If Halloween [1] is one of your favorite holidays, you know that it can cost just as much money as the others. In fact, a National Retail Federation survey [2] estimates that in 2014, Americans spent about $7.4 billion on the spooky festivities. Seeing that the average spent around $78, let's slash those costs by celebrating All Hallows' Eve in these thrifty ways:

1. Watch a scary movie at home with friends. (Check out these 11 ways to watch movies for free [3]).
2. Carve a pumpkin with friends.
3. Roast pumpkin seeds after carving.
4. Make pumpkin dishes [4] with leftover guts from carving.
5. Experiment with no-carve pumpkins [5].
6. Make your own Halloween candy [6].
7. Reuse an old costume, make your own [7], or borrow one from your friend. Check out our list of costumes you can make for free [8].
8. Bring out a Ouija board for a spooky night.
9. Go camping, make s'mores, and tell ghost stories around a fire.
10. Make these Halloween decorations [9] for a few dollars.
11. Borrow a horror book from the library. Here are some other ways to get free books [10].
12. Visit a pumpkin patch.
13. Check to see what free Halloween [11] events are going on in your city.
14. Create your own haunted house at home with things you already have. Invite friends over.
15. Bob for apples.
16. Go trick-or-treating.
17. Experiment with face paint. Here's how to make your own [12].
18. Make a Halloween costume for your pet [13].
19. Try out some Halloween-themed nail art [14].
20. Watch documentaries on real-life ghost stories.
21. Visit a real-life haunted location near you. Check out some of the most haunted sites [15]in the US.
22. Wear a costume to work on Halloween if you are allowed to.
23. Scare yourself by reading original horror stories submitted by users on Reddit's nosleep subreddit [16]. Warning: there's a reason why the subreddit is called "nosleep."
24. Go and get lost in a corn maze.
25. Plan to pull a scary prank on someone you know. Before you do that, make sure they enjoy being scared!
26. Making hot cider [17].
27. Drive or walk around and admire neighbors' decorations and pumpkins.
28. Hold a costume contest with friends.
29. Brainstorm and dress up in a group costume with friends. Here are some ideas [18].
30. Bring flashlights and go on a spooky night hike with friends
31. Try every pumpkin-flavored snack [19] from famous brands.