Halloween is all about tricks or treats. Treat yourself by pulling off some scares on your friends and family. If you do it right and keep it fun, it can turn into a great memory.
Dress Up as a Werewolf
Step 1. Wear the following:
- A pair of quiet, yellow boots
- Calm, black/pink skinny pants
- A solid black/dark blue hoodie
Step 2. Once you've gathered all the necessary clothing items for your costume, find a good werewolf mask.
Once you've gathered all the necessary clothing items for your costume, find a good werewolf mask. If possible, apply some glow-in-the-dark paint on the teeth for a more terrifying effect.
Step 3. Stealthily stalk your friends while they are trick-or-treating.
Stealthily stalk your friends while they are trick-or-treating. When you see them near some bushes or a dimly lit area, run and hide in the dark. Be careful not to get spotted!
- If you painted your teeth with glow-in-the-dark paint, charge it up using a small flashlight. Make sure to turn your back to the street so your friends don’t see you.
Step 4. Make rustling noises in the bushes.
Make rustling noises in the bushes. Step on a few twigs to make some noise. When your friends pass by, spring out of the bushes growling and baring your teeth. Land on all fours.
Step 5. With echoes of your friends' screams in your head, run off in the opposite direction towards home.
With echoes of your friends' screams in your head, run off in the opposite direction towards home. Weave and turn off the street to avoid being chased, but only do this if you know the area well.
Step 6. After you take off the costume, hand out some candy.
After you take off the costume, hand out some candy. This way, you’ll end the prank and act like nothing special happened.
Use Fake Blood
Step 1. Decorate your home nicely for Halloween.
Decorate your home nicely for Halloween. This way, the kids won’t suspect anything. Use smiling ghosts, cute little witches, cheerful/dancing skeletons, etc. Alternatively, you could make your home really scary, enough to frighten the kids. For a terrifying effect, use black lighting, fake bones, fake blood (you can use ketchup or artificial blood), etc.
Step 2. Place a bowl of candy on your porch, and remember that the candy must be good!
Place a bowl of candy on your porch, and remember that the candy must be good! The kids will love it and will want to stop by to grab some treats.
Step 3. Wear a scary mask (for example:
Wear a scary mask (like a monster mask, but not a famous monster) and a creepy costume. Note that white costumes work best since you will need a white outfit for the next step.
Step 4. Buy a bottle of fake blood and splatter it on your costume, making sure to leave white spots in the right places.
Buy a bottle of fake blood and splatter it on your costume, ensuring you leave white spots in the right places. If you chose a Jason mask, sprinkle a bit of fake blood on it too. Your costume should look like you just killed someone.
Step 5. Once you’re in costume and have secured your mask properly, hide somewhere where you can’t be seen, and make sure to choose a spot where you can easily escape without looking silly.
- If you have a peephole, you can easily hide behind a closed door. Just make sure you don’t hit anyone or anything when you swing it open.
- You can also hide behind bushes or blend into the shadows of decorations.
Step 6. Wait for the kids to come to your house.
Wait for the kids to come to your house. Get ready to jump out when they get closer. As soon as you see them reaching for the candy, you can jump out or wait until they finish grabbing the treats.
Step 7. After your sudden appearance, the kids should be scared!
After your sudden appearance, the kids should be scared! Accompany your jump with a terrifying scream for a better effect. When they take off running, chase them for a while or hide back if you’re sure no one can see you.
Plan a Sneaky Fright
Step 1. Have your friend invite you over for a sleepover or party.
Step 2. Before heading over to their house, wear the following:
Before heading over to their house, wear the following: Black clothes, a camouflage jacket,
- An orange ski mask. You can borrow a mask from a friend (but not the one you’re about to prank).
Step 3. Go to your friend’s house and stand in front of their window.
Go to your friend’s house and stand in front of their window. Look down at the ground and don’t make eye contact.
Step 4. Once your friend spots you, continue standing there for another 5-10 seconds until they realize it’s you.
Once your friend spots you, continue standing there for another 5-10 seconds until they realize it’s you. By the time you reveal yourself, your friend will be shocked.
Scare the Kids
Step 1. Wear the scariest mask you can find.
Wear the scariest mask you can find. You can also buy a mask that you’re sure will scare the kids.
Step 2. Hide somewhere near your house, like in the bushes or behind a door.
Hide somewhere near your house, like in the bushes or behind a door. Make sure you can quickly open it without hitting anyone in the head.
Step 3. Leave a bowl of candy outside in front of the door.
Leave a bowl of candy outside in front of the door. Next to it, place a note saying: “Take only one.”
- If you are hiding behind the door, make sure you don’t drop the bowl when you open the door.
Step 4. Presumably, some “smart” kid will take more than one candy, so jump out from your hiding place and scream “I SAID, ONLY ONE!”
Presumably, some “smart” kid will take more than one candy, so jump out from your hiding place and scream “I SAID, ONLY ONE!”
Step 5. Watch the kids run away screaming in terror.
Watch the kids run away screaming in terror. Don’t laugh until they are out of sight. Then return to your position and wait for the next “smart” kid to appear.
- Hershey's chocolate bars work great for this prank. You could also climb onto the roof and drip fake blood onto the second candy they take. However, this will be much harder to pull off, especially if you fall off the roof!
Pretend to Be a Scarecrow
Step 1. Stuff old clothes and a scary mask with newspapers, and place all of it on a garden chair in your yard a week before Halloween.
Stuff old clothes and a scary mask with newspapers, and place all of it on a garden chair in your yard a week before Halloween. This way, the neighborhood kids will think it’s just part of your festive decorations.
Step 2. On Halloween night, wear old clothes and the mask and sit on the garden chair.
On Halloween night, wear old clothes and the mask and sit on the garden chair. Pretend to be a decoration until the kids approach your front door for candy. Then jump up and scare them.
Jump Scare the Trick-or-Treaters
Step 1. Decorate your home for Halloween as you normally would.
Decorate your home for Halloween as you normally would. It’s recommended to make slightly fancier decorations than usual to enhance your prank. Scary decorations are not advised, especially if you don’t want the kids to be already frightened.
Step 2. Place a box at the beginning of the path leading to your front door.
Place a box at the beginning of the path leading to your front door. Cover it with a black blanket or sheet. Ensure that the door opens outward toward the path. Also, check that the box is hidden but easily accessible.
Step 3. On Halloween night, dress up as a crazy zombie or vampire.
On Halloween night, dress up as a crazy zombie or vampire. Paint your face or wear a mask and tattered clothes. Your costume should easily convince people with its realism.
Step 4. Before the costumed guests start arriving at your door, hide inside the box.
Before the costumed guests start arriving at your door, hide inside the box. Make sure you are completely concealed.
Step 5. When the guests arrive, act natural.
When the guests arrive, act natural. Don’t jump out at them as soon as they walk by, as this might spoil the prank.
Step 6. When the guests casually pass by your fancy house with their candy and are happily jumping over the box blocking half the way, jump out from the box.
When the guests casually pass by your fancy house with their candy and are happily jumping over the box blocking half the way, jump out from the box. Chase or crawl after them with a killer look, screaming or growling. They will be frightened by this unexpected event.
Dress Up as Jason
Step 1. Dress up as Jason and smear fake blood all over your costume (machete, mask, etc.).
Dress up as Jason and smear fake blood all over your costume (machete, mask, etc.).
Step 2. Grab a packet of fake blood or a bottle of ketchup and meet your friend on a shadowy sidewalk.
Grab a packet of fake blood or a bottle of ketchup and meet your friend on a shadowy sidewalk. Hand them the fake blood or ketchup.
Step 3. Explain the prank to your friend and wait for some kids to walk by.
Step 4. Pretend to kill your friend while they splash the fake blood or ketchup.
Pretend to kill your friend while they splash fake blood or ketchup. Make it as realistic as possible! Then your friend should fall (try to mimic the fall, as it hurts to fall on the sidewalk) and continue splashing blood or ketchup on the ground. It’s important that the packet isn’t visible.
Step 5. Slowly approach the kids who were nearby and saw everything happening and your machete.
Slowly approach the kids who were nearby and saw everything happening and your machete. Don’t laugh or smile as it might spoil the effect. If you can’t help but smile, make it devilish and scary. Practice this smile in front of a mirror until it looks great and convincing.
Step 6. If the kids don’t run away when you get close to them (although they probably will), raise the machete high when you’re three steps away from them.
Step 7. Don’t laugh until they are out of sight – the same goes for your friend; they shouldn’t get up beforehand.
Don’t laugh until they are out of sight – the same goes for your friend; they shouldn’t get up beforehand. Once the kids have run away, help your friend up and have a good laugh over the Halloween prank.
Simulate Your Murder
Step 1. Ask adults in advance if they can help you prank your friends (your dad or brother will do, but don’t exclude your sister).
Ask adults in advance if they can help you prank your friends (your dad or brother will do, but don’t exclude your sister). Tell them to get costumes that make them look like killers. However, choose a completely ordinary outfit for yourself.
Step 2. Plan a Halloween night outing with at least three friends.
Plan a Halloween night outing with at least three friends. Plan a route you will take while going door to door. Familiarize yourself with it and find dark spots suitable for hiding (like a corner).
- It’s better to choose the area in the evening when you can see where the shadow falls.
Step 3. On Halloween night, go with your friends to collect candy from houses.
On Halloween night, go with your friends to collect candy from houses. Halfway through, get closer to the place you chose (in this case, to the corner of the street).
Step 4. Pretend to hear some sounds (screaming, devilish laughter, or something else unusual).
Pretend to hear some sounds (screaming, devilish laughter, or something else unusual). You can also ask adults to make these sounds, but this is recommended only if they can create convincing and spooky noise.
Step 5. Tell your friends that you are going to check it out.
Tell your friends that you are going to check it out. But command them to stay put. Be very decisive in your choice and make sure your friends don’t follow you.
Step 6. Turn around the corner.
Turn around the corner. Walk down the street until you’re sure your friends can’t see you.
Step 7. Meet up with an adult at the planned spot.
Meet up with an adult at the planned spot. Let them splash fake blood on you while making convincing chainsaw noises. Scream after they do.
- You can record chainsaw sounds on your phone and play them loudly. This way, the sounds will be more believable.
Step 8. At this point, your friends will likely run around the corner.
At this point, your friends will likely run around the corner. And see you covered in fake blood.
Step 9. Have the adult start laughing like a villain and run toward your friends.
Have the adult start laughing like a villain and run toward your friends. The group will hopefully take off running. If not, that’s perfect; then let them know it was just a prank.
Step 10. Wipe yourself off.
Wipe yourself off. Then you can rejoin the group (or not).
Use a Hanging Skeleton
Step 1. Buy a fake skeleton.
Buy a fake skeleton. Also, buy some rope.
Step 2. Tie the rope around the skeleton's neck.
Step 3. Go to the second floor of your house.
Go to the second floor of your house. Find a window facing your front door.
Step 4. Measure out 2 or 3 meters of rope.
Measure out 2 or 3 meters of rope. Tie the skeleton somewhere in the room so it hangs.
Step 5. When kids come to your door for treats, throw the skeleton out the window.
When kids come to your door for treats, throw the skeleton out the window. Be careful not to hit anyone.
Be a Statue
Step 1. Go to your lawn dressed as a statue.
Go to your lawn dressed as a statue. Stand as still as possible!
Step 2. When kids come to your house for candy, stare at them.
When kids come to your house for candy, stare at them. However, continue to stay still.
Step 3. When they walk by, follow them with your gaze.
Step 4. When they come back, having taken their candy, jump at them and scream like a maniac!
When they come back, having taken their candy, jump at them and scream like a maniac! Don’t laugh until they’re out of sight.
Step 5. Return to your previous position and wait for the next kids.
