A sweet and spooky pumpkin trail is helping families in Wharfedale & Craven to celebrate Halloween.

The fun trail involves children drawing pictures of pumpkins and sticking them in their windows for other children to see. Families can then see how many they can spot throughout October, as an alternative to Trick or Treating. Wharfedale mum-of-two Sarah Smith, who runs local parenting website Wharfedale & Craven Mumbler, launched the trail to help children who might not be able to Trick or Treat this year. “Halloween is my children’s favourite time of year, especially the Trick or Treating. I knew they would be disappointed if they couldn’t go out on the night,” said Sarah. “But this year, people might not want children knocking at their doors, and parents might not want their little ones rummaging through communal bowls of sweets either.”

To learn more of local Halloween and October/bonfire night events go to https://wharfedale.mumbler.co.uk/ Other Family-Friendly Ways to Celebrate Halloween:

You can download a pumpkin template on the Wharfedale & Craven Mumbler website, or design your own, you could even paint a funny face onto a real pumpkin and put it in your garden. Colour them, paint them, cover them in stickers – let the kids imaginations run wild.

“Halloween will certainly be different this year but we can still all have lots of fun,” added Sarah. “There are lots of pumpkin picking events and Halloween themed classes if you want to get out somewhere too. I can’t wait to see all the different pumpkin designs children come up with.”