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Frighteningly Frugal Fun!

Great Halloween Ideas for Cheap

By Tawra Kellam

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  • Spider Webs – Use the tape from old cassettes or black yarn to make spider webs. Use cotton balls stretched out for small spider webs.
  • Glass Jack-o-Lantern – Outline a pumpkin face on a spaghetti or pickle jar with black paint. Then paint around the outside of it with orange paint. Place a candle inside for a jack-o-lantern.

Halloween Guess It Game In this game, you challenge the participants to reach into mystery boxes filled with creepy things and try to guess what each item is. The person with the most correct answers wins the game. An example is if you want them to guess "grapes," you might try to confuse them by saying, "I think it's eyeballs..."

Cut a hole in the top of a shoebox or laundry box for each item to be used. Cover the box with black spray paint. Decorate each box with pumpkins or spiders for a more festive flavor. Place the following items inside, one per box. Be sure to place enough of each item so the guests can adequately "feel" the guts.

  • Eyeballs – grapes or peeled cherry tomatoes
  • Intestines – cooked spaghetti
  • Skin – oil a piece of plastic bag
  • Brains – scrambled eggs
  • Hair – an old clown wig
  • Bones – thoroughly washed chicken bones placed in some sand
  • Vomit – chunky salsa
  • Fingers – hot dogs cut into finger-sized pieces
  • Teeth – corn nuts, pine nuts or popcorn

Have a Pumpkin Hunt

Hide mini pumpkins like you would Easter Eggs. Let the kids find and decorate them. For small children use glue sticks with construction paper cutouts for decorations.

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