In a long distance relationship and apart for Halloween? Just because you are apart on Halloween doesn’t mean you can’t have a fun date night! Get your webcam, phone, and use the tips below to inspire your own Halloween-themed date night! It doesn’t have to be Halloween to have a Halloween-themed date night – most of these ideas are fun any time of the year!
1. The food. It’s not a date without food! You can find a recipe that you both can easily make together over your webcam or Facetime. Think fall-themed flavored recipes such as pumpkin, squash, or sweet potato. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a meal – you could make candy apples or orange-dyed Rice Krispie treats! For a beverage have apple cider (or hard apple cider!) or pumpkin spice lattes would fit the theme nicely too! Of course Halloween wouldn’t be Halloween without candy so indulge in your childhood favorite Halloween treats – your boyfriend/girlfriend could try your faves and vice versa.
2. Read scary stories. Find a spot to cuddle (in the dark of course) and read scary stories to each other over the phone. There are many websites online that have scary ghost stories. Check out these these spooky stories.. Also check out these ghost sightings stories with pictures!!
3. Watch a horror movie. To really get in the spirit, stream a horror movie and watch it together simultaneously. If that is too scary for one or both of you, watch Halloween classics like Hocus Pocus, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Here’s a playlist of Halloween cartoons on Youtube..
4. Virtual Haunted House / Horror Experiences. Frank and I did this together one year while we were long distance. We “toured” virtual haunted houses online together. Many of the ones we “visited” are no longer online, but here’s one that is similar (you will have to click through the game at the same time or use a screen-sharing app such as ScreenLeap):
What didn’t exist yet when Frank and I were long distance, were 360° virtual reality videos. There are tons of spooky virtual reality videos on Youtube. Here are some that we found (be sure to click play at the same time, and don’t forget to turn out the lights!):
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5. Play a game together. Here’s an online game that is well suited for Halloween and is based on the Salem witch trials. Thank you Paige for this online game idea! She says, “An online game my boyfriend and I play together all the time is Town of Salem. There is a learning curve to it and you play with the public so that’s something to consider. It’s all strategy and persuasion. Just make sure you know their username and add them as a friend then create a party and invite them and you’ll enter a round together.”
6. Online Ouija Board. Use a screen-sharing app like ScreenLeap and use an online Ouija Board to conjure spirits (well, not really… right?). We like this online virtual Quija Board.
7. Walk through a corn maze together. The Edmonton Corn Maze (located in Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada) is on street view! Can you solve the maze together? For bonus points, find the bridge in the middle of the maze.
8. Carve pumpkins together! A whole Skype date night can be made out of carving pumpkins together! Put on a fun Halloween movie and carve your pumpkins (there are some awesome free pumpkin carving templates here). Make it extra fun by keeping your jack-o-lantern creations hidden from the webcam’s view until you are both finished.
If you’re not able to carve real pumpkins together, you can carve virtual pumpkins here.
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