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I have gathered lots of great Tips and Tricks for the haunted night. Everything from making your own face makeup, to Halloween safety.

Face Make Up

Face paint: Cold cream or shortening and ordinary food coloring can be used for face paint.

Rotting flesh: One part water to six parts oatmeal creates a mixture which resembles rotting flesh (especially after it has started to dry and flake).

Fake blood: Corn syrup and food coloring creates a nice "blood" mixture (be careful - it may stain).

Halloween Crafts

Paper Napkin Ghosts

Have children make paper ghosts from unfolded white paper napkins. Help them place cotton balls in the center of the napkin. Show them how pull down the corners of the napkin over the cotton ball. Tie a piece of white yarn around the "neck". Use markers to draw a face. Tape a thin piece of string from the top of the head and hang from the ceiling.

Paper Plate Pumpkins

Paint paper plates orange using finger paints. Let the paint dry and using yellow paint, add eyes, nose and a mouth. Cut a stem from orange construction paper and fasten to the top of the pumpkin.

Paper Plate Spiders

Paint paper plates black using finger paints. Let the paint dry. Using white paint, add eyes. You can also use the round paper reinforces used to reinforce the holes on 3 ring binder paper. Using black pipe cleaners, have the children bend legs and glue to the bottom of the plate.

Ghost

Nothing says Halloween like your very own homemade ghost. Blow up a large balloon and drape it, knot side up, with a large sheet of white tissue paper. Tie a string around the knot and hang the balloon from the ceiling. Cut out the features for the eyes and mouth from electrical tape and stick them on the ghost's face.

Halloween Party Games

"Creepy Objects"

Fill shoeboxes with such items as peeled grapes, cooked pasta, gelatin, and cleaned chicken bones. Have the children sit in a darkened room, feel inside the boxes (no peeking), and tell spooky stories about what they're touching.

Ghost Tag

Have the children sit in a dark room with their eyes covered. An adult should tap a child on the shoulder and give her a noisy, creepy object such as a chain to rattle, a drum to bang, or a small blackboard to scratch. The child should wander around the room making noises and then tap another child. If the tapped child can guess who the noisemaker is, she wins a favor and another child is selected to be the ghost.

Halloween Safety

Red Cross Halloween Safety Tips for Kids and Adults

With witches, goblins, and super-heroes descending on neighborhoods across America, the American Red Cross offers parents some safety tips to help prepare their children for a safe and enjoyable trick-or-treat holiday. Halloween should be filled with surprise and enjoyment, and following some common sense practices can keep events safer and more fun.

Walk, slither, and sneak on sidewalks, not in the street.

Look both ways before crossing the street to check for cars, trucks, and low-flying brooms.

Cross the street only at corners.

Don't hide or cross the street between parked cars.

Wear light-colored or reflective-type clothing so you are more visible. (And remember to put reflective tape on bikes, skateboards, and brooms, too!)

Plan your route and share it with your family. If possible, have an adult go with you.

Carry a flashlight to light your way.

Keep away from open fires and candles. (Costumes can be extremely flammable.)

Visit homes that have the porch light on.

Accept your treats at the door and never go into a stranger's house.

Use face paint rather than masks or things that will cover your eyes.

Be cautious of animals and strangers.

Have a grown-up inspect your treats before eating. And don't eat candy if the package is already opened. Small, hard pieces of candy are a choking hazard for young children.

I hope you enjoyed this page. And found some to the tips and tricks useful.

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