Halloween Messages: 50+ Things to Write This October

Halloween is not a card-sending occasion for most people, which is exactly why one lands well — nobody expects it. Here are 50+ original messages for cards, texts and party invitations.

Send yours in a free holiday ecard.

Quick Halloween messages

1. Happy Halloween! Hope it is a good one.
2. Have a spooky and thoroughly enjoyable Halloween.
3. Happy Halloween! Enjoy the chaos.
4. Wishing you a wickedly good Halloween.
5. Happy Halloween! Eat too many sweets.
6. Have a brilliant Halloween!
7. Happy Halloween to you and yours.
8. Wishing you a fun and frightful night.
9. Happy Halloween! Hope the costume is worth it.
10. Have a great Halloween — and a very good haul.
11. Happy Halloween! Enjoy every minute.
12. Wishing you a spooky and happy Halloween.

Funny Halloween messages

1. Happy Halloween! You do not even need a costume. Take that however you like.
2. Happy Halloween! Wishing you the strength to answer the door forty times.
3. Have a great Halloween. Remember: the sweets you buy “for the trick-or-treaters” are for you.
4. Happy Halloween! Turning the lights off and pretending to be out is a valid tradition.
5. Happy Halloween! Nothing is scarier than the amount of sugar in this house tonight.
6. Have a spooky one! Your normal face is doing most of the work already.
7. Happy Halloween! May your costume be comfortable and your neighbours be generous.
8. Happy Halloween! I have eaten the entire bowl and it is only six o’clock.
9. Have a great Halloween. Pace yourself — there are three more parties this weekend.
10. Happy Halloween! Ghosts, ghouls, and one small child dressed as a traffic cone.

For children

1. Happy Halloween! Hope you get loads of sweets.
2. Have the spookiest Halloween ever!
3. Happy Halloween! Your costume is going to be brilliant.
4. Boo! Have a wonderful Halloween.
5. Happy Halloween! Go and collect as much as you can carry.
6. Have a fangtastic Halloween!
7. Happy Halloween! Hope it is spooky and fun.
8. Happy Halloween! Save me one sweet. Just one.

For a Halloween party

1. Happy Halloween! See you tonight — costume compulsory.
2. Come as something horrifying. See you at eight.
3. Happy Halloween! Cannot wait to see what you turn up as.
4. Halloween party, Saturday from 8pm. Costumes non-negotiable.
5. Join us for a spooky evening. Saturday 31st, 8pm, at ours.
6. Halloween drinks! Saturday from 8pm. Effort will be judged.
7. Come and be terrible with us. Saturday, 8pm onwards.
8. Happy Halloween! Bring a bottle and a bad costume.

Spooky and playful lines

1. Wishing you a night of tricks, treats and questionable decisions.
2. May your night be spooky and your sweets be plentiful.
3. Sending you ghostly greetings and ghoulish good wishes.
4. Have a hauntingly good evening.
5. Wishing you all the frights of the season.
6. A very happy Halloween from our haunted house to yours.
7. May the night be dark and full of chocolate.
8. Wishing you creaks, cobwebs and a very good time.

Short Halloween messages

1. Happy Halloween!
2. Boo!
3. Have a spooky one.
4. Trick or treat!
5. Wishing you a wicked night.
6. Happy Halloween — enjoy!
7. Have a frightfully good time.
8. Spooky wishes!

How to write it

1. Keep it light. Halloween is the least sentimental card of the year — nobody wants depth here.
2. Match the recipient. Children want sweets and costumes; adults want the joke about hiding from trick-or-treaters.
3. Put the practical bit in if it is an invitation. Costume expectations cause genuine anxiety.
4. Send it on the day. Halloween has no run-up — a card arriving on the 25th is odd.

Send it — and pair it with a gift

A free holiday ecard works on the night itself. See also Thanksgiving messages and what to write in an invitation:

FAQ

What do you write in a Halloween card?

Something short and playful. Halloween cards work best as a joke or a spooky one-liner rather than a warm message.

Do people send Halloween cards?

Rarely, which is what makes one memorable. It is more commonly a text, a party invitation, or a card for a child.

What do you write to a child at Halloween?

Focus on the costume and the sweets — those are the two things that matter to them.

What is a good short message?

“Happy Halloween! Hope it is a good one.”

How do you word a Halloween party invitation?

State the date, time and whether costumes are expected. The costume question is the one guests genuinely worry about.

When should you send it?

On the day, or a day or two before. Halloween has almost no build-up compared to other seasonal cards.