Halloween Games

                Last week I told you about Trunk or Treating, I hope you liked my churches idea for a fun Halloween party. Now you have to have some fun games to play with the children to keep them entertained and happy. Here are some of the games that we do each year and the children love them.

Halloween Games

1.       Take a container with water in it and drop your apples in. Place a drop cloth underneath for any spills. Always have a towel handy for the kids to wipe their faces off. Dunking for apples is a classic Halloween game and the children love it.

2.   

    Pumpkin Bowling. Taking some pins line them up, or use some empty cans and stack them or line them up. Using a small pumpkin as your bowling ball roll it toward your target. Since most pumpkins are not smooth this makes it funny to watch them bowl. The kids have a ball and laugh really hard.

3.       Pin the face on the pumpkin.

With a big piece of paper draw several pumpkins on the paper in different sizes.

Blindfold the kids and have them stick pieces of pumpkin faces onto the pumpkins. Give a prize to the kids who come closest to making a face on any of the pumpkins on the paper.

We put tape on the back of foam pieces instead of pins so nobody could get hurt.

4.     

  Make pumpkin cookies. Have frosting ready and let the kids decorate their own cookies. Have sprinkles and cookie decorations available so they can decorate their cookie however they want.

5.       Have a Halloween Parade. Separate the kids according to costumes. Ghosts, princesses, or any other character they are dresses up as. Have them parade in front of the parents and pick the best of each category. The children love to show off their costumes.

This is just a few of the games that we use at our Trunk or Treating Party at our church. The children love these games and they have a ball. There are so many things you can do at Halloween besides going door to door Trick or Treating. This a safe way for kids to have fun and not worry about the candy. Have a safe Halloween.

Trunk or Treating

             

  How many times have you wished you could feel safe sending your children and grandchildren out to go Trick or Treating and not have to worry about the candy they receive. There are still people out there who still put things in the candy intending on hurting someone; this is sad and disturbing.  Even when I was younger my parents would always check our candy and throw out anything that wasn’t wrapped or just did not look right. Halloween is supposed to be a fun time of year for the children. I like the way the police patrol the streets and how some of the hospitals even scan the candy for free. This helps out a lot, but wouldn’t you like to see some different ways for your children and grandchildren to have some fun on Halloween and still get some candy that is safe to eat. Today I want to show you how my church puts on a great Halloween party for the kids.

Trunk or Treating

               

For the last 4 years, our church has put on a Halloween Trunk or Treat party. Several families park their cars in the church parking lot with their trucks facing the children. The children go from trunk to trunk and get candy and prizes. Each year we have more cars that line up and park in the church parking lot. Last year we had 30 cars that participated in the Trunk or Treating party. The kids and adults come dressed in their costumes and meet people from the church. This is a safe way for your children and grandchildren to receive gifts and candy and have a fun time.

                After the children are done Trunk or Treating they head into the church for a pizza or sub sandwich party. Inside they have more homemade Halloween snacks. The whole church is decorated with Halloween decorations. After the meal, they have a magician or a man who does balloon art come in to entertain them for a couple of hours.  The children and adults have a ball.

                This is a safe way for your children and grandchildren to go Trick or Treating. Check with your church to see if they would let you start your own Trunk or Treating Party. Have your young people or youth group do this as a fun project to help get them involved. This has been a great success in our church and the parents love it and want to help make it a fun time for there kids. Enjoy Trunk or Treating from Suzie Homemaker.

Halloween Costumes

               

Happy Halloween! Do you have your costume yet? Do you go all out and spend a fortune on a costume? Most people only use their costumes one year and discard them afterward. I say their loss my gain. I think you know where I am going with this. I hate throwing things away and wasting money. Adult costumes can cost anywhere from $25 dollars to over $100 dollars. That is nuts. Kid’s costumes can cost about the same. Here are some easy cost-effective ideas to save on costumes.

                Start an exchange at your school. Have everybody bring in their old costumes. Line everything up according to size and separate the girl’s costumes from the boy’s costumes. Pick a day when the parents and kids can come and look for a new but slightly used costume to use for Halloween after you are done return it to the school so someone else can use it next year. Now you can have a nice costume each year for free.

                If you know how to sew and have a sewing machine, why not make your own costume for a lot less than a store-bought one. It is amazing what you can find around the house or from a neighbor or friend to borrow from. Now you can create your own costume and be unique. You do not have the same costume as everybody else. Get creative and just have some fun.

                Go to your local Good Will Store or a thrift shop and pick up a costume for a lot less. No one will ever know where you got it from and who cares. I am not trying to impress someone by spending a fortune on a costume. Don’t get suckered into having to buy the latest superhero costume. The kids maybe wear them for part of the day at school then outside for Trick or Treating. I never had a brand new costume when I was growing up, my mother always made our costumes or we borrowed one from a friend or neighbor. I didn’t care if I had an expensive costume to wear.

                You do not have to have an expensive costume to have fun at Halloween. Be creative and make something yourself or borrow a costume. It makes no difference as long as you having fun in the process. Think before you spend a fortune on a costume form Suzie Homemaker.

Healthy Halloween Snacks Part II

Welcome back to another Halloween Treat Day. I hope everyone enjoyed my healthy treat last week. This week I would like to add another healthy Halloween treat that your children and grandchildren will enjoy eating and making. This time of year is so much fun for everybody, so let’s make some more healthy treats.

What you will need

Mushrooms (whole any size)                                          Cheese slices (Kraft is what I used)

 Food coloring                                                                    Cheese sliced thin (Cheddar or Colby)

Crackers that are round or oval (Ritz or Town House crackers or any generic found cracker)

Cheese spread                                                                     Knife

Mushroom Halloween Treats

1.       First, take your mushrooms and wash and dry them.

2.     

  Next draw a face on your mushroom, with the tip of your knife dip it into the food coloring and draw a face on your mushroom. Now you have a little mushroom pumpkin.

3.     

  If you do not want a whole mushroom take the mushroom and slice it so it looks like little this thin pumpkin slices. Again dip the tip of your knife into the food coloring and make a face on your mushroom slices to look like a pumpkin.

4.       To make it extra fancy put some cheese spread on a cracker and then put one of your sliced mushrooms with a face painted on them on top of your cracker. Now you have a little pumpkin –mushroom on your cracker.

Cheese Halloween Treats

1.       Take a cheese slice like Kraft singles and cut out a shape of a pumpkin.

2.       With the tip of a knife draw a face on with your food coloring.

3.       If you do not have any cheese slices just cut a thin slice of Colby or Cheddar cheese and repeat the same process as in example number One.

4.    

   To make these extra fancy try placing one of your mushroom slices that look like a pumpkin on top of your cheese or cheese slices.

Let your children and grandchildren be creative and make their own designs and faces. Mix and match these Halloween pumpkins with cheese or crackers to make a fun and healthy Halloween snack. This would be a fun treat for the kids to take to school or a nice treat for the office. These Halloween snacks are very inexpensive to make. Let’s get creative without breaking the bank and have fun in the process from Suzie Homemaker.

Healthy Halloween Snacks

                It’s hard to believe that summer is over and fall is here. October is here and Halloween is coming fast. This month I will be giving you Halloween ideas for little kids all the way up to adults. Halloween is not just for kids anymore. Adults can join in the fun also by decorating your home or even buying a costume or making one from scratch.  Today I would like to show how to make a quick and easy Halloween snack. This snack is also very healthy and everybody will love it. This snack would be a great snack or Halloween treat for school or a treat for at the office for your employees or co-workers.

What You Will Need

              

  Any round or oval crackers                                       Cheese Spread any flavor

                (Ritz crackers, Townhouse crackers)                       Food Coloring (any color)

                Optional cut vegetables cut into little triangles or any other shapes.

                A knife for spreading cheese spread and for decorating with the food coloring

1.   

    Take your crackers and spread the cheese spread over your crackers.

2.     

  With the tip of your knife dip it into any color of food coloring and make a face on your cheese spread to make it look like a pumpkin face.

3.       Or if you like cut out some shapes from some vegetables and make a face on your cheese spread to make it look like a pumpkin.

4.    

   You can even mix and match vegetables and food coloring to make a different face on you crackers-pumpkins.

Let your children or grandchildren have some fun decorating this easy crackers decoration made to look like pumpkins. This is an easy snack that is healthy and fun to make and everybody will love them. This little Halloween snack is so cheap to make and delicious to eat. A box of crackers cost you under $3.00 dollars and the cheese spread cost under $4.00 dollars. The food coloring and vegetables cost pennies. This Halloween treat is a healthy and inexpensive fun treat to make and eat. Have fun making these little pumpkins from Suzie Homemaker.