- For the spiders' bodies: Ping-Pong balls, polyester balls, solid paper
balls, ...; paint them black.
- For their six hairy legs: thick black wool, strip liquorice, ...
- For the eyes: paint or stickers.
- Hang the spiders on a string or an elastic band fixed to the ceiling with
sticky tape. If possible, hang it in a doorway so the person entering comes
nose to nose with the spider as the door opens! Surprise!
A frothing mini-pumpkin
Cut the top off an orange and carve out the flesh with a (curved) grapefruit
knife. Decorate it with felt-tips and make holes for the eyes and the mouth
as for a Halloween pumpkin. Put a teaspoon of instant coffee inside and
add cola; the froth bubbling out of the eyes and mouth is really revolting!
A marshmallow on a string !
Thread a marshmallow into the middle of a string about 2 ft long. The two
competitors each put an end of the string in their mouths. Ready! Steady!
... Without using their hands, each tries to reach the marshmallow the first,
and eat it of course.
Duck apple !
Thread a number of apples onto separate pieces of string and hang them from
the ceiling. The game is to bite (and eat) your apple with your hands tied
behind your back. To make it easier, play in teams: two of you try to bite
the same apple! The first team to finish their apple wins. A popular variant
is to float the apples in salad bowls 2/3rds filled with water and try to
eat them without using your hands.
Foul fishing
Fill a salad bowl with soft-cooked noodles liberally mixed with tomato ketchup,
... and organise a session of Foul fishing! Hide three tiny objects in the
bowl (coins, buttons, lucky charms, matchbox cars, ...). Competitors (are
blindfolded and) have thirty seconds each to discover the nature of the
objects using their ultra-keen sense of touch! The items should be changed
for each competitor in turn.
