Don’t Take Frightening Risks This Halloween! | Danbury, CT

Witches, goblins, and ghouls…and now COVID19! This Halloween is looking to be a lot more frightening than the past years, but despite the current pandemic, you and your little pumpkins can still join in on the holiday fun, but with a little bit of precaution. So what’s the safest way to participate in Halloween this year? Below you will find tons of activities to participate in while maintaining social distancing, but still soaking up the fun! The activities below are listed out based on their risk level, and we suggest taking many factors into consideration before choosing which is best for you. If numbers are high in your area, we strongly suggest that you pick from the low-risk activities. If your numbers are lower feel free to check out the moderate risk activities! We have also included high-risk activities we strongly suggest that you avoid. Have a fun and safe Halloween!

Low-Risk Activities 

• Carving or decorating pumpkins with members of your household 
• Setting up a table in the driveway to dress up and carve pumpkins with neighbors while socially distancing 
• Doing a Halloween scavenger hunt where children are given lists of Halloween-themed things to look for while they walk outdoors from house to house admiring Halloween decorations at a distance
• Zoom parties are all the rage! Have a virtual custom party with your friends and family
• Having a Halloween movie night with people you live with
• Having a scavenger hunt-style trick-or-treat search with your household members in or around your home rather than going house to house

Moderate Risk Activities 

• One-way trick-or-treating where individually wrapped goodie bags are lined up for kids to grab.
• Small-group outdoor costume parade where people are six feet apart.
• Attending a costume party outdoors where protective masks are used and people can social distance.
• Going to an open-air, one-way, walk-through haunted forest where mask use is enforced.
• Pumpkin patches or orchards.
• Outdoor Halloween movie night with local family and friends spaced at least six feet apart.

Higher Risk Activities To Avoid

• Traditional trick-or-treating without masks and social distancing.
• Crowded costume parties held indoors.
• Indoor haunted houses.
• Hayrides or tractor rides with people who aren’t in your household.
• Traveling to a rural fall festival outside of your community.

*Advice from the CDC

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