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We have tricked and we have treated but the party - for us at least - is over.

We've had a face-painting prodigy from Stirling, a spooky squirrel in Thailand, and world's fastest pumpkin carver.

Meanwhile, the world continues to wait with bated breath to find out what horror Heidi Klum unveils.

Thank you for sending us pictures of your costumes and pumpkins, they've been a delight.

If you're still celebrating this Halloween, enjoy the rest of your evening and stay safe out there.

Ian Aikman
Live reporter

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Mike Marino has spent years working on high-concept costumes for celeb Halloween enthusiast Heidi Klum. Her movie-accurate ET look last year sparked a huge reaction online.

So how do they come up with the ideas? "It’s usually a combination of our ideas together," Marino says. "Heidi is very collaborative. We throw ideas around together. Through our conversations, we arrive at something."

Marino says Klum is "awesome" and "the best to work with". Asked if she ever suggests anything that wouldn’t be possible to make, he says: "I never say it’s impossible because there’s always some way to do it. It's never really a no, it’s just how do we do it."

With modern technology you can "hide her anywhere", Marino says, pointing to how the supermodel’s face was subtly disguised in her ET costume’s neck.

"ET has a very skinny neck, so we had to make the head big enough to make the neck look skinny and small," he says. "It’s all about balance."

As for the price, Marino says these costumes are "very, extremely expensive". He has a team of more than 35 people working long hours on this year’s outfit.

"We’ve come off three nominations for Academy Awards. Heidi has the best people that exist working on these projects," he says.

Matt Brown in Reading has sent us this video of his next level Halloween decorations.

"This was all shot before the rush started with hundreds coming to the front door for sweets," he says.

Mary Litchfield
BBC News

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Long before the pumpkin became synonymous with Halloween, people in Scotland used a different vegetable.

Known as a 'neep', 'moot', or 'tumshie', carving a humble turnip is the traditional way to ward off evil spirits.

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Halloween, as it’s celebrated now, dates its origins back more than 2,000 years to Ireland to the Celtic festival Samhain.

The religious rituals of Samhain - pronounced “sow-in”, meaning summer’s end - focused on fire, as winter approached. It marked the beginning of the dark half of the year, with fires lit to bring light into the darkness as the colder months set in.

It was usually celebrated from 31 October to 1 November and was the pivotal point of the Celtic Pagan new year - a time of rebirth and death.

At Samhain, Celtic Pagans would dance around a giant bonfire, act out stories of death, regeneration and survival and burn animals and crops as sacrifices to Celtic deities.

Even the act of wearing costumes traces its roots to Samhain, when people dressed up or wore ugly masks to scare away evil spirits.

The festival would later turn into All Souls Day, with All Hallows Eve falling on 31 October.

You can learn even more about Samhain and our Halloween traditions here.

Madeline Gerber
Live reporter

I spent this week wandering around some of the most haunted streets in Washington, DC, in search of the best spooky decorations... and I was not disappointed.

From scary to silly, these houses brought all the spook-tacular vibes to the nation’s capital.

Ian Aikman
Live reporter

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I’ve been speaking to Mike Marino, the Hollywood prosthetics wizard who has helped bring Heidi Klum’s twisted Halloween costumes to life for many years.

One of his most impressive creations is Klum’s instantly viral, strangely lifelike worm costume from 2022, which might still be etched in your brain.

Marino says Klum came to him with the concept. "She had this idea that she wanted to be a worm. I was like, really?"

He made a quick sketch of a worm on a post-it note and held it up to show her. "You mean something like this?" he said.

"She said: Just like that!" Marino says. "And by the end of the extremely elaborate build of this costume, it looked identical to this little post-it note."

Marino recalls Klum testing out the costume by rolling around on the floor. "We were just dying laughing the entire time. It’s just surreal and crazy."

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James Kelly
BBC News

It's The Traitors season in the UK, as the nation awaits the final of the celebrity edition next week.

Sisters Devon, 11, and Autumn, 8 are celebrating what some on social media have dubbed #winkleween - paying tribute to the iconic Claudia Winkleman from their home in Benfleet in Essex.

"They are huge fans of The Traitors and have especially enjoyed the current celebrity version on the BBC - which inspired their choice of costumes," their mum Angela says.

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Cachella Smith
Live reporter

We've just seen an excellently carved pumpkin for baby Lennox's dad Darren in Portsmouth, which took 30 minutes.

That sounds like a decent time, but it's a far cry from the Guinness World record of 16.47 seconds, held by Steve Clarke since 2013.

“When I do the fast jack o’lanterns there’s nothing fancy about them,” he tells me from Pennsylvania on Halloween morning.

“I try to keep all curves because that way I don’t have to pull the saw in and out of the pumpkin.

“It’s basically - oval eyes, a teardrop nose and a smiley mouth.

“People ask me if I plan what I’m doing and I really don’t […] they say go and I just start carving.”

He has three tips for novice pumpkin carvers:

1: Get yourself a proper pumpkin carving kit, he says, don’t try to use a kitchen knife

2: Cut the bottom off the pumpkin not the top. It’s easier both to clean and to put in a light

3: And one for the pros – if you’re tracing out a pattern by poking holes into the skin, rub flour over the outside. It will fill in the holes and make the outline easier to see

Here's some of Steve's collection:

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James Kelly
BBC News

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Warning: This post includes an insane amount of cuteness.

Nine-month-old Lennox Rolls is celebrating Halloween in Portsmouth, donning a classic outfit.

"Our family is called the pumpkin patch," mum Florence Rolls says.

"It took half an hour by hand for Lennox's dad, Darren, to carve the pumpkin," she adds.

The Rolls household will be "celebrating with pumpkin patch picking and trick or treating with Lennox's brother and sister, Noah and Pennylane, and finishing the evening with a Halloween buffet and a scary movie."

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Organisers in Derry are hoping there will be about 30,000 people in attendance tonight to watch the city's iconic Halloween parade - the finale event of its four-day festival.

You too can get in on the scary fun by clicking watch live above, or follow along with our BBC Northern Ireland colleagues here.

The story goes that the famously spooky-ooky celebrations started in a city centre pub back in the 1980s, when a publican asked his regulars to dress up for Halloween.

The bar was packed with cavemen, more than one incredible Hulk, a few Ronald Reagans and a Margaret Thatcher or two - and festivities spilled on to the street.

Official celebrations were established soon after.

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As western traditions go, knocking on strangers' doors and asking for sweets or money is quite an odd one.

There are several theories about when trick or treating started.

One belief is that it began in medieval England, when poor people went door to door on All Souls’ Day - a Christian day of prayer and remembrance for the dead - offering to pray.

The exchange was “soul cakes” - although they are thought to have been more biscuit than cake, with a cross on top.

Day and night - whatever the weather - Halloween lovers have been spotted dressed up in wicked costumes.

From fluffy masks to furry friends, we can share with you how costumes around the globe are shaping up.

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Matthew Marshall, 17, from Stirling is something of a dab hand at face-painting, as these pictures taken by his dad, Scott, show.

Matthew and Scott are spending Halloween at the Samhain Fire Festival at The Scottish Crannog Centre, an event that boasts "costumes and games aplenty...finished off with the burning of the Wicker Bull".

"The skeleton was for going to college yesterday, which caused a few double takes on the bus and some giggles from the lecturers," Scott says.

"The second design is runes and symbolics in keeping with our visit to The Scottish Crannog Centre at Loch Tay, Perthshire, where we are heading to now," he adds.

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Go trick-or-treating tonight in Rainham in Essex and you might just come across the home of Sommer Bailey.

Sommer's decorations are a step above the average. A marquee housing a collection of spooky animatronics has become a popular attraction for local children (and adults).

The display is set up to raise money for the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance, a charity that provides a free helicopter transfer for the critically ill across the two counties.

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James Kelly
BBC News

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Artist Roisin Lyst has produced a stunning pumpkin portrait of the late, great Queen frontman, Freddie Mercury.

The 24-year-old from Northumberland produces a celebrity portrait on a pumpkin every Halloween and displays them on her Instagram page.

She says she chose Freddie this year to mark 50 years since the release of Bohemian Rhapsody.

"I basically carve deeper for the paler areas, so more light shines through those parts and creates the illusion of a 3D face," Roisin explains.

Perhaps it's time to re-work Queen's 'Thank God It's Christmas' into 'Thank Gourd It's Halloween'...

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Dozens of children in costumes lined up to trick-or-treat at the annual 67th annual White House Halloween event on Thursday night.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump greeted the families and signed autographs.

The Johal family have set the bar high in Sheffield with their Fantastic Mr Fox-inspired family fit.

And we want to see more - you can share your spooky photos with us, or tell us about your Halloween traditions.

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Amy Walker
Live reporter

Witch (pointy hat) and ghost (literally, a sheet) outfits will always be winners. But there's nothing quite like a costume that really hits the nail on the zeitgeist.

The 2025 cultural moment crowd-pleasers on our Halloween costume bingo card are thus:

Katy Perry goes to space

Entails replicating the pop star’s space mission aboard Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket. All that’s needed is a blue catsuit, a daisy and a knee drop.

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Ibiza Final Boss

Summer’s cultural phenomenon: 26-year-old Jack Kay, aka The Ibiza Final Boss, who went viral and launched an entertainment career after a video of him dancing on the Spanish island was shared online. You will need: a bowl cut, a pencil beard, some sunglasses and a gold chain.

Labubu

Admittedly more difficult to replicate. But to attempt to emulate the global sensation that is these furry dolls - try drawing on a slightly demonic smile, and pairing bunny ears with a fluffy onesie.

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Coldplay kiss cam

Summer's viral moment after a kiss-cam at one of the band’s concerts exposed two employees from a US tech firm in an embrace before they ducked out of frame. Tricky, as you will need a companion to walk around in an embrace all night.

Melania’s hat

The statement wide-brimmed hat that Melania Trump wore during US President Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK. Don’t take it off at any point.

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