Halloween Activities for Kids

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By Jeanne Benedict
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Two Little Witches Brewing Up Fun!

Gear up for ghoulishly good fun at a kids' Halloween party!

Roll out the pumpkins for an easy toss game and bring on the skulls and bones for a lawn bowl.

Hunt for witches and play Bingo with spiders to keep the kids busy before trick-or-treating or on an autumn afternoon before the holiday.

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Toss glowing eyeballs into pumpkins for a fun game.

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Steps

Hollow out a large pumpkin.
Set the pumpkin in your yard or home.
Establish a tossing zone about 6 feet away from the pumpkin where kids will stand and toss.
Have kids toss silly stuff into the pumpkin like eyeballs, beanbags or Halloween candy and trinkets.

Have a blast with pumpkins!

Steps

Create 2 teams of no more than 3 people per team.
Give each team 3 mini pumpkins or sugar pumpkins.
Select a starting place in the yard and mark an 18-inch diameter circle.
Toss a coin to determine the starting team.
The first player on the starting team stands in the circle and throws a 1-inch diameter ball about 6 feet away, which becomes the "target."
Then, the first player must stand in the circle and throw his or her pumpkin trying to get it as close as possible to the target.
Next, a player on the opposing team stands in the circle and throws a pumpkin trying to get it closer to the target or knock the first pumpkin away.
Players continue throwing pumpkins until they are done.
A point is given for each pumpkin that is closer to the target ball than the opposing teams' pumpkins.
The team that earns 13 points first wins the game.
Check out this Petanque website to find out more about the game and read the official rules and player guidelines.

A fun game of bowling -- Halloween Style!

Steps

A relay race with bones.

Steps

Have teams line up behind a starting point.
Determine a "run to" point that is a straight shot from the starting point.
Give each team a plastic bone as a relay baton.
On "go," the first player from each team races to the "run to" point, then back to the starting point.
The bone is handed off to the next player on the team who races to the "run to" point and back, handing off the bone to the next runner and so on.
The team who completes the relay first wins.

Here's how to get into the witching hour

Steps

Purchase witch-themed items such as witch medallion beads, glitter witch sayings bracelets, witch pop-ups and witchy candy.
Hide the witch items in your yard or home.
Hand out bags so the kids can hunt for the witches and collect their loot.