I’m not a fan of Halloween if I’m honest. I get spooked pretty quickly and I definitely don’t like monsters, and spiders and anything creepy. It’s not always been the way though. When I was 13 yrs old I discovered James Herbert, my neighbour gave me his copy of The Rats to read and I ended up getting a whole pile of books from the library. I did buy copies later on and as a hoarder, I still have a few of his books. Rest in Peace Mr Herbert, please don’t come back and haunt me.
Horror
I still read the occasional horror story now but I don’t like watching films, unless they are zombie films. There is something about zombies that fascinate me. I’d be no use in a zombie apocalypse. I have no survival instincts, I’d just be meat. (Unless they were the zombies from World War Z that avoided sick people.) Maybe Brad Pitt would come and rescue me. (I can dream can’t I…if not Brad Pitt then it has to be Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon from The Walking Dead.)
I like horror games so long as someone else is playing. I like to watch. I remember the infamous P.T. which was meant to be a playable teaser for an up and coming Silent Hill Game. (I loved the Silent Hill Games, although not the film.) I also love watching through the Resident Evil Games and the best was the latest one, The Village, which my daughter played through on her PS5 keeping me up way past my bedtime.
What About the Kids?
Well, the girls have lost interest in Trick or Treating, and the Little Man has always refused to dress up. So each year we try to do something just to mark the day. We have had Halloween food and treats including these rather nice Toe Nail dusted cakes.
We do love to pimp up a pumpkin for Halloween though. Here’s some we made earlier. We do tend to go for Pokemon themes, or cats, cats are nice!
We used to carve our pumpkins at home but for the last couple of years we have been going to a local farm where they hold Pumpkin carving sessions. We buy our pumpkins and carve them in a huge marque while surrounded by witches and demons and spooky music. We are doing this again on Wednesday but here’s a photo from a couple of years ago.
Way back in 2014 (Was it really so long ago?) We visited local Hatton Adventure World where we picked our own pumpkins from the pumpkin patch and had a fun day out as well. Unfortunately, pumpkin patches are not that wheelchair friendly so we haven’t been for a while.
My kids don’t seem to get scared easily, I mean my Little Man even picks up spiders eek. I’ve decided that this year I’m going to do a bit of a spooky Halloween Scavenger Hunt which I downloaded for free from Justins Juggles. I don’t know if I can get all the little items but I can subsitute some of them for pictures and a little sweet treat. It will make up for not going Trick or Treating. I will try and get the girls involved so they can work together, and I’m turning the lights off and giving them a torch.
More Ideas
If you are still a bit unsure of what to do for Halloween here are a few more ideas.
Kim has made some Halloween Spiders to munch on…oh yummy!
Ashley shares her favourite Halloween Movies to Binge Watch
Some more Spooky not Scary Movies from the Marvellous Mrs P
Amanda shares some spooky stories to read
How about some cute dogs dressed up for Halloween from Jo
Joanna shares a photo of an old fashioned Halloween dressing up costume
How to make a pumpkin spiced creamer from Cheryl
Thanks for reading and I hope you have a spooky Halloween whatever you do.
BLOGTOBER 2019 POSTS
- Blotgober Day 1 – All You Need is Love
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- Blogtober Day 23 – Explaining the Different Types of Eating Disorders
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- Blogtober Day 28 – This is Halloween
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Thank you for linking to my site 🙂 I hope you enjoy the scavenger hunt. Diddy man is really looking forward to having a go on Halloween night. You mentioned The Rats by James Herbert and it brought back a lot of memories! I was always a big fan of James Herbert right back to my teens, and The Rats was the first one I read of his! I might just start reading one of his again 🙂
It’s odd as they get older. I miss the days when we could all be silly about Halloween. This year I have one overseas living away from me and our only Halloween plans so far are to bake a French Halloween cake.
I don’t remember Halloween being a thing when I was little with the focus very much on Bonfire Night instead. I hate the more horror sides of it all to be honest. #Blogtober19
We decorate for Halloween and watch some films. Nothing scary though, carve pumpkins and the kids are going trick or treating. I didn’t like Halloween until the kids were born. lol
It sounds like a good idea to go somewhere to do the pumpkin carving. Saves cleaning up the mess yourself!
Thank you for the mention x
Although we have a big Halloween bash most years, like you I’m rubbish when it comes to horror movies and won’t watch them.
The pumpkins look amazing. Hoping ours turn out as good when we visit our local farm tomorrow.
#MMBC
What brilliant pumpkins! I always have an idea how I’d like ours to look, but its the actual carving bit that tends to go wrong when I try it. There must be a knack I’m missing? #Blogtober19 xx
We used to read The Rats under the covers after lights out, in our dorm. Years later, I sat behind James Herbert at a school play. He was not as I imagined. The book haunted me though. Especially when I worked in London and sometimes caught the last underground train home. Uneasy feeling when you are on your own and watching the mice and rats on the line. Brrr! Thank you for including my pumpkin spice. #mmbc
The rats was scary, but I think by the third book I was quite immune to the fright. It was The Fog that haunted me most, some of the scenes described still play on my mind.