Ghoulish Fun: Choosing a Preschool Halloween Game

Little kids love the end of October for one pretty obvious reason: they love to get candy! Of course, we all know too much of sweet and sugar snacks are not good for growing bodies, so it’s best to find other fun activities to keep the children entertained this time of year.

Often schools offer a host of activities that involve student participation, such as parades, decorating, school dances, and haunted houses. There’s no reason very young children should be left out of the fun.

Keeping in mind that young children may be easily frightened or upset by images of axe murderers and zombies, it is best to keep preschool Halloween games light and festive, rather than dark and scary. A simple idea for a preschool Halloween game is an arts and crafts session.

Children can make jack-o-lantern masks out of paper plates by painting them orange and cutting holes for their eyes to see through. Then, the children simply draw the rest of the face onto the plate with magic marker and hold their creation in front of their face for an instant Halloween costume!

Wearing Their New Costume to the Party

What good is a costume without a place to wear it to? After the children have made their jack-o-lantern masks, invite them wear them to a party which they can create the food, decorations and preschool Halloween games for.

First, have the children draw pictures of their favorite part of the holiday, whether it be candy, seeing people dressed up as funny characters, or making cookies with mom and dad. Once the pictures have been hung around the classroom, the room is decorated and ready for fun.

In the spirit of costumes and make believe, a popular preschool Halloween game is charades. Each child takes turn acting out a character, either make-believe or real, by using only movements and gestures.

If they can get the other children to guess what they are acting like, they get a point. Of course it is important to keep the characters simple and easy for the young children to recognize.

Finally, no party is complete without snacks, and this is no exception. To avoid any accidents, it’s best to make treats that don’t require cooking, such as crackers with peanut butter. Hardly a drab snack, they become a fun preschool Halloween game when the children use miniature candies to create faces on their peanut butter crackers!