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Halloween party games for pre-schoolers?

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redshoes · 20/10/2006 19:04

does anyone have any ideas? My dd is having a halloween party for her 4th birthday. There will be younger children from her pre-school there plus a few 6 yr olds. I'm thinking, apples from a string - race to eat them. Also, maybe, ducking for apples - but less keen on this one cos of water! (potential for drowning PLUS potential mess). Anything else???

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hulababy · 20/10/2006 19:05

For a messy game how about hiding plastic bugs and spiders in some green or purple mashed up jelly? Have a big play mat underneath!

You could make your own pin the nose of the witch.

FillyjonkthePumpkinEater · 20/10/2006 19:06

am thinking pinata?

Charleesunnysunsun · 20/10/2006 19:08

I took my niece to a halloween party where they had a pass the parcel thing but with a twist every kid got given a sweet and a bucket got passed around when the music stopped you had to put your sweet in the bucket and then sit out the last kid in got the bucket full of sweets.

Not to good if your wary of the kids having to many sweets though.

FrannyandZooey · 20/10/2006 19:10

We did 'forfeits' recently - they have to pull slips of paper from a bag and perform the action described on the slip (hop on one leg, point to something blue, etc). I did one forfeit for each year of their age. Then they get to choose a little prize. It was quite popular - get a confident child to go first, and if they can't do one of the actions they just get to choose another one.

FrannyandZooey · 20/10/2006 19:12

Charlee that is warped, so they started off with sweets and then ended up with no sweets?

(How are you btw, nice to bump into you )

FrannyandZooey · 21/10/2006 09:36

I have an alternative to the jelly - cook loads of spaghetti and add green food colouring - it is "worms" or "intestines" or something, depending on how gross you want to be. I would watch out for the 6 year olds though because they will throw it if allowed.

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redshoes · 22/10/2006 12:10

Hey thanks, some great ideas there. Charlee, don't the kids cry when they have to give up the sweet?! Am thinking, could do it that way, but give them plastic spiders to drop in the bucket. Franny, what do you do in the messy game? Just feel it?

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redshoes · 22/10/2006 12:11

Or do they 'find' the spiders?

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LadyDooM · 22/10/2006 19:12

a big halloween game in america, is bobbing for apples.

www.hauntedbay.com/entertaining/party/bobbing4.shtml

LadyDooM · 22/10/2006 19:14

:S ok i read way to fast ...lol

DevilsDaughter · 22/10/2006 19:17

oooh i love halloween
when we were kids we did a similar one to apples on a string but used marshmallows with liquorice legs to look like spiders

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