Halloween Party Games

There are several traditional games associated with Halloween parties: Bobbing for Apples, Sticky Face, Pinata.

Bobbing for Apples

The most common Halloween party game is 'Bobbing for Apples' or 'Ducking for Apples', in which a tub or a large basin is filled with water in which apples float. The participants must remove an apple from the basin using only their mouths. Use of hands is not allowed. Players (usually children) "bob" or "duck" for the apples, trying to catch one with their teeth. Naturally everyone gets wet.

Ducking for Apples
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Bobbing for apples (known in some places as ducking for apples) is a game customarily played on Halloween. The game is played by filling a tub or a large basin with water and putting apples in the water. Because apples are less dense than water, they will float at the surface.

There are two main techniques which have been proven successful.

Open your mouth as wide as possible, and draw your lips as far out of the way as possible to avoid bouncing the apple off your lips, and "bob" down vigorously, clenching your teeth shut immediately as you feel the shock to your teeth.
Keep your lips slightly open and pursed as far in front of your teeth as possible. Use the tactile sensitivity of your lips to place the apple squarely balanced at the tip of your lips and slowly press it down under the water as far as you can. In one movement, open your mouth and when the apple "bobs" up towards your teeth, clamp down, relying on the apples momentum to slam it against your teeth.

The custom originated among the Celts as part of their celebrations of the Samhain season, celebrations that grew into our modern Halloween. The original custom generally took place during large gatherings of people. Apples, which were associated with love or fertility goddesses, were placed either in a tub of water or suspended from a string, and unmarried attendees would attempt to catch the apple in their mouths. According to tradition, the first person to catch the apple would be the next one to marry -- a tradition that echoes the modern "throwing of the bouquet" at weddings.

Sticky Face

Another common game involves hanging up by strings, treacle or syrup-coated scones, or toffee apples. These must be eaten without using hands while they remain attached to the string, an activity which inevitably leads to a very sticky face.

Piñata

The piñata is a game in which a succession of blindfolded, stick-wielding children try to break a bright candy-and-toy-filled container (generally suspended on a rope from a tree branch or ceiling). It has been used for hundreds of years to celebrate special occasions.

Piñata has come to mean the container itself. Piñatas are made from easily-breakable materials, such as straw, papier-mâché, or clay; traditionally they were made in the shape of human or animal figures (often a donkey) but, in recent times, vehicles, cartoon characters, or corporate mascots have gained in popularity.

The piñata is suitable for parties in any season, but the piñatas made for Halloween parties are usually traditional Halloween symbols such as Jack O'Lanterns.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Halloween" and from ShiningRise.com

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