I want to throw an amazing Halloween party next year! I am waiting till my youngest is two and will be into it a bit more, but I want it to be traditional and old school!
I love going to parties and I appreciate all the effort that parents put into making things just so, but sometimes I like a party where there is an old galvanized tub full of apples and the kids can dunk their heads and be very unsanitary and have a blast! Right!? I want to throw one like that. Here are some cool ideas for a traditional Halloween party!
*Pumpkin seed spitting contest Cut the top off a pumpkin and hve kids race to see who can “gut” it first. Remove seeds. Give kids five seeds and see how many seeds they can spit into the pumpkin in a line!
*Bob for apples/Apples tied from trees
*Costume Contest and parade
*Haunted House/Shed/Room
*Haunted graham cracker houses and design yr own cupcakes?
* Here are some old fashioned ideas from Martha Stewart!
Do you guys have any ideas for great Halloween party games/prizes/activities? I will post all of them on my last day guest blogging! Please leave a tip!
One more thing:
Now, I love old school and the way it was, but as a mom one thing I do freak out a bit over is the sheer amount of candy that a child gets over the week of Halloween. (My husband and I ate so so much last year too!) What about candy trade in ideas? Do you have a candy station? A candy fairy? What do you think about this? Here is a sweet book I found on the subject!
all photos via the divine Martha Stewart website
We give out spider/skull rings, wiggle snakes, etc. with a little candy. Sometimes we add pennies, or ballons. Put it all in a tiny bag, with your last name or address on it. Staple it closed, to be opened when the parents are supervising. Kids seem to like it, and parents too. Happy Halloweeeen!
We let Elliott trade candy for cash–there’s so much he can’t have (anything with dye) but he loves the trick-or-treat aspect of it all, so I hate to deny him. He starts by selling us the things he absolutely can’t eat, but as the pile of money grows, he begins to trade in everything. He makes a fair bit by the end of the night, so we ask him to use 25% money for charity and the other 75 % goes toward some bauble he desires.
great ideas!!!