Spending Halloween with seniors can be fun and memorable. Just follow these tips.

Halloween isn’t just for kids. Halloween for seniors can be so much fun.

In fact, this is the perfect season to create more memories together and have an enjoyable time with your senior parents. You can even make this holiday as the perfect reason to call in all your family members and relatives and have spooky good times.

How to Celebrate Halloween with Seniors

1. Decorate together. Set the mood for the Halloween season by decorating your house with spooky themes, whether they’re store-bought or, better yet, do-it-yourself. You and your senior parent or loved one will have a memorable time transforming your home for this holiday.

2. Dress up! If your elderly loved one can still move around and is independent, this can be a fun moment. Otherwise, you may opt to make them don a mask to get into the Halloween spirit. After all, the Halloween is a great time for kids and kids at heart.

3. Make some treats. Prepare Halloween themed treats such as baked goods. This is an opportunity to bond with your elderly loved one as well as to get them engaged. You may also add in some senior-friendly snacks for them to be part of the trick-or-treating, even just in your own home.

4. Have a DIY Halloween themed arts and crafts party. This is a great time to create a scrapbook or other arts and crafts. You may even go over some photos and reminisce with your senior loved one.

5. Have a movie night. Find a flick that everyone in all ages can enjoy. There are Halloween movies that are appropriate for the whole family, including seniors.

Celebrating Halloween with seniors doesn’t have to be stressful. With the right care and the right attitude, you can pull it off to make it the most memorable for the whole family.