Best 9 Non-Frightening Ways to Earn Money During Halloween 

Halloween is the most popular holiday celebrated each year in the U.S. on every 31st of October.

The celebration involves activities such as;

• carving pumpkins
• playing pranks
• dressing up in fancy dress at a costume party
• going trick or treating
• watching horror films
• telling scary stories and much more.

However, It has been statistically shown that over $5.8 billion was spent for the 2009 Halloween celebration in the USA alone and over $300 million of the total amount was spent on candy. In fact, Halloween is known to be a $6 billion a year industry.

Now that Halloween is right around the corner, this is another great opportunity for you to make cool cash in this season.

Best 9 Non-Frightening Ways to Earn Money During Halloween 

#1  – Sell Costumes

Costumes are one of the top selling items during this season, however, if you can play with a needle and have some experience using a sewing machine plus creative ideas, you can make a few thousand designing and selling costumes.

A costume cost somewhere around $50 – $100+. You could sell them online at an online store like Amazon, Ebay, or sell them at your nearby local store.

If you think you can afford to sell costumes this season, another commonly adopted way to make a huge profit next season is to buy bulk costumes a few days after Halloween and keep them until next year. Many stores would not want to keep these costumes after the festival has gone, so they will sell them out completely at about 70% discount.

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#2 – Carve Out Pumpkins

Carving out pumpkins and selling them online and in your neighborhood is another way to generate a stream of income.

If you think you can't carve, you have no problem. By watching a few tutorials on YouTube, you can master the craft in a short period of time.

The most important thing is to come up with something new and creative. People are tired of seeing the same old traditional faces.

Get the pictures of your carved pumpkins, display them online or go to your neighborhood and create awareness. A carved pumpkin cost around $60 to $100. More detailed ones could go beyond that.

According to this article, $133 million was generated on pumpkins alone in the year 2012. So if carving is not your thing, you can still make money growing pumpkins and selling them to craftsmen.

#3 – Become A Halloween Makeup Artist

You don't necessarily have to be a makeup artist, with the right tools and materials plus a little level of creativity, you can get paid to paint people's face.

Another important thing is to gain familiarity with different characters because many people would like to be painted in their favorite characters.

Some of the creative ways to creative ways to create awareness and generate income include:

• organizing a face painting carnival
• painting up haunted house zombies
• sending out some flyers to your locality to promote your work and get some bookings.

#4 – Be A Trick Or Treat Chaperone

Here's another opportunity to make money.

Do you know this year's Halloween falls on Tuesday? Therefore many parents or guardians would be working late. So if you love kids, you can offer to take them on a trick or treat tour, tell them spooky stories, introduce them to scary character, and get them screaming their hell out.

#5 – Participate In A Halloween Costume  Contest

Participating in a costume contest is another way to generate money during this season. You can earn somewhere around $100 to $1000+.

There are many contests going around your locality right now. You can also participate in online costume contests.

You can check up sites like:

• Halloween Express
• Halloween ComicFest
• Costume Works
• Coolest Homemade Costumes

You don't necessarily have to be a designer to participate, if you have these creative ideas of your own special characters in mind, you can always hire a tailor to help you do the work.

#6 – Rent Out A Haunted House

A haunted house charges averagely about $10 dollars per admission. Though it might cost you a few hundred bucks of investment, it's going pay off at the long run.

A scary haunted house is easy to set up. Look for the perfect location where haunted house is scarce. You can rent an empty warehouse or a piece of land.

Then try come up with new spooky decorations that would frighten the hell out of people. The more people you can get in, the more money you make.

And never forget to get all the appropriate licenses.

#7 – Become A Uber Driver

Halloween night has been recognized by Uber to be one of the nights where service is always in high demand. Most Uber drivers earn within the range of $20 – $50/hour, depending on location.

So if you love driving and you have a car that meets Uber requirements, here's another opportunity to make money with Uber.

You can go here for more information on how to become a Uber driver.

#8 – Host A Halloween Theme Party

This one is for those who love partying and entertaining people. And if this is you, setting up and hosting a Halloween theme party and charging people to partake in your theme party will earn you a few hundred dollars.

#9 – Become A Halloween Decorator

If you can't afford to set up rent out a haunted house but have this scary idea,  you can still become a Halloween decorator.

There are many people out there looking for who to design their haunted house. Aside from that, many homes just wanted their homes to be decorated with Halloween theme decoration.

This could be you. Why not create awareness and start turning ideas to money. What are your favorite ways to earn money during Halloween?