56 Best Halloween Activities for Spooky Fun All October Long

Add a spooky touch to your front yard with these adorable (and easy!) ghosts.

To make: Place 6-inch craft foam or styrofoam balls on long wooden dowels. Cover balls with metallic mesh ribbon, layering if necessary to cover completely. Secure mesh with thin ribbon or string. Tie black-and-white striped ribbon into a bow around the ghost "neck," covering thin ribbon.

Scare up some easy Halloween appetizers for a casual gathering with friends or to add a little fun to a family dinner. May we suggest one of our most popular spooky recipes, Breadstick Rattlers?

Claim your throne as the pumpkin, er, we mean pun king. Share silly Halloween puns and jokes with friends, family, and co-workers to get everyone howl-oween with laughter.

Every neighborhood has one—that house with not just one but a veritable tourist attraction of Halloween inflatables in the yard. Granted, this activity is not for everyone given the logistics of managing all those outdoor extension cords. But if you enjoy putting on a Clark Griswold-worthy lights display come Christmastime, then this one's for you.

Whether you're singing them or queuing up a playlist, a rockin' lineup of Halloween songs will keep the party going all night long.

Take a long weekend and savor the spooky side of Main Street USA. For ideas, check out our guide to the best small towns to visit for Halloween for haunted houses, food fairs, and more.

Visit a pumpkin farm near you and pick up the perfect gourds to transform with the best pumpkin carving ideas.

Apple cider with donuts is a time-honored Halloween treat. Combine them in a cake and the result is wickedly good.

Get the recipe for Apple Cider Donut Bundt Cake.

Which country currently holds the record for the largest pumpkin ever? Get the answer to this question and more in our roundup of fun Halloween trivia.

This fun idea is the brainchild of lifestyle blogger and mom Shakira Patterson who found that she often forgot to use the cute seasonal tabletop and kitchen items she had purchased. The solution? Stash them in an open bin on the counter. If you’d like to show off your creation, Patterson encourages you to tag her on social and use the hashtag #occasionsbin, where you can find thousands of bin ideas shared by her community.

Get the tutorial at Occasions by Shakira and see more at @occasions.byshakira.

Weeks before the big night, the yard decorating begins. Plan an evening car ride for an October date before the 31st to scout out the most spooktacular displays in your city or town. Take a family vote to name the best.

The name game is one of our favorite party activities to break the ice. Any age can play, and it's easy to give it a Halloween theme. Give each partygoer a sticky note emblazoned with a popular Halloween word, costume idea, or famous monster name and have them place it on their forehead. They'll have to ask other guests questions until they figure out what they are.

See more Halloween party game ideas for kids and adults.

Spend a day, weekend, or even the whole month of October watching the spookiest, silliest, and best Halloween flicks.

Related: 59 Best Halloween Movies of All Time You Can Stream at Home

Little hands will love helping create this sweet little gourd cottage and keeping an eye out for the gnomes and fairies that are surely going to move in.

Get the tutorial for our pumpkin fairy house.

…if age-appropriate, of course.

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Ditch your devices the next time you head on a family camping trip and focus on the fun to be had in the world around you with this kid-friendly craft.

To make: Pick up a round wood slab and four leather strips. On the slab, form a grid (pictured at left) with the strips and secure each end with an upholstery tack. Once in the woods, gather two five-piece groupings of found objects such as small rocks and pine cones to use as game pieces.