Student ideas for celebrating Halloween
Halloween is one of my favourite holidays of the year. It’s an excuse for a party, fancy dress and marks the transition from summer into autumn. It’s the season to get cosy, go muddy pumpkin picking and watch scary movies. If you’re a student and stuck for ideas on what to do to celebrate this spooky season, read on.
A must-do in October is to visit a pumpkin patch with your friends. Search up your closest pumpkin patch to walk around the muddy fields and pick out your favourite pumpkins – don’t forget your wellies like I did! I also recommend stopping off at a café and buying a hot chocolate to warm up. Not only is this a fun day out, but you can carry on the Halloween activities when you get home by carving your pumpkins together. If you couldn’t find a local pumpkin patch, grab a pumpkin from any supermarket to carve. This crafty activity can be made more fun with flatmates by adding an element of competition - the best pumpkin (voted by friends) can win a prize! If you’re worried about mess or not a fan of carving, a variation of this is to paint pumpkins instead. Either paint your pumpkin with acrylic paint or a lot of shops are now selling artificial pumpkins that come with a paint set; get creative!
It's not Halloween if you don’t watch at least one scary movie. Watch a movie in the background of your pumpkin activities or make a movie night out of it! Buy lots of snacks and create a comfy living room space to all watch some scary movies together – or just Halloween classics like Hocus Pocus, Coraline and the Corpse Bride! Going to the cinema can also be fun if there’s a horror movie showing.
As a student, you may want to celebrate Halloween by getting dressed up and throwing a party! Perhaps decide on a group/themed Halloween costume you can do with your flatmates and friends together or incorporate a spooky cocktail and Halloween-themed snack idea that everyone needs to bring to the party. Incorporate the scary movies into the party and create a drinking game (for every jump scare, do a shot!) You can easily buy affordable Halloween decorations from Poundland or Tiger to decorate your house with cobwebs, fake spiders, and skeletons too. If no one wants to throw a party, don’t worry, there will most likely be events in your local town at the clubs, so research and buy tickets in advance (as they tend to sell out quickly for Halloween) to still get dressed up and in the Halloween spirit!
If you want to go all out and really celebrate this year, book a trip to Thorpe Park Fright Night, or Tulleys Farm and immerse yourself and your friends in the horror mazes and rides at night! With live actors and scary experiences, this will be fun and a good scare for Halloween.
