Fall is just around the corner and there is a lot you can do
to give your home the autumn feel. One of my favorite things to do when a new
season comes around is to get new soaps and candles to give the home a new
smell. Some of my favorite and all time classics for fall are, spiced pumpkin,
apple cider, warm spice, autumn leaves, cinnamon stick, pretty much anything
with the words cinnamon, apple, or pumpkin in the name. smells are a way to
trigger back memories and feeling, that why I love to find a scent that when I close
my eyes and breath it in, it takes me back to a certain time, or place, or
reminds me of someone. For example for Fall, apple cinnamon reminds me of apple
bars at my grandma’s house, and autumn leaves make me think of going to the
pumpkin patch on school field trips.
With fall brings Halloween so when you are done decorating
the inside of your house and making it feel like fall here are some things for
getting your house ready for Halloween night you will want to keep in mind.:
Always have extra
candy, or make sure you know how to rationalize it when you are handing it out.
One of the worst things is to run out of candy, and we all know all the stores
are stalked out of all the good stuff by then.
When passing out candy make a plan of either handing out the
candy or letting them pick. The problem with letting them pick is you have to
tell them how many or else they will grab a handful, but the kid is able to
pick the kind of candy that they like.
Keep in mind of allergies, a big one is nuts. At my house we
stay away from any nuts just in case, because a kid allergic to nuts could get
one of the very popular candies, a snickers, and if the kid is unconscious to
the fact it has nuts and eats it before the parents check the candy, well they won’t
have the best Halloween. There are also allergies to chocolate which you can’t
stay away from but a good plan is to have both hard fruit candies like suckers,
and chocolate candies.
Don’t make it too scary. Scary can be fun and I know most
kids above age fourteen love it. However most trick-or-treaters are younger
than fourteen, meaning fake spiders dropping on their heads or a fake cut off
arm aren’t the best ideas. For example I have a new neighbor who goes all out
for Halloween. The first Halloween with them living there they has a haunted
maze in the back yard. I enjoyed it very much, but my nine year old sister and her
friends did not. The owner of that house did not warn us about being chased,
the scary monkeys, the cut off bloody head, or the guy with the chainsaw. My sister
was done for the night after that, so keep that in mind when planning scary
decorations or haunted mazes at your house.
Music isn’t a bad idea to have playing for when people come
to the door, it’s fun, and inviting.
Whether it’s inside your home or outside there is always
lots you can do to get your home ready and looking spooky for Halloween.
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