HALOWEEN 2020 - BLUE MOON SPECIAL
BE SAFE - BE WELL - BE SPOOKY!!

We know that this Halloween will be unlike any other. Is it safe to Trik or Treat? Corn Mazes? How can we make Halloween safe and fun? Can we bring some magic back to our lives that are filled with real fears? Halloween this year is not about national costume trends but understanding the local and regional pandemic situation and still finding opprotunities for celebrating. Make Your home Halloween Central and everyone will remember this year because you made it special, BLUE MOON and all.

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NATIONAL HALLOWEEN SAFETY INFORMATION
(remember to recheck these resources for updated info):
• A CDC guide to a safe Halloween.
• If you are following COVID Safety guidlines, put out a PURPLE PUMPKIN.
• Halloween2020.org has an interactive county by couty map to check out when Halloween arrives to see the risk in your local area. Based upon that risk, a set of suggestions to still have loads of fun no matter where you live, also community help to craft activities.

SAFE HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES:
• Corn Mazes - a US map to find the best near you
• Drive Thru Haunted Houses - a Google search will reveal your safe & spooky ride.
• Virtual Halloween Party ideas for Kids and Adults, too.
• 17 More Ideas for a Micro or Virtual Halloween Party from Spooky Little Halloween
• Tour Haunted Houses online, from Paris Catacombs to the Winchester Mystery House, all from your living room.
• Pumpkin Decorating can be a great family affair. Here are some places to start:
  • Pumpkin Carving 101 - Everything you need to know to get started.
  • 101 No Carve Pumpkin Decorating Ideas from Pintrest.
  • Carve it like Martha, even if you are not up to it, enjoy the inspriation.
  • Treehuggers Guide to Pumpkin Carving.
  • How about Virtual Pumpkin Carving for the little ones.
  • 50+ No Carve Pumpkin Decorating Ideas from HGTV
• Reading Ghost Stories are a great way to get the family into the spirit of Halloween. Chek out your local library online or read these for free. If you want someone else to read them to you, check out this guide for the best Halloween Audio Books or join YouTube for a reading of The Legend of Sleepy Hallow.
• Virtual Ouija Board? The Museum of Talking Boards has one ready to go!
• Tarot Card Reading, just a couple of clicks and free.
• Get in touch with Your favorite part of Halloween according to your Zodiac Sign.
  

SAFE TRICK OR TREATING IDEAS & ALTS:
• Social Distancing Trick-or-Treat Ideas for a safer Halloween
• Explore the issues of Masks, Gloves and other safety concerns
• YouTube your way to safe trick or treating. Learn it all in 10 minutes.
• How to hold a socially distanced TRUNK or Treat event (in a parking lot)
• Create a Candy Chute for hands off candy delivery
• An automatic Candy Dispenser? Here's how some engineers created one.
• How about a Halloween Candy Zip Line.
• Skipping the Trick or Treat part? How about a DIY Candy Corn pinata.
• Mars Wrigley have created Treat Town - a virtual Trick or Treating Adventure, play and you can earn real candy.
  

HALLOWEEN DECORATING IDEAS
• Check out the home decorating ideas from Velcro, right here in our closet
• DIY Ways to Spook Up your Home & Yard
• HGTV's 100 favorite ideas to decorate for Halloween
• 13 Spooky Halloween Decor Ideas for 2020 from First Magazine
• Kids Crafts help decorate the home for Halloween

COSTUMES & MASKS FOR THIS YEAR
• 10 Halloween Costumes that make it hard to get too close.
• Crayola makes reusable masks for Halloween.
• Halloween Costume Ideas that reduce the spread of Covid-19.
• 37 Protective Masks that double as costumes
• Safety concerns for costumes get explored here

HALLOWEEN FILM FESTS
• 30 Halloween Classics for the whole family to enjoy.
• Want the chills? Here's the Scariest movies on Netflix this Halloween.
• A month of Disney Halloween Movies, from Ichabod Crane to Hocus Pocus
• Create Your Own Halloween Movie Marathon. Kid friendly

Still stuck for ideas, go back to our Halloween Costume Closet and open another door...