4 Creative Ideas to Help You Celebrate Halloween at Home

Even when staying safe at home threatens the festive fun, Halloween has not ghosted us yet. There are plenty of ways for families around Buckshaw Village, Chorley and beyond to celebrate this spooky holiday without leaving the house.

Whether you are planning an adults-only fright night or a child friendly, fun-filled day, we have some great ideas to help you make the most of Halloween at home.

1. Video-call costume party

After plenty of practice, it is fair to say most of us have the video-call party down by now. If you are looking for a way to celebrate with your extended family and friends, host a Halloween-themed costume party.

You can boogie to some spooktacular songs, chat while you craft some creepy decorations or carve out pumpkins, or share some scary stories. It is a lovely way to bring everyone together even when you cannot all be in the same room.

2. Scary movie marathon

Grab some spooky snacks, pop the popcorn and stick on your favourite scary movie. This one can be enjoyed with your nearest and dearest through a watch-along party, a drive-in cinema, or simply with your family in the living room.

For adults-only nights you can dig out the properly frightening titles, but if you have some little ones present, it is probably best to stick to the movies that will not keep them up at night.

3. Pumpkin picking

Carving out a pumpkin with some fangtastic faces is an age-old Halloween tradition, but over the past few years, picking your own pumpkin has grown in popularity across the UK too.

It is a great way to spend an afternoon with the family getting into the Halloween spirit, and Lancashire has lots of great pumpkin patches to visit within easy reach of Buckshaw Village, Chorley, Leyland and Euxton.

This is an activity you can enjoy while keeping safe and socially distanced, with cashless payments and plenty of hand sanitiser on hand. Warm up afterwards with a hot chocolate or a treat at our Cappuccino cafe.

4. Socially distanced trick-or-treating

The dream of trick-or-treating is not dead just yet. We have a few ideas that will let you keep this Halloween tradition alive while staying safe.

Set up a decorated treats table outside your house for trick-or-treaters to pick up individual party bags or cups filled with sweets. This adds to your haunted-house decorations and keeps contact to a minimum.

Another amazing idea we have seen is a candy chute. Using a long tube that runs from your house to a spot at least 2 metres away, you can send sweets down the chute to your visitors without going anywhere near them. Genius, right? You can decorate the tube to match your other spooky decorations too.

Keep the family fun going all year at The Hub

Halloween is just one of the many ways families in Buckshaw Village and Chorley love to spend time together. At The Hub at Buckshaw, we bring everything the family needs under one roof, from our Ofsted Outstanding nursery and swimming lessons to our Cappuccino cafe, hair and beauty salon and out of school club.

You will find us on Unity Place, Buckshaw Village, Chorley, PR7 7HZ, just off the M6 with free parking on site. We are easy to reach from Buckshaw Village, Chorley, Leyland, Euxton, Preston and Whittle-le-Woods. To find out more, call us on 01772 456108 or get in touch.