How to Run a Neighborhood Halloween Decorating Contest

Holidays bring about excitement for both children and adults. Halloween is a fun holiday to decorate the outside of your house. With pumpkins, mummies and frightful scarecrows, you can get your neighborhood even more elated about Halloween. With your inspiration, you can run a neighborhood Halloween decorating contest for your friends and neighbors.

Instructions

1. Brainstorm some ideas. Decide if you want the adults or children to decorate the outside of their homes. Ask adults and children to decorate together.

2. Create an original flyer describing your ideas to run a neighborhood Halloween decorating contest. Distribute them in everyone's mailboxes. Explain your idea and ask for your neighbors to collaborate to decide on a prize. You may choose not to give out a prize, but rather to run this contest to get the community together for fun times.

3. Set up a meeting for all those interested in participating in the neighborhood Halloween decorating contest. Together, decide on rules and what would disqualify a person. If your neighborhood is full of young children, you may want to rule out scary decorations such as blood scenes.

4. Choose a judge to select the winner or winners of the neighborhood Halloween decorating contest on a specific evening. One good idea to get a neutral judge is to ask your town police chief. This way you can get the police chief involved in your neighborhood and community on a more personal level.

5. Throw a small get together after the neighborhood Halloween decorating contest. You could just have your neighbors over for small treats such as cider and doughnuts to celebrate the Halloween holiday and togetherness.