🎃👻 Halloween Week Tips for Tumwater Neighbors! 👻🎃

Hey neighbors! As we get ready for the big night of trick-or-treating, parties, and pumpkin carving, here are a few quick ideas and reminders to make this week spooktacular and safe:

🕯️ Trick-or-Treat Safety Tips

• Bring flashlights or glow sticks so little ghosts and goblins are easy to spot.

• Stick to well-lit areas and remind kiddos to look both ways before crossing the street.

• Drivers — slow down and stay alert! Excited trick-or-treaters might dart out unexpectedly.

• Check candy before eating, and toss anything that’s open or unwrapped.

🍗 Last-Minute Party Appetizer:Ghost Buffalo Chicken Dip! Quick, creamy, and delicious — just make your favorite buffalo chicken dip, spread it in a shallow dish, and use a drizzle of ranch dressing to draw little ghost shapes on top. Add olive “eyes” for extra spook!

🎭 Easy Last-Minute Costume Idea:Inside Out Characters! Grab a solid-color T-shirt and go as one of the emotions: 💛 Joy – Yellow 💙 Sadness – Blue ❤️ Anger – Red 💚 Disgust – Green 💜 Fear – Purple Use a marker or iron-on letters to label your emotion — it’s a fun, quick group costume idea!

🍹 Halloween Party Drink Idea:Witch’s Brew Punch Mix lime sherbet, lemon-lime soda, and pineapple juice for a fizzy, foamy, green “brew.” Add a few plastic spiders or gummy worms for an extra creepy touch (optional but fun!).

🎃 Pumpkin Carving Time! Now’s the perfect time to carve those pumpkins — not too early, so they don’t mold before Halloween night.

🧂 Preservation Tip: After carving, mix 1 tablespoon of bleach with a quart of water and lightly spray the inside and edges of your pumpkin. Let it dry, then rub a little petroleum jelly on the cut surfaces — it’ll help keep it from drying out or molding too fast.

Have a safe, fun, candy-filled Halloween, Tumwater! 🍬🕷️

If you’re carving or dressing up, share your pics in the comments — we’d love to see your creativity! 👇🎃

Mel & Zack Durham

360.481.2073

melandzack@pnwhomesgroup.com

melandzackdurham.com