How much do you spend on Halloween for the kids?

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How much do you spend on Halloween for the kids?

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@JKRisagryff came on to say the same thing. Every single bloody year on Mumsnet!

I don't. I do birthdays and Christmas and a large box egg at Easter.

I put £5 a month in the ‘days out’ savings account for Halloween. New costumes for the biggest (little one gets them handed down) pumpkins, craft stuff, sweets, a couple of decorations to add to the stash.

Usually a new costume every other year, a pumpkin, a few cheap decorations and some sweets. So £20-£25 for two children.

I've made a bit of extra effort this year because we won't be going out trick or treating. I got Halloween party plates/ cups/ table cloth and some new decs.

We are having a mini party at home, kids can't wait!

One year we spent a fuck tonne to be in Mexico for Día de Muertos. Just to give all you Halloween haters the vapours

Not much, I get them a costume each, that's probably the most expensive part, but I try and get them from B and M. I put decorations up, but those are ones I reuse each year and I'll add a few bits. I buy sweets in case anyone knocks.

Nothing.

I love Halloween. I prefer it to Christmas. I’m skint though, I’d spend a shedload if I could. I used to know a lot of people and for a few years we had a party for friends and their kids, it was fantastic. I don’t know anyone now (for the past ten years or so) and it makes me sad not to be able to do that.

So just a cheap costume, sweets, a few new Poundland decorations each year to add to my collection.

Pumpkins and sweets. That's it.

They have a dressing up box they make costumes from, and make home made decorations. Normally we'd go trick or treating but we'll have a disco and games at home this year.

They love Halloween so we do make an event of it, but without all the plastic landfill destined shite that the shops constantly shove down our throats

Everyone agrees the planet is screwed and yet so many people keep merrily buying endless "stuff" as if that doesn't make them part of the problem We're not perfect but we are really trying not to buy unnecessary things.

@Marmite27

One year we spent a fuck tonne to be in Mexico for Día de Muertos. Just to give all you Halloween haters the vapours

I’m so jealous! I’d love to go!

Spent about £70 this year.

Very little, just a pumpkin and something nice for tea, plus a bit of chocolate.

£0.00

Some sweets, that's it. The difference between Halloween and Xmas for me is that Xmas decorations stay up for a few weeks, so it feels worth it to spend time, energy and money in doing it, but Halloween is just up one day and down the next - I just CBA.