Mummie ParadeThere's nothing better than being a Grand-mummy. Real mummies have to sew costumes, go trick-or-treating and deal with sugar highs. Grandmummies get to prepare for parties without boo-hoos, howls or shrieks in the background—it's a hoot!
We had cheesy cracker pumpkins, ghostly bananas and sliced lips
(two apple slices spread with peanut butter,
and baby marshmallow teeth in between)
plus a cup of blood . . .
to dippy our mummy dogs in.
(Wrap refrigerator crescent rolls around a hotdog.
Bake 20 min at 350, dot with mustard eyes.
Dip in ketchup.)
The scariest part of dinner was when I choked on an apple. A Grandmummy should not turn blue in front of her boys and ghouls! After I was revived and calmed, we proceeded with the planned party activities.
Mummy Wrap
Who wants to be a mummy? Each mummy is given a roll of TP and a team of wrappers. The first team who finishes a roll wins applause.
Spider Web
Sit in a circle with a ball of black yarn. Toss it back and forth saying "I'll catch Benji (or whoever) in my web." Each person holds on to the yarn when he throws it and a web is created in the middle. When a little ghoul steps in the middle because she's bored, the game is over.
What do spiders catch in their webs? Flies!!
"I know an old lady who swallowed a fly!
I don't know why she swallowed a fly . . .
Perhaps she'll die."
Each kid stuffed something in the old lady's mouth
until finally she swallowed a horse.
"She's dead of course."
Ghosties
Pass out tissues, cotton balls and rolls of tape.
Place a cotton ball in the middle of the tissue, wrap it with tape
and you've got a ghostie. Put them everywhere.
Dance in the Dark
Everybody gets a glow-in-the-dark bracelet.
Then turn out the lights and dance to Monster Mash . . .
Zombies!
. . . and Thriller!
Ghost Stories
While the lights are out, hold a flickering candle under your face
and tell a few spooky stories.
"In a dark, dark wood, there was a dark, dark house . . ."
"And the gob-e-lins'll git you
Ef you don't watch out!!"
Each little goblin picked a spook off the tree,
shivered,
and flew off into the night.
The Grandmummy Halloween party was all wrapped up!
"I know an old lady who swallowed a fly!
I don't know why she swallowed a fly . . .
Perhaps she'll die."
Each kid stuffed something in the old lady's mouth
until finally she swallowed a horse.
"She's dead of course."
Ghosties
Pass out tissues, cotton balls and rolls of tape.
Place a cotton ball in the middle of the tissue, wrap it with tape
and you've got a ghostie. Put them everywhere.
Dance in the Dark
Everybody gets a glow-in-the-dark bracelet.
Then turn out the lights and dance to Monster Mash . . .
Zombies!. . . and Thriller!
Ghost Stories
While the lights are out, hold a flickering candle under your face
and tell a few spooky stories.
"In a dark, dark wood, there was a dark, dark house . . ."
"And the gob-e-lins'll git you
Ef you don't watch out!!"
Each little goblin picked a spook off the tree,
shivered,
and flew off into the night.
The Grandmummy Halloween party was all wrapped up!
So fun! Your explanations make overwhelming ideas seem feasible. We gave the Old Woman/fly doll to my father-in-law who sings the song to his grandchildren regularly.
ReplyDeleteWe are making the mummies! They are baking as we speak (or as I type, really). Saw your post this morning and knew it was JUST what we needed. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! My granddaughter and I made the monster teeth out of apples and miniature marshmallows. They are really easy and look really creepy.
ReplyDeleteI've said it before, but MAN! You have got to be the coolest grandma on the planet.
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