Billie Eilish and Finneas’ Mom Maggie Baird Shares Family’s Old Halloween Tradition: ‘My Kids Are Obsessed’ (Exclusive)

Billie Eilish and Finneas love Halloween, just ask their mother!

Maggie Baird, 65, revealed her favorite family Halloween memory to PEOPLE during the Glamor Women of the Year Awards on Tuesday, October 8, at Paradise Club at Times Square EDITION in New York City.

“Oh my God, my kids are obsessed with Halloween, honestly obsessed with Halloween,” said the actress and mom to Eilish, 22, and Finneas, 27.

“We used to have these great Halloween parties at our house,” Baird continued before explaining a family Halloween memory from when her children were growing up in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

“We always had donuts on a string from Donut Friend, a local plant-based donut shop,” she added. “And we would have feeling boxes [you’d stick your hand in]. We would turn our little garage into a haunted house with all those gooey boxes. Haunted houses and Halloween parties were a big part of their childhood.”

Inside Donut Friend, a plant-based grocery store (photo).

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Baird was honored at the event GlamourWomen of the Year 2024: The Mom Edition, which was released on October 3.

She was on the cover of the issue alongside Beyoncé and Solange’s mom Tina Knowles, 70; Selena Gomez and Gracie Teefey’s mom Mandy Teefey, 48; and mom of Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce, Donna Kelce, 72.

Baird told PEOPLE how her two children reacted to the honor.

“They were so sweet. They sent me flowers when the cover came out, which shocked me. I don’t think I even told them about it, to be honest,” she said. “I’m a little quiet about such things. It’s really not my comfort zone. I mean, I’m technically an actor and a comedian, but I’ve always been a little more comfortable in character.”

Finneas and Billie Eilish at the Oscars in March 2024.

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Baird added that she is “most comfortable” when “delivering food and talking about my passionate concerns about the climate.” In 2020, she launched Support + Feed to fight food shortages and climate change.

For Tuesday’s event, Baird’s outfit was sustainable fashion.

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“This outfit was made for me by SUAY, which uses recycled materials,” she told PEOPLE. “Everything in these clothes is recycled from various other reclaimed fabrics. The shoes are from Stella McCartney. They are great.”

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