Spooky Season Recommendation Roundup!

We are all looking for the most fun ways to celebrate Halloween safely. Here’s a roundup of recommended ideas and links from public health experts:

Decorate both the inside and outside your house, apartment, or living space and share photos with friends and family
Walk or drive around and look at spooky decorations all over town! Here’s some recommendations from the Spokesman
Take our haunted walking tour of downtown
Take a stroll on the walking paths in Spokane’s cemeteries during open hours
If you’d rather just look at cemetery records at home, try the Washington State Digital Archives
Try your hand at Halloween crafting: use construction paper to make a Halloween scene like a black cat and the moon for your windows, draw funny pumpkin faces, or make a magic wand to create some Halloween magic!
Hide candy or mini pumpkins in your house for your kids to find instead of trick or treating
Trick or treat at every door inside your house
Plan elaborate costumes and makeup and spend time as a family getting ready. Use old clothes to create a costume or sew new pieces. FaceTime or send pictures to relatives.
Turn down the lights, make some snacks and have a spooky movie night – check out the horror selections on Kanopy
Curl up with some spooky stories – check out these recommended reading lists: digital and physical books (kids) and grown-ups
Warm up the house with some spooky baking- pumpkin bread, pumpkin cookies, spooky shaped sugar cookies.
Bring back some old-fashioned treats like popcorn balls, caramel apples, and snack mix