There’s nothing that says autumn and Halloween like falling leaves and bare trees. Have your kids dress up in some witch costumes and turn your nearby trees into their spooky forest with some sunlight and photo magic or some fake fog.

For this, you will need more makeup skills than photography because it’s all about making your kids look like they’ve risen from the dead. In addition to the makeup, dress the up in tattered clothes and rub some dirt on them to really make the look come alive (or dead).

This Halloween photoshoot will be less about preserving images of your kids in their costumes, and more about remembering their adorable Jack-o-lantern handiwork for years to come. There are a lot of different background options you can use, too, like a pumpkin patch, a wooded area like in this photo, or a worn-down wood fence.

Set up a spooky laboratory or lair where your kids can concoct their witch’s brews and build friends for Frankenstein. Keep the space dark, fill up clear bottles with water with food coloring, and don’t forget to add a few spooky elements as well, like the eyeballs in a jar in this photo.

You don’t even have to do any fancy makeup for this type of Halloween photoshoot, just dress your kids up from the waist down to create fun pictures like this. Costume ideas include a clown, superhero, witch, princess, or a classic sheet ghost.

Find the best-decorated house in the neighborhood (or dress your own up) and have your kids pose in a line while wearing their Halloween costumes, like in this photo. Make sure there are pumpkins, pretend headstones, ghosts, or other on-theme props to really bring the photo to life.

You could simply recreate this photo as is and you’d have one very cute picture of the kids, but it has more of a fall look than Halloween. To add some Halloween vibes to it, have the kids wear their costumes, hang some bats or ghosts from the corn stalks behind them, and add a few Jack-o-lanterns to the pumpkin mix.

How much fun is this picture? It’s easy to recreate, too, just put a table in front of a window, add a spooky-looking candelabra, cut some bat shapes out of black construction paper and hang them on the window, turn out the lights, and let a cloudy day do the work for you. Your kids don’t even have to dress up in masks if they don’t want to, some dark, gothic-looking outfits will work just as well.

Grab a cute Halloween banner or garland, some orange and black balloons, a witch’s hat, and your baby and you have everything you need to create a very cute photoshoot. This little one is sitting on a bed, but you can just as easily hang a white sheet and have your baby sit on the floor instead. If you want to add a little more flair to the photo, mix in some purple and green balloons and add a few spiders to the floor or bats hanging from overhead.

For this photoshoot to work, you’re going to have to let go and let your kids go wild with the toilet paper (but, they will think you are the coolest grown-up ever for letting them do it). You will certainly get some good photos out of it, though, because what kid wouldn’t be laughing and smiling as they toss toilet paper all over their house?

Set up a space in your home to look like a room in a haunted house. Get your favorite spooky decor to use as props and have your kids dress up to pay a part. For a little extra fun, let the pets join in like in this photo.

If you have a fireplace in your home, deck it out in all things spooky like in this photo and have your kids sit in front of it (roaring fire optional) reading old, worn-out books, mixing up a witches brew with a cauldron between them, or practicing spells with a magic wand. If you happen to have a rocking chair and a skeleton handy as well, then definitely add them in as props.

Snoop around your town to see if there are any black garage doors around to help you recreate this photo (if not, a black sheet works just fine). Dress your kids up in black clothes or costumes, and have them hold a bundle of orange, white, and black balloons. Or, use this picture as inspiration, and do something a little different with some purple and green balloons or a white outfit of some sort.

Set up a scene like this one, with a “Happy Halloween” banner, balloons, pumpkins, props, and anything else you can think of to make the space look like it’s decorated for a party. Then, sprinkle candy and candy wrappers all over the table and floor and have your kids sit on the couch dressed in their costumes, looking like they ate way too much candy. Or, make it a little more playful and have them actively eating the candy and enjoying every bite.

I would argue that there is nothing that’s quite as terrifying as a clown, whether it’s meant to be scary or not. So, this photo here is downright nightmare-inducing. It’s also a really easy scene to recreate (as long as you have kids who won’t smear the paint everywhere). All you need is a white backdrop, a white table cloth, some candles, pumpkins, and kids who are willing to dress up like little black, white, and red murderers... I mean clowns.