Five Frighteningly Fun Halloween Activities for the Family

Tired of the same old stuff on Halloween? Bored of watching stale scary movies, while gorging on so much candy you suffer sugar shock till Thanksgiving? There's hope. Use these terrifying tips to get your ghostly goblins into grisly gear for holiday horror fun.

Video Scare E-Mails

Make a round robin story group and share authorship, so everyone becomes Stephen King for Halloween.

Ghost stories around campfires have scared us for generations. Today with digital gadgets like cell phone cameras, we can tell those stories and share instantly with friends and family around the world. Start a Yahoo group or organize an email list of all story telling participants. Set ground rules like gore content or scare factor to ensure little ones can join in on the fun. Think fright classics like Scooby Doo and Goosebumps: both are fun and moderately scary, but there's no danger in overwhelming tots.

Deadly Decorations

Cardboard witches from the dollar store are cheap, but often boring.

Homemade decorations involve the family, especially children in fun so engaging that Martha Stewart would be jealous. Speaking of the Diva of Domesticity, Stewart's magazine and show always has great ideas for creating your own Halloween goodies. Whether it's taking small gourds and crafting them into painted pumpkins or tiny jack o lanterns or making a bunch of napkin and tissue paper ghosts, home crafted decorations can't be beat. Mix and match professional decorations with hand made crafts and you'll have a winning holiday combination.

Pumpkin Play Musical Chairs

Pass the pumpkin off to your buddy and keep on decorating a new one.