The sound of plastic costumes. The smell of sweaty children racing from craft to craft. The spider rings. The candy apples that are too hard to eat. The giggles and excitement of fall classroom parties! Well…thanks to COVID, that’s not a thing this year. Chalk it up to all the other abnormalities that 2020 has tossed at us.
Moms, it’s our time to shine! Get your craft buckets and toilet paper.
Whether it’s going to be an extended family affair, or just you and your littles, or even if you and your significant other want to spruce up your holiday plans, there are still ways to enjoy this time of year!
Here are some tried and true ideas to turn your home into fall party central
- Pumpkin bowling—Set up empty water bottles in bowling pin formation and use a pie pumpkin as the bowling ball.
- The toilet paper mummy—
Who doesn’t love being wrapped up?! This one, although a classic, may not be the best during a potential TP shortage time so pivot and use orange streamers. They tear just as easily and won’t have you stranded in the bathroom! - Pumpkin hockey—Grab a broom and a pie pumpkin and see who can sweep the pumpkin through the goal.
- Tiny pumpkin stacking—Buy at least 20 mini pumpkins or candy corn. Set a timer and see who can actually stack them up. The tallest tower wins!
- Spoon your pumpkins—You will need tiny pumpkin candy (or any candy) and a spoon (plastic works best). Holding the spoon in your mouth, put as many pumpkin candies on the spoon. The person who can hold the most wins.
- Send that spider away—Grab those plastic spiders and a straw. Start at one end of the table and see who can blow the spider to the other side the fastest.
- Ghost stack—Get some white plastic cups, draw ghost faces on them. Then set a timer and see how fast you can stack the cups into a pyramid without them falling over.
- Q-Tip man—Take a break from the games and make a skeleton man out of cotton swabs, or use white chalk on black paper for a spooky scene.
- Neighborhood Halloween scavenger hunt—Look around your neighborhood for a teal pumpkin, an orange pumpkin, random-colored gourds, a white pumpkin, a spider, a spiderweb, leaves of various colors, a witch’s hat, a broomstick, hay bales, etc.
- Sugar Spiders—Using powdered sugar donuts, pretzels, and chocolate chips and create tiny edible spiders!
Even though your littles may feel as though they are missing out on all the hullabaloo of their classroom parties, costume parade/contest, and all you can eat party buffet, you can transform your home into a wonderful fall festival!
