Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Hawai‘i for October 21–27, 2021
Volunteer in a garden and swim near a waterfall, watch Cinderella build a rocket in a live-streaming musical, putt around a haunted trail and order some spooky sweet treats.
Halloween
Halloween Events for Families in Hawaiʻi in 2021
We found more than 30 places and events to help you celebrate the spookiest season of the year on O‘ahu.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Hawai‘i for October 14–20, 2021
Pick a 40-pound pumpkin at one of two new patches, watch Estella turn into Cruella, go bowling for a bargain price and reserve your space (quickly!) for a popular trunk-or-treat event.
Halloween Crafts for Honolulu Families: Cheesecloth Ghosts
Drape, spray and dry your way to these standout spooky ghosts.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Hawai‘i for October 7–October 13, 2021
Watch animated films from around the world, dig into a skull waffle, sing and dance on a farm and buy cheap books for a discount.
Make It: Three Halloween Decorations Using Toilet Paper Tubes
Bats, Mummies, Frankensteins? Oh my!
Keiki Snack: Witch’s Brooms and 5 Other Halloween Snack Ideas
Looking for more healthy Halloween treats? Try cheese witches brooms and 5 other neat ideas to dress up everything from your pizza to fruit cups.
Halloween Events in Hawai‘i for Families—2020
Updated Oct. 28 As we all try to find ways to incorporate face masks into our costumes (easier with superheroes, more difficult with any character with a full head cover) there is good news. There will still be Halloween events…
Halloween Family Classroom Treats: 5 Trick-or-Treats You Can Whip Up in Minutes
Easy Halloween treat hacks for playful snacks and lunches for the whole boo crew.
Recipe: Frankenstein Pudding Cups
Photo: Odeelo Dayondon We saw images of green Frankenstein desserts on Pinterest and decided to try our own. Most recipes are indulgent, in fact, each pudding cup has the equivalent of three crushed Oreos on top! In an effort to…
Recipe: Hot Dog Mummies
Photo: David Croxford Here’s an easy treat to whip up for your little ghoul's lunch or your Halloween family party. Ingredients One tube of biscuit dough, such as Pillsbury Crescent Rolls 4 hot dogs Ketchup, mustard, relish (optional) Directions 1. Place…
Make this Halloween spook-tacular with Foodland's Maikai recipes
Sponsored Looking for fun recipes to celebrate Halloween with your keiki? Thanks to Foodland's Maikai products, coming up with ideas for festive treats is quick, easy and sure to satisfy any sweet craving. Maikai is Foodland's brand that features products inspired by…
Recipe: Strawberry Ghosts
Photo: Odeelo Dayondon Ingredients Strawberries White melting chocolate (We liked Ghirardelli white melting wafers found at Safeway) Mini chocolate chips Wax paper Directions Melt the chocolate according to manufacturers’ directions. Hold on to the green top and dip a strawberry in…
Keiki Treat: Candy Corn Gelatin
Photo: David Croxford I still love candy corn. It may be pure sugar, but the tiny treats give me a taste of my childhood. I always snap the white top off, then eat the rest layer by chewy layer. In case you were wondering,…
13 Honolulu Shops Where You Can Get Scary Good, Locally Made Halloween Sweets
This month keiki will scream for Cookie Monster ice cream, ghost poo marshmallows, pumpkin crunch pancakes and many other decadent delights conjured up by popular bakeries, creameries and candy makers. And, since this Halloween is a little different, these goodies made…
7 Local DIY Kits and Activities for Halloween Fun at Home
With pumpkin patches closed and costume contests moving online this year, most of our fall festivities will be celebrated at home. So, once again, the pressure is on us parents to make this holiday frightfully fun for our keiki. But…
Halloween Crafts for Honolulu Families: Make a Muslin Mummy
Strike a spooky pose with a mummy you can wrap up in just four steps.
Make It: Ghost Necklace
Photo: Michele Aucello Here's an easy craft you can do with your child. Make an extra one for a for a spooky bestie necklace. Materials White glue Wax paper Permanent marker String Scissors Small beads (optional) Photo: Michele Aucello Directions…
13 Costume Tips from the Crazy Halloween Lady
Photo: Ashley de Coligny Halloween is my JAM. What started as a minor obsession is now veering dangerously into Crazy Halloween Hoarder Lady territory and–spoiler alert–I. DON'T. CARE. I love it all: the candy, the parties, the décor, the haunted…
HONOLULU Family 2019 Halloween Costume Contest Winners
Thanks for sharing all your adorable photos of costumed keiki. Four winners—two individual keiki and two families—won family four-packs of tickets to Wet 'n' Wild Hawai‘i (and inspired all the moms and dads here at the magazine!). Congratulations to everyone! …
Recipe: Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies
Images of “spider” cookies have been floating around Pinterest so we decided to give them a try. They were tricker than we thought and might be frustrating for kids to finish, but they sure will enjoy gobbling them up! They…
7 Tips on Managing Your Child’s Food Allergies During Halloween
Photo: Getty Images With food allergies becoming more common—about 5.9 million (or 1 in 3) kids in the U.S. have a food or digestive allergy—making the most of your children’s trick-or-treating can be a daunting task. The most common food…
Make It: Backyard Bat Mobile
Photo: Odeelo Dayondon Looking for a different kind of Halloween decoration? We spied this idea on marthastewart.com and found it was very easy and had many steps the kids could do themselves. Materials Long branch Black spray paint (optional) Needle…
Halloween Crafts for Families: Skeleton Hands
Hide these simple-to-make hands around the house for a scary surprise.
