Many family members around the world are searching the internet looking for ideas on celebrating Halloween in 2020. The pandemic hit around the beginning of the year and since then life has completely changed. Halloween has traditionally been all about human socialization, but the new way of life is to stay at home as much as possible.
The guidelines in place exist to safeguard our lives, but they should not in any way be a reason why we cannot have maximum fun when celebrating Halloween in 2020. Staying at home is our best chance to avoid being infected with the incurable Coronavirus. So, if you are looking for ideas on how to celebrate Halloween from home, here are seven things that should make your end of the October party a memorable occasion.
- Host The 2020 Halloween Virtually From Your House
For this to work you need to get every member of your family on face-time. A memorable part of the process will be to teach your grandmother, who lives miles away and has never owned a smartphone, how to face-time.
The sky’s the limit when it comes to imagination, and we are certain you will plan the first ever unforgettable virtual Halloween party.
2. Get Everyone To Join You For A Dance This Halloween
During a pandemic almost everyone will be confined to their homes, but during Halloween there is nothing to stop you from dancing away the frustration of being an outdoors trick or treating. You can make it fun by doing it spontaneously. One way to ensure that other family members do not ignore you is to put on music that gets the young ones dancing hysterically because not long after, the adults will join in and it will be a well spent 10 minutes of Halloween.
3. Challenge Your Family Members To A Video Game This Halloween
In the past few months video games have instantly become a favorite pastime for everyone because of the pandemic. Technology has enabled over the internet video gaming where a person in Polk County is able to play in real time with their relative in Santorini, Greece. You will feel good beating someone older than you but the most important takeaway is that your bond will become strong at the end of the game.
4. Binge On Halloween Themed Movies And TV Series
Watching a scary movie during Halloween is the most cliché activity out there but it is also a thrilling way to spend time with your family at that time. Before the movie starts you could rally the other family members into wearing costumes related to that particular film because that will make the experience even more surreal.
5. Sing Your Lungs Out With A Halloween Karaoke Session
Children enjoy playing pretend and so it would be entertaining if you prepared a mini-concert for them where they only get lyrics on a screen and a beat in the background. Give it a competition vibe as a way to up the stakes for the participants and offer candy as a prize for the winner.
6. Online Trick Or Treating
Here you will be inventing the rules as you go. It would be a lot of Halloween fun if you and your family members used smartphone apps to play tricks on those that don’t treat you. The foremost advantage of this is that there is no real-world vandalism and children will be safe behind the screen of their phones.
7. Participate In An Online Charity Drive This Halloween
According to news reports billions of people have been hard hit economically by the pandemic. Many people have no idea of how to celebrate Halloween from home in 2020 because there is nothing to be happy about. Believe it or not, donating something, no matter how little it is to the less fortunate, is the kind of gesture that brings natural happiness. Try it this Halloween and be grateful even as you honor the dead in your own weird way.
To conclude, Halloween is a time to put a smile on another person using the scariest version of our face. Another pillar of Halloween is family which is built around houses and to put it simply, there is no place like home. So, if you are looking to receive an offer on your house or you’re just hunting for a new home in Polk County, try MEGG Homes.
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