A Ghoulish Halloween Party

By Russ D. Edwards

Organizing a Halloween party for kids can be both quite pleasurable and at the same time challenging. There are several things that you will need to plan in advance and an entire bunch of things that could most likely go bad. And, you are talking about organizing a ghoulish Halloween party for children whose attention span can be as short as a candle fuse. The party can simply go out of control with kids getting rowdy, attempting to best one another with their costumes, treats, etc.

Although having some type of control would be a great but also remember this is a youngsters party, an iron hand rule would be overdoing it. Now there are several ways to make your audience listen. One way would be to make them busy by having them participate in party games. There are quite a good number of party games that you can organize that will surely grab the eye of your youngsters.

If you're acquainted with the game called mummy Wrap, you know the youngsters will be pleased to take part with this one. As the name of the game implies, it involves wrapping somebody with ma wraps which in our case equates with a roll of toilet roll. The game is simple. You simply need to group the kids into small groups and have them designate someone to wrap. At your cue, wrap the mummy with toilet tissue from head to feet. The group that were able to wrap fully their mum the quickest would be the winner.

Several Halloween games I know are just differentiations of exiting party games. We have the Halloween musical chairs and the freeze dance. Both I certain you already know. It doesn't hurt to be a little creative with your chairs. You can simply make the kids feel it is a Halloween game it you make the chairs ghoulish looking like maybe making them appear like tombstones or using darker colored chairs and adding some cobwebs.

And don't forget the music. You can simply find Halloween music in the nearest record store or in the Net. For further delight, you can ask the kids to dance in a monastery or ghoulish sort of way. You can even give a prize to the kid that may give the best monster dance.

Remember to give prizes to your game winners. This will inspire them to participate into the kid that will give the best monster dance.

Remember to give prizes to your game winners. This will inspire them to participate in the next games.

Another game which seems to popular is the building a scarecrow game. This involves having several groups of youngsters make their won scarecrow using pillow cases, old clothes, papers, cardboard, tapes or adhesives, and markers. You will have to prepare some old garments for this one. The youngsters will definitely enjoy making something that frequently sees in television and books.

You can also have a Halloween candy hunt which basically is a variation of the Easter egg hunt. By this time, we just hope that the youngsters haven't discovered yet the candies you hid around the area.

Remember to have a frightening story telling time too. Ask one of your guests or friends to inform a tale to the youngsters at the party. Avoid making the tale too scary though.

There are more ghoulish Halloween party games that will still do. Just remember this is the children's day and your target is to have them enjoy the day. - 29958

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