A Halloween round-up!

There's no dilly-dallying around here. Let's just cut straight to the Halloween grub and garb, the carvings and decor, the thrills withgobs of chills...

Eat like a goblin

From easy-to-make treats for the kids to chilling cocktails for the adults to the most ghoulish looking guac dip for your party guests:

• Black and Orange Halloween Chili
• Pumpkin guacamole poke
• Blood cakes
• Spooktini
• 3 Spooky cocktails (this post is an oldie but a goodie)

For the kids:

• 6 Classic homemade treats
• 6 Not-so-tricky treats that kids can make
• Mummy candy apples
• One-eyed monster cupcakes
• Monster finger cookies

Dress like a fiend

From Elvis impersonators to horror heroines. From Brad Pitt in OUATIH to Princess Diana running errands. From Sabrina to Maleficent. If you're stuck on what to wear this year, we got you:

• 9 Pop culture costume ideas
• 10 music video inspired costumes for 2019
• All the witches we want to be for Halloween
• DIYadorable and doable costumes
• 2 Easy group costume ideas
• Dress like your favourite horror heroine
• How to be a politician this Halloween (from 22 Minutes)

For the kids:

• 5 Easy no-sew costumes
• DIY: Spooky vampire face paint
• DIY: Unicorn face paint

Decorate like a ghoul

Horror decor is all the rage right now. Think snake wreaths. Think patriotic pumpkins. Think zombie mason jars:

• 3 Canadian pumpkin carving ideas
• No-carve pumpkin decorating ideas
• Last-minute spookyideas for your front porch
• DIY: Cheesecloth ghosts

For the kids:

• 5 Recycled Halloween crafts
• 5 Easy no-carve pumpkins
• Spooky spider webs
• Folded paper-plate owls

Play like a clown

... acreepy clown! The best part of this time of year is keeping up with all the ghostly movies, gatherings and games:

• Date ideas to woo your boo
• 7 Devilishly fun party games
• q team's scariest movies of all time
• 8 "Kids" movies that were way more creepy than we realized
• The rise of Indigenous horror
• 5 Homegrown horror movies
• Highbrow horror flicks areriding high
• Halloween podcast spooktacular

For the kids:

• Best Halloween movies for kids
• 10 Ghoulishly fun movies
• 7 Kids movies that scared the crap out of you when you were little
• 9 Books that may make you scream
• Spooky tales to read to your kids
• DIY: Spooky and simple play dough

You can also scare yourself silly atCanada's most haunted places or local horror haunts like Heebie Jeebies, Terror on 12, Six Pines, and more. And if you're wanting to create your own haunted house, here's how the best do it.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!