30/10/2026
🎃 Halloween tomorrow? Let’s make it spooky, fun… and inclusive. 👻💜
Halloween can be brilliant fun, but costumes, flashing decorations, unfamiliar faces, loud noises and changes to routine can also make it a lot to take in, particularly for some children affected by acquired brain injury.
The good news? Halloween doesn’t have to mean trick-or-treating or a big party. There are plenty of ways to join in your own way. ✨
🎨 Get crafty: decorate pumpkins, make paper ghosts, create a spooky mask or design your own monster.
👻 Bring the games home: try Halloween bingo, a spooky scavenger hunt, pumpkin bowling or a simple treasure hunt around the house.
🍬 Adapt trick-or-treating: choose a short, familiar route, head out before it gets too dark or busy, and build in breaks. There’s no rule saying you have to visit every house!
🧙 Make costumes comfortable: dressing up doesn’t have to mean a full costume. A favourite T-shirt, hat, cape or even Halloween pyjamas absolutely counts.
💜 Think inclusion: some children may communicate differently, need longer to respond, find knocking on doors difficult or simply prefer to watch rather than join in. That’s okay.
🕯️ Create a calm option: a cosy Halloween film, colouring, crafting or pumpkin decorating can be just as much part of the fun.
However your family chooses to celebrate tomorrow, there’s no right way to do Halloween. Less pressure. More understanding. Plenty of fun. 🎃💜
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Hi, we’re the Child Brain Injury Trust. We’re here to guide, support, and empower children with acquired brain injuries and their families. With compassion, integrity, and innovation, we help families navigate the challenges of acquired brain injury so that every child can thrive and every family feels supported. 🌐 childbraininjurytrust.org.uk
