| You don't have to reinvent the wheel when you plan | | | | Halloween character can be used. If you don't want |
| on having a Halloween Party with kids. There are | | | | to use scary characters, you can make it Pumpkin, |
| many popular games that can be modified to fit into | | | | Pumpkin, Jack-O-Lantern! |
| any Halloween event. Some include: | | | | Guess How Many Candy Corns - In a container you |
| Musical Chairs - Decorate the chairs with spider webs | | | | purchase from a dollar store, place candy corns until |
| and mini plastic spiders and play Halloween sound | | | | it just barely will close. Have the party guests guess |
| effects. Leave one or two chairs without the | | | | how many candy corns are inside. The person to |
| webbing and see just how many kids scramble for | | | | guess closest wins the jar and all the candy corns |
| them instead of the web covered ones! | | | | inside! With bigger jars, you can put mini candy bars |
| Pin the Nose on the Jack-O-Lantern - All you need | | | | or lollipops instead of candy corns. |
| for this game is a huge piece of orange poster | | | | You can also use the costumes the kids are wearing |
| board, a black Sharpie marker, a laminated nose | | | | at the party to create fun and exciting games. If |
| shape and tape of some sort. Create a whole | | | | someone comes to your party dressed like a |
| Jack-O-Lantern face minus the nose on the poster | | | | princess, have them lead the game "Princess Says". |
| board, cut out, and hang on a wall. Place some tape | | | | Or if you have an Elmo, you can play "Elmo May I?" |
| on the back of the nose and let the kids try to stick | | | | When you plan a get-together with little kids, be |
| it in the right place. You can modify this game to be | | | | aware that no game will hold their attention for more |
| Pin the Wart on the Witch, Pin the Mouth on the | | | | than 15 minutes or so. Prepare 3 or 4 different |
| Ghost...whatever you would like. | | | | games, so you can switch off easily when the guests |
| Bobbing for Jack-O-Lanterns - On oranges, draw | | | | lose interest. |
| Jack-O-Lantern faces with a Sharpie marker. Place in | | | | Nicola always enjoys Halloween parties with her |
| a huge tub or wading pool of water and have the | | | | family. Visit her Halloween site for tips and |
| kids bob away! | | | | information about halloween masks at |
| Witch, Witch, Ghost! - Instead of the old standby | | | | This article may be reprinted in full so long as the |
| "Duck, Duck, Goose", just add some Halloween | | | | resource box and the live links are included intact. All |
| characters and let the kids play. Any combination of | | | | rights reserved. Copyright Best-Halloween. |
| ghost, witch, goblin, spider, black cat or other popular | | | | |