Halloween in New Zealand

Halloween is celebrated in New Zealand, but on a much smaller scale than the States. Our church had a Trunk-Or-Treat activity with sausages, cotton candy, a bounce house, and a few trunks of cars handing out lollies (candy). It was a small shindig but still so fun to do something we would be doing in the States for this holiday. Our costumes were low key too: Elsa, pet doctor, hunter, soccer player, scarecrow, and mountain biker.

It is very different not to have the crisp autumn air, colorful fall leaves, pumpkins galore, yummy pumpkin spiced treats, and fun Halloween decorations in homes. But, we tried to make it feel as Halloween-ish as we could. I put spiders up in our home for decorations, I had stocked up on a few small pumpkins when they were in season here so we baked a few yummy pumpkin treats, we started a "You've Been Boo'd" chain, and we made caramel apples. Very few homes participate in handing out candy, but the kids didn't give up and kept knocking on doors until they had a small bag of candy. It was a low key Halloween but we still enjoyed making memories and having fun.