Hassle-free Halloween

Let's face it, being spooked is fun. And if there's any time of year set aside for being scared, it's Halloween. Take a look through these frighteningly good recommendations for your most hellish Halloween yet.

1. Party on!
   Halloween is the perfect time of year for a fancy-dress party. So get down to the joke shop and buy an outfit to spook your friends! OR save money by printing out one of our spooky masks!
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2. Put up decorations
   Create a scary atmosphere by blacking out the windows with sugar paper and covering lights with green Perspex. Scatter about plastic spiders and creepy crawlies.
3. Put on a scary movie
   Hide behind that sofa after renting out some scary DVDs from the video shop!
4. Create a spooky soundtrack
   Send shivers down family members’ spines with a special Halloween playlist. From Thriller to Wuthering Heights, there’s no shortage of spooky chart toppers.
5. Cut out a pumpkin head
   Bit of an obvious one, but fun and effective nonetheless. Make sure you do it safely and always with the help of an adult!
6. Tell tales
   Swot up on local legends and ghost stories before recounting them to your friends and family. Works best with a torch under your chin.
7. Goth up
   Get into the spirit of things by dressing in black for the day. Pasty complexion optional.
8. Fire up the cauldron
   Cook like a witch with a big cast iron cauldron on the hob. Perhaps the adults could indulge in some mulled wine…
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9. Read a gothic novel
   From Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to Bram Stoker’s Dracula, English literature is peppered with spooky classics. Read one with a candle at your bedside.
10. Take a holiday to Transylvania
    Apparently it’s one of the scariest places on Earth. Not that we’ve been brave enough to go there.