (I use washable)
• black paint
• googly eyes

Paint your child’s hand with the white paint or let them dip their hands into white paint on a plate. Then let them place their hand on construction paper and move their fingers back and forth to create a ghost shape. When it dries add googly eyes and a black thumbprint mouth.

You can hang them from the ceiling or on your wall with a string for cute little ghosts that fly around when someone walks by!

If you want to make a whole set of handprint crafts this October my Halloween Handprint Craft post has lots of ideas!

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Looking for a simple but fun idea for DIY Halloween teacher gifts, classroom treats or even sports team snacks? Pauline Molinari of Club Chica Circle shows us just how easy it is to transform and upcycle round water bottles into super cute candy pumpkins! The combination of simple instructions and supplies you either already have or can easily find make this a great last minute project that’s sure to impress!

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