kathy79 0 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 i have less than a week to plan my 1st halloween party on almost no budget.please help with activity and donatation ideas also prize ideas pleaseeeee.thank you all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkc 0 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 Wow sorry to hear this! Hope you have some left over decorations from last year! Maybe the residents family can donate stuff? Play games is always good! Halloween bingo instead of bingo at the top make it Witch. Craft - get dumdum lollipops put a kleenex over it tie string under the pop draw a face as a ghost. Give as prizes. Funny money for prizes to be given later? Visit your dollar store too. You might be able to get purse size kleenex package that you can open and give as prizes too. Same with other packaged items. Game - Stick pennies in an apple. Hang it from a rope and see if they can pull the penny out with their hands. Discussion on best costumes ever over some warm apple cider. Heat in a crock pot. Or ghost stories. Scarry music playing in the back ground from your library. Take them out to visit a grade school. Play trivia on Halloween check the internet for trivia questions. Guess the number of candy corns in a jar. Tell halloween jokes - check the internet for them. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkc 0 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 I should have mentioned on the apple make them use the "bad" hand and have them dip their fingers in olive oil. Here are some other ideas /games / trivia hope some will be of help! Show the movie War of the World or the radio show (Maybe get the script and you do it over the PA system?) Pumpkin seed spitting contest! Watch the dentures! How Many Words can you make from SCARECROW or JACK-O-LANTERN or other halloween names. Here are some games that depending on your type of facility you might be able to do or arrange to have them watch. Mummy Wrap Relay Divide the players into groups. I find groups of three or four work best. Each group needs a player that is the “mummy” and the other players are the “wrappers” Provide each group with a roll of toilet paper. The object of the game is to be the first group to wrap a mummy using the entire roll of tissue. Ring the Pumpkin Line up three large pumpkins with stems, to form a ring toss. Use embroidery hoops or make hoops with rope and duct tape. Mark a throwing line on the floor and take turns trying to ring a pumpkin stem. It doesn't matter if they get it or not, you can reward them with small prizes or stickers. Smaller children can attempt to ring an entire large pumpkin with a hula hoop. Catch the Doughnut Party Game Hang mini-doughnuts from the ceiling with string. The object of the game is to be the first to eat the doughnut with out using your hands! Do not use powdered or cinnamon doughnuts. Plain is the safest! Trick or Treat Before the party cut several strips of paper; about twice as many strips as there are children. Then on half of the strips write the word “treat”. On the other half write “trick” with a trick such as “hop on one foot”, “pat your head and rub your belly”. Then place all of the strips in a Halloween bag. Have them form a circle. Walk around the circle. Each player will draw a paper out of the bag and perform a trick or receive a treat such as a sticker, Halloween pencil or small piece of candy. Hang streamers or yarn from the ceiling, so it feels like they're walking through cobwebs. If you don't mind getting your floor messy, toss around some corn chips or dried noodles to simulate cracking twigs or bones. Touchy Feely Box Cut a hole in a box large enough, to reach in with your hand. Say that a "mad scientist left his experiment behind Pick Their Brains Cook a large pot of different shaped pasta such as spirals or macaroni drain and cool completely. Place cooled pasta in a large plastic bowl and add a few olives. Bowl of eyeballs -- Simply fill up a bowl with peeled grapes. Add a bit of <A href="http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/how-olive-oil-works.htm">olive oil to make them slippery. Bucket of vomit -- Anything creamy or chunky works -- stuff like salsa, corn and peas. Zombie brains -- Cauliflower To make your "brains" more slimy and realistic, try coating them with cottage cheese "brain matter." Plate of guts -- Cold spaghetti makes excellent squishy, icky innards. Add a bit of oil or sauce, so the pasta is slimy and doesn't stick together. OR Pumpkin innards Maggots and creepy crawlies -- Cooked rice with a little bit of water feels a lot like maggots. A pile of gummy worms feels icky, too. Licked by a werewolf -- Tell your guests there's a werewolf in the room who wants to say hello. Wipe their cheeks with a thin-sliced dill pickle -- it feels like a tongue! Bloody good -- Corn syrup makes a good, sticky base for blood. Use it on anything! Dismembered Hands -- Get some surgical gloves and fill them up with oatmeal. Tie off the ends, so things don't get messy. Make several and you'll soon have a plate of dismembered, squishy hands. Dried-up ears -- Put some dried fruit in a bag (like apricots). Tell everyone the bag contains the ears of last year's unlucky guests. Here is some trivia I got them off of SEVERAL web sites (xxxx equals the answer) Which tradition was NOT a precursor to Halloween? A. The Celtic tradition of giving thanks at the close of the harvest season? B. The European tradition of lighting candles and masquerading in costume to scare evil spirits away. C. The celebration of the birth of Marilyn Manson. xxxxxxxxx D. The Irish custom where wealthy landowners would give food to the poor in hopes that the ghosts would look favorably on them and spare them from mischief. Which phobia is the fear of Halloween? A. Caspariophobia B. Samhainophobia xxxxxx C. Demonophobia D. Boophobia Where does the name "Halloween" come from? A. In Scotland, the Celtic Feast of the Sun, which marked the end of summer was known as "Hallowe'en." xxxxxxx B. In Ireland, the Celtic Feast of the Sun, which marked the end of summer was known as "Hollow Eve." C. The Druids held a ritual on that night honoring the leader of their sect. His name was Hal Ween. D. The Roman ceremony of burying a hollow casket to trap evil spirits beneath the ground. What is the purpose of a witch's familiar? C. An animal, such as a black cat, that amplifies her power. TBD: While "A" might be true, this is the real answer. How did the "jack-o-lantern" get that name? A. An old man named Jack who was too mean even to get into hell. The Devil gave him a piece of burning coal and sent him away. Jack used a turnip to hold the burning coal and serve as a lantern. xxxxxxxxxxxxx B. The Devil's favorite dish is pumpkin pie and a clever man named Jack carved all the pumpkins in town into lanterns to drive the Devil away with a blaze of bright light and of course deprive him of his treat. C. In ancient times, when children went trick-or-treating, they were guided by a man who carried a lantern. The guide was called a "Jack." D. The man who first cultivated the potato and carved it into a lantern was named Jack. Can you pick out Halloween's former name? A. All Hallow's Eve xxxxxxxx B. All Hallow's Day C. All Hallowmass D. All Soul's Day The word warlock is a derivation of the Saxon-English term "war-loek" which means what? A. Man with the magic hands B. Oath breaker xxxxxxxxxx C. Witch's husband D. Doomed one The Celtics would carry a lantern when they walked on the eve of October 31st. These first "jack-o-lanterns" were carved with faces to scare evil spirits away. What vegetable was originally used to make a "jack-o-lantern?" A. Turnip xxxxx B. Potato C. Pumpkin D. Watermelon What should tip you off to a bad motel to check in to? A. No one else has checked in for weeks B. The clerk talks too much about his mother xxxxxxxxx C. The clerk’s name is Norman D. You are a thief At the end of the film, a forensic psychiatrist, Dr. Fred Richmond (Oakland), explains to Lila, Sam and the authorities that Bates’ mother, though dead, lives on in Norman’s psyche. Norman was so dominated by his mother while she lived, and so guilt-ridden for murdering her eight years earlier, that he tried to erase the crime from his mind by bringing his mother back to life. British actor Boris Karloff created a cinematic icon when he played the role of what monster? A. Dracula B. Werewolf C. Frankenstein (Correct Answer) D. Alien British actor Boris Karloff played the role of the monster in the 1931 film “Frankenstein”. The ghoulish makeup he wore and the lurching walk he adopted in the film have become conventions, even cliches, of horror films. And beyond the individual techniques Karloff used when playing the role of the monster, he created a feeling of sympathy for the character, a technique that has since become a more general trait of successful horror films, whose monsters often gain intensity by fascinating audiences as well as repelling them. Béla Lugosi was a Hungarian/American actor best known for his portrayal of what monster? A. Dracula (Correct answer) B. Werewolf C. Frankenstein D. Alien Béla Ferenc Dezso Blaskó, better known as Béla Lugosi, was best known for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the American Broadway stage production, and subsequent film, of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire story. What can you do to keep the evil spirits from going near a newborn baby? Salt near a crib If you wanted to discover if someone was witch what would you do? Thrown into water According to some cultures what color are a witch's eyes? red Why was Jack (from the Jack-o-lantern legend) condemned to walk the earth? Fooling the Devil How much of a pumpkin is water? 90% Which state grows the most pumpkins? Illinois If you are planning to invite spirits to your Halloween dinner which of these things should not be on the table? Salt Black Candles and serving plates etc attract them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belford 0 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 I have activity directors certificate , But I need more training on mds reports and care plans, Please help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelkat 0 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Here are some ideas we are using for our party on Thursday. Pumpkin Pass - We are setting up people in a circle. We have cut out paper pumpkins with numbers on them. We also have the same numbers in a basket on small pieces of paper. The residents will pass the paper pumpkins around the circle. When the music stops you draw a number and the resident holding the pumpkin with that number wins a prize. Ping pong toss - I found 2 small Halloween bowls at Wlmart for $1.00. The residents throw 3 ping pong balls and try to get the balls in the bowls. Pin the nose on the pumpkin - This is a fun game for any age to play. It is just like pin the nose on the donkey. Candy Corn Bingo - Halloween bingo cards and we are using candy corn to cover the card. Spoon Race - 2 teams. The first person holds a spoon with a ping pong ball on the spoon. If they are in a wheel chair, someone pushes them down to the bowl on the floor and they try to drop the ball in the bowl. The first team with the most balls in the bowl wins. Now is a good time to get a very large bag of candy at the store for a reasonable price. I hope any of this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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