{"id":150,"date":"2009-10-18T23:30:47","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T03:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/?p=150"},"modified":"2022-10-12T16:51:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T20:51:28","slug":"halloween-sleepover-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepajamacompany.com\/blog\/halloween-sleepover-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Sleepover Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween is the perfect time for a spooky sleepover.\u00a0 With decorations available everywhere it&#8217;s easy to go all out inside and out.\u00a0 Put pumpkins outside your door and fake spider webs inside with all the creepy decorations you love.\u00a0 Be sure to add the spooky sound effects with a Halloween CD or download.\u00a0 Halloween party food ideas are easy to find all over the internet.\u00a0 We love the\u00a0<a title=\"Ghoulish Halloween Treats\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bhg.com\/halloween\/recipes\/halloween-recipe-ideas\/\"> Ghoulish Halloween treats <\/a>found here, including chicken &#8220;fingers&#8221;, &#8220;night eyes&#8221;, &#8220;eyeball assortment&#8221;, &#8220;bat wings&#8221; and &#8220;mad scientists&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0 Make your party complete with some perfect games.\u00a0 Here are a few ideas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <strong>Pass The Pumpkin<\/strong> (Perfect for younger kids)\u00a0 This musical chairs type game involves passing small pumpkins and gourds and when the music stops the person without a pumpkin is out. Play until there is a winner. Kids sit in a circle and you hand out one less pumpkin then children in the group. Then instruct the children to start passing the pumpkins when the music begins to play and continue passing until the music stops.\u00a0 Once the music stops the child without a pumpkin is out of the game.\u00a0 Now remove a pumpkin from the group and restart the music. This pattern continues until you have one pumpkin with one winner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Worm Bobbing <\/strong>Each player is given a bowl with 6-8 worms all mixed up (should be same amount for each person) in the whipped cream.\u00a0 The worms can be gummy worms of course! Then with their hands behind their back they must bob with their heads into the bowl of whipped cream and\u00a0 pull out the worms and place them on the plate. The first one to finish wins. Blindfolds make it even more of a challenge.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scary Stories <\/strong>is always a classic.\u00a0 Everyone sits in a circle in a darkened room, each holding a flashlight.\u00a0 One player starts the game by saying &#8220;Once there was&#8230;.&#8221; and goes on to say one or two sentences.\u00a0 The next player continues the story with another sentence or two.\u00a0 Once everyone has added to the story one person in the circle can end it.\u00a0 The scarier the better!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spider Web <\/strong>requires only a ball of black yarn.\u00a0 Everyone stands or sits in a circle.\u00a0 One person starts with a ball of black yarn and begins by holding the end piece and throwing the ball across the circle.\u00a0 The person who catches the ball must say a halloween word, grab a bit of the yarn and then throw the ball across the circle.\u00a0 Continue until the ball is nearly finished and a huge web is created.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mummy Wrap <\/strong>is always fun.\u00a0 Teams are split into pairs with one person being the mummy and the other being the wrapper.\u00a0 Each team gets one or two rolls of toilet paper.\u00a0 When the game begins, the wrapper begins wrapping the mummy with toilet paper circling around and around covering as much as possible.\u00a0 The best mummy wins!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Memory Game <\/strong>is a fun twist on a popular game.\u00a0 Find about 20 different Halloween items.\u00a0 We love the bowl of cold spaghetti, rubber bats, ping pong ball eyeballs, skulls and more.\u00a0 Place everything on a tray and cover with a cloth.\u00a0 Each player gets a paper and pencil and has 60 seconds to look at all the items before they are covered.\u00a0 Because it&#8217;s a memory game each player then has to remember what spooky items were on the tray and write them down.\u00a0 Of course, the one with the best memory wins!<\/li>\n<li> <strong>Monster Mash Freeze Dance <\/strong>is so much fun for kids and adults.\u00a0 Put on this classic song full volume and have everyone dance, dance, dance but when the music stops everyone must freeze.\u00a0 Whoever moves is eliminated.\u00a0 The last one dancing is the winner.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Witch Hunt <\/strong>involves picking up a bunch of cheap witches hat from your local discount store.\u00a0 Hide them in random places around your house or yard.\u00a0 Have your guests run around finding them and the one who finds the most wins.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Worst Makeover Ever <\/strong>rewards the most disasterous makeover.\u00a0 Divide your guests into teams and give each team a bag of makeup.\u00a0 They are told to do the worst makeover ever.\u00a0 Everyone votes on the biggest makeover disaster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When everyone is settled in comfy pajamas choose one of these spooky movie classics keeping in mind what is best for the age group.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hocus Pocus<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nightmare Before Christmas<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Blob<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rosemary&#8217;s Baby<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nightmare on Elm Street<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Saw<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tell us which horror classic films we missed and any other recommendations for a perfect kids sleepover.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; 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