


A Halloween egg hunt is the perfect idea for anyone with little monsters who look forward to dressing up or raiding the "secret" family candy stash. Sorry, Easter Bunny, looks like you have some competition. This allows for a fun time in the kitchen with family and a contactless way to show your neighbors you care. In the cauldron, boil and bake a batch of your favorite fall snacks (maybe leave out the eye of newt), wrap them up individually, and leave them on your neighbors’ front doorsteps with a note wishing them a Happy Halloween. This year, instead of doling out tricks, try bestowing treats on your neighbors.

Yet, after watching her daughters embrace wearing masks in style and seeing 75 students grasp AP Literature through Zoom, Park believes Houston’s youth will bring that same resilience and optimism to their social distanced Halloween celebrations. Instead, as this ghoulish month is practically over and the Houston Health Department urges the community to avoid trick-or-treating and large gatherings in the hopes of avoiding another Covid-19 surge, it’s safe to say our packs crossed streams.īut, who says prioritizing safety during this spooktacular season can't be fun?įor Ashley Park, a teacher at Tompkins High School in Katy and mother of two, imagining her kids (both at home and in the classroom) living in an almost entirely digital world for the majority of the year sounded crazy last spring. How's this for something scary: When the stay-at-home order was first announced in March, many Houstonians assumed the ghosts of masks and social distancing would be locked away inside our ghostbusting proton packs by the time Halloween rounded the corner.
