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They're creepy and they're kooky,
Mysterious and spooky, They're altogether ooky,
The Addams Family

Halloween Party

A perfect trick or treat alternative! Your kids will enjoy it even more when you ask them to help you plan this party for their friends.

Invitation:

Customize your invite to read: The Addams Family has invited you to spend the E E E V E N I N G with them. Be sure to wear your favorite Addams Family costume for the 'Who is Wearing it Best' contest!

Scene

Oustide - A fog machine set under the porch to create an eerie entrance, tombstones set about the front yard
Inside - Thing (A hand set in a box), spider webs hanging from the ceiling, A life size animated bat hanging in the closet, white sheets covering the furniture and flickering (battery operated) candles to light the party

Activities

'Trick or Treat'- The kids may not being going door to door throughout the neighborhood, but they can still enjoy trick or treating! Give each child a bag to collect their treasures. Place a bowl of candy and a wrapped box behind each door in the house (Every door will have a wrapped box however only one of the wrapped boxes will have a real prize in it). Every 15 to 20 minutes ring a bell. Each time the bell sounds, have the kids race to a door and select a candy or prize. One guest per door, if a guest does not make it to a door they will have a chance next time. The guests unwrap their boxes at the end of the party to see who the big winner is.

'Who is Wearing it Best' Costume Contest - Play the Addams Family theme song and have the guests parade around in their costumes. Hand out a secret ballot to each guest and have them vote on the best costume.

The Touchy Feely Test - Place 6 bowls, each filled with a different food item, on a table. Give each bowl a name; brains (pasta), eyeballs (olives), etc. Blindfold the kids and ask them to name the 'contents' of the bowl. The guest with the most correct answers wins!!

Spider Paddle ball - Give each contestant a paddle ball. On 'ready, set, go' the game begins. Three tries and the guest with the most continuous hits wins. Each player gets to keep their paddle ball.

Prizes