Toddlers Halloween Games – 5 of the Best

Halloween is a fun time of year both for young and old. But it can be difficult to know what to do to celebrate with a toddler. They are a bit young to go outside “trick or treating” in the dark, and they may get scared. So why not invite some of the toddlers in your neighbourhood around to your house for some spectacular Halloween party games.

Here are my top five Halloween party games for toddlers:

• Pass The Pumpkin: This game is fun for the little ones. It is similar to pass the parcel, only you pass the pumpkin instead of the parcel. Cut the top off the pumpkin, and scrape out the insides. Place treats inside the empty pumpkin ( making sure you have at least one treat for each child). Next fill the pumpkin half of the way up with cold custard, the lumpier the better. Sit the toddlers around in a circle and play the music. Instruct the children to pass the pumpkin around clockwise from one child to the next. When you stop the music, whichever child has the pumpkin must now place their hand inside to retrieve a treat. Keep going till all the children has had a go. I am sure you could use your imagination to tell the kids what actually is inside the pumpkin.
• Mummy Wrap: This party game requires plenty of toilet paper. Divide the children into groups of two. Give them two toilet rolls per group. One is going to be the mummy and the other is going to be the wrapper. Set a time limit of approximately three minutes. The wrapper has to wrap the toilet paper around the mummy, and the most convincing mummy, after the time has run out wins the prize.
• Whats the time Mr Wolf : Yes it may be a classic, but it is still a fun game on Halloween. You choose one child to be the wolf , they stand at one end of the room with their back turned on the rest of the children. The idea of the game is that the children must get from one end of the room to the other, where “Mr Wolf” is standing. The children say “whats the time Mr Wolf”, and “Mr Wolf” will then have two options he could either state a time in which the children could move forward (for example if “Mr Wolf said “two 0 clock” the children would move forward two spaces),or he/she could say “its dinner time” and try and catch the rest of the children. The child who make it to the wall wins. You could even try variants of the game like ” Whats the time Mrs Witch” or ” Whats the time Mr Vampire”.
• Build a scarecrow: For this game you will need some old clothes, ( two of everything). Hide the clothes in various places in the house. Next divide the children into two teams. Each team then has to find their items of clothing. Once they have found all the clothing, it is a race against the clock to build their scarecrow. For the inside of the scarecrow you could use old newspapers screwed up into little balls. The fastest team to build their scarecrow wins.
• Memory Game: Set out some Halloween items on a tray. You could use a plastic spider, some cooked spaghetti for worms and various other Halloween items. Give the children a few minutes to look and discuss the objects on the tray. Even let them have a feel. Cover up the tray with a large tea-towel. The child who remembers most items from the tray wins.

Clare Hayes is a stay at home mother of two toddlers, who enjoys sharing her knowledge and experiences about looking after them.

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