Fun Halloween Ideas from Popular Magazines by Jessica Vandelay

Halloween is the holiday that is celebrated every year on the night of October 31. The night is devoted to all things fun and spooky including jack-o-lanterns, ghosts and witches. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, bonfires, costume parties and haunted houses. Each year many family magazines, craft magazines and decorating magazines offer new ways to celebrate the spooky holiday.

Today, in the U.S. Halloween is the second largest commercial holiday. Americans spend an estimated $6.9 billion annually on Halloween decorations, food, candy and costumes. These magazines include Family Circle, Woman's Day, Family Fun, Country Living and Martha Stewart Living. Below are some of the Halloween articles featured in the October issues of these popular magazines.

Family Circle magazine, a magazine devoted to family activities, features the article "Spirits of the Night," on how to decorate with Halloween decorations. The article includes easy-to-follow directions and patterns for painting on pumpkins and other ways of creating crafty one-of-a-kind Halloween decorations.

In "Make Halloween Count" in the Oct. 7 issue of Woman's Day magazine, writer Crystal Tate outlines a unique Halloween program called "Trick-or-Treat" for UNICEF. The volunteer program is a great activity for kids interested in charity work. Here's how it works: trick-or-treating kids raise money door-to-door on Halloween then create a customized an online fundraising page, host a fundraising party and join the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF on Facebook.

Woman's Day also features many fun Halloween-themed recipes for kids of all ages to enjoy. In the Nov. 1 issue, the magazine features recipes like "Witch's Wicked Punch," "Bag of Bones," Pumpkin Patch Bites" and "Spooky Spiders."

FamilyFun magazine's October issue is their annual "Halloween Fun Guide." Everything in the magazine has a Halloween focus appropriate for young children and parents including costumes, decorations and treats. Articles include how to recycle Halloween costumes, how to make scary and spooky Halloween treats and decorating pumpkins without carving.

Country Living magazine's October issue is also packed with great Halloween-themed decorating, cooking and costume ideas. The easy to create ideas include "Halloween Hounds," a guide to making costume for dogs, easy Halloween treats, including how to use a stencil to decorate a cake and simple Halloween crafts.

For the more seasoned cook and crafter, Martha Stewart Living magazine is the magazine to turn to for Halloween decorating and cooking ideas. The magazine's Halloween-themed October issue feature directions for spooky party invitations, an October feast and clever treats and crafts.

About the Author

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Jessica Vandelay is a freelance writer in New York City.