Getting covered in fake blood isn't an everyday activity for most children, but it's something 11-year-old Petalynn Webb looks forward to for one day a year - Halloween.
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This year she and her friends are looking forward to it more than ever.
"This year hasn't been a lot of fun," she said.
"My dance competitions were cancelled, and I've missed out on things like school excursions and going to other people's houses.
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"Last year I wore black shorts and a black top and my brother was pretending to use a chainsaw and I screamed, which was my favourite part, but this year I'm a serial killer.
"My favourite part of Halloween is when you get to dress up and have fun, but also when you have lots of lollies."
Her mother Mary Webb is the organiser of "Launnie safe trick or treat", which aims to give Northern families safe houses to visit on Halloween night for trick-or-treating and decorations.
Ms Webb said the idea to organise a safe Halloween came from protecting her family.
"One year when my son was younger, we had people randomly knock on our door to see if we were participating and I didn't think that was safe," Ms Webb said.
"So I created a Facebook group, and a safe list, where people nominated their houses for children to come and see decorations and get given lollies and treats.
"I call it safe, because people nominate their houses and advertise it, rather than having people come up off the street.
"I think the first year we had twenty or thirty kids and it's grown ever since - last year we had over 2,000 just at our house alone."
Ms Webb thought this year may not be able to go ahead due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"COVID cancelled a lot of things for the kids, so I was really nervous, but I called the public health hotline and they gave me some advice," Ms Webb said.
"We can't have our usual haunted house or interactive display but we can have decorations on our lawn.
"We can have people come to our gate, but not enter our property unless we know them, and we will be using gloves and only giving out lollies that are wrapped, and everyone that's on our safe list will be doing the same.
"This year, it'll be really visual rather than interactive.
"COVID shut everything down, kids lost the regular things they loved to do. Because of the crowds we've lost the Christmas parade, we've lost the carols events, it's just too hard.
"It's something important, they needed something to look forward to."
A public health spokesman said it recommended against taking part in an activity that puts people in unnecessary close contact with unfamiliar people.
"As an alternative to knocking on the doors of people you are unfamiliar with, it would be better to organise such activities with a limited number of healthy friends or family known to you," they said.
A list of "safe" houses to visit will be available on the Launnie safe trick or treat Facebook page on Saturday.
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