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Jo asked me to come up with an easy game the kids could play at her neighborhood Halloween party this weekend, and I was happy to put my thinking cap on and see what I could come up with. As I looked around my craft room, I spotted some very inspirational items. The first was a half bag of candy corn
Surely I could come up with a game that used these items, right?
I sure did, and I called the game Witch Pitch. You’ll see why in just a few minutes. I started by taking a large piece of black foam core board
Then I used a hot glue gun to add a trim to the hat with candy corn.
To outline the hat and make it really pop, I glued 1/4″ strips of orange cardstock around all the edges. This is pretty simple for the straight parts of the hat, but you might think it’s tricky for the curved brim. I have a technique to make it easy, though. Start by tracing the contour onto a piece of cardstock.
Cut along the line with a pair of scissors. Then cut again, 1/4″ in from the first cut, making a strip that’s perfectly suited for the curve.
It looks so much better trimmed, I think.
For the game’s title of “WITCH PITCH”, I cut letters out of more cardstock and glued them in place. (A Cricut would be very helpful here.)
The last step was to hot glue a few of my mini cauldrons in place on the hat. Then, I played for a while and got pretty good at pitching the candy corn into the cauldrons!
You can score the kids based on how many candy corns they get into a cauldron, or you can just let them toss and play with no score. It’s fun either way!
16 comments so far:
Very cute idea! And you did a great job designing it, too.
Thanks, Noreen!
this is such a clever idea. I love it!
Love this!!! Did you hang this on the wall?
Mel, we put the game on the floor. It sure would look pretty on the wall, but I think it would be way harder to pitch the candy into the cauldrons.
We are doing this for our first ever Halloween party this year! Thanks for a great and cute game!
That’s awesome, Kelly. Let us know how it goes!
I am using this for a 1st grade class. Do you recommend taking turns? Like 10 candy corns each? Or would you sit in a circle and have them toss one at a time? Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks
Erin, I think either idea would work. It might keep their interest longer if they went around one at a time, though… otherwise they might want to get up after their turn is over?
I think it might be worth noting that candy corn is not considered “nut free.” Our school is nut free & they nixed the candy corn. I’ve got to go try to find some other kind of candy to play this game with! Just didn’t want anyone else to make my mistake…
Just curious as to the how tall and wide you cut your foam board to make the hat? Also, how big are the cauldrons? Can’t wait to make this for my 2nd graders Fall Party! Thanks for sharing this!!
Whit, I made the hat as big as I could with the piece of foam core I had. If I remember right, it ended up being somewhere between 2 and 3 feet tall. The cauldrons are about 3″ wide.
Cute! I blog over at http://www.2crafty4myskirt.blogspot.com/ and this Thursday I will be doing a round up of Halloween treats and party ideas. I plan to include this. Please let me know if you are not ok with that:)
We’re happy to be included in your roundup, Alese!
How tall are your letters?
Thanks so much!
Staci
Staci, my letters were about one and a half inches tall, but you may need to adjust depending on how big your hat is.