Easy Halloween Costumes that Take Less than 30 minutes

So the party is in 2 hours or less and you still don't have a costume!

Well you can panic or make one of these fast and or thought provoking Halloween costumes.

1. Hobo
Get some flannel, a stick and tie a bandanna with filler around the end. The key is to look a mess and broke. That is easy for most of us these days.

2. Quarterback
Word play costume. Take cardboard and cut out a circle, draw the front of a quarter on it - do the back if you have time. Tie a string through it hang around neck with the quarter on your back. If there is time, spray paint silver.

3. Couples Switch Clothes
If they fit - He wears her clothes and she wears his.

4. Static Cling
Pin socks, underwear, bras, etc., to your clothes and dress up as the dreaded "static cling."

5. 60's, 70's, 80's
Do you already have a themed decade party costume? If this group has not seen it, bring it out again and recycle it.

6. Smartie Pants
Wear regular clothes, attach Smarties wrapped candies with safety pins to pants and you can be a "Smartie Pants"

Basically, look for a theme or past fad to play off of, you can be a cowboy, tool guy, tv personality, sports professional, etc... Just look around the house and be creative.

Here for more Halloween costume word plays.
And here for Halloween party games

Sarah - The Party Game Ideas Lady

5 Last Minute Halloween Games You Can Set Up in 15 Minutes or Less

Your Halloween Party could be today, tomorrow or less than 1 hour away.

Here are 5 Last Minute Games that take less than 20 minutes to set up to play and you will look like a hero.

1. Halloween Bingo, Halloween Charades, Halloween Trivia, More!
I know you are thinking I don't have time for that. Wrong! With printable Halloween games you can easily purchase 1, 2 or the Halloween Party Pack and print out the games.
Set Up Time: 15 minutes or less
Cost: Under $7 for one game, Under $20 for the 50 Game Party Pack

2. Halloween Corners
Basically, you need 4 graphics of Halloween items, 4 corners and music.
Set Up Time: 10 - 15 minutes
Cost: $0 to $10

3. Mummy Wrap
Use toilet paper to wrap up guests, need extra toilet paper on hand. Check out site for game variations that include a relay option.
Set Up Time: 10 minutes
Cost: $5 - $20

4. Spooky Sounds Story Game
This noise making game is fun for all age events. Just follow the link for details.
Set Up Time: 5 minutes
Cost: $0

5. Create a Haunted Story - Improv Game for All Ages
You or guests can come up with a person, place and start a progressive Halloween story. Have 3 - 5 starter ideas to get things going. We suggest you play 3 to 5 times, because the first time most people are not relaxed enough.
Set Up Time: Under 10 minutes
Cost: $0

Visit our site for over 50 more Halloween Games

Sarah - The Party Game Ideas Lady

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Oh No! Rain Forecast for Halloween - Move the Fun Inside

Halloween is just 2 days away and the forecast for parts of the Southeast, Ohio Valley and other areas call for rain, while Florida is expecting temperatures in the near 90.

We are sorry if you had outdoor plans, but the good news is that you can still have a successful Halloween event indoors.

The key is to have a variety of activities or games to keep the kids or teens busy.
You can play Mummy Wrap, Halloween Corners, Gross Food Guess, Scary Story Telling and over 50 other Halloween games.

One solution is this printable Halloween game pack.

- Have games in minutes
- Huge variety you can pick and choose games and print
- Check out the variety of Halloween games
Active games like Halloween Charades & Halloween Pictionary, Pin the Tail on the Cat, Witch Hunt, Halloween Bingo
Word Games like Halloween Crosswords, Word Scramble, Secret Message
Games involving challenges including Trivia, Finish Phrases, Picture Puzzles and More

We like this idea because you get games and activities for Halloween but also Thanksgiving, so your kids will have things to do for weeks.

This Halloween don't let rain and high temperatures dampen your Halloween spirit. Just get creative and make it the best Halloween ever!

Want more Halloween fun?
Check out our Halloween Games by Age Page
And Christmas Party Games for upcoming Holidays

Sarah - The Party Game Ideas Lady

* Some links in this posting may result in compensation for Party Game Ideas if a purchase is completed.

Make Your Gross Halloween Story Telling a Haunting Success

Want to make your Halloween story gross and disgusting?

Well we have Halloween stories and food items you can use to represent body parts and gross objects. All you need to do is plan ahead for a successful event.

In most cases, scary items appear less scary when you know what they are so if you have kids don’t let them know what you are up too. And consider getting a sack of potatoes and placing it in a burlap sack with the words City Morgue on it just to keep things interesting.

The first trick to making gross and disgusting food more gross is changing how the food will feel. So in order to change the texture do the following:
- Soak in water
- Spray or add oil
- Soil with sand / dirt
- Dry an item
- Microwave for a few seconds to distort

Some popular items that can be used as body parts include:
Brains - Wet sponge, boiled cauliflower
Intestines – Spaghetti, lasagna noodles, row of marshmallows strung together using a needle and then soak in or spray with water to get them slick and a little tacky.
Eyes – Peeled grapes, Olives
Hair – Corn Silk, Oiled Fur
This page has more food for scary Halloween stories

Temperature is another way to add to your gruesome tale, so if it was a dark cold night then store the food in the refrigerator to give it an extra chill or mix it up and keep some warm (but not hot) like a heart, some room temperature and others chilled.

Once you have all your items ready to go for you party, there are 4 more steps to a successful gross Halloween story event.

1. Label or mark the bags so they are in the proper order
2. Have an assistant hand you each bag, so you can focus on reading. This should be another adult.
3. Do a test run with a flashlight and a dark room. Can you read the story and make sure the room is dark enough?
4. Have a good Halloween story to read

You can make up or adjust an existing Halloween story; we have two Halloween gross food stories on the site.

My Dear Lamented Friend and The Miserly Man.

Both suggest items for passing around and note when you pass them. So check them out and plan for a Haunting Halloween event.

Want more Halloween fun?
Check out our Halloween Games by Age Page
Halloween Costumes and Decorations Pages
And Christmas Party Games for upcoming Holidays

Party Game Ideas offers over 400 party games for birthdays, baby showers, bridal showers, bachelorette parties and holidays so check us out for all your party games.

Sarah - The Party Game Ideas Lady

New Mummy Wrap Variations on a Kids Classic Halloween Game

Most people have heard or played Mummy Wrap at some point in your life, the game where you take toilet paper and wrap it around another person until they look like a Mummy.

While we offer over 60 Halloween games at Party Game Ideas, sometimes the best party games are the classics games we all know played with small modifications.

Plus Mummy Wrap is so simple that almost any age can play. For kids it is a fun and fast game and for adults it is silly, embarrassing and a gret photo opportunity!

How to play Mummy Wrap:
1. The basic concept for Mummy Wrap is simple get cheap toilet paper, have the kids divide up into teams of 2, 3 or 4, have one person be the mummy and the others must wrap the mummy with the toilet paper.

First team to use all their toilet paper to wrap the Mummy from head to toe wins.

2. Keep the same concept and increase difficulty
Blindfolded Mummy Wrap
- For teams of two, the person wrapping the Mummy is blindfolded and the first team to wrap the Mummy from head to toe wins.
- For teams of 3 and up, where there are several wrappers. Each person is given 30 blindfolded and given 30, 45 or 60 seconds to wrap as much as the mummy as possible. When the timer goes off they must put done the toilet paper, remove their blindfold, pass it to the next child and then that person has “x” seconds to wrap as much as possible. This continues until the toilet paper is gone and the Mummy is wrapped from head to toe.

3. Now Teams, A Relay and Tasks
Mummy Wrap Relay
This Mummy Wrap game involves teams of 3 or more.
The first Mummy is wrap by the other team members and once the Mummy is wrapped must walk from where they were wrapped to a stool or table 15 – 20 feet away and then pick up another roll of toilet paper and return to the wrap area.

Once they return, their team members must unwrap (not rip off!) the toilet paper without ripping it. (If they rip it add a large penalty to their time. Like 5 minutes)

Depending on how many team members there are, while the first Mummy is being unwrapped, other team member can begin on wrapping the next mummy.

If there are only three players, you must unwrap the first mummy and then start wrapping the second mummy with the new roll of toilet paper.

Once the second Mummy is wrapped they must walk to chair or table (go around it) and return where they will be unwrapped and another team member wrapped.

However this time the toilet paper used is from the first wrapping so depending on how well they re-wrapped the toilet paper this could be a difficult task.

Continue until each member of the team has gone.

To end the game the last Mummy from the team needs to get wrap, walk to the chair and return to the wrap area to complete the game. First team to do this wins.

What is best about Mummy Wrap is that it is an easy game to play and prep time is just a few minutes so you can plan ahead a few days or minutes before the party.

One Important Mummy Wrap Rule
Make sure you don't use all the tiolet paper! Else your guests will be very, very upset with you.

Want more Halloween fun?
Check out our Halloween Games by Age Page
Halloween Costumes and Decorations Pages
And Christmas Party Games for upcoming Holidays

Party Game Ideas offers over 400 party games for birthdays, baby showers, bridal showers, bachelorette parties and holidays so check us out for all your party games.

Sarah - The Party Game Ideas Lady

Easy & Fun Office Halloween Games and Activities

In charge of planning the company Halloween Party or event later this week and want to do something fun?

Well don’t stress here are some easy and fast Halloween games and activities.

Halloween trivia games – choose one or a bunch of printable Halloween trivia games and word play challenges that you can print right from the computer. Or we have ideas on how you can come up with you own Halloween trivia games here and we offer ideas to get you started.

If you are inviting families to bring the kids have a costume contest or some simple games for the little kids like Witch’s Hat Toss, Pumpkin Toss or Witch Hunt. These are simple and fun ways to entertain the kids and keep them busy too.

If your office has older kids visiting you might want to get the printable Halloween games and activity pack so that they can stay busy with word scrambles, challenges, Halloween Bingo and a variety of activities. Plus if you purchase one of the variety packs you can have activities for Thanksgiving.

Another fun activity for offices that have guests and workers of all ages is to play a campfire style Halloween game and read a spooky story where groups each have a unique sound to make when a word is said. This is a simple and fun way liven up the office and share the Halloween spirit.

For more Halloween office game ideas and activities.

Sarah – The Party Game Ideas Lady.

What's in the Halloween Box? A Game That Tests Your Senses

If you have seen Paranormal Activity then you know that not knowing what something is can be scary.

Well for this Halloween game, kids are left in the dark as to What is in the Halloween Box? but have a minute to figure it out.

Parents of young kids can add fun and silly items, while parents of older kids might choose to add a fake dead rat or a finger or squishy eyeballs. Either way this is an entertain game that tests your kids sense of touch and scary them a little too!

Get details on the game, What's in the Halloween Box? and check out more than 60 Halloween game ideas at Party Game Ideas.

Sarah - The Party Game Ideas Lady
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