Spooky Season is already here but you don't have to wait until October 31 to start celebrating. This holiday is about so much more than just candy and costumes. And once you see these fun ideas, you'll want to enjoy Halloween activities all October long! If you don’t know what to do on this day, we can help you with some ideas on how to spend spooky season.

1. Paint (or carve) pumpkins
It's never too late to decorate pumpkins—even on Halloween night. Spend the spookiest night of the year trying some no-carve pumpkin ideas. Kids love it, and it's way less messy than carving pumpkins.

2. Tour a Haunted House
Visiting a haunted house is an activity for those not faint of heart. If you plan on going to one, you may want to research the scare factor of each location in your area. Some may be easier to take than others. Keep in mind the ages of your group. A haunted house is probably more suitable for older kids and adults who like a little fear in their lives!

3. Look at Halloween Decorations
Do your neighbors tend to go all out with spooky outdoor Halloween decorations? Take some time to really appreciate it this year by going on a "haunted house" crawl with the whole family.

4. Watch Halloween Movies
Whether your style of movie is something like Charlie Brown's Great Pumpkin or the more terrorizing movies like The Exorcist or The Shining, it's fun to make a Halloween tradition of taking in a flick or two (and it's especially fun to get together with a group to watch the scary movies!).

5. Decorate With Orange and Black
At Halloween, you see a lot of orange and black decorations, but do you know the meaning of this? It's simply because of the fall and winter seasons. Since Halloween falls pretty much between the two seasons, the colors orange and black have become a tradition. Orange is for the coziness and warmth of fall while black is for the cold and dark days of winter.

6. Make Your Own Halloween Costume
For all you creatives, making your own Halloween costume is an enjoyable activity that you can be proud of. Not only can you show others your creativity but you usually end up with a one-of-a-kind costume that is unique to you.

7. Have a Creepy Food Party
This food-feeling game is super fun for kids and maybe some adults too! The idea of the activity is to fill a table with small upside-down boxes that cover a bowl of food and have guests guess what each food is. 

The fun part is that each box will have a hole cut out in the top (which is actually the bottom) and has a label for a gross object instead of the real food. Guests will put in their hands to feel the food which should feel like what the gross object might feel like. Then, they just have to guess what they think is actually in the box.

Some examples of what could be used:

• For eyeballs - peeled grapes

• For fingernails - sliced almonds

• For worms - cooked spaghetti

• For rat droppings - uncooked rice

• For hearts - canned tomatoes

• For dry skin - cut up balloons

• For toes - mini sausages

Make memories this Halloween and every year to come.