Halloween is synonymous with costumes, candy and trick-or-treating. For kids, the excitement is high! For parents, Halloween family fun can require effort and energy. If you are a mom undergoing cancer treatment, effort and energy may be in short supply. Here is the #1 best Halloween tip from the Moms of Cancer Be Glammed—“keep it simple.” To help you to do that, we wanted to share these easier ways to keep Halloween traditions alive by simplifying these “frightfully fun” tricks and treats.

1.  Eat, Drink and Be Scary

Start off the night with a Spook-tacular Halloween-themed dinner like this dish, a sure to be kid favorite, Spaghetti with Eyeball Meatballs!  From our friends at Favorite Family Friendly Recipies, this is one of the many fiendishly fun meals and drinks that they suggest.

Prefer to give them pump’kin more healthy? These 25 recipes from This Healthy Table like Pumpkin Hummus, Mummy Pizzas and Frankenstein Sandwich Wraps will do the trick! Bone Appetit!   

2. Decorate Your Own Fab-boo-lous Cookies   

This Halloween get your cookies into the spirit with OMCookie’s decorating kit. The KIT comes with four jumbo designed cookies and edible markers. Each cookie features a fun holiday theme like a pumpkin, ghost or monster for kids to color in. The sweetest part (besides the cookies) is that no baking is needed! Available on Amazon

3. Trick-or-Treasure Hunt

Who doesn’t love a treasure or scavenger hunt particularly one with clues and treats? Create clues and hide them around your house and yard along with some Halloween candy. This free, downloadable Halloween Scavenger Hunt Sheet (complete with clues) from Play, Party, Plan will help you get started. For younger children, draw pictures instead of numbers for the clues.

4. Play (DIY–Do It Yourself) Halloween-themed Games

Here’s a fun easy-to-do Halloween game that takes very little effort. Purchase two witch’s hats. Cut out rings from paper plates. Before you can say boo, you have a ring toss game that everyone can enjoy.

5.  Arrange a Spooky Family Movie Night

Gather the entire crew together for family-friendly movie favorites like “Hocus Pocus” or “Halloweentown,” and after the kids are asleep, move on to more adult fare like the hauntingly popular “Halloween” and “The Shining” (Here’s Johnny!) Grab a big blanket, snuggle down and pass the caramel popcorn, please.

From our Cancer Be Glammed Family to yours, Happy Halloween. ENJOY!