Where did the year go? We can’t believe Halloween in New England is just around the corner! So that each and every ghost, goblin, Spiderman, and princess who visits your home enjoys a fun, safe Halloween, we’re sharing the below tips for making your place halloween-safe — for both your family and your visitors.
- Don’t Make Halloween Extra/Unnecessarily Scary — remember to turn off any alarm systems, so children aren’t frightened by the loud sounds or bright lights that might greet them when they approach your door.
- Keep Your Pets’ Halloween Celebration Separate — be sure your pets are in a room or area where they won’t be aware of or startle guest visitors and visitors won’t frighten your beloved pets.
- Prevent Falls and Fright — sweep and rake paths and walkways that children may travel to reach your front door. Don’t let a fall ruin their Halloween fun or cause a Halloween freak-out due to children not knowing what they just stepped on!
- Clear The Way For Visitors — related to the above, make trick or treaters feel wanted and welcomed by not placing on the route they will likely take to your doorway Halloween decorations or other items that they might bump into or trip on. If there are any bricks or pathway stones that are sticking up or broken that could contribute to a visitor’s fall, fix them before the big night! Same goes with any stairs trick or treaters may have to climb.
- Make It a Bright Fright Night — be sure to have outside lights turned on. This will alert trick or treaters that you welcome their visit, prevent any trips or falls and just make your young visitors feel safe.
- Paaahk the caahh in the garage — for those non-fellow-Bostonians, that’s park the car in the garage! Not only will parking your car make your driveway more accessible to trick or treaters, it should mean you and your car won’t be the victim of any possible neighborhood Halloween high jinks such as egg throwing!
- Light The Way With LED — never use lit candles to outline or light the path to your door or use them in decorations in any parts of your yard or home that trick or treaters might visit. There is too much risk that the long tail of a ghostly visitor or the long sleeve or hair of a Cinderella visitor might dangle over a candle and catch on fire.
We wish everyone a safe, festive, fun, and bewitching Halloween!
