8 Ways to Be the Awesomest House This Halloween

Halloween is right around the corner and it's one of the few holidays where complete strangers visit your home and it's totally ok. But we don't want you to be the lame house on the block this Halloween. We want you to be the home the kids talk about for years to come. So here's our list of useful tips on how to be the awesome home in your neighborhood this Halloween.

David Marine

October 17, 2013

Halloween is right around the corner and it’s one of the few holidays where complete strangers visit your home and it’s totally ok.

But we don’t want you to be the lame house on the block this Halloween. We want you to be the home the kids talk about for years to come. So here’s our list of useful tips on how to be the awesome home in your neighborhood this Halloween.

1. Don’t say “What are you supposed to be?” when you know darn well that the kid in front of you is a ghost, a pirate or whatever.

2. Give candy. Not pretzels.

3. Have a front yard that looks like this…

4. Carve a Death Star jack-o-lantern.

5. Answer the door as Rick from The Walking Dead and ask trick or treaters the “3 Questions”

6. Give out app store gift cards.

7. Have this on your front door.

8. Be home.

Header image courtesy of Flickr user Saucy Salad

death star ghost halloween jack o lantern rick grimes yard

David Marine

Husband. Father. Socializer. Mets Lifer. TV Aficionado. Consumer Engager. David Marine is the Chief Marketing Officer at Coldwell Banker, where he oversees the brand’s marketing efforts and content strategy including acting as managing editor for the Coldwell Banker blog and heading up video production efforts. While CMO by day, David runs a three ring circus at night as he is the father of 4 boys. He also happens to be married to Wonder Woman. True story.

4 comments

Heather and Steve Ostrom says:

October 17, 2013 at 5:13 pm

So darn funny David – I love the Rick Grimes gif (hilarious) – “Answer these THREE QUESTIONS, or yaaaa can’t come back to the prison!” And no joke, knock it off with pretzels.

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1. David Marine says:
  
  October 17, 2013 at 9:22 pm
  
  Thanks Heather! I would love to see someone actually do that this Halloween!
  
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October 17, 2013 at 5:21 pm

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Laura Stump Domen says:

October 18, 2013 at 9:50 am

My uncle didn’t “do” Halloween; he was home but did not want to be bothered. I find it very rude. One thing if you aren’t home but if you just don’t want bothered….just rude!

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