5 Heartwarming Ways for Families to Give Back this Halloween
Halloween is traditionally a time for fun, costumes, and candy, but it can also be a wonderful opportunity to teach kids about kindness and generosity. This year, why not incorporate a few giving-back activities into your Halloween celebrations? Check out these ideas to transform Halloween into an opportunity for giving back with your kids.
With gratitude,
—MiaLisa Millares, Executive Director
ACTIONS
Organize a Costume Drive
One great way to give back is by organizing a costume drive. Many families have gently used costumes that their children have outgrown. Collect these costumes and donate them to families in need, shelters, or community centers.
Create Halloween Care Packages
Consider creating Halloween care packages for your neighbors, especially those who may be elderly or unable to leave their homes. Fill these packages with treats, small decorations, and a handwritten note.
Start Baking
Halloween-themed bake sales can be a hit in any neighborhood. Bake some treats with your family. You could even make some spooky treats like ghost cookies, pumpkin muffins, or witch hat cupcakes and sell them to raise money for a local charity.
Visit a Nursing Home
Spend part of your Halloween visiting a nursing home or shelter in costume. Bring along Halloween treats, decorations, and perhaps even a small performance or story reading session for the residents. You are sure to get smiles from people!
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
You can order a box from UNICEF for collecting money to help others when you trick-or-treat. What an opportunity to do some good for others while having fun!
Volunteer Listings
Make every holiday you have a giving back opportunity by incorporating a volunteering component. Check out our free volunteer listings. Simply subscribe to the list and receive a free monthly email that details a number of different opportunities in your community to give back as a family. "
CONVERSATIONS
What was your favorite Halloween costume as a child, and why do you remember it so fondly?
If you could transform into any mythical creature for a day, which would you choose and what would you do?
Share a Halloween memory that still gives you chills or makes you laugh.
What Halloween tradition do you look forward to the most every year?
If you could travel to any haunted location in the world, where would you go and what would you hope to experience?
READ
Picture Books to Celebrate Halloween
Check out our list of fun Halloween books for some additional fun and family connection this Halloween season.
INSPIRATION
"A loving heart is the truest wisdom, even on a spooky Halloween night."
—Charles Dickens