can a green pumpkin give you the chills i think its a lot scarier than the yellow one if not we will make sure it appears fearsome says kochibased techie athulya raj who is excitedly putting together a halloween party for her family for the first time ever on october 31despite the dearth of deadly costumes and props in kerala athulya and her family are going all out to make sure its a hairraising experience they wont forget anytime soon her husband who has been searching online for facepainting ideas for their children says social media is flooded with halloween party updates and peoples costume plans so why should we hold backevidently halloween is no more a youngsters or kidsonly western import as families too have now warmed up to the idea like jackolanterns many are preparing to go for the parties in the cities or have their own little scary gatherings we find out how kerala is celebrating halloweena spooky fun family affairfor the first time the lions club kowdiar in thiruvananthapuram will be hosting a family costume party for halloween dr lakshmi s udayan her husband and fiveyearold son who will be attending the themed party as a family are among the members who are thrilled about the themed eventwe have taken our son to kidsonly events but we never get to participate ourselves in these parties thats why we are chuffed about halloween this time we are also planning our costumes based on a secret theme says dr lakshmi apart from coordinating costumes the events organiser sneha marar says they have several activities planned such as dance fashion show and games that would involve people of all age groups at a caf in aluva the party planners even have a face painting corner muhamed ali organiser says there are many who want to attend halloween parties but arent sure of how to dress up for the occasion the face painting counter is for themthose like kochibased dr aravind m s who had taken part in a halloween party last year at riverbourne centre in tripunithura too arent missing out on the festivities as a family this year last time my wife and i went as vampires mina murray and dracula many of my colleagues had also come with their children it is a novel creative avenue to spend time with family and it is cool too kids love halloween moreover the parties now offer something for everyone which is greatthe riverbourne centre will be holding its fifth halloween event and this time there has been a spike in the number of families expressing interest says anargha raj one of the organisers so alongside fun elements for kids like a tunnel maze spooky story by the fireside and slime making workshop we also have a dance party and face painting for eldersa major inspiration to try out bold charactersartist naveenthnarayan n v and friends from kannur got inspired by the hollywood film joker for this years halloween theme