Last year as Matt and I were looking for houses we would drive through the neighborhoods and ask ourselves if the neighborhood looked like a “Good Trick or Treat Neighborhood”.
It may sound silly but Matt and I both have very fond memories of trick or treating from our childhood.
And a fun Halloween neighborhood is a good indication of a great place to start a family.
I asked some neighbors what Halloween was like here, they told us it was fun but what we didn’t realize was how fun it is.
To put it simply we hit the Jackpot.
They start festivities off with costume contests by ages and then it’s off to the races. Literally! As soon as the awards are given out the children run in hoards to different houses. It’s wonderful!
Spider Web Pumpkin Tutorial
To keep Fenway from going nuts every 30 seconds from the doorbell ringing Matt pulls out the fire pit, lawn chairs, and blankets and we hand out candy in the driveway.
It’s great my three favorite C’s – Coffee, Candy, Cute Kids!
Did I mention that neighbor Dave has a Wine Bar? No kidding, his hobby is Wine (Sommelier) and he is good at it VERY good! He sets up an area for adults to taste wine based on their likes. This house is a favorite with the adults!
We really couldn’t ask for anything more, it’s wonderful.
Plus having a hood that’s so into Halloween makes me look a tad less eccentric when I start dumping tons of glitter on everything that doesn’t move and put up my 4′ wooden witch!
Do you have a Halloween Porch or better yet does your neighborhood do anything fun for Halloween?
Happy Halloween!!!
P.S.
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LOVE! I’ve considered the firepit idea for Halloween too…given that we live on a very short cul-de-sac and our house is tucked back in the corner – we may do it this year 🙂 We had a “neighbor Dave” at the old townhouse!! Unfortunately, he was not a sommelier, but he was a handyman, which was useful the other 364 days of the year 🙂
Too bad we don’t live closer to each other bon fire nights would be so much fun!
your porch is so cute and fun!! Our neighborhood is not very Halloween friendly, there aren’t very many kids who live here and the ones that do usually go to larger neighborhoods to trick or treat. We always trick or treat here because we are bound and determined to make it a kid friendly neighborhood! The first time we went here people kept telling us we were the first trick or treaters they’ve seen in years. We over decorate the porch and give our full size candy bars and juice boxes to the kids that do come…all three of them 🙂
Eventually we’ll get enough kids to come around so we too can have a bonfire 🙂