This is a cute twist on Pin the Tail on the Donkey.

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Making a black cat may be the next stunt/game for your Halloween Party.

A large black cardboard cat is cut into as many pieces as there are players.

Each child is given a piece and one by one, as they are blindfolded, they try to pin the pieces of the cat in correct position on a sheet or curtain.

If the party is a large one, there may be two teams, and the team that succeeds in putting together the most anatomically correct cat is the winner.

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Halloween Magic is a stunt that small boys particularly will enjoy to the fullest.

Several persons are sent from the room and are brought in again blindfolded. Two plates are placed on a table directly in front of the victims.  One is empty and the other Read the rest of this entry

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Here is a different twist on the classic Halloween Game "Dunking for Apples".

This does not involve any water.

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If you are so unfortunate as to lack a wash tub, use a chair, or better still a stool.

A stemless apple should be placed in the center and a boy and a girl, each with hands tied tightly behind them, should, with their teeth, try to capture the apple.

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For older children, Pumpkin Exchange is a good starter, because it gives the guests a chance to mingle with one another.

Seven orange colored cardboard pumpkins are required for each guest. You may purchase them already printed, or, if you prefer, you may cut them out yourself. One letter P-U-M-P-K-I-N should be printed on each pumpkin.

The pumpkins should be shuffled and dealt into as many piles of
seven as there are guests. Each seven should be placed in an envelope. Put the envelopes in a hollowed out pumpkin and, when all the guests have arrived, allow each one to select
one envelope.

Explain that the object of the game is to collect seven pumpkins that will spell the word "Pumpkin." To accomplish this, it will be necessary to exchange undesirable letters for others. Only one letter may be exchanged at a time, and if a person is asked for a letter that he cannot supply he may not be asked for another, but the questioner must go to someone else to try his luck.

The first person who gets the complete word should announce the fact and should receive a small prize. The last two to complete their words may receive some sort of consolation prizes.

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Skeleton Hand Halloween Party Invitation

How To Make the Skeleton Hand Halloween Invitation

The Skeleton Hand Invitations are easy to make.  Lay your hand down on a sheet of writing paper so that the wrist comes diagonally across the fold at the lower left-hand corner.  Spread out your fingers and trace around them.  Cut out, following the pencil lines, being careful to keep the folded sheet from slipping.  Outline the bones of the hand with water-color paint.  Print the invitation on the inside of the folder.

How To Deliver the Halloween Party Invitation

The invitations should be delivered in a mysterious fashion.  On a dark night some week or more before Halloween, a dull thud on the front door will bring the occupants out with haste to discover what caused the scary sound.  A large white skeleton hand will be found lying on the door step.

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A pirate who looks ready to rush aboard and commit murder and robbery can be fashioned 0f nothing more formidable than Cut-out H654, a fold of orange crepe paper cut into a narrow fringe, and some black mounting board.

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The above picture shows Dennison Halloween decorations that were available around 1929.

A ghost may stand guard at the doorway. Its head is a Cardboard Cut-out H651 and its body crepe paper cut into fine fringe.

Cardboard cats, owls, ghosts and owls (Cut­ outs H646, H645, H652 and H551) can be used to advantage on the walls.

Here are some vintage Dennison Halloween decorations available on ebay:

SML VTG DENNISON DIE CUT SCARED HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN, GREAT FOR SCRAPBOOK, CRAFTS    US $9.95

RARE VTG 13" DIE CUT 1920 ART DECO DENNISON FROG HALLOWEEN DECORATION    US $68.50

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Pour melted wax or colored candle paraffine into a glass of cold water.

A little ingenuity and imagination in the interpretation of the shapes formed in the water will make the future very clear.

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This is another way to find the name, or at least the initials of the future partner in life.

Attach a string to a ring, a wedding ring, if possible.

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Shall we have a party for Halloween? That is no question in the average school. It is a foregone conclu­sion. The one and only problem left is: "Just what kind of party shall we have?" Let us suggest a party for all the wise owls of the rising generation. The invitations might read as follows: Read the rest of this entry

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