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Halloween Party Games

Costume parties are beginning to take the place of traditional Trick-or-Treating, and are a safe
and fun way for kids to dress up in costumes, have a lot of fun, and get plenty of candy! Put a
Halloween twist on the usual children's party games! Play "Pin the Hat on the Witch" and
"Spooky Musical Chairs" at your Halloween Party!

Pin the Hat on the Witch

You'll need:
Witch Decoration (the "jointed" type that allows you to position the arms and legs; you can
usually buy this at Target, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, or a party supplies store)

Roll of white or brown kraft paper (or a couple of paper grocery bags)
Masking tape
Black construction paper, scissors
Black bandana or black mask with eyeholes covered to use as blindfold
Halloween-related party favors or little Halloween snack bags of candy
Get free illustrated craft instructions: (http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/Make-Pin-Hat-
On-Witch-Game.htm)

Do ahead of time:

Carefully cut off the hat portion of the Witch Decoration (see illustrated instructions),
and set aside the witch.
Using the hat, trace onto black construction paper (see illustrated instructions)
Cut out hat (see illustrated instructions)
Repeat to make enough hats for the number of children who will be attending the
party
Use gold or silver glitter glue to write each child's name on the hat (see illustrated
instructions)
Day of the party: Prior to the party, decide what wall or door you will use to tack up
the witch for the Pin the Hat on the Witch game
Tack up white or brown kraft paper to protect the wall or door
Tack up the hatless with decoration, at the approximate height of your son or
daughter (see illustrated instructions)

Game time:

Make donuts of masking tape and put on top and bottom of the back of the black
hats (see illustrated instructions)
Hand out hats to children
Blindfold first child, spin child around until he/she is facing the witch (about 4 steps
away from the wall or door)
Pointing child in the right direction, have child walk toward the wall, and put hat onto
the wall, pressing down to adhere tape (you might need to help)
Unblindfold the child
Blindfold each child, in turn, spin, and have him/her paste hat to the wall
Closest hat to witch's head wins the game (but you might want to reward all the
children with a party favour)
Be creative! Instead of Pin the Hat on the Witch, you could play "Paste the Face on
the Pumpkin" or "Put the Skull on the Skeleton" by adapting those characters to the
traditional Pin the Tail on the Donkey game.

Spooky Musical Chairs

You'll need:

kitchen or folding chairs, one for each child minus one (that is, if 10 children are attending the
party, you will need 9 chairs)

a cassette tape or CD of spooky Halloween sounds/music (you can usually find these types of
CDs at Walgreens, party supplies stores, Wal-Mart, Target, etc.

Game time:

Arrange chairs so that they are back to back, in a row
Have children form a circle around or line up on one side of the chairs (depending on
how many children are playing)
If you have more than two more children than you have chairs (that is, 10 children are
attending the party, and you only have 6 chairs), then play two games
Instruct the children that when the music starts they are to walk in a circle around the
chairs and when the music stops, they are to sit down on a chair
The child left standing leaves the game
Take away a chair
Repeat until there are two children left and only one chair
The last child sitting on a chair wins the game (but you might want to reward all the
children with a party favour)

Instead of using chairs, and if you are playing the game on an enclosed patio or in the
backyard, you can use the garbage bags that look like pumpkins filled with leaves to create
"chairs" for the game. The kids will have fun flopping down on the bags!

Competition games, that leave one person as "the winner" are healthy and teach kids how to
play fair and how to "lose." However, to avoid tears and tantrums, you can play the games
several times in order to have several winners. Also, be sure to have enough party favors and
little treat bags so that all the children get a prize and a bag of candy after each game.

For more free printables for Halloween, along with free cards, gift and costume ideas, and
decorations (many include free illustrated instructions), please go to: Jan's Reading Room:
Halloween (http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/Halloween.htm) Jan K., The Proofer is a
freelance copyeditor and proofreader. Visit http://www.jansportal.com for more information
about Jan's free crafts, recipes, tutorials, other resource sites, and free content articles, as well
as Jan’s business services. Be sure to visit Mom's Break (http://www.momsbreak.com/) for free
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