{"id":5175,"date":"2018-10-22T21:10:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T21:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theparentsocial.com\/?p=5175"},"modified":"2022-04-03T13:58:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T13:58:24","slug":"halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparentsocial.com\/halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Tips for Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"

Halloween was a bit of a non-entity when I was growing up. I vaguely remember a friend and her sister coming over and us dressing up as witches curtesy of some black bin liners. My mum would have done some food, but it wouldn’t have been themed. Trick or treating would NOT have happened.<\/p>\n

Halloween now<\/h2>\n

As soon as the children have gone back to school after summer, the pencil cases and uniforms on the supermarket shelves are replaced with tubs of sweets and Halloween costumes and accessories. Shops go to town with massive window displays and loads of fright night stock.<\/p>\n

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Showing off the trick or treating loot last year<\/p><\/div>\n

Two out of three of my children are totally obsessed (the other is more about the sweets). They’ve literally been on count down since July and have ideas about their costumes weeks before!?! This enthusiasm has not come from me; I’ve always found the idea of trick or treating cringe. Thankfully, in our local area, people who are happy to have sweet-seeking ghouls, vampires and witches on their doorsteps make it extremely clear.<\/p>\n

Despite not being a fan, like usual, I get swept away by the children’s’  enthusiasm. My eldest was invited to a Halloween party weeks ago and has a great TX Maxx Maleficent outfit lined up; I bought a vampire cape for one of my twins last month from Claire’s (which has a huge Halloween range #Ghoulpower) that we’ll be accessorising, and Very.co.uk came up trumps for my less enthusiastic daughter.<\/p>\n

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Picking out own at Garsons<\/p><\/div>\n

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Carving our haul<\/p><\/div>\n

I do like the pumpkin carving though. Last year we went to Garsons to pick our own and it’s a great family activity. I can recommend pumpkin and amaretti ravioli to use up the scooped out flesh.<\/p>\n

A Few Tips<\/strong><\/h2>\n