Halloween Party with Grandkids

Saturday, we had our family Halloween party. I love it when the grandkids come over to party. They are such a hoot!

Since they are rather young, I couldn’t have complicated crafts and activities. Which is okay by me. Easy is always good.

Next comes my little grand-rooster. (I don’t think he’s too sure about dressing up in a costume. What do you think?)

We drew ghost faces on plastic cups and used them for bowling. Here are some of the cups.

After the bowling, we played the great Halloween Pompom Drop game

I printed the Halloween pictures (that you see here), cut them out, and taped them randomly into the bottoms of muffin tins.

Here is a link to the free printable of pictures that I used.

The grandkids dropped pompoms into the cups with the pictures. Well, they tried. Interestingly enough, the pompoms bounced (who would have thought!) — and they bounced right out the the muffin cups. My grandchildren ended up gathering the pompoms in handfuls and flung them around the room.

At which time, I quickly brought out the next activity.

We made pumpkin men with fan-folded arms and legs. (You’ll notice the lil’ witch took off her costume. She was getting hot.)

Then, we made monster robots. I simply printed up the robot and cut them out. The grandkids used brads to attach them to the robot body. (You can print off the pattern here.)

Then, we made ghost garlands. You can download the pattern here.  (Notice the dragon shed his costume, too . . .)

For treats, I made these witches hats. There were simple to make. I got some of the fudge-striped shortbread cookies and used orange colored frosting to add a Hershey kiss.

I also made these tasty chocolate spider legs with red eyes. (I explain how to make them here.)

I hope that there are a couple of ideas here that you could easily incorporate in a Halloween party with your own grandchildren.

Happy Halloween!