Tween Halloween Ideas: Holiday Fun for the 8-12 Crowd

For a tween, Halloween can be an uncomfortable holiday. For a burgeoning adolescent between eight and twelve years old, dressing up and trick-or-treating can feel childish and embarrassing. However, the social independence of high school is still on the horizon. They’re not little kids anymore, but tweens can still use a little parental holiday help on the spookiest day of the year. These tween Halloween ideas will help you and your tween find a great way to spend the holiday that’s comfortable for both of you. If you try out one of these ideas with your tween, Halloween can be a lot of fun, and confirm his or her growing independence.

Put Them In Charge
For a tween, Halloween is stressful in part because it feels like there’s no defined role to take in the celebrations. The best solution to this dilemma is simple: make up a necessary role for your tween to take. One of the best tween Halloween ideas is helping younger kids have a great holiday by giving out candy at the door, or running a haunted house in your yard or basement. By giving your tween responsibility, you’re showing them that you trust them, and it will make your tween feel confident about his or her emerging adult status to have a place in the Halloween hierarchy that is clearly above the younger children in the neighborhood.