Halloween Candy Toss:
Supplies:
Plastic Pumpkin Pail or Cauldron
Halloween Candy
Note Pad & Pencil for Keeping Score
Measuring stick or tape measure
Colored Tape
Place a small plastic pumpkin pail or cauldron on the floor or
suspended by a cord from the ceiling. Measure off a distance of six
feet for children or eight feet for adults from the pumpkin pail or
cauldron and mark with a piece of colored tape. This is were the
player must stand when they try to toss the candy into the plastic
pumpkin or cauldron. Next, hand out six pieces of candy to each
player. The candy should all be about the same size. We like to use
those miniature candy bars that come in bags around Halloween. In
turn, each player places their toes on the distance line marked with
the tape, and then tries to toss all of their pieces of candy into
the pail or cauldron one at a time. When every player has had a
turn, the scores are compared and the player who tossed in the most
candy wins all of the candy in the plastic pumpkin or cauldron.
Hal O'Ween and His
Squishy Body:
Object of the game: You pass around paper cups to your guests
while telling the story below. Do it in the dark or in a semi dark room
and tell them they can't look in the cups. The cups are filled with
gross "body parts" (food) and guests have to guess what it really is.
Supplies:
Paper cups. Peeled grapes or olives, peeled stewed tomatoes, piece
of uncooked liver or similar meat, wet corn silk or yarn, catsup,
latex glove, gelatin, cold spaghetti, pickle, chicken gristle or
hotdog end. Papers and pencils. Don't forget to keep a box of hand
wipes around for guests to clean their hands off with when you are
done with the game!
Ahead of time, prepare the cups that are described below. Have
everyone sit in a circle, then shut off most of the lights and start
the story. You have to have the room fairly dark so that people
cannot see what's inside of the cups. You can pass out paper and
pencil a the beginning of the game and let them write down their
guesses between each cup or you can have each player guess out loud
between each cup. At the very end of the game, you can tell them
what is in each cup, but wait until the end!!
Here's The Story:
Tell the story as you pass around each cup. "Once in this town there
lived a man named Hal O' Ween. T'was years ago, on this very
night, that he was murdered out of spite. They say these are his
remains.
Here is his brain, which
now feels no pain.
use a peeled squishy tomato or
stewed tomatoes
Here are his eyes, still
swollen with surprise.
use two frozen, peeled grapes
or black olives
Here is his heart. Be
careful lest it start!
use a large lump of uncooked
liver or similar meat
Now we have his hair, which
once was so fair!
use a handful of corn silk or
wet fur or yarn
Feel these drops of his
blood. All the rest turned to mud.
use a little catsup thinned
with warm water
One hand all alone, just
rotting flesh and bone.
use a wet latex glove filled
with red gelatin
Here is his ear. Nevermore
will he hear!
use a dried apricot or similar
dried fruit
This is his nose. Now to
never smell a rose.
use the end of a pickle, a hot
dog or a soft chicken bone or gristle
These worms are all that's
left to feel. For them Hal O'Ween was a lovely meal!
use cold, wet spaghetti
After the lights are back on and
everyone has finished writing down their guesses, collect the
papers. As you check their guesses, you can show everyone what was
really in the cups. Give a nice prize to the person with the most
correct answers.