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If you’re looking for a Halloween bucket list to give you ideas on how to celebrate this year, you’ve landed in the right place because I’ve put together an epic list of over 50+ ideas for you. Before I start, it is worth noting that Halloween is one of my favorite holidays ever. I’m not really sure what it is about this holiday that gets me excited.
It’s either because adults can play dress up, or that pumpkin is added to EVERYTHING, or it’s because it’s the one holiday where it is deemed acceptable to consume copious amounts of candy and sweets! Either way, on this Halloween bucket list, I’m going to share a few unique ideas on how to celebrate this holiday in style. Whether you’re at home, traveling, or hopping around from one Airbnb to the next in different countries, here are a few ideas on how to celebrate.
Spend time in the outdoors and hike a haunted trail. Do a bit of digging and look for local hikes near your area that have a lot of haunted history. Here are a few trails all over the world for some ideas:
Pendle Hill, Lancashire
Bloody Lane Trail, Maryland
Chilnualna Falls Trail, California
Skirrid Inn, Abergavenney, WalesLooking for inspiration? Check out our compilation of the best outdoor quotes!
Have a Halloween Spooky Movie Marathon. A few staples that are always on my Halloween Movie Bucket List are:
Practical Magic
Hocus Pocus
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Escape Room
Get Out
Halloween
Scream
The Shining
Hotel Transylvania
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
The Addams Family
The Omen
Nightmare on Elm Street
Friday the 13th
The Craft
Edward Scissorhands
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Create a spooky Halloween wreath and hang it on your door (wreaths aren’t just for Christmas!)
Visit a haunted house
Decorate your house/ apartment! There are tons of inexpensive Halloween decorations that are available from the dollar store. Even better, go on to Pinterest and look for DIY Halloween decorations that you can make using items that you already have at home.
Do a neighborhood “drive-by” and admire all the other halloween decorations
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
I’m Looking Through You: Growing Up Haunted by Jennifer Finlay Boylan
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Buy Halloween themed mugs for members of your household and enjoy Halloween beverages like pumpkin spiced tea or coffee, pumpkin cider, etc.
Create a scare-a-thon challenge with your significant other.
Make a Halloween themed scavenger hunt
Go on a graveyard tour
Wear orange and black to work
Go trick or treating (even if you’re too old for it)
Dress up your pet for Halloween
Do a zombie themed movie marathon. Here are a few of my top picks:
Take advantage of all the Halloween sales (including candy the day after!)
Have a movie and wine pairing night with pumpkin themed edibles
Go to an Oktoberfest event
Prepare a Halloween picnic
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Lastly, since this is a travel blog and travel is what we do, here’s a list of spooky places around the world to add to your travel bucket list!
The Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas is known for being a hotel where strange occurrences have happened. Their most famous one is when 2 brides committed suicide on the night of their honeymoon, 20 years apart.
Salem, Massachusetts is not a secret amongst Halloween fans. It has an incredible history and if you visit the town itself, make sure you go to the Witch House, the Witch Dungeon Museum, and the Salem Witch Museum
Edinburgh Castle, Scotland is another popular spot as it used to be an active military base. They also have a pretty creepy (yet fun) tour of the Edinburgh Dungeons.
Sleepy Hollow in New York is home to Washington Irving’s popular book The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and has since gained popularity as a destination to visit. You can wander through the infamous Sleepy Hollow cemetery where you will find Washington Irving’s grave.
Savannah, Georgia is said to be “America’s Most Haunted City” and is home to a ton of interesting (and spooky) museums, galleries, and more.
Poveglia Island, Venice, Italy is another destination that a few “Halloween buffs” visit. The place is home to what used to be a mental asylum and a quarantine zone for those infected with the bubonic plague. There were also reports that doctors there were running medical experiments on patients.
Corvin Castle, Romania became famous as the former home of Vlad III, better known as Vlad the Impaler who was the inspiration behind Bram Stoker’s book, Dracula.
So there you have it folks, an awesome list full of fun Halloween Bucket List ideas. Hopefully, this article has given you a few ideas on how to best celebrate this fun holiday.
How about you? What are some of your favorite ways to celebrate this fun holiday?
