This whole year has seemed pretty spooky, but this week is Halloweek, aka Halloween is almost here! And if you or little ones are bummed out about Halloween looking a little different this year, we’ve got some good news for you! Whether your town’s numbers are up or under control, social distancing precautions should be taken seriously, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun this Halloween! Below you will find low and moderate-risk Halloween activities and the best way to go about them. Take a peek and have a safe and fun Halloween!

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Low-Risk Activities 

• Carving or decorating pumpkins with members of your household 
• Setting up a table in the driveway to dress up and carve pumpkins with neighbors while socially distancing 
• Doing a Halloween scavenger hunt where children are given lists of Halloween-themed things to look for while they walk outdoors from house to house admiring Halloween decorations at a distance
• Zoom parties are all the rage! Have a virtual custom party with your friends and family
• Having a Halloween movie night with people you live with
• Having a scavenger hunt-style trick-or-treat search with your household members in or around your home rather than going house to house

Moderate Risk Activities 

• One-way trick-or-treating where individually wrapped goodie bags are lined up for kids to grab.
• Small-group outdoor costume parade where people are six feet apart.
• Attending a costume party outdoors where protective masks are used and people can social distance.
• Going to an open-air, one-way, walk-through haunted forest where mask use is enforced.
• Pumpkin patches or orchards.
• Outdoor Halloween movie night with local family and friends spaced at least six feet apart.

Higher Risk Activities To Avoid

• Traditional trick-or-treating without masks and social distancing.
• Crowded costume parties held indoors.
• Indoor haunted houses.
• Hayrides or tractor rides with people who aren’t in your household.
• Traveling to a rural fall festival outside of your community.

*Advice from the CDC