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Ahead of Halloween, this thread looks to round up the current offers on pumpkins, confectionery/sweets, costumes/accessories/decorations, and a few freebies. Theres also some pumpkin carving tips, but feel free to share any tips in the thread. Thanks to all members that have contributed to deals linked in here.
1) Pumpkin Supermarket Prices / Offers
2) Halloween Confectionery / Sweets / Food Offers
3) Halloween freebies
4) Halloween costumes/accessories/decorations
5) Pumpkin Carving
1) Pumpkin Supermarket Prices / Offers
Below are a list of pumpkin prices across supermarkets as of 21st October, Aldi and Lidl appear to be the current cheapest options.
Please note you should be able to get £2 cashback on pumpkin spend with this promo here across supermarkets - link to thread
Aldi
Halloween mixed squash 59p
Munchkin Pumpkin 59p
Medium Pumpkin 79p
Large Pumpkin £1.65
Extra Large Pumpkin £2.85
Giant Pumpkin £4.99
Asda
Mini pumpkins £1 each
Large pumpkin £2 each
Iceland
Giant pumpkin £3
Lidl
British Munchkin Pumpkin 59p
British Medium Pumpkin 79p
British Large Pumpkin £1.75
British Monster Pumpkin £2.85
Lidl Pumpkin deal thread - here
lidl store finder (https//ww…rs)
Marks & Spencer
Halloween Pumpkins £1 at Marks and Spencer Scarborough / Nationwide
Morrisons
Munchkin pumpkin - 59p
Medium Pumpkin - 99p
Large Pumpkin - £1.99 in store
Mixed Squash - 99p in store
Ghost Pumpkin - £2.99 - in store
Ocado (including M&S online)
M&S Munchkin Pumpkin - £1
Ocado Carving Pumpkin - £2
Sainsbury's
British Cooking Pumpkin Loose 95p
Munchkin Pumpkin £1.25
Carving Pumpkin £2
Monster Pumpkin £3
Tesco
Pumpkin 79p
Culinary Pumpkin 95p
Munchkin Pumpkin £1
Large Pumpkin £1.75
Tesco pumpkin deal thread
Waitrose
Culinary Pumpkin £2
Large Carving Pumpkin £3.50
2) Halloween Confectionery / Sweets / Food Offers
Below is a list of current confectionary,, sweet and halloween food deals.
Aldi
Swizzels An Assortment Of Family Favourite Sweets 650g £3.49 (please not if you have a One Stop these are £3)
Quality Street Chocolate Tub 600g - £3.49 - Aldi
Sweets & confectionery
Terry's Chocolate Orange Exploding Candy 147g - £1
Mix and match - 2 for £3 halloween sweets
Cadbury Puds Chocolate Carton 5 Pack - £2
4 x Green and Black's 540G organic chocolate box (over 2kg chocolate BBE 27/11/2022) £20
Iceland
Any 3 for £5 chocolates
Lidl
Quality Street 2 for £7 from 27th October
Halloween Spooky Jelly Mix 1kg £3.49 instore from October 6th at Lidl
Sweets & confectionery halloween (https://www.lidl.co.uk/c/halloween-sweets/c2477)
Morrisons
Swizzels Super Stars Variety Mix 630g 2 for £6
Cadbury Dairy Milk Freddo & Friends Chocolate 12 Treats Multipack 191g - £1.25
Cadbury Family Treatsize Bag 216g - £1.25
5 'Slime filled' Doughnuts - 85p instore - Morrisons
One Stop
Swizzles Sweet Shop Favourites Tub 650g £3
Sainsbury's
Quality Street Chocolate Tub 600g - £3.50
Tesco
Cadbury Crunchie Treat Size 210G £1.50 Clubcard Price
Cadbury Dairy Milk Chunk or Wholenut Pouch 350G / Cadbury Roses or Heroes Pouch 357G - £2.25 (Clubcard Price)
Free Cadbury Dairy Milk 180g Chocolate Bar (Redeem at Tesco) Sky VIP Members (Use within 20 minutes of activating) - My Sky App
Waitrose
Lindt Classic Recipe Hazelnut / Milk / Crispy 125g - £1.25
3) Halloween freebies
Below is a list of Halloween freebies
Free Halloween Printables & Activity Sheets to Download - Orchard Toys
Five FREE downloadable Halloween Lego Posters - Lego
Free Halloween decorations, masks, and garland paper crafts - downloadable and printable - Canon Creative Park
Free Cadbury Dairy Milk 180g Chocolate Bar (Redeem at Tesco) Sky VIP Members (Use within 20 minutes of activating) - My Sky App
Free Sausage Roll or Bake + Hot Drink including Pumpkin Spice latte when you download the app (new customers) - Greggs
Free Pint of Coors Lager Beer With Voucher (Emailed) at Participating Pub (Nationwide) - Coors
Free Pint of Heineken Silver at a local pub (Receive a voucher via Email Signup) - Heineken
Spend £2 or more on pumpkin at any UK store e.g. Aldi / Tesco and get £2 cashback - Snap & Save - Topcashback
4) Halloween costumes/accessories/decorations
Below links to halloween costumes, accessories and decorations.
Halloween Accessories e.g. Boohoo Halloween Lace Cat Ears - £2 + free delivery using code Sold & delivered by Boohoo - Debenhams
Halloween Special 31% off Costumes and Accessories - Toptoys2u
Tu Clothing - Halloween costumes
Halloween costumes and decorations - Argos
Halloween costumes - Asda George
Halloween costumes - Wilko
Kids Halloween costumes - Aldi
25% off all Halloween costumes from 27th - 30th October - Tesco (Clubcard)
20% off selected Halloween decorations - Wilko
Halloween crafts/decorations from £1 - The Works
Halloween Plush Mickey & Minnie Now Just £10 each with code ( Normally £21) - ShopDisney
Halloween 1.2m Inflatables - Frankie / Ghost / Pumpkin £14.99 each + 3 Years Warranty - instore, from 2nd October - ALDI
Reduced Halloween decorations - Aldi
Disney 17 Inch (43.2cm) Halloween Vampire Mickey Greeter - £29.98 (membership required) - Costco
5) Pumpkin Carving
If looking to do some pumpkin carving this halloween,
When’s the right time to carve a pumpkin?
Once you decide on your pumpkin pattern and outline it on the skin, it’s time to take the knife to your oversized squash and carefully carve. When the pumpkin is carved and hollowed out, it will last around five to 10 days.
The more air circulation around your pumpkin the better, as the less air circulation the faster it will grow mould. So, don’t carve your pumpkin before October 27.
How to carve pumpkin
Below Youtube video gives a good beginners guide to carving a pumpkin, below are some carving tips
BBC food guide on carving a pumpkin
1. Choose a large pumpkin and use a sharp serrated knife to cut off the crown.
2. Using a large serving spoon, scoop out the seeds and fibres and discard. Then remove some of the flesh.
3. With a marker pen, draw a simple outline of a face on the pumpkin. Use a small serrated knife to cut out the eyes, nose and mouth. Always cut away from you in case the knife slips.
4. Pop a tea light inside the pumpkin, light it and replace the crown.
BBC food guide pumpkin carving tips
1. Choose your pumpkin wisely The lines on the skin could form a witch’s wrinkles, while a misshapen squash could provide a devilishly different canvas.
2. Use a template to perfect your spooky design. Create your own or find inspiration from the many websites dedicated to pumpkin carving. Secure your chosen template to the front of your pumpkin, then carefully trace the image by poking holes along the lines. Once finished, remove the template and carve.
3. Create some eerie shadows by carving another pattern into the back of your pumpkin. Place next to a wall, light from the inside and watch your design come to life.
4. Put flame-retardant coloured tissue paper just behind the front face of your pumpkin to create a coloured filter. Make sure you’re lighting your pumpkin with a torch rather than a naked flame though.
5. Try shaving parts of your pumpkin rather than cutting all the way through. This will give your design a two-tone effect and add depth.
6. Use everyday items from around the house to bring your pumpkin to life. Create a face from nuts and bolts, use white reflective tape as bandages or simply chop off the top and add some colourful flowers for your own spooky vase!
7. Painting your pumpkin can work wonderfully, especially if you want to keep little hands away from sharp objects. They’ll also look great in the daytime. Either paint a design over the whole pumpkin, or use paint to add accents to an already carved squash.
8. Shun the traditional orange pumpkin for a ghoulish green variety
9. Make your pumpkin shine from the inside out. Use multicoloured Christmas lights to add a new dimension to simple styles, or try using a red bicycle light, set to flash, for a really sinister touch.
10. Funny faces and ghoulish grins not your thing? Try making simple shapes like stars or spooky creatures with cookie cutters, or use an apple corer or drill bits to add polka dots for a more grown-up pumpkin.
Useful links and related discussions
Halloween group - hotukdeals
What can you do to help cut costs when buying goods? How do we shop smarter and other information to help
Cost of living announcement - Payments to start hitting bank accounts from today (14th July) + Extra Help for Energy Bills & More
Demand Flexibility Service trial incoming+ discounts, grants, rebate info, tips and info to help
The Best Loyalty Cards 2022 - Perks, offers, discounts, vouchers and more
Best times to get yellow sticker reductions across supermarkets plus online grocery shopping codes
Free, cheap and discounted Days Out / things to do for School Holidays and/or Weekends
Cinema - Cheap and discounted cinema tickets / offers and savings / cinema food & drink policy + more
Cost of Living - List of Energy Grants / Support available to help pay energy bills
October Half Term - Cheap Days out / Free things to do / Kids Eat Free + more
Cost of Living
1) Pumpkin Supermarket Prices / Offers
2) Halloween Confectionery / Sweets / Food Offers
3) Halloween freebies
4) Halloween costumes/accessories/decorations
5) Pumpkin Carving
1) Pumpkin Supermarket Prices / Offers
Below are a list of pumpkin prices across supermarkets as of 21st October, Aldi and Lidl appear to be the current cheapest options.
Please note you should be able to get £2 cashback on pumpkin spend with this promo here across supermarkets - link to thread
Aldi
Halloween mixed squash 59p
Munchkin Pumpkin 59p
Medium Pumpkin 79p
Large Pumpkin £1.65
Extra Large Pumpkin £2.85
Giant Pumpkin £4.99
Asda
Mini pumpkins £1 each
Large pumpkin £2 each
Iceland
Giant pumpkin £3
Lidl
British Munchkin Pumpkin 59p
British Medium Pumpkin 79p
British Large Pumpkin £1.75
British Monster Pumpkin £2.85
Lidl Pumpkin deal thread - here
lidl store finder (https//ww…rs)
Marks & Spencer
Halloween Pumpkins £1 at Marks and Spencer Scarborough / Nationwide
Morrisons
Munchkin pumpkin - 59p
Medium Pumpkin - 99p
Large Pumpkin - £1.99 in store
Mixed Squash - 99p in store
Ghost Pumpkin - £2.99 - in store
Ocado (including M&S online)
M&S Munchkin Pumpkin - £1
Ocado Carving Pumpkin - £2
Sainsbury's
British Cooking Pumpkin Loose 95p
Munchkin Pumpkin £1.25
Carving Pumpkin £2
Monster Pumpkin £3
Tesco
Pumpkin 79p
Culinary Pumpkin 95p
Munchkin Pumpkin £1
Large Pumpkin £1.75
Tesco pumpkin deal thread
Waitrose
Culinary Pumpkin £2
Large Carving Pumpkin £3.50
2) Halloween Confectionery / Sweets / Food Offers
Below is a list of current confectionary,, sweet and halloween food deals.
Aldi
Swizzels An Assortment Of Family Favourite Sweets 650g £3.49 (please not if you have a One Stop these are £3)
Quality Street Chocolate Tub 600g - £3.49 - Aldi
Sweets & confectionery
Asda
Mix and match - 2 for £3 halloween sweets
Cadbury Puds Chocolate Carton 5 Pack - £2
Discount Dragon
4 x Green and Black's 540G organic chocolate box (over 2kg chocolate BBE 27/11/2022) £20
Iceland
Any 3 for £5 chocolates
Lidl
Quality Street 2 for £7 from 27th October
Halloween Spooky Jelly Mix 1kg £3.49 instore from October 6th at Lidl
Sweets & confectionery halloween (https://www.lidl.co.uk/c/halloween-sweets/c2477)
Morrisons
Swizzels Super Stars Variety Mix 630g 2 for £6
Cadbury Dairy Milk Freddo & Friends Chocolate 12 Treats Multipack 191g - £1.25
Cadbury Family Treatsize Bag 216g - £1.25
5 'Slime filled' Doughnuts - 85p instore - Morrisons
One Stop
Swizzles Sweet Shop Favourites Tub 650g £3
Sainsbury's
Quality Street Chocolate Tub 600g - £3.50
Tesco
Cadbury Crunchie Treat Size 210G £1.50 Clubcard Price
Cadbury Dairy Milk Chunk or Wholenut Pouch 350G / Cadbury Roses or Heroes Pouch 357G - £2.25 (Clubcard Price)
Free Cadbury Dairy Milk 180g Chocolate Bar (Redeem at Tesco) Sky VIP Members (Use within 20 minutes of activating) - My Sky App
Waitrose
Lindt Classic Recipe Hazelnut / Milk / Crispy 125g - £1.25
3) Halloween freebies
Below is a list of Halloween freebies
Free Halloween Printables & Activity Sheets to Download - Orchard Toys
Five FREE downloadable Halloween Lego Posters - Lego
Free Halloween decorations, masks, and garland paper crafts - downloadable and printable - Canon Creative Park
Free Cadbury Dairy Milk 180g Chocolate Bar (Redeem at Tesco) Sky VIP Members (Use within 20 minutes of activating) - My Sky App
Free Sausage Roll or Bake + Hot Drink including Pumpkin Spice latte when you download the app (new customers) - Greggs
Free Pint of Coors Lager Beer With Voucher (Emailed) at Participating Pub (Nationwide) - Coors
Free Pint of Heineken Silver at a local pub (Receive a voucher via Email Signup) - Heineken
Spend £2 or more on pumpkin at any UK store e.g. Aldi / Tesco and get £2 cashback - Snap & Save - Topcashback
4) Halloween costumes/accessories/decorations
Below links to halloween costumes, accessories and decorations.
Halloween Accessories e.g. Boohoo Halloween Lace Cat Ears - £2 + free delivery using code Sold & delivered by Boohoo - Debenhams
Halloween Special 31% off Costumes and Accessories - Toptoys2u
Tu Clothing - Halloween costumes
Halloween costumes and decorations - Argos
Halloween costumes - Asda George
Halloween costumes - Wilko
Kids Halloween costumes - Aldi
25% off all Halloween costumes from 27th - 30th October - Tesco (Clubcard)
20% off selected Halloween decorations - Wilko
Halloween crafts/decorations from £1 - The Works
Halloween Plush Mickey & Minnie Now Just £10 each with code ( Normally £21) - ShopDisney
Halloween 1.2m Inflatables - Frankie / Ghost / Pumpkin £14.99 each + 3 Years Warranty - instore, from 2nd October - ALDI
Reduced Halloween decorations - Aldi
Disney 17 Inch (43.2cm) Halloween Vampire Mickey Greeter - £29.98 (membership required) - Costco
5) Pumpkin Carving
If looking to do some pumpkin carving this halloween,
When’s the right time to carve a pumpkin?
Once you decide on your pumpkin pattern and outline it on the skin, it’s time to take the knife to your oversized squash and carefully carve. When the pumpkin is carved and hollowed out, it will last around five to 10 days.
The more air circulation around your pumpkin the better, as the less air circulation the faster it will grow mould. So, don’t carve your pumpkin before October 27.
How to carve pumpkin
Below Youtube video gives a good beginners guide to carving a pumpkin, below are some carving tips
BBC food guide on carving a pumpkin
1. Choose a large pumpkin and use a sharp serrated knife to cut off the crown.
2. Using a large serving spoon, scoop out the seeds and fibres and discard. Then remove some of the flesh.
3. With a marker pen, draw a simple outline of a face on the pumpkin. Use a small serrated knife to cut out the eyes, nose and mouth. Always cut away from you in case the knife slips.
4. Pop a tea light inside the pumpkin, light it and replace the crown.
BBC food guide pumpkin carving tips
1. Choose your pumpkin wisely The lines on the skin could form a witch’s wrinkles, while a misshapen squash could provide a devilishly different canvas.
2. Use a template to perfect your spooky design. Create your own or find inspiration from the many websites dedicated to pumpkin carving. Secure your chosen template to the front of your pumpkin, then carefully trace the image by poking holes along the lines. Once finished, remove the template and carve.
3. Create some eerie shadows by carving another pattern into the back of your pumpkin. Place next to a wall, light from the inside and watch your design come to life.
4. Put flame-retardant coloured tissue paper just behind the front face of your pumpkin to create a coloured filter. Make sure you’re lighting your pumpkin with a torch rather than a naked flame though.
5. Try shaving parts of your pumpkin rather than cutting all the way through. This will give your design a two-tone effect and add depth.
6. Use everyday items from around the house to bring your pumpkin to life. Create a face from nuts and bolts, use white reflective tape as bandages or simply chop off the top and add some colourful flowers for your own spooky vase!
7. Painting your pumpkin can work wonderfully, especially if you want to keep little hands away from sharp objects. They’ll also look great in the daytime. Either paint a design over the whole pumpkin, or use paint to add accents to an already carved squash.
8. Shun the traditional orange pumpkin for a ghoulish green variety
9. Make your pumpkin shine from the inside out. Use multicoloured Christmas lights to add a new dimension to simple styles, or try using a red bicycle light, set to flash, for a really sinister touch.
10. Funny faces and ghoulish grins not your thing? Try making simple shapes like stars or spooky creatures with cookie cutters, or use an apple corer or drill bits to add polka dots for a more grown-up pumpkin.
Useful links and related discussions
Halloween group - hotukdeals
What can you do to help cut costs when buying goods? How do we shop smarter and other information to help
Cost of living announcement - Payments to start hitting bank accounts from today (14th July) + Extra Help for Energy Bills & More
Demand Flexibility Service trial incoming+ discounts, grants, rebate info, tips and info to help
The Best Loyalty Cards 2022 - Perks, offers, discounts, vouchers and more
Best times to get yellow sticker reductions across supermarkets plus online grocery shopping codes
Free, cheap and discounted Days Out / things to do for School Holidays and/or Weekends
Cinema - Cheap and discounted cinema tickets / offers and savings / cinema food & drink policy + more
Cost of Living - List of Energy Grants / Support available to help pay energy bills
October Half Term - Cheap Days out / Free things to do / Kids Eat Free + more
Cost of Living
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I did these using stoneys stencils on foam pumpkins .