3 Fun Halloween Activities Your Kids And Parents Can Do Together

Halloween isn’t just for kids! It presents a great opportunity for your children and your parents to have some quality time together. Try these fun activities that your whole family will love this year:

Stir up some fun in the kitchen: Do you have a favorite family cake or cupcake recipe? Help your parents and children make it together with a Halloween twist. Add orange and black sprinkles to sugar cookies, or Halloween-themed icing and toppings to cupcakes. Trying to stay healthy? Melt some caramel, put apples on popsicle sticks, and make caramel apples together.

Play games: Spruce up your bingo cards with cute Halloween-themed bingo pieces. Or play “what’s in the bowl” by putting things like uncooked macaroni, jelly and gummies in bowls covered with orange and black paper.

Go on a great pumpkin search: Hayrides are something kids of all ages can enjoy, and picking a pumpkin is a great way to get some fresh air together. If going on a hayride isn’t physically possible for your loved one, consider painting or carving pumpkins together.

Carol Pardue-Spears

Carol has worked in the healthcare field for more than forty years. As a Certified Nursing Assistant, she worked for El Camino Hospital in the cardiac unit, Los Gatos Community Hospital, The Women’s Cancer Center in Los Gatos and several home health and hospice agencies. Carol founded Family Matters in 2002 to fill a deficit she witnessed in high-quality, in-home services and care.