All Things Spooky: Halloween Activities, Decor, & More!

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Halloween It’s October and the leaves are getting ready to fall from the Oregon trees and turn colors. Fall is falling. The warm summer days are making way for the cooler, no cold, winter days that are on their way. Fortunately, more fun seasonal activities come with these cooler days as well. Apartment living is equally fun and eventful during the fall and the summer. As Halloween creeps closer, apartment dwellers can do many different things to get ready for this fun day. Best yet, these fun festive touches are apartment-friendly.

Get in the Halloween Mood

October is most fun when you do things to celebrate this fun month. Many grocery stores carry pumpkins you can carve and sit on your porch. You can also use battery-operated tea lights for a fire-safe touch to make your pumpkins more eye-catching. However, Apartment Halloween Decor doesn’t stop here. If you have a balcony, this is usable space as well. Halloween decorations like scarecrows or skeletons can hang on your balcony. These are simple decorations that make a big Halloween statement. If you don’t want to go that far, a simple fake spider web with a few fake spiders is great for making a subtle impact at your front door. You can hang one over your door knocker or simply attach it to the side of your door. Many people create Halloween wreaths to commemorate this fun day. Wreaths, carved pumpkins, and other decorations are fun Halloween apartment trends that have an impact but are apartment-friendly.

Activities for the Season

Salish Ponds City Park is also a great fall escape for apartment dwellers. You can explore the winding trails with friends and take in the beauty of the changing seasons. Fishing is also an activity you can partake of in the park. If you have a boat, you can dock on the west pond. Beyond the changing season and scenery, apartment dwellers can access many activities. If you don’t want to leave your apartment grounds, you can still enjoy the trails on the property and use the theatre room for a scary Halloween movie with your friends.

Halloween in Fairview

Halloween is going to be fantastic in 2020, if a little different. Halloween is on a Saturday, there will be a full moon, and people want to celebrate. Sure it’s 2020, so we need to social distance, wear masks of a different sort to help us stay safe, but we can still have a spooky great time. Check out these can’t miss ideas to make Halloween 2020 a hit. Lodges at Lake Salish is the right place to celebrate. 

How to Decorate Your Apartment

There are so many ways to get your apartment ready for Halloween. We all know it’s important to make a good first impression and this year that’s even truer as most of us will keep trick-or-treaters at a safe distance. Set the stage. Carve creepy pumpkins with stencils and easily available templates. Decorate doors with cut-outs of ghosts, goblins, witches, and more. 

Make sure the neighbors can see some colorful creatures by combining monster cut-outs and contact paper on the windows. For the inside, fairy lights, felt spiders, and glow in the dark skeletons are always hit. It’s the little things that really set the mood. Try the mirror hidden message trick, get some scotch tape and spell out a scary message on your mirror, allow the tape to set and remove. Then run some hot water to reveal hidden messages to your guests.

How to Celebrate at Home

For many of us, celebrating Halloween this year will probably have to be done at home. Luckily, there are plenty of ways to raise goosebumps at home. Start by setting the mood with Halloween baking and some apple cider. Carving pumpkins is always a hit, so each person can get involved in making their ideas come to life.

What’s Halloween without costumes? Make sure to get everyone dressed up and set up a video conferencing call with friends and family so everyone can share the scares. Set up a baby monitor on the porch, so you can have fun interacting with trick-or-treaters. Treats can be in the form of an outdoor haunted house or a video performance through your windows instead of the typical eatable delights.

Movie marathons are great since you can choose movies appropriate to any age group or audience (from Goonies to Friday the 13th, there is something for everyone) and those can be shared from the comfort of your own apartment through a number of popular streaming services (Netflix Party, KAST, YouTube, Discord, Facebook, and more).

Halloween Hotspots in Fairview

Luckily, stores are open in Fairview, so you can get what you need for Halloween. Get your costume, makeup, and decorations at Spirit Halloween stores open this year in Portland or Gresham.

If you are looking for a local family treat, then visit Bella Organic Pumpkin Patch and Winery in Portland, where you may enjoy the haunted corn maze, the pumpkin patch, or the farm and vineyard.

If you don’t mind the hour-long drive, then the family may enjoy the outdoor activities at Bauman’s Farm in Gervais from the corn maze to the barnyard bridge or going inside the animal barn while the parents do a little apple tasting and visit the Bauman Cidery. Plus who doesn’t love a pumpkin patch?

Social distancing will definitely make Halloween different this year, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be a fun and safe holiday for everyone. Curbside and at-home delivery make it easier than ever to get the decorations, supplies, and costumes you need to make Halloween a hit. Don’t be afraid to get creative with some seasonal inspiring at-home celebration ideas.

Halloween is Better at the Oregon Zoo

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The Halloween season is here! Looking for some fun places to visit this year with friends and family? Don’t forget about the Oregon Zoo. They have events and attractions lined up this October that are educational, safe, and exciting. Bet you didn’t think about making the zoo a part of your Halloween plans! Only a short drive from your Fairview apartment, it’s worth checking out. Here are some upcoming festivities.

 

Squishing of the Squash

October 27, 2017 – 11 am to 11:30 am

What is “Squishing of the Squash,” you ask? Well, it’s one of the zoo’s favorite traditions and you don’t want to miss it. The annual “Squishing of the Squash” is back. Where else can you watch some of the world’s largest animals demolish some of the largest pumpkins? At the Oregon Zoo, of course! Purchase your tickets here.

 

Halloween Saturday

October 28, 2017 – 10 am to 3 pm

If you have little ones, then make sure you take them to “Howloween Saturday” because it’s going to be a blast. Let them learn all about wildlife from the experts and later, join in on a scavenger hunt throughout the zoo to collect candy and prizes! Lion, tiger, and bear costumes are encouraged! You can purchase your tickets here.

 

Find fun and healthy pumpkins at Fazio Farms

Technically pumpkins are a fruit because they have seeds, but once cooked most people consider them a vegetable. Either way, this fruit/vegetable is quite good for you as it is full of potassium and Vitamin A. But the other great thing about pumpkins is that they are just plain fun. You can’t see one without thinking about a Halloween Jack-o-Lantern, or about your home decorated for the fall season. Or maybe even about a delicious pumpkin pie!

Do you still need to buy some pumpkins for your house? We can recommend Fazio Farms, a family business located at 9028 NE 13th Avenue in Portland 97211. They’re open from 4 pm to 8 pm during the week, and 9 am to 8 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. They can provide you with pumpkins of all sizes and colors, plus other fresh produce like cucumbers, squash, dill weed, and so forth.

Fazio Farms is just a 20-minute drive away from The Lodges. Find more information about them here.