Halloween party at home

Halloween will, like most of 2020, be a different experience this year, however, we have a great guide to make it special at home…

Halloween has always been about Start putting the decorations up early to create Trick-or-Treat, pumpkins and decorating a build-up to the event itself which will help get your house, however, this year, with the kids excited and forget about the potential

Trick-or-Treating all but off the schedule, we lack of Trick-or-Treating this year… thought we would look at the ways to have a great Halloween party at home with your TRICK-OR-TREATING immediate family. With Trick-or-Treating probably off the menu DECORATIONS create an Easter-style egg hunt around your

First things first, you will need to get a whole lot home with a spooky candy hunt? You can set up of decorations. Budget shops such as clues that lead around the house with spooky

Poundstretcher and B&M are great places to goings-on around the home, almost like pick up one-off decorations for your house. To Scooby-Doo. Kids will love finding sweets and make it a family affair, why not make DIY treats amidst all the spooky decorations. decorations. This is a great way to keep children entertained and build excitement for Halloween FAMILY PARTY GAMES this year. After the Trick-or-Treat hunt, why not have some

Glow in the dark paint and stickers are great to sweet treats. stick onto black paper and then cut off to make this year due to social-distancing, why not fun and games as a family, while enjoying those dangling decorations such as skeletons, ghosts BEAN BAG TOSS and witches which look great hanging from This game is really simple and utilises carved doors, in windows and in the centre of the room. pumpkins and Trick-or-Treat buckets. Each player has three shots to get their bean bags into either the buckets or carved pumpkins for a certain amount of points. And even better, once you have finished, you can add a tealight and put the pumpkin on show!

EYEBALL PONG Similar to beer pong for adults, paint spooky eyes on table tennis balls and take it in turns to bounce the eyeballs on a table and into a cup. Have a prize for the most balls in a cup each turn – obviously not beer if you’re playing with the kids!

GHOST AND PUMPKIN BOWLING Dependant on whether a new toilet roll shortage has started again, paint ghoulish faces onto 10 toilet rolls and stack them in a pyramid. Then, using a pumpkin with a spooky face painted on and with the stalk cut off, see how many toilet rolls you can knock over each go.

PARTY TIME Now is the time for some classic fun and games. Turn the family-friendly, spooky music loud and dance around the house. You can incorporate musical statues at any time, stopping the music and watching who freezes like a ghost! See who can dance like a zombie or a mummy the best and let the kids go crazy working off the sweets in their systems.

CHILLOUT TIME After all that fun and excitement, now is the time to chill. There are a huge number of familyfriendly spooky films on Sky, Netflix and Amazon Prime. Some of the classics include Casper the Friendly Ghost, The Haunted Mansion and The Witches. Perfect for a family cuddle on the sofa under a blanket whilst eating all those sweet treats, including some of the fabulous recipes on pages 14&15.

It may not be the same as going out in the local community and Trick-or-Treating with friends, however, with the current, ongoing situation, we hope some of these ideas will help you celebrate Halloween and create a fun evening for the kids this year!

OCTOBER SPORTING EVENTS

With the emergence of Autumn and a busy sports calendar now reopen, let’s have a look at some of the biggest events this month…

LONDON MARATHON The 2020 London Marathon will be a marathon like no other due to Covid-19. This year, only elite athletes will run the 26.2-mile course through the capital. The course will be spectator free and follow a different course from the usual one. However, non-elite athletes will still have a chance to compete in the 40th race.

Virgin Money, who host the event, has set up a virtual event this year taking place on the same day. General entries are now closed, however, you can still enter by running for a charity. Entrants will have 23 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds to complete the 26.2 miles by walking, jogging or running.

MARATHON & VIRTUAL EVENT

Virgin Money London Marathon 4th October 2020. NATIONS LEAGUE The Nations League kicks off again this month. It is the second edition of UEFA’s newest national-team competition. 55 teams have been split into four leagues according to their position in the 20/21 UEFA Nations League Access List and the teams were then split again into four pots in each league.

England were drawn against Belgium, Denmark and Iceland who they will play both home and away, with the four group winners qualifying for the UEFA Nations League Finals which feature semi-finals, a third-place match and the final. At the end, the ten group winners advance directly to the World Cup finals for 2022.

FIXTURES

England V Belgium 11th October 2020 @ 17:00 FORMULA 1 The Formula 1 season is in full swing and is showing no let-down in October, with three races over the month. As it stands, Lewis Hamilton is top of the driver standings closely followed by Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen, while Mercedes are top of the Team Standing ahead of rivals Red Bull.

First up this month is the Eifel Grand Prix on the 9th to the 11th October. The race will be held at the Nürburgring this year. After this, we have the Portugal Grand Prix which will be held on the 23rd to the 25th October at Portimao. Before finishing with the Italian Grand Prix on the 31st October till the 1st November in Imola.

RACE LIST

Eifel Grand Prix. 11th October 2020. Nürburgring.

Portugal Grand Prix. 25th October 2020. Portimao.

Italian Grand Prix. 1st November 2020. Imola.