Halloween is undeniably one of the most fun celebrations in the year. It’s a time for dressing up in crazy costumes, getting creative with decorations and throwing a spooky-kooky Halloween party that all your family can enjoy. Although this all sounds like a lot of fun, Halloween parties don’t happen by magic. You might need a helping hand with some entertaining yet creepy activities to make your event go off without a hitch. I hope you find these kids Halloween party tips helpful to throw the best Halloween party yet!
How To Throw The Best Halloween Party For Kids
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First, decorate! Kids of all ages love to feel enchanted with their eyes! Go all out with Halloween decorations for the yard and the party room. Decorating is one of the most fun ways to set the scene for Halloween! Spread spider webs across the porch entrance way. Put mini pumpkins on your tabletops.
Here are several DIY Halloween Party decoration ideas:
Fun Halloween Party Games For Kids
Have some prizes ready for these fun Halloween Party games. You can make homemade party favor treat bags with googly eyes. Then fill them with candy corn or gummy worms for party guests who cross the finish line first or win the game.
The secret to a good children’s party is planning. Apple bobbing is a great hands-on activity, but it can be messy inside your house. Create a lucky dip game by filling an opaque container with treats and tricks of all shapes and sizes – just be sure to have some extra treats at hand in case there are any tears!
Make a Halloween feel table for older kids and let guests guess what is inside each mysterious covered container. The winner gets a little prize. (The Dollar Store has great small Halloween gifts like spider rings and plastic pumpkins. These can also come in handy if you plan any Halloween scavenger hunts.)
Play Monster Freeze Dance and or Monster Musical Chairs with younger kids. These classics are so much fun because they involve Halloween Music favorites like the Monster Mash. The kids have to react fast when the music stops and it gets everyone excited.
Another fun game is the mummy game. Break into teams and give them toilet paper rolls and see who can wrap the most complete mummy in 3 minutes!
Pumpkin carving is also a fantastic way of getting kids feeling creative, but it’s not something they can do at a young age. To make them feel more involved, ask everyone to draw a picture of how they would carve their pumpkin. They can then bring their ideas to life in a safe way without any (real life) severed fingers! Have lots of markers and pumpkins so everyone can express their own creativity.
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You may also want to try some fun Halloween craft stations with crafts such as:
Easy ghost craft for kids
Spider craft for kids
Halloween paper plate masks
Have A Halloween Costume Competition
Halloween outfits are lots of fun to think up and even more fun to wear, so a Halloween costume competition is an ideal way to make sure that everybody makes an effort for your party. A great Halloween party tip is to split your costume competition into categories like “Scariest Outfit” and “Most Imaginative Outfit” – this way, you can think up a special award for every child at the party and make everybody feel like a worthy winner.
Halloween Party Food For Kids- TastyTreats
For the perfect Halloween party, use your imaginative side with some gory recipes that kids will adore. Chow down on some tasty biscuits shaped like witches fingers, and wash them down with devilishly delicious non-alcoholic “blood punch” made from fruit juice. Transform your dinner on Halloween to match the spooky feel – spaghetti Bolognese could easily become “brains and pasta”, as long as you aren’t too squeamish! Hot dogs can be wrapped with cheese “bandages” and given candy eyes. These Halloween themed foods are a great way to make sure everyone gets in the Halloween spirit and has a good time.
Not only will these snacks go down a storm on the night, you’ll have fun cooking and baking with your children before the party even begins. Don’t forget to have some trick or treat surprises in the cupboards as well for any creatures who dare to knock on your front door!
Pull Your Own Halloween Tricks
One fatal way to ruin a Halloween party is to focus too much on treats and neglect your tricks. Do something simple like hiding plastic spiders around the house in places that they will definitely get discovered. Wind-up chattering teeth are guaranteed to get a few screams, and try to make it atmospheric with eerie lighting and shadows.
Alternatively, if you’re really into pranks you can ask a friend to hide elsewhere in your house and make mysterious creaking or banging noises. Your little guests will hear these suspicious sounds and think there’s a spectre genuinely haunting your party – and your “ghost” can jump out when least expected. This is sure to provide an authentic Halloween experience and get everyone in the mood for celebrating all things spooky! You can even create your own mini haunted house. This is loads of fun for older children.
Another kid-friendly Halloween Party trick to let them entertain themselves with a Halloween themed movie. The perfect one is, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.” This Halloween movie is only 25 minutes long. It provides you with a chance to prepare any tricks or treats behind the scenes.
Halloween is definitely one of the best days of the year to celebrate with children. There are so many things you can do to get their imaginations going. Even simple games like spooky word searches or pin the eyeball on the monster are terrific for keeping them engaged. You may also want to check this Halloween Pinterest Board for more fun Halloween Party ideas!
What hair-raising Kids Halloween party tips do you have for planning the perfect party? Let us know in the comments below or on social media @familyfocusblog!
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