Fun Halloween Traditions

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We have collected only the best Halloween traditions that your husband and children will love! Make this Halloween season full of traditions that will create lasting memories your whole family will cherish for years to come.

Look no further for Halloween traditions! We have collected only the best ideas. You will find a tradition or two in this collection that you and your family will fall in love with!

Traditions For Couples

Before you send those kids off trick or treating, spend the early evening celebrating Halloween with dinner, movies, and treats.

56. Dracula’s Diner – A silly halloween dinner that will have you ordering eyeballs, skeleton bones and Dracula’s blood!

57. Pumpkin Bowling – Knock over the “ghosts” with a pumpkin!

58. Pumpkin Patch Date – Invite, pick out pumpkins, carve pumpkins, and bake seeds.

59. Rock Jack O Lanterns – Painting rocks with the kids.

60. Create Halloween Dipped Tableware – Get into the spirit of Halloween with this crafty idea. Make it a tradition to create a new dipped creation each year.

61. Building a Skeleton – A great learning and fun activity for the kiddos! Cut out skeleton pieces with paper plates or paper and put them together.

62. Black and Orange Party – Don’t leave all the partying to the kiddos this Halloween! Get in on the fun with these cleverly Spooktacular Halloween treats and recipes.

63. Family Photo Date – Gather the family together and fill in prompts on signs for a fall photo shoot.

64. Hay Ride Date Night – Invite your Halloween date for a hay ride and end the night rolling in the hay!

⬇ Download: Hay Ride Printables

65. Apple Orchard and Bake Cider Donuts – Go to an apple orchard, pick apples, use them to make these donuts.

66. Fall Picnic – Skip dinner at home, instead have an adorable fall picnic with home made sundaes.

67. You Have Been Boo’ed – Start service around your neighborhood by sneaking treats to a neighbor and challenging them to serve as well!

68. Some Mummy Loves You Card – Make a festive Halloween card for your hubby.

69. Halloween Photo Booth – Add a little spark to your Halloween photos with these DIY printable photo booth props!

⬇ Download: Photo Booth Props

70. Trunk or Treat – Organize a trunk or treat for your neighborhood!

71. Go on a Halloween Scavenger Hunt – The search is on for various Halloween-themed items. Be the first team to find these items and return with a picture for proof and you win!

72. Ghouls Night Out – Are you ready to host a girls night out? Try our awesome Halloween-themed Ghouls Night Out for some fabulous spa-themed fun!

More Halloween Traditions from The Dating Divas

Here are even more of our own favorite Halloween traditions – each with a picture and a free printable download where available!

73. Falling in Love with Brew – A Spooktacular love note built around the saying “I can’t stop falling in love with brew.” Cut out the design, punch the circular opening, fold along the dashed line, and slip the tag over your hubby’s favorite drink. Designed by Merrymint Designs.

⬇ Download: Brew Love Note

74. Frankly, My Dear… – The printable reads “Frankly, my dear… I’m batty for you! Love, your Boo.” Pair it with any Frankenstein, ghost, or bat trinket – a $2 Frankenstein toy to hide each day until Halloween, or a ghost treat bag to leave in his truck. Designed by Aileen at Lil’ Buckaroo Designs.

⬇ Download: Frankly My Dear Printable

75. Boo Love Note – Print the Love Your Boo note and hide it where he will stumble on it: inside the cereal box, tucked in a jeans pocket, zipped into his work bag, folded in with his underwear, on the rearview mirror, or under his pillow. Watch him light up every time he finds one.

⬇ Download: Love Your Boo Printable

76. You BeWITCH Me – Witch cupcake toppers plus a love note shaped like a witch’s hat. Print, cut out each piece, add glitter or ribbon, then tape the topper to a toothpick and stick it in a cupcake. Takes minutes and makes a bewitching dessert surprise for him. Designed by Tasha at Whimsicle Design Studio.

⬇ Download: Witch Cupcake Toppers

77. Halloween Candy Love – Got a pile of leftover Halloween candy? Line up his favorite candies to spell out a sweet message just for him. Super quick, incredibly easy, and he will love the surprise.

78. To My BOO: Halloween Gift Basket – A “For My BOO!” basket tag plus 13 punny gift tags to pair with treats: “I’m batty for you” with a plastic bat, “You can un-wrap me any day” with lingerie, “I don’t need no body but you” with a skeleton treat, “For your favorite sand-witch” with a sandwich shop gift card, “Smell My Feet” with Halloween socks, and more. Designed by Jennafer at Oh Creative One.

⬇ Download: BOO Gift Tags

79. 10 Free Halloween Love Notes – Ten frightfully fun mini love notes to scatter around the house – by his car keys, on his laptop, next to his favorite candy, beside the carved pumpkins. Embellish with ribbon, rhinestones, and glitter (two rhinestones make great bat eyes!). Designed by Leah Aldous at January & May.

⬇ Download: 10 Halloween Love Notes

80. Boo-tilicious Halloween Date Night – An after-trick-or-treating date for two. Print the invite, then play “Freaky Fishing” – a Go Fish style card game (print TWO sets so matches are possible). Make a match and your spouse performs the action on the card. Most matches wins, and gets a say in how the night ends. Includes a printable rules card. Designed by Crystal at A Well-Feathered Nest.

⬇ Download: Boo-tilicious Printables

81. Peek-a-Boo Mini Date – Flashlight tag for grown-ups. Print the note and leave it on the bed at bedtime with a flashlight, then hide somewhere in the house wearing a costume of your choosing and let your spouse come find you. Take turns and keep playing as long as you like.

⬇ Download: Peek-a-Boo Printable

82. Trick-or-Treat Scavenger Hunts – THREE printable trick-or-treat scavenger hunts to extend the tradition past door-knocking: hunt for costumes you spot, decorations you drive past, and goodies in your haul. Includes award certificates for Best Treat and Cutest Costume. Print on heavy paper, or laminate to reuse each year. Designed by Kensie Kate.

⬇ Download: 3 Scavenger Hunts

83. Halloween Candy Scavenger Hunt – Ten printable clue cards that send your spouse or kids on a Halloween candy scavenger hunt. Each clue pairs a candy bar with a rhyming hint about where to look next – Twix by the sheets, Snickers by the bath, Skittles by the books, and so on. Attach candy to each card, hide them, and stash any surprise you like at the final clue. Designed by Karyn at If Actually.

⬇ Download: 10 Clue Cards

84. FREE Printable Halloween Prints – Five free frame-able Halloween wall prints: a spooky spider “Eek,” a “BOO”-tiful print, a two-part “Happy Halloween” set to book-end your decor, a flirty “You Put a Spell on You” note, and a “Trick or Treat” print. Hang them, shelf them, or gift them. Designed by Amanda at A-manda Creations.

⬇ Download: 5 Halloween Prints

85. Glitter Pumpkin Mini Date – Make glitter pumpkins together for your fall centerpiece, then make extras for family, friends, and neighbors. Simple and fast, so you can deliver them the same night. Add little tags reading “falling in love” or “fall together.” Idea from Loralee Lewis.