.Host a Party
Invite other families to join
you at the camping location of your choice. Each family can decorate its
own campsite. Hang Halloween lights on surrounding trees if you have a
power source. If not, carve jack-o-lanterns and place them around the
campsites as luminaries. Bring Halloween decorations for the picnic
tables, trees and tents or RVs.
Tell scary ghost stories around the campfire (don't plan on the kids sleeping in their own tent, however). For younger children, sing silly Halloween songs. Bob for apples.
Go for a Halloween hike in the dark. Bring headlamps and flashlights and stay on well-marked trails--getting lost is no one's idea of Halloween fun.
Hang a sheet between two trees and host shadow puppet shows.
Tell scary ghost stories around the campfire (don't plan on the kids sleeping in their own tent, however). For younger children, sing silly Halloween songs. Bob for apples.
Go for a Halloween hike in the dark. Bring headlamps and flashlights and stay on well-marked trails--getting lost is no one's idea of Halloween fun.
Hang a sheet between two trees and host shadow puppet shows.
Fun Food Ideas
Roast pumpkin seeds over the
fire. After you clean out your pumpkins for carving, save the seeds.
Remove the pulp and spread them out to dry. Later that night, place them
on a large jelly-roll pan or other pan with slightly raised edges on a
grate over the fire. Add some salt and let them roast over the fire.
Present your dinner in a pumpkin. Make a simple beef stew or chili and serve it in a hollowed-out pumpkin.
Present your dinner in a pumpkin. Make a simple beef stew or chili and serve it in a hollowed-out pumpkin.