{"id":757,"date":"2014-10-24T14:35:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T14:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/?p=757"},"modified":"2018-08-24T10:21:46","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T10:21:46","slug":"halloween-games-for-your-little-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/10\/halloween-games-for-your-little-monsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Games for your little Monsters!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Mwahahahahahaha<br \/>\nHalloween fun and games, tricks and treats!!!<\/p>\n<p>Not feeling spooky? Still yet to get into the &#8216;spirit&#8217; (sorry, couldn&#8217;t resist). We asked our good friends and party organisers extraordinaire <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sharkyandgeorge.com\/\">Sharky &amp; George<\/a> to let us have their favourite, favourite Halloween games &#8211; have fun and enjoy with your little monsters \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Doughnuts on strings<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SG2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-758\" alt=\"SG2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SG2.png\" width=\"465\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SG2.png 465w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SG2-300x279.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A classic, but always brilliant. \u00a0Hang lots of ring doughnuts from on strings from a beam or the ceiling, then get everyone to try to eat one without using their hands or licking their lips.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Apple Bobbing followed by Flour Bobbing<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SG1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-759\" alt=\"SG1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SG1.png\" width=\"451\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SG1.png 451w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SG1-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows how to bob for apples, but once you\u2019ve had a go at it, then you need a big bowl full of flour with sweets hidden in the flour. \u00a0Once you\u2019ve successfully bobbed for an apple, you then have to get a sweet out of the flour in your mouth without using your hands. \u00a0Be warned, this is very messy and very sticky, but hilarious!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Pumpkin Bowling<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SG44.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-761\" alt=\"SG44\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SG44.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SG44.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SG44-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Take 6 full loo rolls and draw big eyes on each roll to create your ghosts. \u00a0Make a pyramid of the ghosts on the floor, 3 at the bottom, 2 in the middle and one on top, these are your skittles. \u00a0Then using a small pumpkin, take it in turns to try to knock over all the ghosts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Broomstick Decorating<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SG322.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-762\" alt=\"SG322\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SG322.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SG322.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2014\/10\/SG322-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buy small fancy dress broomsticks for everyone, then using stickers, feathers, furry pipe cleaners and pom-poms, you can personalise and decorate your own broom to fly around on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Spooky Witch Hats<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is a take on the classic blindfolded spooky guess what\u2019s in the jar game. \u00a0Use small tupperware without lids on to put all your spooky things into, then put a witches hat on top of each tupperware with a slit in the top big enough to fit your hand through. \u00a0If they are brave enough, children take it in turns to feel what\u2019s inside each witch hat, some good ones to try are:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Peeled grapes or lychees &#8211; eyeballs<\/p>\n<p>Oily pasta and spaghetti &#8211; guts<\/p>\n<p>Dry cornflakes &#8211; flakey scabs<\/p>\n<p>Cold scrambled egg &#8211; brain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mwahahahahahaha Halloween fun and games, tricks and treats!!! Not feeling spooky? Still yet to get into the &#8216;spirit&#8217; (sorry, couldn&#8217;t resist). We asked our good friends and party organisers extraordinaire Sharky &amp; George to let us have their favourite, favourite Halloween games &#8211; have fun and enjoy with your little monsters \ud83d\ude42 &nbsp; Doughnuts on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/10\/halloween-games-for-your-little-monsters\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[526,527,528,529,530,531,532,69,43,220,533,534,535,536,143,537,538,539],"class_list":["post-757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-families","category-uncategorized","tag-apply-bobbing","tag-broomsticks","tag-candy","tag-decorating","tag-donut-bobbing","tag-doughnuts","tag-flour","tag-fun","tag-games","tag-halloween","tag-halloween-season","tag-little-monsters","tag-pumpkin-bowling","tag-shark","tag-sharky-george","tag-spooky-games","tag-spooky-witches-hats","tag-sweets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5758,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757\/revisions\/5758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}