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5 Q’s with The Punkin Shop
Get to know a Halloween community member! Here are 5 Q’s with Lauren Kula, the owner of thepunkinshop.com.
31 DeadAir.co Faves
The Halloween Internet radio station DeadAir.co has been around nearly as long as Spooky Little Halloween, and it’s the constant soundtrack to my spooky projects. Here are 31 of my favorite songs I’ve discovered while listening through the years.
Dining with the Dead: A Cemetery Picnic
Nothing says spooky season quite like a cemetery picnic, and these four easy recipes are perfect for your picnic basket! Learn how to make some delicious finger (literal!) sandwiches, a killer quinoa salad, and even homemade boba tea with a spooky spin.
Darksome & Delightful: Get to Know Lindsay Keating
Lindsay Keating took her love of art and Halloween and not only turned it into a successful pottery business, Cabinet of Curious Clay. She’s also created an in-person AND virtual market where fellow artists handmaking products can sell their wares.
12 Unexpected Uses for Halloween Pottery
Discover three creative ways to style handmade pottery in your Halloween decor — from a coffee mug turned candy-corn lantern to a vase reimagined for your coffee bar, and a pumpkin jar that doubles as clever storage. Featuring small-biz favorite Par de Brujas, this post shows how functional pieces can become festive, unexpected accents for spooky season and beyond.
Halloween Hunting: Fave Finds from 2025
Halloween hunting this season? Don't forget to shop with small businesses too! Check out my fave finds from every shop featured in the 2025 series, plus where to see the full posts.
10 Cute & Cozy Costumes to Wear This Year
This year’s top trend for Halloween? Cute and cozy, according to a new survey from HalloweenCostumes.com. Let’s turn that trend into killer costume picks with 10 of my selections from the Made By Us section of their website.
Graveyard Radio
Late September is the perfect time to go wandering around your local historic cemetery…and this playlist is the perfect soundtrack for it.
Halloween Hunting: Black Moon Cosmetics
Burnt out on big box stores when it comes to Halloween hunting? Shop small instead! This weekly series features small businesses you can shop any time of the year. In our final feature for the 2025 season, we’re stocking up on beauty treats at Black Moon Cosmetics.
Smile, Pumpkin | The Story Behind PetriCoffin
Meet Anna Lensch, the Halloween creative behind the successful handbag company PetriCoffin. Hear how an unlikely moment under a jack-o-lantern water tower took her on a personal journey to starting her brand.
Review: Hall-Lore-Ween by Josh Spero
Welcome to the world of Hall-Lore-Ween, a kid-friendly spooky book series written by Josh Spero in the spirit of the 90s “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” books. In this series, literary horror host Jacko, a three-eyed jack-o-lantern, will share terrifying tales and killer artwork to get you in the mood for Halloween.
Inside Spooky Little Halloween—The Magazine 2025
Looking for a Halloween magazine? Then you need to buy a copy of Spooky Little Halloween—The Magazine! Take a peek inside the fifth issue.