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Halloween and Pinterest go together like tricks and treats. No matter what you’re planning for Halloween season, you’re bound to have more fun when you get ideas from Pinterest.
Use Pinterest to make this Halloween extraordinary with ideas for costumes,decorating, food, parties and more. With over 176 million Halloween pins and 45 million Halloween boards, Pinterest has something for everyone.
Costumes
Get ideas for unique costumes on Pinterest.
Turn your child into an adorable doll who can relax in the stroller while you go trick or treating:
from Rookie Moms
Create an easy DIY costume:
from Her Campus
Makeup Ideas
Use makeup to create or enhance your Halloween costume:
from Beautylish
Become a character from your favorite TV show:
From Geek X Girls
Pumpkin Carving
Yes, you can carve a traditional jack o’lantern but you can also get creative with these clever ideas on Pinterest:
From Princess Pinky Girl
From Bead & Board
Halloween Treats
Feast on this frightfully fun food from Pinterest:
From Mom.me
Creating Really Awesome Free Things
Halloween Decorating Ideas
Dress up your home for Halloween with these clever ideas:
From Hub Pages
from Listotic
Halloween Wedding
That’s right, if you want to plan a Halloween wedding, you can get ideas on Pinterest. You’re probably in a hurry, so I’ll forgive you if you quit reading this article right now and head over to Pinterest to find pins such as this one:
From Wedding Shoppe, Inc.
From Paperblog
Top Halloween Pinterest Boards
If you want general Halloween Pinspiration, check out these top Halloween boards:
Halloween One Spot, a group board with nearly 20,000 pins
Easy Halloween DIY Ideas from HGTV
Cute Halloween Treats from Better Homes & Gardens
Other Halloween boards worth checking out:
Top 10 Halloween Party Themes from buycostumes.com
Halloween by Chris Norman
Halloween Costume Ideas from Buzzfeed
Halloween by Mary Brazier
Halloween by Encontrando Ideias
☞ Also see, Have a Spook-tacular Halloween with Pinterest!
Guided Search
Sorting through all of those pins may take you more time than sorting through your Halloween candy to find your favorite treats unless you use Guided Search. Halloween Pinterest boards have always been a fertile source of inspiration, but now with Guided Search you can hone in on the topics you want to find the best pins for you.
Use Guided Search to find the Halloween pins for your topic. Type “Halloween” in the search bar at the top of the screen and Guided Search will lead you on a path to discovering what you’re trying to find.
Choose from:
- Decorations
- Party
- Food
- Crafts
- DIY
- Ideas
- Treats
- Drinks
- Games
and more.
☞ See, Pinterest Guided Search – A New Path to Pinspiration! for more information on using Pinterest Guided Search.
Your Thoughts
Are you celebrating Halloween this year? Have you started planning your costume? Have you found any helpful Halloween boards or pins on Pinterest? Let us know in the Comments section below!
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iPledge Challenge – Women Against Abuse
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and you can help spread the word by taking the iPledge Challenge, started by the non-profit group, Women Against Abuse. From the organization:
“Women Against Abuse’s iPledge Challenge encourages community members to post a “selfie” to Facebook and/or Twitter with their motivation for taking Women Against Abuse’s pledge against violence, using the hashtag #iPledgeBecause, and then to challenge their friends and family to follow suit. The iPledge Challenge has garnered hundreds of pledges since it began in September, and has served as a powerful local rally cry for the national conversation around domestic violence.”
The Challenge will kick off in Philadelphia with a press conference sponsored by Verizon and Health Partners Plans on October 3 at noon at LOVE Park with the 7th Annual iPledge Press Conference. NBC10 Meteorologist Bill Henley will emcee the event, and keynote speaker Deputy Mayor Everett Gillison will take the iPledge Challenge.
The Liberian Women’s Chorus for Change will perform songs to inspire dialogue around violence against women. The event will conclude with a community pledge against domestic violence, led by Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes.
You can find out more about the iPledge campaign at the Women Against Abuse website.
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*Halloween Pumpkins photo courtesy of Justin via Flickr and Creative Commons
Hi Carolyn,
Although we don’t celebrate Halloween our end the way it’s celebrated in the US and other places, we do crate a little hype about it on our blog. 🙂
How could we not, especially when we are on Pinterest! You are right – there are SO many boards and a few pending invitations to boards, mainly the DIY and costumes ones that I still need time over the weekend to go through them all.
You selected some nice ones that I’d be checking out and some seem like good ideas for the costumes most kids, teens, and young adults are on the look out for. Surely needs to be shared and pinned.
Yes, October is Domestic Violence month and time to create awareness about it too, good reminder, though I do write a post on it, just as I did last year. Would be checking out the site link you mentioned in a while too.
Thanks for sharing. Have a nice week ahead 🙂
Hi Harleena, Yes, Halloween is mostly a children’s holiday here in the US but plenty of adults will celebrate too. Our neighborhood has an adult Halloween party every year and we all dress up in costumes!
Halloween is one holiday that’s just about fun so it’s a wonderful tradition that can bring communities together.
Yes, i remember your wonderful and important article last year, Harleena. I used to volunteer in a battered women’s shelter so this cause is very near and dear to my heart.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for sharing this article, Harleena!
Hi Carolyn,
Great images and ideas. I haven’t thought much about Halloween. I’ll try to take some Halloween pictures! I did some spooky pictures last year. I photographed Acoustic Alliance this week, so I’ll be interested to see what you make of those pictures. I’m hoping to get them in the local newspaper. I’m an official newspaper blogger now! 🙂
Hi Mike, Yes, your photographs do such a great job of conveying a mood that I bet you take excellent photos for Halloween!
Congratulations on being a newspaper blogger, Mike. I wish you much continued success!
Hi Carolyn,
Hmmm.. Halloween… I have read all about it… Saw few movies too… I find it very interesting as you need to look scary so that people will award you with a gift… 🙂
Sounds like awesome fun…
You haven’t uploaded your Halloween Look Carolyn… 🙂 🙂 🙂
Regards…
Hi Karmakar, Yes, dressing up in a costume is a lot of fun, and it’s even more fun when your efforts are rewarded with treats! The costumes don’t need to be scary, though plenty are.
I have ordered my costume and hope to get it soon. My costume is very scary for those who fear dragons… 😉
Hi Carolyn
I’d not thought of Pinterest to look for Halloween inspiration but it makes sense!
We don’t celebrate it in any big way but usually have a spooky party for the kids. They’re looking forward to it as well as the fireworks on Bonfire night.
Hi Tim, Yes, Pinterest is a great place to get inspiration for Halloween. You can get easy recipe and decoration ideas for your spooky party for the kids.
You can also get inspiration at Pinterest for Guy Fawkes Day. Check this out: Guy Fawkes Pinterest Guided Search results.
Hey Carolyn,
This is really a cool collection of images with descriptions. I was not that much active on pinterest but I was using another website called we ♥ it.
It is also a good source to get a creative ideas.
Just love the way you explained it
Regards
Akshay
Hi Akshay, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed this article. I haven’t checked out we ♥ it yet, thanks for letting us know about it!
Carolyn! Thank you sooo much for these inspirations! I’ll give it a try this year! Totally fell in love with the oranges, the cookie monster pumkin and the candle decoration! Thanks!
Happy Halloween!! 🙂
Hi Mary, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! Since you love Halloween, you’re going to love getting great creative ideas for this season on Pinterest. Enjoy!
Hi Carolyn,
Pinterest is awesome for ideas! I use it a lot for recipes, but also when I had my daughter’s wedding shower I actually created the whole thing from ideas I got from Pinterest.
But holidays are when we look for ideas the most and Pinterest is my first go to spot. For some reason I’m really looking forward to this Halloween. Probably because I have a grand daughter now and I can’t wait to share it with her 🙂 Of course Pinterest is at the top of my list for ideas.
Thanks for the insight Carolyn and have an awesome rest of the week.
Blessings,
Liz
Hi Liz,
That’s a great idea to use Pinterest to plan a shower. I’m using it now to plan my twins’ Sweet 16 party. I wasn’t sure what theme to use so I did a Guided Search and came up with a glow in the dark theme, which my twins loved! Now I just wish Pinterest could help me find a date for the party that works for everyone…
Halloween is a lot of fun on Pinterest, perhaps because it’s so visual. My Pinterest Halloween post from last year we pinned throughout the year, so I guess everyone loves Halloween no matter what the season!