This game, if carried out properly, is great fun. One of the party announces that he will whisper to each person the name of some animal, which, at a given signal, must be imitated as loudly as possible.
But instead of giving the name of an animal to each, he whispers to everyone, with the exception of one person, to keep perfectly silent. And to this person he whispers the animal he is to imitate is a donkey.
After a short time, the signal is given. Instead of all the party making the sounds of various animals, nothing is heard but a loud bray from the one unfortunate member of the party.
“I POINT”
The guesser chooses an accomplice unknown to the rest of the party.
When the game starts, he leaves the room.
On his return he states what person was pointed at during his absence.
But how could he know?
Here’s how:
It’s secretly agreed between the guesser and his accomplice that whoever speaks last before the guesser leaves the room, will be the person who is to be pointed at. It is very seldom that any one discovers this trick.
Halloween has a distinct history. It takes place worldwide on October 31. In the United States and Canada dressing in costume by both children and adults is traditional and ‘trick-or-treating’ takes place. Pumpkins are carved into jack-o-lanterns and Halloween parties for both adults and children feature haunted house displays, ghost stories and games like bobbing for apples. Images of ghosts jump out from decorated homes, as do skeletons, black cats, witches and other goblins. Halloween parades are rampant.
Halloween has its origins in the Pagan festival of ‘Samhain’ (pronounced: SOW ehn). This simply translates into ’summer’s end.’ Originally a festival that marked the ending of the harvest and the beginning of the winter season, the in 800s, the Church established a mirror holiday, ‘All Saints’ Day’ on November 1. ‘All Hallows’ was another name given to ‘All Saints Day.’ The definition of hallow is saint, or holy one. ‘All Hallows Eve’ the evening before ‘All Saints’ Day’ became known as ‘Hallow e’en’. Now it’s just called Halloween as slang for the original name.
This is a game that needs plenty of room - the kids are blindfolded and are given a stick They try to break up a hanging container that has sweets chocolates and other small goodies in it.
You can make on of these up by decorating a paper bag with paints or crepe paper and then sticking the top shut once the sweets are inside. Tie a string along the top edge before closing the bag. You could also make a fancier one with a balloon and paper mache. The great thing is that you can decorate it to match any theme. Or you can a pinata to match your party theme.
