Where To Trick Or Treat In Sydney This Halloween 2020

Although not typically celebrated in Australia as spectacularly as other places around the world, Halloween has fast become a popular annual event for kids and families. Who doesn't love an excuse to dress up and eat junk food?

If you’re hoping to get in the spirit this year, be warned: your favourite neighbourhood might look more like a ghost town. The scary pandemic has cast a spell on 2020 making this Halloween the most frightening ever! In the interests of keeping communities safe from the wicked wrath, hygiene guidelines and social distancing restrictions have forced our list of top Sydney streets to evaporate into the ether.

But don't despair! All you need to keep the ghoulish tradition alive is a little hocus pocus. Things might look a bit different this year but Halloween can still be fun at home, with friends and at some spooky Sydney events.

We've conjuered up some creative ideas to carve out more treats and no tricks this Halloween. Witch one will you choose?

Trick Or Treating At Home

You can still decorate the house, put on a spooky costume and rally the zombies for a fun fright fest at home. Let's get real - all kids really want are the lollies, so get a sweet stash for your little ones and enjoy a boo-tiful night in.

You could try carving a jack-o-lantern - we hear watermelons are cheaper and easier than pumpkins - creating frightfully delicious treats in the kitchen, getting crafty with these DIY Halloween Bath Bombs or watching a scary movie!

If you want to share the Halloween love you can have up to 20 of your nearest and dearest over for a mini Halloween party. Create a Halloween pinata and do the Monster Mash and Time Warp!

Got good neighbours? You could host a costume street parade in your street and a trick or treat treasure hunt.

Find out how to create your own Ghost Graveyard Room and more top tips for a spook-takular socially-distanced Halloween.

Halloween On The Town

If you do decide to brave the streets, remember to stay outside in open spaces, avoid congregating around doorsteps and maintain a safe gap from other revellers. Go out in small groups and have a parent around to help enforce the precautions. Wear a (Halloween) face mask, only accept individually wrapped treats and use hand sanitizer between visits.

There are also a stack of COVID-Safe Trick Or Treat events happening in Sydney:

Join Lunabelle and the crew at Luna Park for Spooksville this Halloween and venture through the trick or treat houses!

Mingle with resident bats and trick or treat your way through a treasure hunt into the depths of the swamp at Centennial Park's Little Park of Horrors.

Grab a bag and holler 'trick or treat' for some sweet surprises at EQ Halloween Family Fest.

Unlock clues on the Augmented Reality Trick or Treat Hunt at Broadway Sydney shopping centre to get a trick or treat goodie bag at the final destination.

For the ultimate treat, head into a Krispy Kreme on 31st October in your Halloween costume to receive a free Original Glazed® doughnut! Grab some of their limited-edition Halloween-themed doughnuts while you're there.

NSW Health supports everyone who wants to get involved in COVID-safe Halloween celebrations and has released a handy video full of COVID-safe Halloween advice:

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