82 Activities to Add to Your Halloween Bucket List

Rebecca C.

Oct 4

The nights grow cooler, the leaves burst with color, pumpkins are growing everywhere, and the spooky season is officially here. Hurry, gather your friends and family together. October is the perfect time to participate in Halloween activities. If you are searching for inspiration, check out the following activities to add to your Halloween bucket list.

Visit your local pumpkin patch. Bring home a pumpkin, two, or several.
Decorate for Halloween.
Carve pumpkins.
Paint a pumpkin.
Roast pumpkin seeds.
Learn the history of Halloween.
Make a scarecrow.
Try a new pumpkin recipe. (Pumpkin bread is delicious.)
Go to the library or bookstore to find Halloween-themed books. (Perfect to read late at night with the lights off.)
Make homemade Halloween cards to pass out to family and friends. (Cute Halloween cards are a wonderful treat for residents at your local nursing home.)
Make monster cookies.
Create a Halloween wreath for your front door.
Make Halloween slime.
Make Halloween play dough.
Plan and make a homemade Halloween costume.
Make two loaves of pumpkin bread. One to keep and one to give away to a friend.
Create a Halloween diorama.
Watch classic monster movies.
Paint zombie, monster, or pumpkin-themed rocks to hide around the neighborhood.
Make a Halloween-themed meal.
Host a movie night with Halloween-themed snacks.
Watch Halloween cartoons.
Make Halloween masks.
Host a Halloween crafting session.
Make Soul Cakes.
Dance to "Monster Mash" & "Thriller"
Eat candy corn.
Tell ghost stories around a campfire.
Create a Halloween-themed gingerbread house.
Join or watch a zombie walk.
Make pumpkin pancakes.
Participate in a Halloween fun walk or 5k event.
Make paper Mache pumpkins.
Take an evening walk with flashlights. (Many local or state parks host events around Halloween)
Make popcorn balls.
Visit an escape room.
Make orange and black tie-dyed T-shirts.
Go on a haunted hayride.
Get your face painted at a Halloween event.
Host a Halloween scavenger hunt.
Watch "Hocus Pocus"
Watch "Ernest Scared Stupid"
Attend a Boo at the Zoo event.
Host a Witches' Tea.
Attend a pumpkin weigh-off competition.
Walk or drive around to see the different pumpkins and Halloween decorations.
Tell or write a spooky tale.
Host a Halloween cartoon movie night.
Purchase a Halloween mug.
Drink hot mulled cider, cocoa, or a Pumpkin latte out of your new mug.
Binge-watch your favorite Halloween-themed series. (The Adams Family or the Munsters)
Get Halloween-themed nails.
Create a Halloween playlist.
Try bobbing for apples.
Do a 1000-piece Halloween puzzle/
Visit a haunted house.
Watch "Ghostbusters"
Create a Halloween-themed charcuterie board for family night.
Host a Halloween-themed craft day.
Attend a pumpkin weighing contest.
Go through a corn maze.
Attend a trunk or treat event.
Go on a haunted tour or ghost walk.
Wear Halloween pajamas.
Dress up your pet in a Halloween costume.
Read the Harry Potter books.
Watch the Harry Potter movies.
Host a Halloween-themed picnic.
Wear Halloween socks.
Host a Halloween-themed photoshoot for you, your friends, your family, or your dogs.
Attend a Halloween parade or other community event.
Host a Halloween party for kids.
Host an adult Halloween party.
Play Halloween charades.
Give out Boo gifts.
Visit an Octoberfest.
Tell silly Halloween jokes.
Mix a non-alcoholic Halloween cocktail.
Host a blindfolded taste test challenge or do a Fear Factor challenge.
Watch: "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."
Create a Halloween village.
Pass out candy on Halloween night.