Harvest fest games for a party

[Kristin0105]

We are not a "Waldorf" home but we pretty much follow what we can of the Waldorf ways and aspire to do more as we grow. My daughter age 5, wants to have a harvest party for Halloween. I am wondering if people had some suggestions for some games we might play during the party. We have some like bobbing for apples, pumpkin decorating etc... but I was thinking of maybe some craft type ideas that we could do with a group of about 5-6 children 4-6 years of age. Most of the children are probably not very craft oriented so simple crafts we could do outside. They are the children in the neighborhood and do not follow our lifestyle.

[boatbaby]

We normally do a party every year (though not this year because I just had a baby this week).

We buy minipumpkins (like the little white ones) and set them out with glue and paint brushes and glitter to make glitter pumpkins. We also make a "banging wall" to scare away any ghosts or monsters (more of a Halloween thing, but fun all the same). Basically a coupld of lumber boards with pots and pans screwed in (I got old ones at Goodwill for like $1 or less each) and also at Goodwill I got a bumch of wooden spoons for banging. Kids LOVED it!

You could also make or buy cascarones. Basically break the bottems off of eggs, fill with confetti & glitter, glue tissue to close hole, paint in harvest theme. Here is an example:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/gracieseggies?ref=top_trail
I bought from here before, she is fabulous!

Highly supervised, if you have a little camping stove keep some beeswax melting low and let the kids dip colored leaves in wax to preserve them.

Have fun!

[Kristin0105]

Oh great ideas. I love the cascarones. I am going to work on making some this week. What fun.