| Greet your guests with a haunted house of your own! | | | | a peeled and slimy hard-boiled egg! While music plays, |
| Hang cobwebs and plastic bats and spiders purchased | | | | pass (or gently throw!) the egg from one person to |
| at local party supply stores. Set up scarecrow, | | | | another. When the music stops, the person holding the |
| skeleton, and witch cutouts on the wall. Don't forget to | | | | egg is out. You can also put together a "Black Cat |
| set out lots of pumpkins! Buy a CD of spooky | | | | Scavenger Hunt". Purchase adorable black beany cats |
| background sounds to add to the haunted ambiance! | | | | at a local toy store and hide them around the house |
| Kids can come to the party dressed up in their favorite | | | | as clue stations in a scavenger hunt. Each cat will |
| costumes and you can hand out prizes to each child | | | | have a clue attached to the collar that will lead children |
| based on "Most Creative", "Most Scary", etc. | | | | to the next cat with a clue, and so on, until they reach |
| Set out a fun array of Halloween foods to whet the | | | | the final treasure stash-which can be an assortment |
| kids' appetites for Trick-or-Treating! Make eerie | | | | of candy or a black beany cat for each child! |
| eyeballs by topping plain sugar cookies first with a | | | | Pumpkin carving is another classic craft activity. You |
| dried apricot, then with a single raisin in the middle of | | | | can even glue on felt and plastic eyes to add as more |
| the apricot to make an eye! Literally munch on "finger | | | | decorations or paint your pumpkins! The Family Fun |
| food", by taking mini carrots and spreading a dab of | | | | magazine has a whole online section dedicated to |
| cream cheese on the end, topping it off with an | | | | great pumpkin carving and craft ideas. |
| almond slice to make a fingernail on a finger! Savor | | | | Before you send the kids off trick-or-treating, "treat" |
| some "ghost toasts" by carving ghost shapes out of | | | | them to a party favor! Take tiny clay pots, paint them |
| pieces of bread and topping them with cream cheese | | | | black and write each child's name on the pot in orange. |
| and raisins for the eyes and mouth. Make a ghouly | | | | Fill the pot with candy corns and ghosts made out of |
| green witches' brew for a drink by adding food | | | | peanut-shaped cookies frosted white with black |
| coloring (green, orange, or any other color) to milk. | | | | frosting eyes and smiles for a Happy Halloween! |
| As fun as trick-or-treating is, play some Halloween | | | | Follow these fun ideas for a party that's sure to be |
| games that can be just as exciting! "Clammy Eyeball" | | | | super ghoul! |
| is a twist on "Hot Potato", but instead of a potato, use | | | | |