Ghost Games for Children
Whether played at a Halloween party, as Halloween crafts or to simply keep your children entertained during the month of October, ghost games can provide a much-needed break from the norm. Put a new, ghostly spin on old, classic games to adapt them for the holiday season. The props and materials necessary for the games can often be found in your own home or at a local craft store. Does this Spark an idea?
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Scavenger Hunt
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Cut out several ghost shapes from white construction paper and draw in the ghosts' eyes and mouths with black marker. Choose a specific room or designate the entire house as a playing area. Count the ghosts and then hide them throughout the area. Tell the children playing how many ghosts are hidden and set them loose to find them. The child who collects the highest number of ghosts wins the game.
Bowling
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Collect a dozen plastic soda bottles and paint them white or cover them with white tissue paper. Use black paint or a black marker to draw eyes and a mouth on each of the soda bottle ghosts. Assemble the ghosts as bowling pins in a pyramid formation at the end of a hallway and provide the players with a small rubber or plastic ball to roll down the hallway in an attempt to knock down as many ghost pins as possible. Keep score of how many ghosts are knocked down in however many frames you play.
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Marshmallow Ghost
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Break the children into teams and provide each team with a large bowl full of marshmallows and a box of toothpicks. Set a timer to three minutes and instruct the children to build a ghost out of the marshmallows and toothpicks in the time allotted. The children will need to stack the marshmallows, securing them with the toothpicks, to build a marshmallow ghost that stands on its own for at least five seconds. The team to build the tallest marshmallow ghost that stands for five seconds wins the game.
Tissue Paper Ghost
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Break the group into teams of three or four and provide them with stacks of tissue paper and masking tape. Set an allotted time frame, such as five minutes, for the children to complete the task in. Each group will elect a player on the team to be the ghost. The rest of the team must work within the time frame to dress the elected player as a ghost using only the tissue paper and masking tape. Each team will present their completed ghost costume and the group will vote to elect the winner.
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