Halloween Special: Have a Spooktastic Stay at Silver Bay this Halloween 2015
Halloween and the October half term are both fast approaching, and we think this is one of the best seasons to spend some quality time with all the family in your luxury holiday home on Anglesey.
Here at Silver Bay Holiday Village, we’re ready for the spooky and mischievous Halloween season, and we’ve come up with a few ideas to make Halloween 2015 unforgettable for you and your family.
Take your Halloween celebrations above and beyond this year and check out our recommendations for a spooktastic stay at Silver Bay.
Dress Up
One of the best parts of Halloween is scaring each other – and nothing brings a family closer together than dressing up as spooky ghouls!
You can bring your own outfits with you, or if you’re looking for inspiration we’re offering a ‘Get Glam’ (or should we call it ‘Grim’!) session on the 31st of October at 6pm. This will include Halloween dress-up and ghoulish face paints to transform your little angels into little terrors for the infamous Silver Bay Halloween disco!
Carve Pumpkins
Pumpkins were originally carved on All Hallows Eve in order to keep sinister spirits away, and it’s still a tradition practiced worldwide today. So why not get all the family involved in this creative and fun Halloween pastime?
Children love planning frightful pumpkin designs and this is a great family activity in itself! You might even want to grab the popcorn and beanbags and watch some spooky family horror films for inspiration. Once the design decisions have been made, your little Frankenstein can carve their monster creation under your guidance.
If you’re worried about the first aid kit coming out, permanent markers work just as well to draw the design directly onto the pumpkin.
Once ready, be sure to place them outside your holiday lodge complete with some atmospheric lighting to finish. Your pumpkin will light up the neighbourhood, and you might just spark a bit of pumpkin designing competition amongst the Silver Bay community!
Be sure to bring your family creation along to Silver Bay’s annual Pumpkin Carving Competition in the Hay House Bistro and let it go to the vote!
Party!
We’re hosting our annual Silver Bay Halloween party this year, and there’ll be even more face painting, fun and games than ever before!
Our Hay House Bistro will be serving a tasty, hot buffet at 7pm for everyone to enjoy, and then at 8pm we will have the moment that everyone has been waiting for – the judging of the pumpkin carving competition!
If you have a scary pumpkin, be sure to bring it along. We’re going to display them along the bar so that everyone can see the hard work and talent our Silver Bayer’s have put in!
The party lasts from 6:30pm until midnight, so be sure to book and call reception on 01407 860 111 to reserve a space for your family.
Spooky Picnic
Silver Bay’s private beach is stunning, we’re sure you’ll agree, but it doesn’t just have to be appreciated in the hot, summer months.
It’s also the perfect place to visit during the autumn season too, and you can really set the scary scene by bringing some of your Halloween decorations with you and having a spooky Halloween picnic!
Take it to the next level by indulging in some scary foods such as ghost bananas or pumpkin oranges, and then bring a torch and tell some exciting ghost stories! It really will be a Halloween to remember on the shores of Silver Bay beach.
Halloween Baking
When you’re back in your luxury lodge, why not do a little bit of baking? One of our favourite ideas that’s simple to do is Halloween eyeball cake pops – and they look especially effective if you put them on forks instead of lollipop sticks!
If you want to create something that doesn’t require baking, then rice crispy cakes covered in spooky Halloween gummies are also a great idea, and you can also create little Oreo Halloween spiders with nothing more than some biscuits and strawberry laces.
Let your little ones show of their hard work to your luxury lodge neighbours. Everyone’s sure to enjoy the tasty treats you cook up in your kitchen, so put your chef hats and aprons on and get creating.
Create spooky decorations
Halloween is the perfect season to really encourage everyone to flex their creative fingers, and what better way to do this than by making some spooky decorations?
Whether you decide to colour in ghosts and ghouls, or perhaps fancy making some paper chains covered in orange and black glitter, there’s a range of things you can do to get everyone excited for All Hallow’s Eve and make sure your lodge look the part for this spooky evening, too.
Halloween Treasure Hunt
This season is all about munching on tasty treats – so why not make the kids work for it and hide them around your lodge/house or outdoors?
You can leave clues or just set them out searching, it’s entirely up to you. They’ll have a great time, and it might provide a bit of peace and quiet for a while if you’re after some down time too.
Paper Mache Halloween Pinatas
You can always head out and purchase a pinata for some Halloween excitement, but if you want to get everyone involved then creating your own paper mache pinatas can make for a very fun Halloween activity indeed.
Once they’re dry, everyone can get stuck in and paint them with their favourite spooky patterns.
The children are sure to love a range of sweets raining down on them from above, so go all out this Halloween and create some pinatas to remember!
Halloween at Silver Bay
We’re always excited by Halloween, and this year more than ever we’re ready for a fantastic time!
Why not make this Halloween the best one you’ve had yet and have some spooktacular fun at Silver Bay?
Call us on 01407 860 111 to find out more about our brilliant holiday homes by the sea.