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Planning
If this is your first year at running a Halloween Choice event, we suggest setting up a small team to help, maybe other mums, friends, your local church or your school might help.
Resources
On this page you will find downloadable posters, graphics, donation box templates. You might want to buy lots of green apples as a thank you for any children attending the event and donating their treat, these can be used in games.
Keeping the grim away
You will need to explain to those bringing the children that this is a Halloween Choice event. They should dress bright or in fun costumes. People can make their own treat donation box or box or bring some coins to put together.
Some non-grim items (see costumes below)
glow tubes
balloons
face paints
coloured (felt) pens
crayons
coloured scoobies
paints
coloured paper and card
bright clothes
mozaic pieces
fruit
hair braids
hair bands
friendship bracelets
books on party alternatives
Stores stocking HalloweenChoice costumes
Good news, last year we ran a campaign that asked stores to consider offering parents a choice of costumes for Halloween parties. Some are now doing this. Asda and Sainsbury's now offer choice in store in addition Woolworth's and the Disney Store also have online purchasing.
Click the links below for your local store or supplier...
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Click here to download the donation box, have fun making it into a box
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Questions of faith sites
Rejesus
Rejesus aim is to reach people who have little previous knowledge of Jesus or the Christian faith and to encourage a step or two of faith.
Church of England
The web site of the Church of England, the nation's church and the mother church of the Anglican Communion covering 160 countries.
Christian Mums
ChristianMums is a site for Christian parents who want to bring their children up to know God, but are not sure how. It has a lively and ever-changing forum area, articles, book reviews, homegroup, prayer groups and interviews.
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About us
This campaign site is managed by the Communications Office of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester
Church House
90 Deansgate
Manchester
M3 2GH
Phone: 0161 828 1400
Email:info@halloweenchoice.org
Copyright MDBF
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Games with apples
Swing apple
Apples are suspended by means of string from doorways, or ceiling, at a height that allows them to be caught between the teeth. Then, with hands at their sides, the first player who successfully takes a bite from the apple receives a prize.
Duck apple
Large deep bowl of water with apples in it. Player has to try and remove the apple with their teeth.
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Not all kids want to go grim this Halloween
Last year a member of our team watched a frantic mum going up and down a supermarket isle. She was trying to find a Halloween costume for her little girl who was sitting in the trolley watching.
The mum had a choice of knives, killer masks, and a whole collection of body parts in various states of decay. She could find nothing for her little girl, no choice, nothing bright nothing that most kids would be seen dressed in. This is when we realised that not all parents wanted to dress their kids as murders or serial killers. But there was not choice. Now there is.
We are concerned that the trend in celebrating Halloween, and the associated activities, is not just innocent fun and that retailers have a responsibility to offer a range of goods to help people mark the occasion.
Not everything about Halloween is evil or bad or wrong but there is a sinister dimension to the festival that people are becoming more concerned about.
We want kids to have a great Halloween, and we want to spark a wider public debate about the nature of our way of celebrating the date.
20 years ago, who would have imagine fair-trade and organic good resting alongside standard products in the main supermarkets. We're not trying to push for certain goods to be banned, but simply that a choice is available.
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