This post comes from Trent Hamm at partner blog The Simple Dollar . Halloween is one of my favorite times of year. Where I live, children trick-or-treat by the dozens, dressed up in all types of costumes. My family enjoys Halloween as a harvest celebration as well. The best part? Halloween offers all sorts of opportunities for frugality. The holiday can create several weekends of fun for the whole family on a modest budget. Here are our family’s plans for a frugal Halloween: Buying and carving pumpkins. This eats up a couple of hours, because we go out in the country, pick up several pumpkins of various sizes, and head home. Then we have fun carving the pumpkins. My son picks out a face design or two. I empty out the pumpkins' innards and carve the faces. The best touch: LED pumpkin lights that use almost no energy and give a wonderful glow to the jack-o'-lanterns. Cost: $15. Making homemade pumpkin pie. It’s easier than you’ve heard. Remove the pulp, then slice the pumpkin’s outer shell
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