Jennifer Sheahan: Tiny-home tricks and treats for a sustainable Halloween that's weird and wonderful

'It’s tempting to buy a load of tat online and throw it out after the 31st, but that’s needlessly wasteful and there are far more fun and creative ways to decorate that don't fill the bin'

At Halloween Jennifer Sheahan uses homemade, sustainable decorations, inside and out, and also bakes her own treats.

I adore Halloween, and I love that Ireland is leaning more and more into the weirdness and having fun with it. I love walking past creepy skeletons and gravestones poking out alongside driveways. I love the giant spiders crawling down houses and cute little painted faces shouting “trick or treat”. 

One of my neighbours annually creates a hilarious scene in their garden of global figures exchanging funny dialogues, and I really get a giggle from that. Most of all, I love any holiday that gives me a day off with no obligation to exchange presents or cook elaborate meals.