Halloween Party! (merged)

Queenie

Halloween Crafts: (links)

Halloween Crafts - paper mache mask; paper plate mask; ghosts in tree's

More Halloween Crafts - bleach bottle cat; treat or treat bags

kal25

We don't do much either,no dressing up and no trick or treating . But my kids love carving a pumpkin and making toffee/chocolate apples(and eating them, of course)

Queenie

Ghost lollipops - (dead easy!)

Take a tissue, drape it over a lollipop, wrap a rubber band around the stick (just under the sweetie pop). The sweetie part has now become the "Head" of the ghost. Use a light hand and a pen and colour two eyes.

(my boys made a load of these and stuck them into a pumpkin so Treaters could take them one by one). Very effective too!
Tip: Pre poke holes into the pumpkin first!!! (I used a corkscrew)

Queenie

Old rubber gloves can be filled with sand and then younger kids can stick on odds and bobs to make spooky table decorations.

(Mine decorated theirs with black wool; glitter and black marker)

frugglewump

Oh I forgot - toffee strawberries. Don't make them much in the year because of my diet, but they are yummy & not a waste thislate in the year when the strawberries in the shops have less taste.

Also, when i used to go trick or treating instead of just "trick or treat" we came up with a 2-line rhyme - used to get us more treats for being original.

Queenie

frugglewump wrote:

Oh I forgot - toffee strawberries. Don't make them much in the year because of my diet, but they are yummy & not a waste thislate in the year when the strawberries in the shops have less taste.

Also, when i used to go trick or treating instead of just "trick or treat" we came up with a 2-line rhyme - used to get us more treats for being original.

Not sure where mine picked it up from (school probably!) but they would say:

Trick or trick, smell my feet or give me something nice to eat

elona

DD (aged11) has just been invited to a Halloween party.

As she is tall for her age I would probably have to buy and adult outfit for her and do not fancy paying £15!

Before I could stop myself I opened my big mouth and said "I will sew you an outfit!"

Have found a dress with black velvet top and long sleeves - as the skirt is flowery - I got a black circular skirt that will fit over the dress.(£1.50)

Now all I have to do is find templates for stars ,moon, cobwebs etc and sew them on :eek: using silver thread or ribbon.

frugglewump

Queenie wrote:

Not sure where mine picked it up from (school probably!) but they would say:

Trick or trick, smell my feet or give me something nice to eat

That's not bad. The last one I remember was :
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, If a ghost doesn't get you a vampire must"

I think it came off a tv program. Worked pretty well - the school uniform for kids upto 10 included a cape

Queenie

Ooooh elona, how FUN!!!!

I went to a Halloween Party years ago dressed as a witch. I borrowed my brothers army boots (because they were HUGE), dyed an old dress black, painted my face green and then made a big hat from some card and black paper. One of the best parties EVER

There are some templates here which you may find useful: http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/halloween_templates.htm

Queenie

Halloween Food (BBC Halloween party recipes)

BBC Halloween Party Pack - invitations to print out, decoration instructions, 3 freaky food recipes; game ideas; and very important ... Treat or Treating safety precautions!!!