Halloween can be a lot. Let them be the brave one this time.
For some kids, Halloween is pure joy — costumes, candy, staying up late. For others, it's a genuinely overwhelming night of strangers at the door, spooky decorations, and the dark. LuluStories turns it into a personalised adventure where your child leads the way, meeting friendly (never actually scary) monsters as the confident hero of their own story.
This Halloween, they're the hero — not the one hiding behind your leg
A personalised illustrated storybook starring your child on a spooky-but-friendly Halloween adventure — their real face, their own costume, ready in minutes. Free to start.
Create a Haloween story for free
Create their Halloween story in 4 steps
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Upload a photo
A clear phone photo of your child's face is all you need. LuluStories turns it into a consistent illustrated character on every single page of the story.
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Add the details
Enter their name, age, and their costume idea (or let LuluStories suggest one). Add anything that makes them brave, and — if it's relevant — anything about Halloween they're a little nervous about this year.
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Choose a style
Pick from Watercolour, Cinematic 3D, Studio Ghibli-inspired, Anime, Cartoon, and more. Cartoon and Watercolour both work well for keeping things playful rather than eerie.
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Read or print
The full illustrated story is ready in minutes. Read it together in the days before Halloween to build excitement, or order a premium printed hardcover as a keepsake after the big night.
Your child on a Halloween adventure
This is a real LuluStories book created by a family in our community. Every page features the child as the illustrated Halloween star — their real face, their own words, their world brought to life in a single story.
Click below to read it in full. Then imagine your child on an adventure on Halloween star!
Turns "I don't want to go" into "trick-or-treat, let's go!"
Reading through a costume, a knock on a stranger's door, or a "scary" decoration inside a story first — where your child is already the brave one handling it — makes the real thing feel familiar rather than frightening. It's the same idea as reading a book about the first day of school before term starts, just for Halloween night instead.
What parents say
“My son point blank refused to trick-or-treat last year. We read his story every night that week and this year he answered the door in his own costume when trick-or-treaters came to us.”
“She's not an anxious kid, she just really wanted to be a "friendly vampire who's scared of nothing," and this let her be exactly that. Read it about ten times before October even started.”
“Used it to gently introduce the idea that some decorations at the neighbours' are just for fun and not real. Genuinely helped.”
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Get them ready to lead the way this Halloween
Free to create. No account needed. Upload a photo, pick a costume, and see their Halloween adventure in minutes.