Martha Stewart Says She Hands Out ‘a Little Cash' to Trick-or-Treaters on Halloween

Mar. 15, 2025

Martha Stewart at the New York premiere of ‘Martha’ on Oct. 21, 2024.Photo:Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/Getty

Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/Getty

Martha Stewartis extra generous when it comes to the treats she hands out on Halloween!The lifestyle entrepreneur, 83, revealed she offers an “assortment of candies” and “a little cash” to trick-or-treaters during a conversation withVogueon Friday, Oct. 18.“I live on a farm now, so the gate is always decorated, and the security guard has to open the gate for children who are trick-or-treating” she said. “I usually give children an assortment of candies–quite a few candies in—in a bag and a little cash too.”Stewart did not define how much “a little cash” is.Despite her house being the place to be on Halloween, she admits she’s “never home” on the holiday so she doesn’t see how many trick-or-treaters she actually gets.“I try to be out and about,” Stewart notes.Martha Stewart posing with a pumpkin and Halloween decor in 2018.Brian Ach/GettyAs for her favorite Halloween memories, Stewart says D.I.Y. (do it yourself) crafts and school parades first come to mind.“We used to make box lanterns out of a cardboard box–you cut a jack-o’-lantern, and on the sides, paste orange and black tissue paper over the holes, and you would put a candle in it, a real candle,” she told the outlet.“You would walk it in the Halloween parade to school, where we would all congregate down the playing fields, and in the middle of the playing field, we threw our beautiful pumpkin boxes, I want to call them, down into the pool.”Stewart also revealed her number one tip for throwing an amazing Halloween party: “Don’t be insipid. A little jack lantern on the table—that’s not much of a Halloween gesture. I think you have to sort of go all out.”Martha Stewart dressed up for Halloween in 2013.Michael Tran/FilmMagicStewart, a spooky season enthusiast, shared abehind-the-scenes lookat some of her costumes for her Halloween cover shoot on Oct. 1.In a statement shared with PEOPLE, she explained how it’s a time she “looks forward to every year.”“Come September, I’m ready to go apple picking in the orchard and start selecting interesting pumpkins from the patch to display on the farm and around my home," the statement read. “This year, my editors crowned me Queen of Halloween! As they well know, I truly love to dream up a great costume and get in the spirit.”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.In the midst of her Halloween preparations, Stewart has also been busy gearing up for the release of her Netflix documentaryMartha, which will be streaming on Oct. 30.At the film’s premiere on Monday, Oct. 21, Stewart told PEOPLE what she wants her fans to take away from the doc: “I just hope that everyone gets a few life lessons from the film tonight and understands what’s been going on.”

Martha Stewartis extra generous when it comes to the treats she hands out on Halloween!

The lifestyle entrepreneur, 83, revealed she offers an “assortment of candies” and “a little cash” to trick-or-treaters during a conversation withVogueon Friday, Oct. 18.

“I live on a farm now, so the gate is always decorated, and the security guard has to open the gate for children who are trick-or-treating” she said. “I usually give children an assortment of candies–quite a few candies in—in a bag and a little cash too.”

Stewart did not define how much “a little cash” is.

Despite her house being the place to be on Halloween, she admits she’s “never home” on the holiday so she doesn’t see how many trick-or-treaters she actually gets.

“I try to be out and about,” Stewart notes.

Martha Stewart posing with a pumpkin and Halloween decor in 2018.Brian Ach/Getty

Brian Ach/Getty

As for her favorite Halloween memories, Stewart says D.I.Y. (do it yourself) crafts and school parades first come to mind.

“We used to make box lanterns out of a cardboard box–you cut a jack-o’-lantern, and on the sides, paste orange and black tissue paper over the holes, and you would put a candle in it, a real candle,” she told the outlet.

“You would walk it in the Halloween parade to school, where we would all congregate down the playing fields, and in the middle of the playing field, we threw our beautiful pumpkin boxes, I want to call them, down into the pool.”

Stewart also revealed her number one tip for throwing an amazing Halloween party: “Don’t be insipid. A little jack lantern on the table—that’s not much of a Halloween gesture. I think you have to sort of go all out.”

Martha Stewart dressed up for Halloween in 2013.Michael Tran/FilmMagic

Michael Tran/FilmMagic

Stewart, a spooky season enthusiast, shared abehind-the-scenes lookat some of her costumes for her Halloween cover shoot on Oct. 1.

In a statement shared with PEOPLE, she explained how it’s a time she “looks forward to every year.”

“Come September, I’m ready to go apple picking in the orchard and start selecting interesting pumpkins from the patch to display on the farm and around my home," the statement read. “This year, my editors crowned me Queen of Halloween! As they well know, I truly love to dream up a great costume and get in the spirit.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

In the midst of her Halloween preparations, Stewart has also been busy gearing up for the release of her Netflix documentaryMartha, which will be streaming on Oct. 30.

At the film’s premiere on Monday, Oct. 21, Stewart told PEOPLE what she wants her fans to take away from the doc: “I just hope that everyone gets a few life lessons from the film tonight and understands what’s been going on.”

source: people.com