Happy Halloween

It's pumpkin time again. From ghoulish fireside tales and spells for your love life to superstitions and trick-or-treating, get your broom out and dust off those cobwebs with our guide to the spooky season.

Great balls of fire
Halloween wouldn't be the same without a glowing pumpkin. So transform your home into a ghoulish grotto with this simple six-step guide to carving a pumpkin

Trick or treat
Throwing a party for your little ghouls? From spooky costumes to slimy games we've got everything you need to have a hair-raising halloween

Spooky cooking
Halloween is a time to go over the top: garish make-up, outlandish outfits and truly diabolical dishes. Check out our spooky food for tricksters

Spellbound
Fed up with kissing frogs and never finding your prince? Spell casting may be the perfect cure for your relationship woes

How to be a domestic witch
White witch Titania Hardie cooks up some spellbinding recipes for seduction, fertility, health and success

Pulp affection
You've hollowed it out and stuck in a candle, but what will you do with the rest of it? Five classic pumpkin recipes

Pagan politics
Politics and superstition have always gone hand-in-hand. We reveal the politicians that consult the spooks for help

Real life tales of the supernatural
Eerie premonitions, ghostly awakenings and guardian angels - iVillagers share their hairiest tales

Frightfully fun e-cards
Do your party invites online and remind your friends and loved ones it's halloween. Send a spooky FREE halloween e-card

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