Title: What Halloween Could Look Like This Year | Reader's Digest
Headings: What Halloween Could Look Like This Year
What Halloween Could Look Like This Year
Is it possible to trick-or-treat during a pandemic? Here's which traditions may be altered or skipped this year—and which can go on as usual. And hey, the good news is that it’s the perfect time to wear a mask!
Is Halloween canceled?
Elaborate decorations
House-decorating contests
Personal haunted houses
Insta-worthy costumes
Fun with masks
Pumpkin-carving competitions
COVID-proof, time-honored traditions
Scary-movie nights
Parades or festivals
Socially distanced trick-or-treating
Drive-by trick-or-treating
Trunk-or-treats
“You’ve Been Booed”
New traditions
Tina Donvito

Content: Plus, those hesitant to take the risk of going to a store to get a costume, or who don’t want to spend a ton shopping online, may have their kids make their own for a fun, safe, and cheap homemade version. “ Take a day and create costumes out of everyday items you find in the house,” Rhoads suggests. “ Hats, boots, jewelry—ordinary things can be put together to create incredible costumes.” Artistic families can even challenge themselves by attempting some cool face painting. Then, post the results online, or “have digital costume parties with friends and family via Zoom, Skype, Google Meet, or another online platform,” Rhoads says. Check out these creative homemade Halloween co stumes for kids basically anyone can DIY. Image taken by Mayte Torres/Getty Images
Fun with masks
The pandemic and Halloween have something in common: the need for masks. “ You can combine the two by having fun Halloween-themed pandemic masks—I predict there will be many, many plague doctor masks this Halloween season,” Rhoads says. “ Create papier-mâché plague doctor masks and decorate them with paint, glitter, jewels, feathers, scraps of fabric, or whatever other craft supplies you have around the house.”