If you want a good scare and supernatural things, the spooky season is the right time of the year for you. Getting ready for such a season requires a lot of effort for the home decor, costumes, special food, among other things. All of these activities are so interesting for many children and adults, but the whole preparation process can be stressful if you have no idea where to start. To relieve the stress and get ready for the spooky season as soon as possible, we’ve compiled a list of 5 ways that can help you out.  

Home decoration

To make a spooky atmosphere in your home and bring the Halloween spirit, you should focus on home decor. It’s a good idea to get all the Halloween decoration items you have used before and sort them out. Next, you can remove the broken and worn items and replace them with new ones for the new season. If you decorate your home for the first time, create a list of what you should buy, for example, pumpkins, decorative ghosts and witches, scary paintings, creepy lights, scarecrows, and similar. Keep in mind to pack the decoration items in separate bags with relevant labels to be more organized and find them easily for your next spooky home decoration.

Choose a perfect costume

Nothing is more exciting than choosing a costume for Halloween. There are many different ideas of how to get the perfect outfit for the spooky season and keep up with the whole vibe. 

Even if you are the type of person who finds it stressful to choose a costume, you can wear clothes you are comfortable in. For example, you can buy interesting Halloween t-shirts and still be a part of the whole Halloween spirit in your home.

On the other hand, creating a costume from scratch can be time-consuming and you will have to consider all details about it. If you want to get some ideas and tutorials on how to make a unique one, check Pinterest, YouTube or relevant Facebook groups focused on Halloween costume ideas and scary makeup. 

Next, you can buy a costume from a Halloween-themed store, or find one on sale in many clothing stores. It will be less costly, but you should hurry up because many people prefer to use this idea to get costumes for the spooky season. Also, think about renting a costume instead of buying one if the store has such an offer for the customers.  

Bring special food to the table

The table at your Halloween party should include anything from pumpkin pies and baked caramel apples to brownies and cookies with spooky decorations. The food served in the spooky season is mostly focused on treats and sweet dishes in the spirit of Halloween. One great idea is to make spooky cookies with interesting decorations. You can bake ghost-like cookies using such cookie shapers or cookies in the shape of a pumpkin. Also, don’t forget to bake a pumpkin or apple pie with a creepy face as the main Halloween symbol.   

Prepare scary movies and games

When it comes to scary movies, there are plenty of them you can check for Halloween night. Such movies will bring you the spooky season feeling in your home additionally and it’s an important component of the whole preparation. You are just one Google search away from the most popular scary movies till today, as well as many Halloween classics. Also, you can just check the Netflix recommendations and choose from the rich list of scary movies.

To spice things up, you can play many scary games with your friends and family every night during the spooky season. For example, you can play hide-and-seek with your children in the dark, wearing scary costumes, or host a scary tea party at midnight in your basement without any light. Also, you can spend a couple of hours in the nearest forest and tell urban scary legends with your friends or have a night camping among the trees. 

Final thoughts

Spooky season is one of the most exciting periods of the year that many people can’t wait to come. To get ready for the spooky season and do all the preparations on time, you should take care of several things, like your home decoration, relevant costumes and clothing, food ideas, scary movies, and so on. Always tend to use new and unique decoration items for your home decoration to bring the Halloween feeling, as well as cook some food with scary decorations and shapes. Scary movies and games are also an important part of the spooky season, so choose your favorite ones to have fun with your friends or family in a very specific way.