How to Throw a Halloween Party for Kids

There are tons of fun Halloween activities that kids look forward to all year, so get creative and plan a festive party the kids will love.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Spider Webbing
• Invitations
• Halloween Decorations
• Halloween Light Sets
• Jack-o'-lanterns
• Trick Or Treat Bags
• Washtubs
• Apples
• Party Food
• Pumpkins
• Halloween Music And Sounds
• Balloons
• Halloween Party Packs
• Halloween Stickers
• Kids' Costumes
• Witchs' Cauldrons

1. Send out invitations, inviting all children to come in costume. Put both a starting and ending time on the invitation.

2. Decorate with orange and black crepe paper streamers, balloons, jack-o'-lanterns and fun Halloween novelties.

3. Play games. Make your own "pin the witch on the broom" game, bob for apples, play musical chairs using Halloween music, or bowl with a pumpkin and try to knock down apples set up like bowling pins. Give Halloween novelty prizes to the winners.

4. Serve festive Halloween drinks. Punch should be served in a plastic witch's cauldron. Remember that mixing a yellow beverage with blue Kool-Aid makes a nice green color for Halloween.

5. Serve Halloween cupcakes, cookies or Rice Krispie treats. Put out candy corn, Gummi worms or rats, and black licorice.

6. Take pictures.

7. Send kids home with a healthy mix of Halloween treats: popcorn, raisins and candy corn mixed together and put into individual treat bags. Or, using a plastic glove, put candy corn at the tips of the fingers for fingernails, and fill the rest of the glove with popcorn. Tie at the wrist with an orange or black ribbon and give out as favors.

Tips & Warnings

• You may wish to have a Halloween party in lieu of trick-or-treating.

• Have the party in the daytime, and keep in mind that two hours is long enough for a simple children's party.

• Other activities kids enjoy are decorating Halloween cookies, making egg-carton spiders, decorating their own treat bags, painting pumpkins, or having a costume parade.

• Younger kids are more interested in having fun than in being scared. Avoid scary props, dark rooms or frightening sounds.