Need some family-friendly Halloween party tips and ideas, which are not too scary for kids? Although Singaporeans don’t have a tradition of celebrating Halloween, more and more locals are joining the bandwagon to celebrate this unique festival from the West!
Most children here do not go door-to-door for Treat or Trick, since most neighbours do not have a habit of preparing candies nor know what to do. Instead, we see establishments like country clubs, condominiums, restaurants, hotels and small parties gathering people for Halloween. (Halloween Horror Nights at Resorts World Sentosa is probably the most successful Halloween celebration in Singapore.)
Here are some tips which you can ‘do-it-yourself’!
1) Halloween Decorations
It doesn’t take a lot of effort to decorate your party room with Halloween decorations! An easy source of decoration is Daiso! They have such a wide variety of Halloween decorations, from lanterns to buntings, from banners to props which made me wonder… do Japanese celebrate Halloween too? For those who are not aware what Daiso is, everything in this shop is $2!!! (less than US$1.5!! and it is even cheaper in certain countries because of the exchange rate.)
You just have to be creative and combine them! See an arch that we made entirely out of Daiso lanterns! Include some LED lights (which can be bought at Daiso too!) and tada, you have a winning Halloween decorations!
2) Switch off your lights
3) Scary Eyes
4) Fancy Dress Contest
5) Drink Blood anyone?
Buy cranberry juice and pour them into (blood) bags or syringes.
Get green candy floss and call them brain floss!
6) Create a giant spiderweb
Use twine (available for about $1-2 at any hardware shops or Daiso.. this is beginning to sound like an advertisement for them… but it’s NOT!) to create a big giant spiderweb!
7) Halloween Puzzle Game
Here’s a simple Halloween game! Find a halloween poster and cut them into pieces. You have a fringe game in which children have to put them back together in 1-2min’s time. Great game while waiting for all the guests to arrive. Picture on the right is from PixalBay, rhey have a lot of free downloads available.
8) Halloween ‘Guess the Pea’ Brain Game
Buy 3 to 4 brain moulds (or similar) used to make jelly or cakes. Hide a pea, skeleton or a toy under one of them and children have to guess where it is. It’s like ‘tigum tigum’, Halloween-style.
9) Skeleton craft
A simple art and craft session can keep kids occupied for 30-60min. Teach the children how to make their very own skeleton using cotton buds, which is like less than $1 in hardware shops. Other materials needed include black construction paper, PVA glue, white paper (for the skeleton head) and scissors.
10) ‘Treat and Dare’ Box
Want a treat? Reach into our box to guess what is inside the box. Decorate a cardboard box and cut a small hole, just enough for those tiny pesky hands to reach the top. You can also cut a viewing hole on the side so it is easy to switch items. Some ideas for items to put inside the box:
- rubber snakes
- rubber spiders
- slime
- teddy bear
- your cat
- your husband… ok you get the point! Anything is possible!
Need more ideas? Check out fun things to do celebrate Halloween Holiday by Twinkl.
Halloween Add-ons
Want to have more time to host your guests? Book our Halloween themed decorations, Halloween Magic Show by Mr Bottle, carnival games, Halloween mascots rental, party host, magic mirror photo booth, balloon sculpting and facepainting! Check out our Halloween Themed Package here. Our past clients for Halloween events include Harbourfront Centre mall, Spring Grove condominium and Safra Toa Payoh. Watch a video of the magic mirror photo booth here:
Let us know your Halloween Party tips and ideas and we would like to feature them here!