Have a screaming good Halloween

(NC)-Most kids can't wait for Halloween. Lucky for them there are lots of ways to celebrate this spooky holiday before they finally get to dress up in their costumes and go out trick-or-treating.

Here's how: 

-  Dress up the house inside and out, with flashing lights, black cat and witch cutouts, tomb stones (made of cardboard), ghosts (made from old white sheets), spider webs and other spooky ornaments and decorations. Some people hook up outside speakers and play sinister-sounding music at night. 

- Visit a pumpkin field with your family and let everyone pick out - and then carve out - their own jack-o-lantern. 

- Plan a Halloween party for your kids (or yourselves). 

- Make costumes for the kids - for ideas, check sewing supply stores, second-hand stores and dollar stores. 

- Bake frighteningly delicious treats all month long. Most people find our Ogre's Toes and Witch's Fingers cookies a screaming delight, and kids of all ages love spooky Spider Web Pie. You'll find other great ideas at www.robinhood.ca
in time for a happy and spooky Halloween.