The spookiest time of the year – with its throng of dressed-up trick-or-treaters, skeleton decorations and scary movies – has us all bewitched. Haunted houses, creepy costumes & ghoulish candy are all the order for the night of Halloween.
But once the kids have finally gone to bed after their sugar rush – you may need a spell to get them to sleep – you are left removing the decorations, packing up the costumes and wondering what to do with all the leftover candy. Instead of screaming in frustration, turn a storage solution store into your ‘fairy godmother,’ making child’s play of organising all the Halloween paraphernalia till next year.
Here are some crafty storage ideas to keep your Halloween supplies in order and make next year’s holiday prep a breeze.
Halloween costume storage solutions
Kids (and adults) dressing up is a central part of the Halloween festivities, but costumes tend to take up a lot of space. To keep your costumes in top-notch condition and easily accessible – and depending on your space constraints – consider setting up a designated costume closet or clothing rail, or simply adding a space-saving hanging organiser to one of your cupboards.
Hang costumes on sturdy hangers in protective dress covers, and make sure to keep accessories and masks together in labelled plastic bins. This makes it easy to find the perfect costume when Halloween raises its ‘ugly head’ next year. (Aroma sachets are also great for keeping musty smells at bay).
If you are short on storage space, vacuum seal bags are space-saving game changers for large, bulky costumes. Just pack your costumes inside, suck out the air, and watch them shrink in size (like magic)!
Halloween decorations storage solutions
Whether you go all out and decorate indoors and outdoors in classic black and orange or just have a scattering of accessories to get into the spirit of Halloween, it helps to have a strategy and system to store decorations for the rest of the year.
Clear plastic bins are a Halloween organiser’s best friend to easily store and identify all your decorations and props, keeping your items organised and protected from dust and moisture throughout the year. Labelling each bin with its contents – such as ‘spider webs,’ ‘skeletons,’ or ‘pumpkin lights’ – makes what you need easily accessible.
Halloween candy storage solutions
On the night of Halloween, baskets, wooden bowls or large plastic bowls make the best storage solutions for dishing out candy to eager trick-or-treaters. For serving a witch’s brew, we suggest a glass tap dispenser as your cauldron.
Post-Halloween, you are likely to have a lot of leftover sweets and treats. Small stackable airtight containers or glass jars are the ideal storage solutions to keep them fresh (and perhaps out of reach in your pantry from little hands).
This Halloween, banish the evil of clutter and disorganisation by making the most of all the wonderful and affordable storage solutions out there.