Many of those who missed out on trick-or-treating last year are making plans to make up the time.
According to Hobbycraft, Halloween-related product searches are up 25% over 2020. Meri Meri, an arts and crafts retailer, reports that Halloween sales have increased by more then 100 percent.
Hobbycraft customer director Katherine Paterson says, “After such a hard 18 months it is great seeing the nation getting into the spooky spirit.”
Gourds galore: Hobbycraft decorations. This Halloween, you don’t have a ton of style to compromise because you are decorating for children.
Thanks to its visual appeal, #halloween is getting nearly 100,000,000 posts on Instagram. You don’t have to decorate your home with ghosties and ghouls. There is a refined middle ground.
Paula Sutton, author at Hill House Living, loves the season for its decorating possibilities.
She says that she displays carefully selected pumpkin groups, along with large tubs filled with chrysanthemums, on her doorstep, from the end September to the time it’s time for Christmas.
Gothic glitter
It doesn’t mean that you have to compromise style just because your decorations are for children. Start by not limiting your Halloween colour palette to orange and black.
‘This year our design team introduced an ombré pastel colour palette for Halloween,’ says Meredithe Stuart-Smith, founder of Meri Meri.
“This is a comfortable and neutral setting, but it adds a playful and festive touch to the season.
She says that baking tie-dye ghost cookies to match the pastel theme is a great activity for the kids.
Stuart Smith suggests that gothic and glitter work well together if your style is more traditionally spooky. “Our design team fell for black crows this season, which offer a touch of horror but also have a quirky style.
“Kids love to see the bat chandelier, while parents love the black and white crow napkins. They look so sophisticated.
Hang the bat chandelier and pretend that any cobwebs are a part of it.
Hobbycraft pumpkins (£5 for 4). The number of searches for Halloween-related products has increased by 245 percent in 2020
Spooky doorsteps
Give your home Halloween kerb appeal by decorating your doorstep. Sutton uses seasonal flowers, but Lauren Hoyal Mitchell (Brand and Creative Lead at Hobbycraft) recommends faux garlands to decorate the door frame.
This simple addition will make your home stand out and add impact to the front door. She also recommends hanging decorations to increase height and baskets stuffed with logs to add texture.
Along with Ginger Ray’s foliage garland (£12), try homemade hanging stars and garlands from the Art Star (from £10).
Choose a pumpkin
Even if you want to keep it simple, a pumpkin is a key part of a Halloween look.
Hobbycraft reports a search increase of 181 percent for its ceramic pumpkins as well as a range paint-yourself cardboard pumpkins.
Meanwhile, Meri Meri has paper honeycomb pumpkins (£24).
Sutton says that although decorating with pumpkins or gourds is not a new idea for Halloween, she likes to make arrangements to visit the pumpkin patch as soon October arrives. She calls it decorating for autumn.
You can still buy a pumpkin at the supermarket if you are unable to make it to the farm. Sutton offers tips on choosing the right pumpkins to ensure that you don’t scare away any good taste.
Sutton states that she prefers paler-coloured pumpkins, gourds, and gourds in pale primrose, grey-blue, and chalky-peach hues to orange.
Pumpkin carving is still a fun activity that children can do together. ManoMano, a DIY site, has instructions for creating a pumpkin planter. You fill the pumpkin in with compost and add heathers to its hair.
Autumn wreaths
Wreaths are not only for Christmas, they also look great in autumn.
Michal Kowalski (co-founder of florists Blooming Haus) says that autumn is a favorite season for florists. It offers more vibrant colours and a variety of vegetables.
“If you are making a wreath for Halloween, visualize the colours you want and then work according to them. Foraging in the countryside can be fun; look for dried leaves or horse chestnuts.
“Seasonal fruit make great decorative touches, such sliced apples that are dried and attached to your wreath.
A… bath rack is what your home requires
On retailers’ websites, the bath rack — also known as a bath bridge, a bath caddy or a bath tray — is often pictured holding a large plant.
This is not realistic, although it may look appealing. Imagine what it would look like if a tree fell into the bath.
Tub trend: At The Range, you will find a distressed grey slate rack for £30.99, ( pictured)
You will need a rack to hold a phone, a book, and a drink if you want to relax in the tub. These items will take your mind off of the higher heating costs this winter.
A bath rack can cost only a small amount. Wilko’s bamboo rack is just £8 (wilko.com).
At The Range, you will find a distressed grey slate rack for £30.99. The Bath Rack has a wooden rack for £27.95 and one with a Victorian tile pattern (thebathrack.com, £49.95).
Before you buy, measure your tub or opt for an expandable rack, for £7.99 at The Range (therange.co.uk). A swish version is £99 at John Lewis (johnlewis.com).
