Talk to Hobbycraft about the Halloween activities you and your DCs will be doing this year – 3 MNers will win a £100 Hobbycraft voucher NOW CLOSED

[MichelleMumsnet]

The team at Hobbycraft would like to hear about the Halloween arts and crafts activities you’ll be doing with your DCs this year.

Hobbycraft say “As parents ourselves we know what a challenge it can be to keep the kids entertained during the holidays and on a budget. So, for the sake of parents everywhere who are in need of inspiration, we’d love to know you’ll be making with the kids for Halloween”.

So, what crafty spooky Halloween projects will you be doing this year? Do your DCs dress up? And if they do, do you make their costumes? Maybe you paint their faces? Perhaps you bake Halloween treats together?
Whatever you and your DCs will be making this Halloween, Hobbycraft would love to hear about it.

Everyone who posts on this thread will be entered into a prize draw, where three Mumsnetters will each receive a £100 Hobbycraft voucher.
Please note your comments may be included on Hobbycraft's social media channels, and possibly elsewhere, so please only post if you're comfortable with this.

Thanks and good luck,

MNHQ

[MichelleMumsnet]

Thank you everyone for all your comments. Congratulations to sarah3875 who won the prize draw for a £100 Hobbycraft voucher. We'll be in touch soon!

[wobblywindows]

we dressed up a bit: mum went the whole hog as a skeleton (for work); we made a spooky (!?) gingerbread house and hung up some cobwebby ghosts in the doorways. And played with the Halloween google doodle from 2013 all week.
I agree Halloween has become too gory too quick, it used to be more fun with myth & magic.

[stephgr]

We've been making witches and wizards hats. I've been making scary cakes!

[YeGodsAndLittleFishes]

We did some pumpkin carving, and we made 'eyes' to hide in the bushes with holes cut in loo roles and glow sticks stuck behind. Also cut out black cat and witch silhouettes for the windows.

[welshmardymum]

we have made pumpkin garlands - I HATE Halloween But my sister in living in the US and her children love it and send cards to my children and they seem really caught up in it this year. I'm an old cynic and just see it has money making!

[margaritasbythesea]

We always carve a pumpkin, and as I can't persuade the kids to leave the house this afternoon, we may have a go at a blue and green swirl cake to take to the party we have been invited to.

I thought the spider lolipops that were on the video here were great but have struggled to find the black material necessary in town.

[gizmosmama]

LO is little so we're going non-scary style Halloween. He's dressing up as a pumpkin with bought outfit and homemade crocheted hat - very cute!
We're going to colour in and cut out a friendly looking skeleton then link his bones back together with treasury tags so he dangles.
We've also got the Funny Bones book from the library and we're going on a Halloween themed nature trail at the local country park on Friday.

[solastyear]

DD has decided she is going to make her own halloween costume this year - has seen youtube video of how to make a Lego Brick costume!!
Will also do the pumpkin carving thing.

[princesssmitheee]

carving pumpkins and making fruity purple punch

[AllSorted]

Chocolate crispy spiders

[tishist]

Will be making some scary garlands and vampire cupcakes!

[Minnie43]

Our favourite Halloween activity just has to be making our favourite - delicious toffee apples!

[kafkesque]

We DO Halloween every year without fail as it is some fun for us.
Pumpkins carved from Aldi, Costumes from Tesco, the goodies cupboard is cleared out for trick or treaters. House decorated from Poundland. As soon as it is dark we go to all out friends houses in our village. By 8 'o clock I have two tired boys high on a sugar rush excitedly looking at their loot before bedtime. As the years go on I will definitely be crafting with them and doing a Halloween themed dinner as well as anything I can think of. It's one of the highlights of the year.

[ellie17]

we will be making halloween decorated fairy cakes, carving a pumpkin and reading halloween mr men :)

[Jenerate]

I'm not that keen on Halloween, or rather the extravaganza it seems to have become, but a bit of pumpkin carving is good fun. We will also be decorating spooky cupcakes and making friends with paper spiders.

[TiggersAngel7774]

Nothing atm poor son has gastric flu

[katieskatie1982]

we've been making Halloween pom pom ghosts from white wool! We'll also be pumpkin carving closer to the date! xx

[caz123456]

We carve pumpkins and spend an evening making spooky spiders, witches and black cats and hang them from our ceiling in the front room.

[GirlOverboard]

We'll be trick and treating and carving a pumpkin!

[kimcoms]

We are going to be making scary cake pops, sausage roll mummies, a spider web cake, mummified pizzas & a brain jelly!

[Rugbylovingmum]

We will make a pumpkin lantern plus face masks, papier mache spiders, balloon ghosts and egg carton bats - we decorate the play room then have some of the kids friends over for a halloween disco.

[naomi101079]

My middle daughter will be going to a local village disco and my eldest daughter will be taking my youngest daughter trick or treating (but only to pre arranged friends and family). We will also apple bob, carve a pumpkin and make some gruesome foods and cakes/biscuits.

[beehummingbird]

Pumpkin carving and making halloween decorations

[fluffyblueberry]

We'll be making some decoations - I'm not brilliant at that stuff, but things like ghosts and bats made from card, glitter and so on! We'll have a go, the kids love to make things!

[rjsmum11]

We will carve pumpkins and make cookies as well as lots of face painting!