BEST HALLOWEEN TRICKS AND TREATS
The Most Spooktacular Toys, Treats and Decorations of 2026
Time Well Spent's ghouls have been haunting the country for this year's most spooktacular tricks and treats for little monsters and grown ups.
We have a cauldron of goodies, from monster ride-ons to celestial jewellery, Day of the Dead treats, creepy calendars, wickedly fun games, delicious treats, gruesome tricks, toys and very gourd decor.
Read on... if you dare. It's the best thing since sliced head.
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Snootz monster ride-ons
Words have not been invented to describe how much we love these monstrously fun ride-ons.
We adopted “Snorzee” from the range of four colourful creatures, which include the pink, six-eyed “Snuggle Snort,” the generously hootered and splat-covered “Burpbottom” in green; flappy-tongued yellow creature “Sir Lickalot” and our very own “Snorzee” in turquoise, with scales and a chunky eye tentacle.
Our little tester loved its exciting 360° spinning action, twisting, turning and gliding around the house and garden on the smooth, four coaster wheels.
The sound effects when its light-up button is pressed have been a source of endless delight.
And handily for parents, it’s super easy to assemble, has handy, under-seat storage, for their special toys and treasures, and helps develop balance, coordination and motor skills through active and imaginative play.
It even comes with its own adoption certificate, making it the ultimate pet for your little monsters to adopt this Halloween.
BUY FROM XOOTZ £39.99
Playmobil X Monster High Sets
This Halloween, Playmobil celebrates the scream spirit of the hit Monster High show, with a range of spooktacular play sets.
Children can bring the world of Lagoona Blue, Frankie Stein and chums to life, with three wonderfully detailed sets, which mega fans can collect and connect.
They include headmistress Bloodgood’s Office, complete with the strict horsewoman - with removable head - glow in the dark cobwebs, gothic decor and accessories.
We also love the Monster High Casketball Court, where Draculaura, Heath and Clawd are ready for a monstrously fun match.
Our personal favourite is the Classroom playset, complete with Mr. Mummy and Spectra Vondergeist, glowing webs, a functional blackboard and everything from markers to rulers for the full classroom experience.
It’s a boo-rilliant way to keep little monsters away from screens this Halloween, and into the magic of imaginative play.
BUY FROM PLAYMOBIL £44.99
Bird & Blend Spooky Countdown Calendar
We can’t wait to count down to the witching hour each Halloween, and now we can do it in spooky style, with this BOO-TEAful calendar.
Bird & Blend’s Haunted Cinema opens into 13 weird and wonderful tea, matcha, tea powder and tea tool surprises.
Open a new goodie each day, while creating a cinema audience of 3D ghouls and monsters, filled with spooky tricks and treats.
It makes a beautiful Halloween centrepiece and unsurprisingly goes viral each year, selling out quickly.
So book your front row seats to the horror movie of the season - it’s a scream.
Issy Star Jewellery Collection
For Halloween glamour fit for a princess, look no further than this stunning celestial jewellery collection, with a powerful mental health mission.
Issy Star's (a small Scottish jewellery brand) has launched a range of gorgeous, star-shaped necklaces and bracelets, alongside their star earrings worn by Princess Catherine.
We also love that they donate £5 from every piece sold to a mental health charity.
Poignantly, the collection is in memory of Issy Star jewellery designer, Sophie McGown’s cousin, Issy Phipps, who died by suicide - the new range launches on 12 September, which would have been her 21st birthday.
This elegant collection will raise money for the charity, Brave Mind and is a star buy.
BUY FROM ISSY STAR Necklace: £45, Bracelet, £39, Earrings £39
Baked By Steph cookies
Can’t choose between tricks or treats?
Then have both, with this boo-tiful selection of hand-iced, spooky cookies, featuring a bat, pink pumpkin, web, star and ghost.
Crafted from delicious buttery vanilla biscuit bases and topped with vibrant royal icing, they can be made extra special by personalising your Happy Halloween message.
The only problem is, they’re almost too pretty to sink your fangs into.
BUY FROM BAKED BY STEPH £24.95. Available from 21 September.
Prestel - Day of the Dead pop-up book
This stunning, interactive book brings death to life, in a vibrant world where skeletons dance, flowers bloom and candles glow.
Young readers will be mesmerised by each page, celebrating the joyful world of Día de los Muertos, when families honour loved ones through dancing, music, food, flowers, and shared celebration.
Across six large 3D spreads, master pop-up artists Dominique Ehrhard and Anne-Florence Lemasson have engineered decorated altars which rise from the page, festive figures mid-dance, and nighttime gatherings which glow with candlelight. These are accompanied by lively, rhyming text.
Luckily, the books are robust and designed to be read again and again, because they will be a hit with kids and adults alike, way beyond Halloween.
£22.50 from all good booksellers. Check stockists at Prestel
Lola’s Cupcakes
Give them pumpkin to talk about this Halloween, with these eerie-sistable Halloween cupcakes.
Lola’s vanilla and chocolate sponges come in a box of six or twelve, including a chocolate-crumb gravestone; a pumpkin; white chocolate skulls and bats on orange buttercream.
New for their 2026 Halloween collection, is the Halloween Bento Cake - a gift-boxed mini cake with glossy black ganache, orange buttercream and white cobwebs, bats and the crucial eyeballs.
We can assure you it is wickedly delicious.
BUY FROM LOLA’S CUPCAKES £24 for six cupcakes. £19 for Bento Cake
Exploding Kittens - Curse You
This wickedly fun game invites players to use unpleasant magic to ruin each other’s day - and it is dangerously addictive.
It’s a brand new version of the insanely popular Exploding Kittens card game, where players wield good and bad spells against each other. With secret packs unlocking new abilities as you play, no two games are ever the same.
We love the artwork and the seven sealed envelopes added to the suspense and excitement, upgrading the game as we play.
Every round brings new twists and changing rules, meaning we constantly have to stay on our toes, plotting new strategies.
It’s the perfect game for Halloween and beyond for everybody from seven and up.
BUY FROM AMAZON £19.99
Crunch Labs Slime Pranks
Looking for the ultimate tricks this Halloween - we’ve got your back.
This fa-boo-lous slime-making kit is brimming with hilarious, pranks.
It’s also sneakily educational - created by a former NASA engineer with STEM-led experiments to explore textures, stretchiness and viscosity.
Our little monster loved building the Snot Pump for stealthy drips and naturally, the Fart Speaker has been a huge hit.
It comes with QR-linked videos, walking through the science behind each prank, turning every challenge into an exciting learning experience packed with creativity, curiosity and laughs.
BUY FROM SMYTHS TOYS £14.99
Fuggler X Care Bear Keyring by ZURU
Cute meets creepy in these deliciously weird Fuggler x Care Bears plush keyrings.
These collectable characters feature nostalgic Care Bears characters with twisted Fuggler grins and realistic teeth.
They’re the ultimate accessory for bags, keys and backpacks this Halloween, and beyond.
BUY FROM SMYTHS £7.99
Flying Tiger Copenhagen: Halloween 2026
This Danish shop of quirky dreams is bulging at the seams with affordable and deliciously dark Halloween goodies.
We are starting a petition for every home to have this haunted doorbell with light, sound and motion, before trick or treaters are dispatched (BUY HERE £15), The ingenious gizmo has a moving, illuminated eyeball and eerie sound effects when pressed.
We also loved their playful cotton tablecloth (BUY HERE £16) bursting with vibrant pumpkins.
And no Halloween party is complete without this crawling, Thing-inspired hand, to creep across your novelty Halloween buffet, with glowing lights, brilliantly creepy sounds, and detail which is very close to the bone (BUY HERE £18)
BUY FROM FLYING TIGER COPENHAGEN
Boutique Gifts - Personalised Halloween Wine Glass
Sip and treat, with this personalised goblet to toast Halloween, this autumn.
It holds half a bottle of wine, with a lovely long stem for your claws, and is expertly engraved with your chosen vino vampire’s name.
We also loved the luxurious, blue satin-lined gift box it arrived in to creep is classy.
Eat, drink and be scary in style.
BUY FROM BOUTIQUE GIFTS £15.99
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