Halloween is especially exciting for the young children from about the age of three. They are
all aware of the plans and preparations around them. They ask questions about this big event!
Most of all, they are intrigued by the thought of going door to door to collect goodies. Sad to
say, nowadays, one has to be very careful with the little ones out in the dark.

Why not host a Halloween party? It really is simple and can be lots of fun! Invite your children’s
friends and even ask some of the parents to contribute by bringing snacks and drinks. They can
also bring little Halloween paraphernalia to be used as prizes and gifts for the many games that
can be played by the little ones.

A piñata can create much excitement on its own. Children are always eager to hit it just to see
what’s inside of it. The piñata should be the main attraction in a prominent area. The piñata
can be a real pumpkin or one made of paper. It could also be the shape of a witch’s hat. Fill the
piñata with lots of candies or lots of little Halloween trinkets and noisemakers. Let the children
line up and take turns, blindfolded, and hit the piñata with a broom handle. Eventually, the
piñata will break and there will be a stampede to collect the treats that have fallen out.

As a spin-off the party game, ‘Pin the tail on the donkey’, you can have a life sized picture of a
witch without her nose or without a wart. The game is to take turns, blindfolded, and attempt
to stick on her nose in the correct place, or stick the wart on her chin. The person who sticks it
in the most correct spot will be the winner.

A Treasure Hunt can become a Graveyard Hunt, if the children are mature enough as you don’t
want to scare them. Decorate the yard with old cans, pieces of furniture, and anything that
looks old. You can even purchase plastic graveyard headstones. You then hide little gifts all over
the area, and have the children search for their treasures. Whoever collects the most items,
wins an extra special prize.

Another fun game is “Reaching for Apples”. Hang a line of apples on a string, just about the
height that the average child at the party would be. Hang about six strings with the fruit on the
end. Let the children take turns, hands behind the back, and they must bite the item. Whoever
bites the apple wins a prize.

Be sure and have some eerie and spooky sounding music or noises on the stereo.

There are many games that can be played. Just be creative with all the Halloween decorations,
trinkets, goodies and other accessories that are now abundantly available. Everyone will be safe
and the little ones will be in their own Halloween Heaven!

Get in the Spirit with Easy to Make Halloween Decorations

Halloween is a fun time of the year. It is the time when all the skeletons come out of the closet literally as well as witches, black cats and jack-o-lanterns. The great things about Halloween decorations is that they don’t have to be expensive and can turn your home either into a scary place to visit or a whimsical place to be.

While many people spend hundreds of dollars on Halloween decorations this doesn’t have to be the case. You can make very simple and expensive Halloween decorations or pick many up for a song to decorate your table, your mantle, your door or even the entire outside of your house.

Make Pumpkins The Focal Point of your Halloween Decorations

In the fall pumpkins are quite cheap and come in a variety of shapes and sizes that make them the ideal decorating medium for this Holiday. By using large and small, round and oblong pumpkins you can create an amazing group of Halloween decorations for your table, stands and even outside your home.

By using small mini pumpkins and carving them into jack-o-lanterns and then putting either a votive or tea candle inside you can create unique, funny, scary or simply cute candle holders for your table, buffet or mantle. Using a large carved out pumpkin that will hold a flower vase inside you can create a lovely floral Halloween center piece for your dinner table or living room stand. You can even use a permanent marker to put a face on your pumpkin flower vase if so desire.

Oblong pumpkins are great for turning into scarecrow and witches heads. Simply draw on the the eyes and mouth and then use modeling clay or even a carrot to attach a nose. A little green yarn for hair and a paper witches hat and you have a witches head that only takes minutes to make. You can also draw a face on a pumpkin, set it on straw and give it a straw hat to create a scarecrow head. You can then set these heads on stuffed clothing to complete the witch or scarecrow or simply line them up on your deck or porch railing to create a eerie headless entourage. Clearing a small area of the yard to look like a hole and setting the head on that will give the appearance of your witch or scare crow being buried up to their neck in your yard.

Ghostly Visions

You can inexpensively create small ghosts for display in your home by simply scrunching up tin foil to form a ball for a head or buying small Styrofoam balls and gluing them to milk bottles and covering the entire thing with white material and drawing on a face. For those who want arms on their figurines dowels run through the plastic bottle at the appropriate place can make great arms.

Outside, white garbage bags can be used to create Ghostly visions hanging from trees or even the overhang of your roof.

There are many other decoration ideas that can be found to make your Halloween holiday special and fun.