Halloween is becoming more of a tradition in Australia each year as children want to dress up as their favourite characters and go trick-or-treating. While it can be terribly stressful for the mums as they have to somehow make or find the character costume of choice, the memories that are created are priceless.

If you don’t particularly like the fact that the children are going door to door, then you might want to consider hosting a Halloween party. This allows the kids to still have some party fun and showcase their wonderful costumes to their friends.

Bobbing for apples is always a fun game for the kids and at least ensures they get one piece of fruit on a day which is essentially reserved for candy and chocolate. However there are many other fun alternatives.

What about pass the parcel “mummy” style. In this version each person gets to wrap the end of the toilet paper around a body part (an arm, forehead, waist, ankle and so on) until they find a prize.  Or how about pin the bow tie on the skeleton which looks like a lot of fun or a masked Halloween version of Blind Man’s Bluff?

A creative Halloween menu is also a great way to celebrate the event.  This Halloween version of pigs in a blanket will be remembered long after the event and the mummy cakes and icing wands are sure to go down a treat!

For some added fun, you might want to let the kids take control of the camera and see what “horrifyingly terrific” pictures they can come up with.  That way the memories will be captured for all to see and shared over and over again.