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This month hasn’t been the MOST celebratory mont This month hasn’t been the MOST celebratory month for my favorite holiday but I found ways to make sure I celebrated and it’s not over!

🧡 Decorations on drives and walks
💜 Making 88 pieces of mail to send
💚 Making 67 goody bags for trick-or-treaters
🧡 Adding magnets to my car
💜 Dancing to the Monster Mash in public 
💚 Themes outfits
🧡 Guerrilla art
💜 Spotting merriment makers
💚 Matt putting the ducks around the house for me to find
🧡 Tiny pumpkins
💜 Photos as witches
🧡 Sharing tons of tips and resources 

What have you done and plan to do?
This time of year, people seem so skittish about w This time of year, people seem so skittish about what is “appropriate” and “inappropriate” for their current age to celebrate Halloween. 👻🎃 

Are you a year too old to go trick-or-treating? Is wearing costumes just for babies? Should adults celebrate Halloween in any other way than doing a pub crawl in a $10 accessory you’ve decided is a full costume?

Don’t get me wrong, if costumes aren’t your thing and you’re genuinely not interested in Halloween I’m not saying you have to celebrate it. I’m just saying you shouldn’t NOT celebrate it just because you think you’re too old.

Halloween, costumes, games, and fun aren’t just for kids. They’re for anyone who wants to take part. Don’t let your chronological age determine your behavior, especially not your happiness. Do what you want.

So go trick-or-treating, dress up in a costume, decorate your house, or throw a Halloween party. 🎉 It’s your holiday, celebrate it however you want! Or do something else entirely. Feel good so you can do good. 🕷️🕸️
I told you there was more Halloween Hijinxx with A I told you there was more Halloween Hijinxx with April coming! 💀 So I introduce: Yelling nonsense out the window at strangers with a skeleton.

This skeleton has been with me for almost a decade. 🩻 His name was supposed to be Zedd. But I forgot and renamed him Zeke. So he goes by both.

Through many moves he has lost some of his limbs, 🦴 so we’ve gotten to play with his backstory ♿ about how he lost his arm and leg in his previous life. 🧟

April and I drove around 🚗 finding people to say silly things 🗣️ to with the Zedd/Zeke out of the window while we were still in our Monster Mash outfits (and playing Halloween music).

We got stares, smiles, shocked looks, laughs, the full gamut. 👀

Enjoy. ☠️

#skeleton #performanceart #baltimorecreative #merrimentmaking #nonsense #halloweenactivities
🎃 Who says Trick Or Treating is just for kids? 🎃 Who says Trick Or Treating is just for kids? 🎃

🧡 Teenagers Trick or Treating aren’t doing anything wrong.
💚 Someone who isn’t “dressed up all the way” might not be able to afford a costume.
💜 Adults like candy and having fun, too.

If you’re giving out FREE candy, why does it matter? 🤷‍♀️

We can’t ❌ teach kids to embrace who they are if we continue to push down our own desires.

🧡  This Halloween, if you want to dress up, do it.
💚 If you want to ask for candy, do it.
💜  f someone “too old” asks for candy, give it.

What privileged problems to have.

⚠️ Keep the kids “kids” for as long as possible. 🤸‍♂️ And let adults tap back into being kids as OFTEN as possible.

You are not too old to have fun. EVER. 🦦

It’s. 👏 Just. 👏 Candy. 👏

PS - candy applies to ANYthing you give out for free to trick or treaters. Toys, potatoes, money… but don’t you DARE give out raisins. 🚫🍇
Merriment Memes: 🎃 Halloween Costumes Edition! Merriment Memes: 🎃 Halloween Costumes Edition!

Obsessed with these deeply creative costumes. 🧡 I hope they make you smile and maybe even inspire you! 🥸

What’s your favorite?! ⤵️

#memes #memesdaily #funnymemes #memepage #dankmeme #dailymemes #kindmemes #memestagram #funnymeme #wholesomememes #randomactsofkindness #positivenews #kindnessnews #happymemes #merrimentmemes #halloweencostumes #halloweenmemes
👻 80 Not So Scary Halloween Movies If you’r 👻 80 Not So Scary Halloween Movies

If you’re not into horror and gore like me, you’re in luck! 🚫👺

I have a list of of Not-So-Scary Movies for you to check out. 🎬🍿

Enjoy!

#HalloweenMovies #NotScaryMovies #NotScary #notscaryhalloween #cozyhalloween #justtreatsnotricks #familyfriendlyhalloween
This week’s 11K Merriment Mission: Secret Joy No This week’s 11K Merriment Mission: Secret Joy Note To Self 💌

Hide a message for your future self somewhere unexpected (inside a book, a jacket pocket, behind a painting, your phone case, anywhere).

Write what you most need to hear, or what your child self would say if they could see you now.

Think of it as emotional treasure you’ll rediscover someday when you need it most.

✨ Bonus: write one for someone else and hide it where they’ll find it later.

Tag @merrimentmaker and use #11KActs so we can add your secret joy notes to the archive of delight.

💭 Where will you hide yours?
It’s already time for Halloween! 🫢 Don’t kn It’s already time for Halloween! 🫢 Don’t know what to do? 📅 I got you!

🧡 1 - Look At Decorations 

🧹🦇 Drive or walk around to look at decorations and light displays.

🧡 2 - Trick Or Treat 

🍭🍬🍫 Go yourself, hand out goodies, go door to door and give out candy, AKA reverse Trick Or Treating.

🧡 3 - Movie Night

📽️ Whether you go to an outdoor screening, in theater, or at home, there are plenty of Halloween favorites to watch. Check out my guide of not so scary flicks (and TV episodes!) on my website

🧡 4 - Scavenger Hunt 

🧌 Go on a Halloween themed scavenger hunt to find items YOU think are related to the holiday. Or you can use this Bingo board from my Etsy!

🧡 5 - Samhain Ritual

 🧙‍♀️ Make an altar, make a family tree, take a nature walk, cook a meal, have a ceremony, make a jack-o-lantern, burn a habit, make a besom broom. Check out my **Samhain guide** on uncustomary.org

🧡 6 - Costume Photoshoot

 🎃👻 Dress up in a costume and have a full on photoshoot! Check out my list of 50 ways to take a creative selfie. Don’t forget to do your best catwalk.

🧡 7 - Visit The Dead 🪦 

Walk through a cemetery, check out a historic haunted or abandoned building, go on a ghost tour, host a seance, tell ghost stories.

🧡 8 - Go To An Event 

👽🥳 Go to a parade, burlesque show, (dog) costume contest, pet parade, trunk or treat, renaissance fair, flea market, concert, dance party, pumpkin (carving) contest, haunted house, zombie fun run, murder mystery dinner, hay ride, magic show, drag brunch, etc. Check out Facebook Events, MeetUp, AllEvents, and your local paper for what’s happening near you!

❓ What are your plans?

#halloweenplans #halloweenactivities #halloweentips #halloweenideas
I love that streaming services 📺 make little se I love that streaming services 📺 make little sections like “HuluWeen” now!

But if you’re still looking 👀 for some specific themed episodes for the holiday, check out this guide. 📝

The slides show one episode per show, but the link 🔗 will take you to a guide with more than 75 episodes! 📼

#HalloweenTV #HalloweenTVEpisodes #HalloweenShows #HalloweenActivities #HalloweenGuide
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