For balloon twisting fun,
try these designs to give your Halloween party
the right atmosphere. Visit your local party shop for ingredients.
For fun and safe Halloween games, try these links:
Ben
and Jerrys
Primary
Games
If you are feeling creative,
colour in these fun pictures:
Here's a traditional
game you could try -- apple bobbing.
Take a large bowl of water and place a number of apples
in it. Players have to try to catch one of the apples
using only their teeth. Hands must remain behind the
back at all times.
A variation is to hang the apples from strings so that
they swing about.
The person who catches an apple in the quickest time
is the winner.
Origins...
There are several possible origins of this game. One
possibility is that the game incorporates several
old superstitions.
At Halloween a girl was supposed to be able to glimpse
the face of her future husband reflected in a bowl
of water as the clock strikes midnight.
If she had many suitors and wanted to know which one
she should marry, she would take a number of apple
pips, name them after her admirers and stick them to
her face.
The last pip to fall off would reveal which suitor
was the most suitable husband-to-be!
The winner of the apple bobbing game is sometimes invited
to peel the apple in a single strip as long as they
can make it. The length of the strip represents the
size of their future fortune.
Going nuts
Another traditional Halloween pastime is the nut
crack game. Throw a hazelnut into a fire and
as you do so,
whisper the name of the one you love. If the nut
burns quietly then your lover is true to you,
but if it crackles
or bursts open then all is not well!
Things to make for Halloween
Trick or
treating isn't the only way to celebrate Halloween.
* Why
not organise a party at your home or local hall and
transform it with Halloween decorations and balloons.
Use specially designed Halloween paper plates and cups
to serve food to your guests and serve drinks, including
recipes for non-alcoholic drinks listed on this site.
Encourage your guests to dress up to suit the mood.
This doesn't necessarily have to be as a witch or wizard.
Nowadays,
people dress in any costume that appeals to them. After
all, it is all about having fun!
* Or
you could contact your local cinema and see if they
would put on a special show of Halloween-related films.
* Why
not organise a pumpkin-carving competition at your
local school? It would be a great opportunity to get
press coverage in your local newspaper. Perhaps create
a beacon of lighted pumpkins down your street?
* As
Halloween and Bonfire Night are two great night-time
celebrations that are also close together, why not
combine them in a week-long party? But take great care
with those costumes, if you do.
If you
have any other ideas for celebrating Halloween, please
email us with them and we will promote them on this
site and provide you with a credit.
Whatever
you do, let others know whether you wish to join in
the fun at Halloween or not by printing off our Trick
or Treaters Welcome/Not Welcome signs.
Help your
Halloween party go with a swing by decorating your
home and dressing up. Here are ideas of the latest
Halloween products available from your local
party shop.
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