. Now season the sauce to taste before adding the mini sausages. Pour the tomato sauce over the pasta and stir through. Serve with the Parmesan and pop the plastic spiders on the spookhetti to make it extra scary… but be careful not to eat them!

home, place scary masks on the back of chairs to add to the Hallowe’en theme or you can even cut holes into old pillowcases and splatter with red food colouring or use glow-in-the-dark fabric pens to create costumes with an eerie glow. As for food

1. Be patient  Many toddlers go through stages of being scared of the dark. At this age, they're still separating reality from their vivid imaginations2. Acknowledge your child's fear  Tell her you understand that the dark can be a scary place

Hi thereThis is me hanging out with some real sharks at the London Aquarium at the Moshi Monsters party. Check out that scary looking creature lurking at the bottom of the tank. Aaaagh! Thank goodness it was safely behind glass…Love JJoe's wardrobe

Things* The book caused quite a furore when it was first published, its 'scary' content deemed unsuitable for its intended young audience. But we're all for trailblazing groundbreaking books. And of course it is now widely acknowledged as one

spectacularly, to the disappointment of the doleful donkey. There are a few scary moments when the gang manage to work themselves into a frenzy about the terrible “Backson” (from Christopher’s misspelt message that his return will be imminent), followed by a

Baby & Child will be holding in-store Halloween events on October 30th and 31st. You and your little monsters are invited to pop down for some scary sweets, terrifying treats and other Halloween themed fun, including make-your-own witches' hat or mask

timeline to pore over, and everyone (even scary Bellatrix Lestrange and He Would Shall Not Be Named) looking decidedly cute and dinky in their Lego reincarnation.

patience with Lola, telling her to leave him and Marv to play in peace. What follows is an inventive tale of invisible magic potions, scary green monsters and a rabbit. With its signature collage-style drawings and vibrant use of prints and swirling

.Arrayed in their spectacular outfits, spooksters can then dance the afternoon away at the Hallowe'en disco, and tuck into scary snacks.Time: 2.30-5.45pm. Cost: Free. All ages. Summerly Room, V&A Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road E2 9PA. Tel: 020 8983 5200.For more