| Make a Spider Web All you need for this fun | | | | plain ping-pong ball for each child. Use a |
| game is a ball of black, white, or silver | | | | Sharpie marker and draw on it to turn it into |
| yarn or string and a few kids. Have everyone | | | | an eyeball. You can simple draw the pupil, or |
| stand around in a circle. Ask one child to | | | | for a scarier version, add some red wiggly |
| hold one end of the string and then toss the | | | | lines to make the eyeball look bloodshot.Give |
| ball to another kid. Each child holds on the | | | | each child a spoon and drop one of the |
| string and then tosses it to someone else. | | | | eyeballs in each spoon. Now it's time to |
| Before you know it you'll have a great spider | | | | race. The child that reaches the finish line |
| web.Mummy Contest Grab a few rolls of toilet | | | | with the eyeball in the spoon first |
| paper and match the kids up in pairs. Of | | | | wins.There you have it - three fun games you |
| course you could also have them choose | | | | can play with your kids to pass the day until |
| partners. Ask each pair to decide which one | | | | it is time to go trick-or-treating. These |
| of them will be the mummy and who will do the | | | | games are also a lot of fun at a Halloween |
| wrapping. Then - you guessed it - have one of | | | | party. Get your kids playing them and watch |
| the children wrap the toilet paper around the | | | | all the spooky fun.Would you like to quickly |
| other, creating a mummy.You can either make | | | | make creative Halloween costumes that you and |
| it a contest of speed or one of creativity. | | | | your children will be proud of -- for a |
| For the first, the team that has a completely | | | | fraction of the price of store-bought? |
| wrapped mummy first wins. For the second | | | | Susanne Myers has co-authored a book to show |
| contest, the kids take as long as they need | | | | you how -- no sewing involved. Visit to |
| to and you get to play judge and pick the | | | | learn more. |
| best looking mummy.Eyeball Race Start with a | | | | |