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Halloween is now the second most popular holiday in the United States, which means that it is usually celebrated in a big way. The grandchildren will enjoy kicking it down a notch with these retro Halloween activities that allow their creative spirits free rein. And if the projects don't come out quite right or if a big mess results, guess what? We're grandparents. We don't care!
© Monkey Business Images | DreamstimeThe most traditional of Halloween games is still fun for kids today. Fill a tub with water and float some apples in it. The smaller apples are easier to capture and also cheaper. Have the grandkids kneel in front of the tub with their hands behind their backs and try to capture an apple. Players inevitably end up with wet hair and often with wet clothes, so be prepared. To reduce the transfer of germs, float only one apple at a time. A less germy version involves hanging apples from strings.zSB(3,3)
© Bilgehan Evren | Dreamstime.comHaunted houses are immensely popular today, but many are too intense for younger kids. To make a more manageable version, create one in your house or garage. In the house, create a maze by moving the furniture around. In places drape sheets, blankets or cut-up trash bags over the furniture to create tunnels that must be crawled through. At intervals, place a creepy prop, such as a bowl of "eyeball" grapes or severed hand created from a surgical glove. Light the area with electronic candles that flicker, and fire up the spooky music. Use the same techniques in the garage, but create your maze with black plastic sheeting hung from the ceiling. Turn off the lights and take the grandkids on a spooky tour.
© Robert Lerich | Dreamstime.comSure, the stores are full of over-the-top Halloween decorations, but the grandkids will enjoy making their own. If they don't look quite as good as the store-bought kind, that's okay. A homemade scarecrow can serve for Halloween and Thanksgiving both. The youngest kids can color printable Halloween pages which can be taped to windows. Older kids can cut out bats and black cats from black construction paper. Suspend the bats from string and put the black cat silhouettes in windows or along baseboards. Buy a package of spider web decoration and let the kids make their own spiders from black pipe cleaners.
© Lowell Litten | Dreamstime.comWhen I was a kid, a few families would make popcorn balls for trick-or-treat. Those families were the most popular in the neighborhood, for a few hours at least. Classic popcorn balls can be a little tricky, but this recipe using caramels is practically foolproof. Another variation uses candy corn to add eye appeal. Caramel apples are another retro treat. If you have older grandchildren who like to cook, whip up some soul cakes, a traditional Halloween food in Ireland.
Photo © Stockbyte / Getty ImagesHalloween costumes are a big thing for most families today. Most children know what they are going to wear on Halloween long before the actual date. That doesn't keep you from having some dress-up fun with your grandchildren. These eight easy-to-improvise retro costumes can be used for playtime before and after Halloween. If you have older grandchildren, challenge them to improvise a costume using miscellaneous clothing and craft supplies. A grandparents' house is a natural place for outgrown Halloween costumes to end up. They can be used for dress-up for younger grandchildren or recycled.if(zSbL
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