Trick-or-treating and traditional house parties may be banned this year but there are still plenty of Halloween activities taking place right now that can be enjoyed by the whole family.
1. Taste Cafe at Homestead Woodland Garden, just past Wendron on the Helston to Redruth road, has set up a free Halloween trail for brave pumpkin hunters.
Families can collect a worksheet from the cafe and 'if' you manage to make it out the woods intact children will be receive a small treat.
The cafe is also running a themed lunchtime special of campfire stew.
People can take away food or hot drinks to venture into the woods with.
2. Falmouth Community Fire Station is currently hosting a 'spooktastic' car wash until 3pm, raising money for both The Fire Fighters Charity and the mental health charity Georgia’s Voice.
The crew will be dressing up and visitors are encouraged to also.
In light of Covid-19 restrictions, visitors to the car wash are asked to remain in their cars and donate online, rather than bringing cash on the day.
Simply show the screenshot of your donation through your car window on the day. The links to donate are: Georgia’s Voice via gf.me/u/y4t733, and Firefighters Charity via www.justgiving.com/fundraising/falmouthfirecarwash
Staff will also be giving out colouring sheets for a Halloween drawing competition, or alternatively message the Falmouth Community Fire Station Facebook page to get a copy sent to your home.
Photos of the drawings should then be posted to the fire station Facebook page, with the favourite two entries chosen on Saturday, November 7 to win prizes.
3. Later on today, Nigel and Kay Kitto will be hosting a free Halloween trail through their garden in Falmouth between 5.30pm and 8pm.
This is taking place at 77 Dracaena Avenue and there will be a bag of treats for children to collect at the end.
4. Pendennis Castle is offering a ghoulishly good day out on both Saturday and Sunday, in which families can follow a trail to solve creepy clues and gather round to listen to spooky stories.
There’s also a frighteningly fun fancy dress competition each day – just go in your scariest outfits to be in with a chance of winning.
Timetable: Spooky Stories - 11am, 1pm and 3pm, Fancy Dress Competition - 12 noon and 3.30pm.
Download and print a Spooky Trail Sheet in advance from www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/pendennis-castle-spooky or pick up a printed copy at the castle.
5. For an alternative to Halloween, try the Family Light Trail being run by the New Street Church and Falmouth and Penryn Churches Together.
This is a trail around several of the churches in Falmouth, which are hosting activities and games, with plenty of sweets.
The trail will start and finish at All Saints Church, Killigrew Street. People are encouraged to walk the trail but can drive if preferred.
In order to keep within government guidelines families are asked to come in bubbles of no more than six and within a ten-minute to 'sign in' slot.
Book tickets at newstreetchurch.org/community/family-light-trail with only a limited number still available.
Cornwall Council’s Public Health team is urging people to stay safe and remember how easily coronavirus can pass from one person to the next.
Rachel Wigglesworth, director of public health for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, said: “People might well ask why they shouldn’t go trick-or-treating if they stick to social distancing rules but we have to remember how Covid-19 loves to linger on surfaces – including sticky fingers.
"All those hands dipping into dozens of sweets jars across multiple streets would present the perfect chance for the virus to be passed on.
“Similarly, many people may be planning a house party, but this could also present the virus with an easy opportunity to infect multiple households, even if the ‘rule of six’ is followed."
The council has come up with a list of activities you can do without having to venture out:
• Create a haunted house or scavenger hunt in your home or garden for members of your household instead of going house-to-house.
• Have a scary movie night or Halloween-themed activities, such as pumpkin carving and face painting, at home.
• Hold an online party, horror quiz or fancy-dress contest.
• Hold an apple-bobbing contest in your back garden for your household.
• Go on a spooky walk around your neighbourhood by torchlight, remembering social distancing and the rule of six.
• Try cooking up spooky treats in the kitchen such as mummy sausages, chocolate witches' hats and spooky fingers. See the full recipes at www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/44927666/autumn-half-term-activities.pdf
• See who can create the scariest window in your street and arrange a prize for the winners.
• Write your own horror stories and read them out loud in your spookiest voice. Turn off the lights and use a torch to set the scene!
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