Make a Spider Web
All you need for this fun game is a ball of black, white, or silver yarn or
string and a few kids. Have everyone stand around in a circle. Ask one child to
hold one end of the string and then toss the ball to another kid. Each child
holds on the string and then tosses it to someone else. Before you know it
you'll have a great spider web.
Mummy Contest
Grab a few rolls of toilet paper and match the kids up in pairs. Of course you
could also have them choose partners. Ask each pair to decide which one of them
will be the mummy and who will do the wrapping. Then - you guessed it - have one
of the children wrap the toilet paper around the other, creating a mummy.
You can either make it a contest of speed or one of creativity. For the first,
the team that has a completely wrapped mummy first wins. For the second contest,
the kids take as long as they need to and you get to play judge and pick the
best looking mummy.
Eyeball Race
Start with a plain ping-pong ball for each child. Use a Sharpie marker and draw
on it to turn it into an eyeball. You can simple draw the pupil, or for a
scarier version, add some red wiggly lines to make the eyeball look bloodshot.
Give each child a spoon and drop one of the eyeballs in each spoon. Now it's
time to race. The child that reaches the finish line with the eyeball in the
spoon first wins.
There you have it - three fun games you can play with your kids to pass the
day until it is time to go trick-or-treating. These games are also a lot of fun
at a Halloween party. Get your kids playing them and watch all the spooky fun.
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