by Lindsay Weiss posted in Life

If you've got kids in preschool or elementary school, you may be very familiar with the last-minute quest to procure games for the Halloween Party. I've done this dance for a decade now, so I thought I'd compile a list of my tried and true favorites that have worked from preschool all the way through fifth grade.
These are fun, easy, and don't require buying much stuff. They're the ones I come back to year after year, and the ones that are easiest for kids of all ages and abilities to grasp.
7 Tried-and-True Halloween Games For School Parties
Spider Blow
Each child uses a milkshake straw to blow plastic spiders to the finish line! This can also be done in teams; the first team to finish all kids is the winner.
Candy Corn Relay
If the party's in a classroom, I typically set this up in the hallway outside. Create a relay course (just a few cones or boxes is fine).
Set a bowl of candy corn on one end of your course and an empty bowl on the other end. The first child in line scoops a few pieces of candy corn out of the bowl and maneuvers through the course to dump it into the empty bowl; they then run the spoon back and gives it to the next person in line.
The next person takes another scoop of candy corn and maneuvers through the course to dump it into the bowl. Continue until all of the candy corn has been scooped from one container to the other.

Pumpkin Toss
Place a piece of duct tape on the floor. Set up three plastic buckets (Halloween ja...