Posts Tagged ‘Halloween’

halloween games

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

CONSEQUENCES

One of the most popular witch halloween games is certainly “Consequences”;
it is a very old favorite, but has lost none of its charms with age.
The players sit in a circle; each person is provided with a half sheet
of notepaper and a pencil, and is asked to write on the top–(i) one
or more adjectives, then to fold the paper over, so that what has been
written cannot be seen.

Every player has to pass his or her paper on
to the right-hand neighbor, and all have then to write on the top of
the paper which has been passed by the left-hand neighbor (2) “the
name of the gentleman”; after having done this the paper must again be
folded and passed on as before; this time must be written (3) one or
more adjectives; then

(4) a lady’s name; next (5), where they met;
next

(6), what he gave her; next

(7), what he said to her; next (8),
what she said to him; next (9), the consequence; and lastly (10), what
the world said about it. Be careful that every time anything has been
written the paper is folded down and passed on to the player on your
right.

When every one has written what the world says, the papers are
collected and one of the company proceeds to read out the various
papers, and the result may be somewhat like this:–

(1) The horrifying and delightful (2) Mr. Brown

(3) met the charming
(4) Miss Phillips (5) in Westminster Abbey;

(6) he gave her a flower

(7) and said to her: “How’s your mother?”

(8) She said to him: “Not
for Joseph;”

(9) the consequence was they danced the hornpipe, and the
world said:

(10) “Just what we expected.”

Witch costume for Halloween

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Adult Witch Costumes….

witch costumes

Girls Witch Costumes

Witchcraft in mythology, is the use of certain kinds of supernatural powers. A witch practices of witchcraft. While a witch costume is supernatural, people have been accused of witchcraft, or have claimed to be witches. Witches are usually women.

In early Europe history, witchcraft was seen as a diabolical conspiracy against Christians, and accusations of witchcraft led to big witch-hunts.

Witchcraft is normally a cultural ideology, for explaining human misfortune by blaming it on the supernatural. It is known, however, that many of the stereotypes surrounding witchcraft evolved out of more well meaning pre-Christian beliefs about spirits, and some of those accused of being witches were in fact healers rooted in these same beliefs. Witchcraft has also been applied to cultures outside Europe, holding similar ideologies of supernatural misfortune, as well as to describe a wide variety of magical and practices.

Our modern day celebration of Halloween therefore has a rich and varied past.
Today we use this folklore as an excuse to dress up in witches costumes and play the part for one evening a year.

Here’s witch costume type game you could play this halloween :

Body Part

This game is fun to play at a “scary” sleepover and can be accompanied by other witch and ghost stories
You will need:
Paper Bags
Plastic Bags
Peeled Grapes
Canned Apricots
Popcorn Kernels
Cooked Spaghetti
Tomato
Macaroni Noodles
Jelly

How To Play
Ask the kids to sit in a circle in a dimly lit room while you tell a story about a old witch who falls apart piece by piece. As you talk about each of her body parts, pass around a paper bag lined with a plastic bag, and have the kids feel inside without looking.

Each bag you fill should hold a different body part that has fallen from the witch. You could use peeled grapes for the eyeballs, a canned furry apricot for the tongue, pop kernels for teeth, cooked spaghetti for her brain, a large peeled plum tomato for her heart, cooked macaroni noodles for intestines, a slab of jello for the liver, and so on.
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Now ask the kids to try and guess what food you used for each part of the witches body, and the person who gets the most right, wins the game..

Witch Hazel is a cartoon character in productions of Walt Disney. She started in the Donald Duck cartoon Trick or Treat in 1952, where she helps Huey, Dewey and Louie ply sweets from Donald. She also appeared in the Carl Barks’s “Too Late for Christmas” in Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone Series) #30 in December 1994 and “The Poorest Duck in Duckburg” in Donald Duck Adventures (Gladstone Series) #35 in October 1995. There is no doubt the longevity of this character also drives the demand for the witch costume for halloween parties.View more posts for themes using a disney costume

You too can live like Michael Myers!

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Yes my Ghostdroppings fiends, you too can live like Halloween everyday. That is Halloween like Michael Myers Halloween. It seems someone in North Carolina is building an exact replica of the Myers house from the original John Carpenter Halloween film. You can follow the progress on the website through his daily blogs. It is a very cool idea, especially if you have the dough… http://www.myershousenc.com/ If you want to make the Day of the Dead sugar skulls here are some links for you (recipe and molds):

Fancy Dress – Teen Pretty Potion Witch Costume

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Fancy Dress – Teen Pretty Potion Witch Costume

Teen size witch costume includes dress, sleeve puffs and hat. Huge range of girls and womens witch outfits for your party this halloween.
They may love clubbing even at this age, but they still love dressing up for halloween and there’s a great choice of outfit here fro devils, funky spider and gothic outfits. Just takeĀ  peek for yourself.
Witch costumes ladies

Witch costumes ladies

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Hershey’s 2008 Halloween Site

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

The Hershey’s chocolate site is worth checking out. Things from recipes to decorating ideas. http://www.hersheys.com/trickortreats/index.asp thought this looked like a good Halloween Shrimp appetizer fashioned like a bloody brain. Found it on the Better Homes and Gardens site complete with video of how to make it.