Ideas For A Kids Halloween Party

Any time is a good time for a party, especially when you're celebrating a holiday. When you're a kid, few holidays have the potential for excitement and fun like Halloween does. If you're throwing a Halloween party for children, the pressure is on to make it a fun event, for children and parents alike. Fortunately, there are some easy things that you can do to make your children's Halloween party the best that anyone has ever seen.

Getting Help

The first thing you'll need to do is arrange your party team. It's very difficult for one adult to run a kids' party by themselves. When the kids are amped up with Halloween excitement, it is even harder. Having the right support team is crucial to make sure that everyone has a good time. Solicit help from other parents whose children are attending. Make sure each person has a role that plays to their strength. Parents who are good with discipline can break up fights before they start, good cooks can be on snack patrol, parents who have a reputation for being fun can be put in charge of activities. With the right people in the right roles, your party will go off without a hitch.

Game Ideas

Adults can have parties without any kind of structure at all - the flow of the evening will dictate how the party progresses. It's not so easy when dealing with a kids Halloween party - children are used to being told when it's time to eat, and when it's time to play, and when it's time to listen. Because of this, it is the responsibility of the person throwing the party (that's you, remember?) to have things to do to entertain the kids. Luckily, kids like structure, so organizing games to play is a great way to keep everyone entertained. Give your games a Halloween twist - instead of Pin the Tail on the Donkey, how about Pin the Wart on the Witch? If you can find willing adults, have a Mummy Making Race, where groups of kids wrap toilet paper around their victims - the first one to completely wrap up their adult wins! There are lots of great ways to keep everyone entertained if you just put your mind to it.

Themed Party Ideas

One fantastic way to make a memorable Halloween party for kids is to have a themed event. Instead of having a party where the boys all come as soldiers and vampires and the girls all show up as princesses and animals, pick a theme for your party. Not only will you give the other parents some inspiration as to what costumes to buy, but you also make decorating a lot easier. Instead of the same spiders and witches and jack-o-lanterns, you can decorate to your theme, with a spooky twist! If it's a sports theme, have skeletons with jerseys on. If you throw a princess party, have goblins and ghouls in fancy dresses and crowns. Just remember to go with the theme too - don't open the door in a Halloween sailor costume or Harry Potter costume unless that's the theme of your event.

With these ideas as a guide, you will be guaranteed to have a childrens' Halloween party that everyone remembers for a long, long time.