Halloween Game
(Tune: Farmer in the Dell)

The pumpkin in the patch,
the pumpkin in the patch,
Hi-Ho on Halloween
The pumpkin’s in the patch!
The pumpkin takes a bat,
the pumpkin takes a bat
Hi-Ho on Halloween
The pumpkin takes a bat.
The bat takes a witch
the bat takes a witch
Hi-ho on Halloween
The bat takes a witch
the witch takes a ghost
the witch takes a ghost
Hi-Ho on Halloween
The witch takes a ghost.
The ghost says “Boo!”
The ghost says “Boo!”
Hi-Ho on Halloween
The ghost says “Boo!”
(We sometimes play this during our Halloween party, when the children are in costume. We call them by character–princess, queen, ninja, etc.)

 

Ghost Ten Pin Bowling

Put a little sand in the bottom of ten large soda bottles to give them weight. (Water bottles work well too) Then cover the bottles with white medium sized garbage bags, or white lunch bags secure with tape. Let the children draw faces on the ghost bottles with black marker. Set up like ten pin bowling but throw the pumpkin beanbag to knock the ghosts down. Kids of all ages love this game.

Eyeball Mini Putt

A great Halloween indoor/outdoor game. *Great for hand-eye co-ordination Materials: - a dozen or so of those novelty eyeballs *can be found at most novelty stores - a few plastic golf clubs - shoe boxes or milk containers

Decorate the boxes or containers in a festive deco and cut out a large enough entrance/exit to allow the balls to pass through. Then just set up a miniature golf course inside or outside. *Sand boxes work great to create a challenging course.

Mummy wrap

Mummy Wrap Have your children form two groups. Each group picks one person to be the mummy. The rest of the children try to wrap the mummy using toilet paper.

 

Witches Cauldron

Witch tries to tag you and puts you in her witches brew. (Hoop)

 

Hide The Pumpkin

All you need is a mini pumpkin or plush pumpkin. Have one child hide the pumpkin while the others close their eyes or go in another room. When pumpkin is hidden have the children come back in to the room. The child who finds the pumpkin gets to hide it next.

 

Ghost Count

We made these great ghosts out of white lima beans. They turned out so cute we had to make extra so the kids could take home some “ Pet Ghosts “ We even glued them on our Crafts.

 

We had a pile of ghosts in the middle of the table and the kids would roll the dice, then put that number of ghosts in to their cup or empty small tin can. The kids loved the sound it makes when it is dropped in the can. When  the ghosts were all taken from the middle of the table the kids are encouraged to count all the ghosts in their cup.

                                                           

 

 I hope you and your preschoolers enjoy these fun games. Feel free to share your Halloween Games in our comments box…

Check back for Next weeks Halloween Crafts Blog….

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