Bob for apples, make your own slime and create some devilish deserts – here are some great ideas to throw your own Halloween party

Halloween is the perfect excuse to create some spooktacular cupcakes, complete with witches hats and spider webs. Here are some of our favourite recipes

And of course you’ll need a costume! Choose from the bizarre to the downright terrifying at Party Delights

Here are our top 3 events to put you in the spooooky mood!

Halloween fun at Ham House, London, 21-29 October – find out how superstitions and folklore impacted the lives of the house’s inhabitants in the 17th century. Follow the trail around the gardens, explore the house in the dark, or hear spooky stories in the Back Parlour.

Stowe, Bucks,  21-29 October –  follow the creepy Hallowe’en trail through the gardens to unravel the spooky story of the warrior Britomart.

Sutton House, Hackney, 25-29 October – seek out the ghostly dogs whose barks can be heard at night and other spooky spirits from Sutton House’s past. Take a break from ghost hunting to listen to spooky stories or get dressed up in a spooky costume – if you dare.