Ideas for good Halloween games for kids are always welcome - and
we think you will enjoy these!
Great Games for Your Halloween Party
By Jacqui O'Brien
If you’re having a Halloween party you need to play some games! Whether
it’s to fill the time before the food is ready or to keep the kids
occupied before their parents collect them, here are some ghoulish games
to play.
1) Pin the Wart on the Witch’s Nose: Draw or photocopy up a big picture
of a witch; get lumps of green play-dough, blindfold each child and let
them put a green wart on the witch’s face.
2) Apple bobbing is the traditional Halloween game. Float apples in a
bowl of water, each player must try to get an apple with their teeth
while their hands are held behind their backs. (This can get messy)
3) Traditionally on Halloween night, if you peel an apple and throw the
skin over your shoulder and it will form the initial of the person you
are to marry. You could peel the child’s apple once bobbed and see if it
resembles a letter.
4) Another variation is to hang the apples on string and the players
have to eat the apple again without touching it. Problem: Unless you
grow your own apples they rarely have stalks still attached. You could
try this game with ring doughnuts, bagels or ring biscuits.
5) Musical Zombies: Find some suitable Halloween Music - Saint-Saens’
‘Danse Macabre’ goes down well with children, but if the kids are a bit
young you could use ‘Fossils’ from his ‘Carnival of the Animals’ - and
play this version of musical statues. Instead of dancing the kids
pretend to be zombies then stand still when the music stops.
6) Wrap the Mummy: tear up strips of an old sheet and see who can wrap
up their friend the fastest.
7) Sleeping vampires: Quieten things down with this version of sleeping
lions, they all have to lie silently in the crypt; the one who stays
still the longest is the winner.
Have a Happy Halloween!
Jacqui O’Brien is the editor of eParenting.co.uk, the online parenting
magazine and information resource for parents, with free printables and
educational software. Visit eParenting at
http://www.eparenting.co.uk/
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