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Halloween 2011 Monday 31st October
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| Halloween Party ideas in Plymouth |
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If you are going to arrange a Halloween party in Plymouth for friends this year, or you just need some ideas to keep your children entertained for the evening, then you will find below a guide to give you some inspiration for Halloween activities. If you have any ideas you would like to add to the guide please email us at:
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Apple Bobbing – This traditional game will always provide a few laughs for children as well as adults alike. It involves putting apples in a large bowl or tub of water and challenging your guests to get one out by just using their mouth. It’s harder than you it looks so have a few towels at the ready. |
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Pumpkin Lanterns – These can be made by cutting off the top of a pumpkin, hollowing them out by removing all the flesh which you can make into a soup for bonfire night the week after. Then by cutting various holes for the eyes, nose, and mouth you can carve a face for your pumpkin. Light a small candle or nightlight and place it inside to illuminate the lantern. You can be as creative as you like by making happy, sad or scary faces and award a prize for the best one. |
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Bouncing Eyeballs – Draw or paint bloodshot eyes on a number of ping-pong balls and using a hollowed out pumpkin or bowl as a target, the idea is to bounce the balls and to see who get their eye in first. Play one at time or for more fun all at once. |
Halloween Creepy Corners – In each corner of the room attach a Halloween themed pictures like a witch, bat, ghost or black cat. Play some spooky music and when it stops each child runs to a corner. Then take a piece of paper from a witch’s hat and the image on the paper identifies which corner is out of the game. Return the piece of paper into the hat, turn on the music and repeat until there is one person left. |
Dead Man’s Coffin – Paint a cardboard box (about 40 cm high) black or decorate in some way to look like a coffin. Cut a hole in the side big enough for a small arm to go through. Then place inside 5 small bowls of prepared food which the children will have line up and guess what they are.
We suggest using mashed bananas for brains, skinned tomatoes or grapes for eyes, cold spaghetti for intestines, wet breadsticks for old bones and dried orange skin for dead skin. Get them to write down what each one is and award a prize accordingly.
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| Mask Making – For younger children, making Halloween masks out of card and coloured paper is a great way to keep them occupied and they can wear them afterwards as part of a fancy dress costume. |
Haunted House – This can be in the house or garden by just leaving a trail of sweets and scary surprises along the way. Prepare a spooky tale as you follow it round and wait for the shocks and shrieks!
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| Trick or Treating – This long-standing tradition involves getting dressed up in fancy dress and knocking on people’s front doors and offering them the ultimatum ‘Trick or treat?’ To avoid having a trick played on them they must hand over a small treat such as sweets or cakes. If you are planning on staying in on Halloween then why not prepare for trick-or-treaters by popping down to your local Plymouth Newsagents a buy a few sweets to give. |
| Halloween Fancy Dress |
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If you are looking to go out trick-or-treating, organising or attending a Halloween party in Plymouth then the chances are you will need to start thinking about what fancy dress costume you are going to wear. You can choose to be creative and make your own or have a look in your nearest Plymouth Fancy Dress shops.
Why not try and really impress by getting some ideas for really original fancy dress costumes.
Here are some quick and easy halloween fancy dress ideas you could try:
Ghost – Cut a couple of holes in a sheet and pop it over your head.
Devil – Pair of horns using a hair band and red card and a pointed tail. Finish with some red face paint.
Witch – Pointy hat, wart on the nose, black coat and a broom stick.
Skeleton – Black sweatshirt and trousers with white painted skeleton.
Here are some characters you may want to base a costume on:
Freddie Kruger, Dracula, Chucky, Hannibal Lecter, Zombie, The Grim Reaper or even Simon Cowell as he is known to put he willy’s up some people.
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| Halloween in Plymouth is a great time get together with friends to celebrate. You may decide to host your own Halloween party or you can go out to one of the many events happening around the city. If you are looking to find a Halloween event in Plymouth then use our link below to see what’s on. |
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