Kids Halloween Party

Twin Sisters Productions

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Executive Producers Kim Mitzo Thompson Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand Audio Track Programming David Paglisotti Cover Illustration Ronnie Rooney Pumpkin Carving Patterns David Schimmell Activities and Recipes Ken Carder

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1. The Legend Of Herbert Smear

If done well, this classic Halloween sensory experience is always a hit. Ahead of time, prepare whats left of poor Herbert Smear. Place each item in a separate open container. Choose a great story teller to narrate the eventsomeone who can easily exaggerate and embellish the tale and who can follow the lead provided by your guests reactions. Blindfold your guests, have them sit in a circle on the floor, and as the narrator shares the gruesome tale, pass the body parts around the circle for each to feel. Or, in the end of a box, cut a hole large enough to reach a hand in; put each item in its own box. Brains Scrambled Brains Worms Hair Eyes Heart Intestines Blood Hands Ears Nose Bones: Barf/Vomit Flesh Teeth Veins Maggots A head of cauliflower, overcooked and warm; a peeled, squishy tomato Lumpy cottage cheese Live earthworms, or gummy worms Corn Silk best to get a few days before the party and let it dry out. Two frozen olives, or peeled grapes A large slice of uncooked beef liver Soggy marshmallows strung together for long intestines - slimy Ketchup thinned with water Two wet latex gloves filled with red gelatin Large dried apricots The end of a pickle or a hot dog, a soft chicken bone or gristle Fresh crisp celery Chunky salsa and canned corn mixed together Mashed Potatoes topped with potato flakes, add coloring Dried popcorn kernels Cooked, cold spaghetti Cooked, cold rice

2. Spider Web
Youll need: A ball of yarn for each player Halloween Music Give each player a ball of yarn. Players tie one end of the yarn loosely around their waist and then stand in a circle. Play your favorite Halloween music CD. Whenever the music stops, players toss their ball of yarn to anyone in the circle. Then, each player wraps the yarn around any part of his or her bodyaround their leg, arm, waist, foot, fingers, but not around the neck. Play the music again, tossing the yarn to another player when the music stops. Continue until players run out of yarn. There are no winners or losers, and players will be entertained for quite a long time. Plus, theyll have fun untangling themselves.

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3. Eyeball Relay
Youll need: 1 Ping pong ball for each team (painted like an eyeball) 1 Spoon for each team Divide players into teams. Give the first person on each team a spoon and a ping pong ball. Set up the course to where they have to carry the "EYE" on the spoon to the end of the course and come back. Hand off to the next player and continue until all team members have run the course. First team done wins!

4. Ghost Waiter
Supplies needed: Balloon for each team Paper plate for each team Divide children into teams. Set up a course for them to race on. The child has to balance a balloon on a paper plate while walking it down the course and back to their team.

5. Fake Wounds
Youll Need: Petroleum jelly Toothpick Bowl Red food coloring A white tissue Powdered cocoa Place a finger-full of petroleum jelly into a bowl. Use a toothpick to blend three or four drops of red food coloring with the petroleum jelly. To make the color a darker bloodlike red, blend in a pinch of cocoa. Separate the layers of a tissue, then rip out a small rectangle from one layer about 3 inches by 2 inches. Place the tissue at your wound site (the back of the forearm is a good spot). First, cover the tissue with the plain petroleum jelly, molding a gooey wound. Smear the blood color petroleum jelly in the center of the wound, sprinkle cocoa onto the edges, and rub the cocoa in to make the edges dark. Now go show someone! Be prepared with a sad or spine-tingling story, too!

6. Raising Raisins
Youll need: A bottle of clear soda Raisins Put a few of raisins into a bottle of clear soda and watch them rise and shimmy like they've come to life! The irregular surfaces of raisins hold some carbon dioxide from the carbonation in the soda, and when enough bubbles accumulate, they lift raisins to the surface.

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7. Natural Gas
Youll need: One packet of yeast (available in the grocery store) A small, clean, clear, plastic soda bottle 1 teaspoon of sugar Warm water Small balloon Fill the bottle up with about one inch of warm water. Add all of the yeast and gently swirl the bottle a few seconds. Add the sugar and swirl it around some more. As the yeast absorbs the sugar, it creates a GAS carbon dioxide. Put the neck of the balloon over the top of the bottle and allow the bottle to sit for a while in a warm place. Soon the balloon should start to blow up because it is filling with the gas created by the living yeast! When youve amazed your friends, remove the balloon and throw it away. Pour out the yeast solution in the sink. What does it smell like?

8. Paper Clip Float

Dont eat or drink this floathold out for the rootbeer float from your favorite ice cream hangout. But challenge your friends to make a paper-clip float! Youll need: Clean dry paper clips Tissue paper A bowl of water Pencil with eraser Fill the bowl with water, and try to make the paper clip float! When others have tried, tear a piece of tissue paper about half the size of a dollar bill. Very gently drop the tissue flat onto the surface of the water. Now, carefully place a dry paper clip flat onto the tissue. Use the eraser end of the pencil to carefully poke the tissuenot the paper clipuntil the tissue sinks. With some luck, the tissue will sink and leave the paper clip floating!

9. Quick Change Artist

Youll need: 1/4 Cup grape juice Small, clear glass 1 Tablespoon of baking soda 1 Tablespoon of white vinegar Pour the grape juice into the glass. Slowly mix the baking soda into the grape juice. The color at the top of the juice will change to blue. Now add the vinegar to the mixture, a drop at a time; the color will change to pink where the vinegar drips. Pour out the liquid in the sink and notice how dark it becomes. Grape juice looks purple because its molecules are arranged in such a way that it absorbs all the colors of light except purple. Adding other substances changes the molecular structure of grape juice, so its color changes.

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10. What Smells?

Have fun experimenting with smells! Collect several items that have distinctive smells such as: lemon, orange peel, perfume soaked cotton, banana, pine needles, chocolate, coffee, dirt, vanilla, garlic, onion, mint, vinegar, moth balls, rose petals, saw dust, and pencil shavings. If youre brave enough, add some disgusting smells, too. Keep the items separated and enclosed in plastic containers so that the odors do not mix. Blindfold a friendor punch holes in the top of the containers to eliminate the need of a blindfold. Can your friends identify each item by smell? Do your friends have an immediate reaction to certain smells? Can they share memories associated with the smell?

11. Broom Dance

Youll need: A broom Explain that youre going to teach your guests the Broom Dance. Then, you stand up, hold the broom, loudly clear your throat, and then begin dancing around with exaggerated gestures and dance steps while singing, "I can do a broom dance, broom dance, broom dance, I can do a broom dance, can you?" After your performance, point to another player, who must get up and try to do the broom dance exactly as you demonstrated. Chances are the players will forget to do one the one key action: no matter what your steps or hand gestures are, the Broom Dance is not complete unless you clear your throat before you start.

12. Truly Tasteless Experiment

Youll need: Pieces of an apple, onion, and a potato Convince your friends that they won't be able to taste the difference between an apple, an onion, and a potato. Place a blindfold around a friend's eyes. Make your friend hold her nose; then place a small piece of apple, potato, or onion on the center of her tongue. Ask your friend to identify the piece just by taste and without chewing. Do the same thing with the other two pieces of food. Taste buds are tiny organs on your tongue that identify four basic tastes: salt, sweet, sour, and bitter. Since the center of your tongue has fewer taste buds than any other part of the tongue, it's hard to recognize foods that are only placed there.

13. Vampire Soap

Youll need: A small jar Laxative tablets (available from a grocery or drug store) Rubbing alcohol Soap and water In a small jar, crush one or two pieces of a laxative and add a tablespoon of rubbing alcohol. Rub some of the mixture on your hand and allow it to dry. Then wash it off with soap. The soapy water turns bright red!

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14. Rubber Eggs

Youll need: An egg Glass jar Vinegar Make a quivering, rubbery egg sac! Place an egg in a jar. Pour in some vinegar until the egg is covered. Tiny bubbles will soon appear all over the shell. Over the next few hours the hard shell of the egg will disappear. What's left behind is the egg sac that surrounds the egg white and yolk and keeps them intact. Handle this delicate "rubber" egg carefully, or you'll have a big mess on your hands! The vinegar is an acid that dissolves the calcium in the shell.

15. Egg Float

Youll need: Two large glasses filled with lukewarm water Cup Salt 1 Egg Make an egg float and astonish your guests! Thoroughly dissolve about 1/2 cup of salt in one glass of water. Gather your audience around. Drop the egg into the unsalted water. It will sink to the bottom. Remove the egg and look sad, pretending your experiment never works. Now put the egg into the salt water, and your audience will be amazed to see the egg float.

16. Egg In A Bottle

Youll need: Cooking oil, butter, or margarine An 8-oz glass baby bottle Two small, shelled, hard-boiled eggs A piece of paper, four inches square Matches Adult supervision How do you get a shelled, hard-boiled egg into a narrow-necked bottle without damaging the egg? Easy! Rub the oil, butter, or margarine around the inside of the mouth of the bottle. Fold the paper to form an accordion. Carefully light one end of the paper with a match, and drop it into the bottle. Quickly place the egg onto the mouth of the bottle. You did it!

17. Brownie Surprise

Serve this chewy treat to your unsuspecting friend! Take a brand-new kitchen sponge and give it a thick coat of frosting. Add sprinkles and arrange on a plate.

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18. Homemade Boogers

Youll need: Small bowl Craft glue Warm water Green food coloring Borax Laundry booster Clean, empty 16-oz plastic bottle with lids In a small bowl mix together cup each of craft glue and warm water. Add drops of green food coloring until the boogers look green enough! Set the boogers aside for a moment. Put cup of Borax laundry booster (available at most grocery and discount stores) in a clean, empty 16-oz plastic soda bottle. Fill the bottle with the water, replace the lid, and shake it until the powder dissolves. Pour several tablespoons of the solution into the booger mixture and stir until very clumpy. When the boogers are just right, have a booger flicking contest with your friends!

19. Homemade Belch

Youll need: A medium size balloon Baking soda Vinegar Small funnel Pour a small amount of vinegar into the bottom of a medium balloon. Add baking soda to the balloonuse a funnel. Pinch the balloon closed at the neck, and watch the stomach expand with the gas. Stop pinching the balloon and listen for the burpthats the gas releasing.

20. The Little Green Ball a skit

First friend enters and says, Oh no I've lost it! He then starts to search around on the floor. Second friend comes in and asks what the first person is looking for. First person replies that he has lost his little green ball. Both continue searching the floor. Several more friends come on and are told about the lost little green ball. Even members of the audience can be persuaded to join in the search. After enough time has been dragged out, the first person sticks a finger up his nose and says, "Don't worry! I will have to make another one" YUK!!!!!

21. Mind Reader

One of your guests must think of a person, place, or thing! Guest must read his or her mind! You can only ask questions that can be answered by saying yes or no. Take turns asking questions. The player who guesses correctly now must think of a person, place, or thing. And your guests continue to ask questions.

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22. Strong Coffee a skit

Youll need: Large pan of dirty water Coffee mugs Socks Four actors Set a large pan of dirty water in the center of the stage. You and three others each walk one at a time to the pan, carrying a coffee mug, dips the mug in, brings it up to your lips for a drink, and says: 1st friend: 2nd friend: 3rd friend: 4th friend "This coffee is getting strong!" "This coffee is terrible!" "This is the most foul-smelling coffee Ive ever had!" Walks to pan, dips his hands in and takes out a pair of wet socks, wrings them out and says, "I thought that would get them clean!"

23. Whats in the Box? A skit

Youll need: A cardboard box A yellow liquid leaking from the box Three actors, an announcer Announcer: Friend 1 Friend 2 Friend 3 Friend 2 Friend 3 Friend 1 This scene takes place on the street outside a grocery store. (Several friends are gathered around outside the store, chatting.) (Enters holding the box) Hi guys! Would you please hold this box for me while I go into the store? (Exits) I wonder what's in the box. I don't know, but something yellow is leaking out! (Rubs finger against the bottom of box then licks finger.) Hmmm, it tastes like lemon soda. (Also rubs box and tastes finger.) No. I think it's more like chicken soup. (Returns, looks into the box.) Oh, you naughty puppy!

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24. The Lawnmower a skit

The skit requires two actors, and three members from the audience. Owner: (Yanking an imaginary rope, while the lawnmower sputters) This old mower, I can't get it going. I need some help. (Owner chooses someone from the audience.) I need you to give a real good yank on the starting rope and make it run. Helper #1: Lawnmower: Owner: Yanks the imaginary rope a couple of times. (Splutters, shakes side-to-side, up and down) Well, what could be wrong? Ive checked the gas and the spark plug. Maybe someone else can help me. Well, let's see who else has a strong arm. (Owner chooses another person from the audience.) I need you to give a real good yank on the starting rope and make it run. Yanks the imaginary rope a couple of times. (Splutters, shakes side-to-side, up and down) Gosh! I just dont understand. Ill try an even stronger person! (Owner chooses another person from the audience.) I need you to give a real good yank on the starting rope and make it run. Yanks the imaginary rope a couple of times. (Splutters, coughs, begins to vibrate and run) There. All it needed was a real jerk! (Emphasis on the double-meaning of the word jerk)

Helper #2: Lawnmower: Owner:

Helper #3: Lawnmower: Owner:

25. Candy Store a skit

This is great in a large group of people, with unsuspecting friends and family chosen to participate. Youre the owner of a new candy store and you choose other people to be items in the store windows, a revolving door, an adjustable shelf, a talking sign and etc. Make it all up as you go. Each new item should do something special for example, the window has arms down when it's shut, up when open, and by gently slapping their face to the other direction, it locks. The sign, if you touch its nose, says Handy Dandy Candy Store." The revolving door spins around and around whenever it is touched. There is really no end to the number of items in the store. When the skit has reached its limit, the last friend, clued in ahead of time, says "If this is a candy store, where's all the candy?" The storeowner replies, "What are you talking about? Have you ever seen so many suckers right here!?

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26. Balloon Orchestra

Youll need: A balloon for each person Everyone in the orchestra holds a balloon. Together, blow up the balloons in unison, and let out the air a squeak at a time to the rhythm of some easily recognized song like "Home on the Range or Jingle Bells. To end the skit all fill their balloons with air and let go at the directors signal.

27. Suckers Bet

Dare your friends to drink water from a jar through a straw! Theyre sure to fail with this simple stunt. Youll Need: Glass jar with a metal lid Hammer & Nail Drinking straw Modeling clay Water Make a hole big enough for the straw in the metal jar lid using a hammer and nail. Fill the jar about halfway with water and put the lid on. Stick a straw in the water through the hole in the lid; then plug the hole up tight with clay so that no air can get in. Now, bet your friend that he/she won't be able to drink the water in the jar through the straw. Watch how frustrated they get when the water doesn't budge! By sealing the lid, you've blocked the air pressure and the water can't rise.

28. Gross Eating Contest

Youll need: Two paper grocery store bags Food items that smell or feel gross: raw onions, cold beans, cooked spaghetti, hardboiled eggs, black olives, cheese chunks, lunchmeat Blindfolds Ahead of time, fill two paper grocery bags with food items that smell or feel gross nothing spoiled! Each bag must have the same items. Suggestions: raw onions, cold beans, cooked spaghetti, hardboiled eggs, black olives, cheese chunks, lunchmeat, etc. Divide your friends or family members into two teams. Blindfold each player. The first player on each team takes one item from the bag, eats it completely, and then passes the bag to the next player. The first team to eat all the food items in the bag is the winner!

29. Belching Contest

Players try burping as many letters in the alphabet as they can. Whoever makes it the furthest through the alphabet wins! Give prizes for the loudest burps, softest burps, most disgusting burps ooooo, yuck!

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30. Soda Roulette

Youll need: Several cans of soda Towels for clean up One unlucky friend will experience the soda fizz sensation. Have a can of soda for each player. Vigorously shake one can of soda. Mix the cans up. Each player chooses a can, puts it up to his nose, and on the count of three opens it! The winner will be revealed!

31. Alphabetical Drama

Choose a subject any subject! Maybe the subject is scary movies, or disgusting foods, or an alien invasion from outer space, or a mad scientist and an experiment thats gone wrongany subject that will make a great story. Now, begin the story. The first player says a sentence beginning with the letter A. The second player adds more to the story, beginning a sentence with the letter B. Try to get as far down the alphabet as you can. Its harder than it sounds! Example: "Aliens have invaded! "Bravo! "Cool kids are trying to capture the aliens. "Demented doctors are attempting to destroy the aliens! Everyone find food for the aliens! "French friesaliens prefer to eat French fries! For more challenging fun, try to tell the story asking only questions! Every player must ask a question that begins with the letter of the alphabet.

32. Beat The Bunny

Youll need: Two balls of different sizes This is a really fast game to play with a group of friends. The object of the game is for the farmer to catch the bunny. Begin passing the bunnythe small ballfrom player to player around the circle. When the bunny is about half way around the circle, begin passing the farmerthe large ball in the same direction. For more challenging play, the farmer can change directions, but the bunny can only go one way.

33. Blanket Stand

Youll need: An old blanket Spread out a blanket on the floor. The object of the game is to have the entire group of friends on the blanket so that no arms, legs, or other body parts are touching the ground off the blanket. If this is too easy, have your friends get off the blanket, fold the blanket in half, and try again. Keep folding the blanket in half! Soon, youll end up in a big pile! Guaranteed!

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34. Fast Talker

Now you can prove who in your group of friends talks too much! Challenge each friend to talk nonstop for one minute about a subject you choose. Its harder than you think! If the player hesitates or stops talking theyre out of the game. Youll need someone with a watch to time each player. For more challenging play, have two friends talk at the same time about that topic for one minute.

35. Ghost Catcher 1

Youll need: Large cardboard carton with closable flaps Hair dryer White foam packing worms Scissors Timer Ahead of time, cut an arm-size hole in one side of the cardboard box, near the bottom. Cut a second hole in the bottom of the box, opposite the arm hole, to accommodate the spout of the hair dryer. Fill the carton with about 100 foam packing wormsthe ghosts. Close the top of the carton. To play, plug the hair dryer in, set the temperature setting of the hair dryer on Cool, and insert the blower end through the hole cut for it in the bottom of the carton. Turn the hair dryer on so that the ghosts are "flying" around inside the carton. Players take turns putting one arm through the hole in the bottom of the carton, trying to catch the "ghosts". See how many ghosts each player can catch in one minute. Return the ghosts to the carton for the next players turn.

36. Knots
Stand in a circle facing each other, shake hands with the person directly across from you, and join left hands with a different person in the group. Now, try to untangle the human knot without letting go of your hands. Try doing this with different size groups.

37. Poor Kitty

No one will be able to keep a straight face for very long with this silly game. Players sit on the floor in a circle. Choose one player to be the Poor, Poor Kitty. The Poor, Poor Kitty goes up to another player in the circle purring and meowing, acting like a cat. The friend must pat the kitty on the head and say, "Poor, Poor Kitty" without laughing. If the player laughs, then he or she must become the kitty and try to make another player in the circle laugh.

38. Sticky Fingers

Choose one friend to be Sticky Fingers. In this game of tag, when Sticky Fingers tags you, place your hand on the place he touched and continue to run. As more and more friends become stuck on themselves, Sticky Fingers has a better chance to totally immobilize someone. A third touch and you become the next Sticky Fingers.

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39. Ankle Wrestling

First, mark off a small playing area. Next, choose two players to enter the ring, stoop over, and grasp their own ankles. The object of the game is to push your opponent over or to make him let go of his ankles. The player is automatically disqualified if he steps out of the ring. Set up a tournament and declare an Ankle Wrestling Champ.

40. Sock Wrestling

Mark off a small play area. Players take their shoes off and sit around the ring. The idea of the game is for players to somehow remove a sock from their opponents. It can be played one-on-one or with several players in the ring at the same time. Players who lose a sock have to leave the ring.

41. Worms In A Pie

Youll need: Gummy worms Whipped topping Aluminum pie plates or deep disposable platesone for each player Blindfolds Place the same amount of gummy worms on each plate and cover with whipped cream. Blindfold each player. On the count of three, each player dips into the pie with their mouths, trying to pull out as many worms as they can. See who can pull out the most worms in a time limit or just set a certain amount of worms to find. For more fun, and if everyone is willing, put all the gummy worms and whipped cream in one large container and let players search together.

42. Bobbing For Apples

Youll need: Apples Large tub or wading pool Optional: ice cubes This classic game is perfect for on a hot day! Put several apples in a large tub or wading pool and try to grab one using only your mouth. For more fun, add ice cubes to the water. For younger kids: cut several apple shapes out of construction paper and place a loop of masking tape on each one. Place the apples in a large clothesbasket, box, or pan. To bob for the apples, a player must get an apple by touching his nose to the masking tape!

43. Face to Face

Choose one player to stand in the center, while the rest of you stand in a large circle face-to-face with a partner. The player in the middle calls out commands such as "Face to face," "Back to back," "Side to side." Players take these positions accordingly. When the person in the middle calls "All change!" all the players must find a new partner! The person in the middle tries to get a partner, too. The person left without a partner becomes the new person in the middle and starts to give commands.

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44. Spit Wad Target Practice

Youll need: Poster board Colored copy paper Straw Youll never want to play darts again after using spit-wads instead! First make a target on a piece of poster board, like a dartboard with circles and points marked off. (Of course, with permission, you might draw your dartboard on a sliding glass door using dry-erase or washable markers.) Next, each player must make his arsenal of spitballs. Give each player a different color piece of paper. Each player shreds the paper into small pieces, wets them in his mouth, rolling them into tiny balls with his tongue. Finally, give each player a straw. Aiming ONLY at the target, load one spitball (or two, or three!) and blow them out! Keep score, adding up the points of each spitball that actually sticks!

45. Create a Monster

Youll need: Construction Paper Scissors Glue, Tape Markers or Crayons Stickers, glitter, yarn, ribbon, and other craft materials Divide players into teams. Each team must work together to create a monster with the art supplies. Award prizes for the monster creations: scariest, friendliest, prettiest, most creative, the silliest.

46. Ring the Witch Hat

Youll need: Large witch hatavailable at crafts and discount stores Fiberfill or newspaper to make the hat stand up on its own Five heavy paper plates Scissors Ahead of time, stuff the witch hat with fiberfill or newspaper to make it stand up straight. Cut the center out of each of the five plates to make five cardboard rings. Players take turns trying to toss the five rings over the point of the witch hat. After each round of play, stand farther away from the hat.

47. Monster Statues

Youll need: Halloween music or party songs Players stomp and dance around like monsters while the music plays. When the music stops players must freeze. Any player caught moving is out of the game and helps to judge the next round.

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48. Squish Painting

Youll need: Large zipper food storage bags Ketchup Mustard Put a small amount of ketchup and/or mustard inside a large zipper food storage bag. Squeeze out the air and tightly seal the bag. Lay the bag flat, and spread the contents evenly. Draw on the bag with your fingers. Smooth over the bag to erase the drawing. What other mixtures can you place in the bag? Try pudding!

49. Ice Melt

Youll need: A half-gallon milk container filled with water and frozenone for each team Plastic Halloween toy for each container Ahead of time, fill several half-gallon milk containers with water and freeze. Add a plastic Halloween toy to each container. To play, give each team one block of ice with the carton removed. The first team to retrieve the plastic toy by melting their block of ice using only their hands is the winner. Consider allowing team members to use their feet and other body parts, too but this can be, well, a little gross!

50. Following the Master

Players sit in a circle on the floor. Choose one person to leave the room for a few minutes. While that friend is out of the room, choose one person in the group to be the Master. Everyone in the group repeats whatever action the Master does. If he scratches his nose, everyone slowly begins to scratch their nose, too. If the Master places his hands behind his head, everyone else slowly places their hands behind their heads. After youve practiced following the Master, bring the first person back into the room. The object of the game is for that person to guess who the Master is. When the Master is revealed, he leaves the room and becomes the next person to guess.

51. Wink
One friend leaves the room. The remaining players select a secret assassin and sit in a circle. The first friend returns to the center of the circle. Now, the secret assassin winks at another player, the next victim, in the circle. The victim waits 5 seconds and then falls. The victim can pretend to gag, fall to the floor in pain, etc. The secret assassin continues to wink at others and his victims continue to fall. The object is for the friend in the center to identify the assassin. At any time the player may point to someone in the circle and say, "I accuse you. When the secret assassin is revealed, he leaves the room and becomes the next person to guess.

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52. Nose Gum

Youll need: Poster board Bubble Gum or chewing gum Blindfolds On a large piece of poster board draw a very large bulls-eye target. Tape the poster board to a clean wall or sliding glass door. Give each player a piece of gum to chew for a few minutes. Blindfold one player at a time and spin them around. Instruct the player to take the gum out of his mouth, stick it to his nose, and then try to stick the gum to the target. Whoever gets the closest to the bulls-eye is the winner.

53. Lost Eyeballs

Youll need: Marbles Medium-sized plastic storage container Cooked spaghetti Food coloring Cooking oil The lost eyeballs are really marbles! Place the marbles in a medium-size plastic storage container. Fill the container with cooked spaghetti noodles doctored up with a red food coloring and a small amount of cooking oil. Players take turns searching for the lost eyeballs using only their feet.

54. Toe Painting

Youll need: A large piece of white paper, tablecloth or bed sheet Drop cloth Washable paint Small containers or pie pans Warm, soapy water and towels Instead of finger painting, try Toe Painting! With adult help and supervision, hang a large piece of paper, white paper tablecloth or even a bed sheet on a wall. Be sure to use a drop cloth, too, if you do this inside the house. Kids must dip their toes into pie pans or small plastic containers of different color paints. Watercolors or acrylic paints will work well. Divide your friends into teams and award prizes for most creative, funniest, scariest, etc. Have a container of warm soapy water and towels nearby to wash and dry each artists toes!

55. Pumpkin Leg Toss

Youll need: A small pumpkin for each team Players lay on their backs on the floor right next to each other. One player's head should be next to the next player's feet and so on down the line. Set a small pumpkin on the players legs at the end of the row. The players try to pass the pumpkin down the row using only their legs and their feet.

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56. Ghost Catcher 2

Youll need: 1 large pumpkin Stickers for each player Blindfold Choose one player to be the Ghost Catcher. Divide the other players into teams of ghosts, for example Red Ghosts, Blue Ghosts. Have enough stickers for the team members to have one each of the same sticker. Players stand in a large circle. Place the pumpkin in the middle of the circle and blindfold the Ghost Catcher. Ghosts crawl around the circle on their knees and try to sneak to the middle to put their stickers on the pumpkin. If the Ghost Catcher touches a ghost, the ghost is out of the game. Once a ghost has placed a sticker on the pumpkin, the ghost is out of the game. Continue until all the ghosts are out of the game. The team that has placed the most stickers wins.

57. Halloween Bone Hunt

Youll need: Bags of small plastic bonesavailable at discount stores, Halloween supply stores Sack for each child Ahead of time, mark several prize bones with a sticker. Hide all the bones. On 'Go', players hunt for the bonesas in an Easter egg hunt. Give prizes for the most bones collected and for 'prize bones.

58. Halloween Memory Game

Youll need: A variety of small objects such as plastic spider, pumpkin, candy bar, popcorn, small apple, skeleton mini-toy, acorn, plastic teeth Large bag or box to hold objects Paper and pencil for each player Place the objects in a large bag or box. Players take turns reaching into the bag or box to feel the objects. Players then write as many objects as they can recognize and recall. When players are finishedor at a set time limitreveal the objects in the bag. The player with the most correct answers wins.

59. Ghost Bingo

Youll need: Inexpensive Bingo gameavailable from a discount store G H O S T header for each game card Candy corn Prizes Ahead of time, on a computer print out in large block letters G H O S T large enough to cover the top B I N G O on each game card. Tape the new header to each card. To play, call the game using the balls from the Bingo game substituting the GHOST letters for the BINGO ones. Players use candy corn to mark their cards. When a player fills a row, he yells, 'Boo!' Play several games and give prizes to the winners.

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60. Mummy Maker

Youll need: Rolls of bathroom tissue for each team Divide players into teams. One player on each team is the mummy and the others wrap the mummy with bathroom tissue paper as fast as possible. Give prizes for the best mummy or have a race for the fastest mummy wrapped.

61. Worst Makeover Ever

Youll need: A bag of different inexpensive new make up items for each team Players compete to complete the worst makeover. Divide group into groups of 2, 3 or 4 players. Each team needs a player willing to be made up! Each team get a bag of different items including different inexpensive makeup items, false eyelashes, jewelry, hair accessories, etc. Teams have 10 minutes to complete the makeovers. Give prizes for the worst makeover.

62. Monster Soup

Youll need: A large bowl Cooked oatmeal Halloween toys Fill a large bowl with cooked oatmeal. Chill the oatmeal in the refrigerator. Mix in small plastic Halloween toys like eyeballs, bats, spiders, etc. Players close their eyes and reach into the bowl, and find one toy.

63. Zombie Tag

Mark off a play area, indoors or outdoors. This game follows the classic rules of Marco Polo. One player is the Zombie and is blindfolded. The Zombie wanders around the playing area with his or her arms outstretched trying to tag players. When the Zombie groans all the players must groan back and extend their arms. Tagged players are out of the game. The winner is the last player not tagged.

64. Pass The Pumpkin

Youll need: A small pumpkin for each team Divide into teams of about six to eight players each and have them stand in a line. The first person in each line places a mini pumpkin under his or her chin. The object of the game is to pass the mini pumpkin down the line, person to person by holding it under their chinno hands allowed! The first team to pass their pumpkin to the end of the row and back again to the starting person is the winner.

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65. Scary Message

Players sit in a large circle. Choose one player to begin the game by whispering a short scary message into the ear of the player sitting to the right of them. They are only allowed to whisper the message one time. That player then whispers it to the person on his or her right, on down the line. When the message reaches the end of the line, the message is spoken aloud. "The ghastly green ghost groaned loudly from the gray granite gravestone. "The wicked witch wailed wildly as she wound her way through the willows.

66. Halloween Pumpkin Hunt

Youll need: 10 miniature white pumpkins 10 miniature orange pumpkins 10 miniature gourds Or yellow, white and orange construction paper & scissors Black felt tip marker Purchase ten white miniature pumpkins, ten orange miniature pumpkins, and ten miniature gourds. Using a black marker, write the number 1 on the backs of the white pumpkins. Write the number 5 on the backs of the orange pumpkins. Write the number 10 on the backs of the gourds. Hide the pumpkins and gourds around the playing area. Players race to find as many of the pumpkins and gourds before you say "Stop!" Each player adds up the number of points written on the gourds and pumpkins they found. The player with the most points wins.

67. Pass The Witch's Broom

Youll need: A broom Halloween or party music Players stand in a circle and pass a broom around while the music is playing. When the music stops the player holding the broom is out of the game. Play until one player remains.

68. Spider Obstacle Course

Ahead of time, set up an obstacle course with objects to step over, go around, even duck under. Divide into teams each with four players. Team members form spiders by standing together backs facing inward, holding hands with the player directly behind them, and connecting them as a group of four. On Go! each group must make it through an obstacle course without disconnecting hands. If the hands come apart, the spider must return to the beginning and start again.

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69. Halloween Ice Toes Party Game

Youll need: Two aluminum pans or containers for each team Marbles Water Ice cubes Use two aluminum cake or pie pans. Place quite a few marbles in each pan. Cover the marbles with equal amounts of ice cubes in each pan. Two players then remove their shoes and socks and race to try and get the marbles out of each pan using only their toes. The first to get all the marbles out of the pan wins.

70. Liver Toss

Youll need: Thawed beef liver, rinsed well A Bucket or witchs cauldron Set a bucket or a plastic witchs cauldron several feet away from the players. Players take turns tossing the slice of beef liver into the bucket. For more fun, give each player their own slice of liver to hold while waiting for their turnyoull be surprised by the reactions.

71. Witchy Wart

Youll need: A large poster or decoration of a Halloween witch Bubble gum or chewing gum for each player Blindfolds Hang a picture or decoration of an old Halloween witch on a door or wall. Give each player a piece of gum to chew. Blindfold each player, spin around, and have him or her stick their wad of gum on the witch. The winner is the one who gets the gum "wart" on her nose.

72. Pumpkin Bowling

Youll need: Several 2-liter soda bottles Water Small pumpkins Candy prizes Wrap 2-liter bottles with large white construction paper and decorate them to look like spooky ghosts. Fill the bottles with enough water to weigh them down and stand them like skittles. Player use small pumpkins to bowl at the "ghosts. Give candy prizes for each ghost that is knocked over.

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73. Halloween Boo!

Youll need: A small bag of candy for each player At the beginning of your party, give each player a bag with pieces of wrapped candy in it. Throughout the party, players try to catch other players saying one of these words: HALLOWEEN, CANDY, WITCH, PARTY, GHOST, PUMPKIN If you catch someone saying one of the words on the list, you have to say Boo!' The person who gets caught gives a piece of candy to the first person who said Boo!

74. Mummy Hands

Youll need: A box filled with various individually wrapped candies for each team Bathroom tissue paper for each team Tape Ahead of time, prepare crypts for each teamboxes filled with different types of small individually wrapped candies. Players work together to wrap each others hands with bathroom tissue paper and secure with clear tape. To play, teams line up. The first person in each line runs to the crypt, removes only one piece of candy using his or her mummy wrapped hands only, and runs back to their team. The next player does the same. The team to empty their crypt first is the winner.

75. Haunted Bells

Youll need: Wire clothes hangers String Tie a 2-foot long length of string to each bottom corner of a wire hanger. Players take turns wrapping the loose ends of the string around their index fingers, then placing their fingertips into their ears. To hear the haunted bells, simply bend forward and lightly swing the hanger into any hard surface.

76. Haunted Soles

Youll need: Washable white paint Sponges or paint brushes Black construction paper Permanent marker Coat the bottoms of each guests feet with white paint. Then they step onto black construction paper. Once dry, add eyes and a mouth with permanent marker or black paint.

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77. Flying Ghosts

Youll need: Black construction paper Clear sheet protectors Permanent black markers Tape Paint stirrers Flashlights Cut a ghost shape out of the center of a sheet of black construction paper. Slip the sheet into a clear sheet protector (available at office supply stores). Use a permanent black marker to add the ghosts eyes and mouth on the plastic cover. Tape the side of the cover to a paint stirrer. In a dark room, hold the sheet in front of a lit flashlight, to project the ghost image onto the wall.

78. Spider T-Shirts

Youll need: An old white t-shirt Black and red garment dye An old bucket (or one that it's ok if it turns black inside) Rubber bands Permanent magic marker Small paintbrush

Fill a bucket with black dye. Now take an old white t-shirt and put rubber bands in a concentric circle from the middle of the shirt. The more rubber bands you use, the webbier your shirt will look. Submerge the whole t-shirt in the bucket of black dye. and let it dry for 24 hours. When completely dry, remove the rubber bands. Use a permanent marker to draw a spider on the web. Add a bloody touch by dipping a paintbrush into red dye and splattering your shirt.

79. Trick or Treat Game

Youll need: Paper Pencil Players write the words "Trick or Treat" on a piece of paper. Set a timer. See who can write the most words using the letters in "Trick or Treat". Use other words and phrases.

80. Icky Cobwebs

Youll need: String Scissors Tape Water Youre sure to scare your guests as they enter into the darkened room. Cut several 4-foot lengths of string and tape them to the ceiling. Just before the guests arrive hold a bowl of water up to the string and get it wet. When your friends enter the room the wet, slimy string will brush across their foreheads.

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81. Candy Grab

Youll need: Individually wrapped candy Table Containers for each player Spread a large pile of individually wrapped candy on a table. Give each player a containera small bag, bowl, or paper cup. Players have 30 seconds to get as much candy into their container as they canwithout using their hands. Of course, each player keeps the candy theyve grabbed. But give a prize to the player who somehow grabbed the greatest number of pieces.

82. Simple Ghosts

Youll need: Bathroom tissue paper White paper towels or paper napkins String or thread Black markers Wad up bathroom tissue to form a ball. Form a larger piece of white paper towel or a white napkin around the wadded up ball. Tie off with a string or thread. Use a black marker to draw eyes.

83. Halloween Sticker Stalker

Youll need: One sheet of Halloween Stickers for each player Give each guest a pack/sheet of 10 Halloween stickers. The object of the game is to get rid of all your stickers by sticking them on the other guests. However, if the guest you are "stickering" catches you, he/she gets to stick one of his/her stickers on you. If you are "caught", you must temporarily take your sticker back, and you can try to sticker that same person later. The first one to get rid of all 10 of their original stickers is the winner!

84. Spider Bracelets

You'll need: Black construction paper Scraps of colored construction paper Scissors Tape White crayon Pencil Fold a sheet of black construction paper in half. Along the folded edge, lay your hand palm down midway through your palm and trace your fingers with a white crayon. Cut out the outline of the finger and unfold the paper. You will have a complete image of a spider with eight legs. Turn the spider over and curl the spiders leg by rolling the legs around a pencil. To make the bracelet, cut a 1-inch strip of black paper from the remaining scraps and form it into a circle. Tape the ends together. Attach the bracelet to the underside of the spider using tape or glue. Decorate your spider with wiggle eyes, various shapes cut from different colored construction paper. Slip your wrist through the bracelet.

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85. Skeleton Art

Youll need: Black construction paper Cotton swabs White paper Scissors Glue Draw a skeleton skull on the white paper. Cut it out and glue it to a sheet of black construction paper. Using the cotton swabs as bones arrange the skeleton body. Give the skeleton arms, legs, ribs, etc. Cut the cotton swabs into smaller pieces, if necessary. Glue all the cotton swabs onto the black paper.

86. Worm Feast

Youll need: Canned Spaghetti for each player Small bowl for each player Blindfold for each player Bib for each player Towels for cleanup Select any number of players. Tie a bib around each players neck. Blindfold each player. Bring out a small bowl of cold canned spaghettifor more fun use food coloring to make the spaghetti look more revolting. Show the onlookers and encourage a strong reaction: Oh, grosssssss! Then, on Go! players eat their worms as quickly as possible, using only their mouthsno hands. The player to finish the worm feast first, wins.

87. Zombies
All players sit or lay as motionless and expressionless zombies. The person who is it must do whatever they can to make the zombies smile, giggle, or wiggle in any way without touching them! When It gets a zombie to smile, wiggle or giggle, that zombie then joins it in trying to get others zombies to smile, giggle, or wiggle. The last zombie wins.

88. Glue Ghosts

You'll need: White school glue Waxed paper Wiggle-eyes Felt, buttons, pom-poms, etc (all optional) Place a piece of waxed paper on a flat surface. Squeeze glue from the bottle into the shape of a ghost. Place wiggle-eyes into the glue. Decorate your ghost with buttons, construction paper, felt, beads, jewels, ribbon, etc. Add a piece of yarn to the top if you plan on hanging your ghost. Allow the ghosts to dry overnight. Once dry carefully peel the ghosts from the waxed paper. Glue the ghosts to craft sticks to make puppets.

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89. Ghost Writer

Youll need: Inexpensive, disposable ballpoint pen White modeling clay or material (available at craft and discount stores) Toothpick Craft glue Plastic fingernail Nail polish Cover an inexpensive disposable ballpoint pen with a 1/4-inch layer of white modeling clay or similar material, leaving the tip of the pen exposed. Sculpt the clay into a finger shape. Form thick bumps on one side for knuckles. Use a toothpick or butter knife to create wrinkles and creases around the knuckles. Use craft glue to attach a plastic fingernail near the pen's tip, leaving room enough for the pen to write. Use the toothpick to create lines around the cuticle area. Allow the clay to dry completely before using the pen. Coat the nail with nail polishor leave this step for your guests to do.

90. Bat Walk

Youll need Crepe paper Mirror about 6 inches in diameter Cardboard Tape or tacks Ahead of time, tape or tack a winding route of crepe paper around the ceiling of your party room or play area. Purchase a mirror about 6 inches in diameter and attach it to a larger piece of cardboard. Players take turns navigating the course by looking down at the mirror and following the route reflected from the ceiling.

91. Pumpkin Lantern

Youll need: 12" x 18" orange construction paper Ruler Scissors Glue Stapler 9" x 12" green construction paper Red, yellow, and black construction paper scraps Pencil Fold the orange construction paper in half to make a 6" x 18" rectangle. With a ruler, measure 2" in from the open edge and draw an 18" line across the paper. Then draw lines 1" apart between the fold of the paper and the 18" line. Cut on the shorter lines, starting at the fold. Unfold the paper, bend it into a cylinder, and paste the side edges together. To make a handle for the lantern, cut 1-1/2" x 12" strip of green construction paper, staple the strip in an arc to the top edge of the lantern. Glue eyes, a nose and a mouth for the lantern from scraps of red, yellow and black construction paper.

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92. Dangling Donuts

Youll need: Donuts String Clothesline Scissors Ahead of time, tie a clothesline or piece of rope across a doorway or playing area. Tie long pieces of string to donuts. To play, tie the other end of the string to the clothesline or rope so that the donuts are dangling at about chin height to the average player. Hang several donuts at the same time. The object of the game is to see who can eat their swinging donut in the shortest amount of time.

93. Weaving a Scary Tale

Youll need: Index cards A pen or pencil A minute timer. Write one phrase on each card that would be a scary line for a Halloween story. Players sit in a circle and pass around the deck of cards, face down. Turn down the lights and give each person a flash light to hold under their face as they speak. Each player chooses a card from the deck, reads the phrase out loud, and then talks for 1 minute adding to the story. When the minute is up, the player passes the cards the next person, who picks a card and steers the story in another direction. The game ends when the last person has gone, when the cards run out or when everyone has had enough of it, it's an endless game! Story starter suggestions: One stormy night... The coffin lid opened... I smelled the most awful smell ever. It was Inside the witches cauldron, I could see... The door creaked open, and I watched the shadow of a Suddenly, the skeleton moved... The goblet was filled with blood... In the distance I heard the moan, the groaning of I felt something moving on my shoulder, it was... Not one, not two, not three, but four ghosts

94. Spooky Alphabet Game

Players name spooky items that begin with each letter of the alphabet. Each player must repeat the letters and spooky items said before his/her turn. For the letters q, z, and x players must name a spooky item that includes the letter.

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95. Ghost Catcher 3

Youll need: Paper towels Small balls Yarn Kids Halloween Party CD and player A small net with a handleavailable from pet stores or discount stores Players make ghosts by wadding up bathroom tissue paper into a ball, covering the ball with a larger paper towel or paper napkin. Tie off the head with a 2-foot length of yarn. Use a marker to draw a face on the ghost. Place a piece of construction paper or poster-board on a table top. Players lay their ghosts on the paper while holding on to the yarn leash. To play, choose one player to be the ghost catcher. Play the Halloween music or party songs. When the music stops, players race to pull their ghost off the table before the ghost catcher can slam the net down and trap the ghosts. The winner is the last ghost to be trapped.

96. Horrible Hands

Youll need: Clear plastic gloves (available at beauty supply stores) Candy corn Cold popcorn Yarn Make these treats ahead of time or set out the supplies and allow your guests to make their own horrible hands! Insert one candy corn at the tip of each finger inside a clear plastic glove, pointy side up, for fingernails. Fill the glove with popcorn and use a piece of yarn to tie a bow at the wrist.

97. Floating Eyeballs

Youll need: Round balloons Tape Black construction paper Fishing line Make eyeballs from pairs of two round balloons held together with a sticky-side-out loop of tape. Cut black circles out of construction paper and tape the pupils to the knotted end of each balloon. Using fishing line hang many pairs of eyeballs all around the room to keep an eye on your guests. Set some eyeball pairs on your food table and around the room.

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98. Bug Hunt

You'll need: Bag of big plastic bugs Flashlight for each player (or at least one for every two players) Halloween treat bag for each player (or two-person team) Hide all the bugs around the room or party areaoutside if possible. If indoors, turn off the lights; players or teams use a flashlight to hunt for the bugs in the dark. Search outside after dark. Give prizes to those who find the most bugs!

99. Broomstick relay

Youll need: A broom for each team An obstacle course Divide into teams. Players must "ride" on their broomsticks to the end of the course and back again, and then pass the broomstick to the next player in their team. The first team to have all members finish, wins. Design a small obstacle course if you have room: pumpkins to jump over, a dress-up element such as a witch wig and hat to put on before they start, tossing an apple through a hoop, or dropping a plastic frog or snake into a bucket and saying Abracadabra!

100.

Whos The Ghost?

Youll need: A large white sheet Divide your guests into two groups. Take one group outside of the playing area. Place the sheet over one of the players. Guide the ghost back into the room with the rest of his or her group. The other group must guess who the ghost really is.