Great Date Ideas: The Halloween Date

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Well it’s that time of year again when ghosts, ghouls, goblins and comic book action heros make their way to your doorstep looking for free candy! Are you looking for fun things to do on a date that shows you are not a creep? Here are some great date ideas for any LDS Single to make Halloween a success:

Carve pumpkins.
Take your date off to find the perfect pumpkin and bring it home to creatively decorate it. Pumpkins generally last two to seven days depending on weather conditions, so this is a great idea that you can do several days in advance of Halloween itself. If you are going to use stencils to carve your pumpkin be sure to print out the stencil and take it with you on your pumpkin hunt. (It’s easier to find the pumpkin to fit the stencil than the stencil to fit the pumpkin)

Hand out Candy to Trick-or-Treaters
If one of you lives in a neighborhood where there are lots of kids who come trick-or-treating, hand out candy together. While handing out candy, you can add a twist by playing Halloween Bingo (also know as Trick-or-Treat Bingo) or you could do a Halloween Scavenger Hunt.

Dress Up as a Famous Couple
One great date idea to bring a little something special to your Halloween is for you and your date to dress up in couples Costumes. For instance you could be: Beauty and the Beast; Caesar and Cleopatra; Captain Hook and Peter Pan; Caveman and Cavegirl; Conferderate Soldier and Southern Belle; Daddie Warbucks and Annie; Frakenstiein and His Bride; Sports Hero and Cheerleader. The ideas are limitless. And, if you plan to get engaged this time of year, why not go that Halloween party with all your friends as a bride and groom.

If you and your date enjoy scary things you can go to a haunted house, a haunted corn maze or other “creepy/scary” event.

Halloween Movies for Movie Lovers
Watching a movie is never necessarily a bad thing. This time of year, you and your date could check out one of your favorite Halloween movies. Or, select from the following list of my favorites:

Ghostbusters

Three odd-ball scientists get kicked out of their cushy positions at a university in New York City where they studied the occult. They decide to set up shop in an old firehouse and become Ghostbusters, trapping pesky ghosts, spirits, haunts, and poltergeists for money. They wise-crack their way through the city, and stumble upon a gateway to another dimension, one which will release untold evil upon the city. The Ghostbusters are called on to save the Big Apple.

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The Nightmare Before Christmas

Bored with the same old scare-and-scream routine, Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, longs to spread the joy of Christmas. But his merry mission puts Santa in jeopardy and creates a nightmare for good little boys and girls everywhere!

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Hocus Pocus

You’re in for a devil of a time when three outlandishly wild witches — Bette Midler (BEACHES, BIG BUSINESS), Sarah Jessica Parker (HONEYMOON IN VEGAS), and Kathy Najimy (SISTER ACT) — return from 17th-century Salem after they’re accidentally conjured up by some unsuspecting pranksters! It’s a night full of zany fun and comic chaos once the tricky 300-year-old trio sets out to cast a spell on the town and reclaim their youth — but first they must get their act together and outwit three kids and a talking cat!

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The Curse of the Were Rabbit

Wallace and his dog, Gromit has built up a very respectable business which prevents any pests from destructing the vegetables of the village, but when a creature, only described as the were-rabbit, rampages through the village, all eyes are on Wallace. After hearing his plan, the villagers are on his side, expect one man. Victor Quartermaine feels threatened by Wallace’s relationship with his fiancée Lady Campanula Tottington and aims to take out the bunny himself.