First Halloween together: ideas, costumes and a keepsake

Your first Halloween together only happens once. Make it a tradition you’ll repeat:

Keep the night: a star map of your first Halloween
The real sky over your town on October 31 with both names, in a Halloween style — the start of a yearly tradition. From $14.99 at myskykept.com. See your sky free →
A couple costume
Pick one you can recreate next year.
Make each other boo baskets
Set a budget and open them together.
Carve your first pumpkins
Photograph them side by side.
A horror movie night with bingo
Winner picks the next film.
Go to one big Halloween event
A party, a haunted house or a parade.
Start a photo tradition
Same spot, same pose, every Halloween.

Tip: Traditions start the first year — pick one thing you’ll repeat every Halloween.

Questions

A couple costume, boo baskets, pumpkin carving and a horror movie night — then keep something from the night, like a star map of it.

A boo basket with one keepsake, such as a star map of the night with both your names.