halloween party ideas for kids & classrooms
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Class PartyHalloween & Fall
IdeasCLASS PARTY
TRICKS & TREATS
MAKE YOUR PUMPKINS
REALLY POP!THE SECRETS,
PAGE 26
CREEPY COOL WAYS TO HAUNT YOUR HOUSE
COSTUME WORKSHOP8 IDEAS YOU CAN DO IN AN AFTERNOON
GREAT MEMORIES START HERE
Sofia as Lady Bug!
HALLOWEEN!OurBIGGEST,BOO-IEST
celebration ever starts on page 13!
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OCTOBER 2016 FAMILYFUNMAG.COM
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From crafts and snacks to games and decorations, our guide has everything you need to create a
hauntingly good time!
Fall celebrations are some of the best of the year.
FamilyFun makes planning easy and stress-free.
Yummy Snacks
Fun Crafts & Games
Spooky Stories
From left: Lucy Schaeffer, Alexandra Grablewski, Carl Tremblay. Cover: Clockwise from top left: Alexandra Grablewski, Carl Tremblay, Michael Piazza, Aaron Dyer.
Room-Parent Party Checklist ✔
■ Ask the teacher for the class party start and end times
■ Check guidelines on theme: “Halloween” vs. “Fall”
■ Create a SignUp.com class party sign-up for parents to help with:
• Decorating and setup • Snacks and beverages
• Crafts, games, and activities■ Alert snack parents about food allergies■ Keep decorations simple—think paper
tablecloths and balloons■ Don't forget cleanup supplies (trash bags, paper towels, etc.)
■ Use a kid's wagon to carry supplies through campus
■ Remind parents to set phones to silent■ Ask a parent to take pictures
■ Have FUN! The kids will have a special day no matter what happens!
✔
Alexandra Grablewski
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➜ Crafts• Paint Pumpkins
• Decorate Pumpkin Cookies
➜ Snacks• Pumpkin Carrot Dippers
• Pumpkin-Shaped Finger Sammies
➜ Stories• The Biggest Pumpkin Surprise Ever,
by Steven Kroll • It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse!
by Laura Numeroff➜ Games
• Pumpkin Ring Toss• Pumpkin Dress-Up• Pin the Nose on the
Jack-o'-Lantern
Throw a Pumpkin Party!
Laura Moss
Craft: Paper Pumpkin Sculptures
These simple pumpkins inspired by paper-chain dolls let kids
create a string of festive faces. For the small trio shown here,
download our template at familyfunmag.com/printables
(scroll to October 2013). Accordion-fold an 18-inch by
5-inch piece of orange paper (tape two pieces together, if
needed) into six 3-inch sections. Using the template, cut out the
shape. For symmetrical features, cut them from a sheet of black
paper folded in half. Attach them with a glue stick.
Alexandra Grablewski
➜ Crafts• Decorate Faux Leaves• Make Tabletop Trees
➜ Snacks• Owl Cookies• Apple Pops
➜ Books• Arthur Jumps Into Fall,
by Marc Tolon Brown• Why Do Leaves Change Color,
by Betsy Maestro
➜ Games• Pin the Apple on the Tree
• Apple Prints
Have a Fall Ball!Laura Johansen
Craft: Owl Mania!
Whooo’s the cutest fall decoration around? These winged creatures! More sweet
than scary, they make a great tabletop centerpiece when perched on a
branch. To assemble one, trim an inch from one end of a bathroom-tissue tube, fold
in the top, and secure it with tape. Cut a cupcake liner into quarters, then trim
away the flat sections, leaving just the ruffles. Use tacky glue to secure
overlapping ruffled pieces to the tube. Cut eyes and a beak from card stock. (For the snowy owl, cut circles from a cupcake liner to back the eyes.) Add pupils and dots with
marker. Glue the eyes and beak to the tube. For ruffled wings, cut sections
from a liner and glue them to the back of the tube. For smooth wings, attach a
curved half-circle of card stock instead.
Bill Milne
Do aMonster
Bash!
➜ Crafts• Make Monster Wreaths• Create Clothespin Bats
➜ Snacks• Paranormal Pretzels
• Bagels of Doom
➜ Stories• Go Away, Big Green Monster,
by Ed Emberley• Monsters Don't Eat Broccoli,
by Barbara Jean Hicks
➜ Games• Beanbag Monster Toss
• Pin the Eye on the Monster
Laura Johansen
Snack: Deep Space Cupcakes
When these aliens invade the classroom, the little earthlings
will cheer! To make them, prepare a batch of cupcakes. Tint prepared white icing with
green food coloring, then frost the cupcakes, creating a
pointy chin as you spread. Roll each one in green sugar
sprinkles. Add white Good & Plenty candies for the eyes.
Lucy Schaeffer
Go for Ghosts!
➜ Crafts• Make Ghostly Cups
• Create Spinning Spirits
➜ Snacks• Strawberry Yogurt Ghosts
• Boo Cupcakes
➜ Stories• Ten Timid Ghosts,
by Jennifer O’Connell• Ghosts in the House,
by Kazuno Kohara
➜ Games• Ghost Bowling
• Pin the Boo on the Ghost
Carl Tremblay
Snack: Bags o' Boo
Treat hungry souls to some ghostly goodie bags. With black
permanent marker, draw faces on clear cone-shaped treat
bags (available at craft stores). Fill them with a mix of popcorn,
mini marshmallows, and yogurt-covered raisins.
Tie with a ribbon.
Lucy Schaeffer
➜ Crafts• Cotton-Swab Skeletons
• Pom-pom Spiders
➜ Snacks• Frankenstein Pudding Cups
• Spooky S'mores
➜ Stories• The Night Before Halloween,
by Natasha Wing• Curious George Haunted Halloween,
by H. A. Rey
➜ Games• Halloween Can Knockdown
• Halloween Word SearchHost an All Hallows Haunt!
Aaron Dyer
Craft: Wonder Webs
Oh, what a web we weave when making these for Halloween! Glue together three craft sticks in the
form of an asterisk (if you have time, paint them silver before the
party!). Tie one end of a length of yarn (about 2 yards per web) to the center of the sticks. Wrap it around the center, then weave
around the spokes. Tie off the yarn and add a plastic spider.
Alexandra Grablewski
For everything you organize:
• Class parties
• Field trips
• Weekly readers
• Recess volunteers
• Lunchroom helpers
• Snack schedules
• Potlucks
And more!
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CLASS PARTY
TRICKS &
TREATS
MAKE YOUR
PUMPKINS
REALLY POP!
THE SECRETS,
PAGE 26
CREEPY COOL
WAYS TO HAUNT
YOUR HOUSE
COSTUME
WORKSHOP
8 IDEAS YOU
CAN DO IN AN
AFTERNOON
GREAT MEMORIES START HERE
Sofia as
Lady Bug!
HALLOWEEN!Our
BIGGEST,BOO-IEST
celebration ever starts on
page 13!
WE SCREAM
FOR
OCTOBER 2016
FAMILYFUNMAG.COM