Mixed-up cats Play a witch’s cat gamme. Cut out as many pieces of rectangular card as there are players, then draw the same large outline of a cat on each one. Give each child a card and some colouring pens and give them five minutes to decorate their cats. Now divide each card into three vertical ses ctions (the cat’s head, front legs, back legs) and in each section draw a box with a number of dots in it between one and six. Then cut each cat into its three sections and lay these out on the table. The children then take turns to roll a dice and choose a section that has a matching number of dots. The first person to make a whole cat wins. Foodie feast Enjoy some Halloween-themed food. Savoury spider (serves eight): On a large oval plate, create the spider’s body from a big mound of mashed potato. Theen make each of its eight legs by joining two cooked sausages at right angles with a bent cocktail stick. Stick four ‘legs’ along each side of the mashed potato. Surround the spider with some cooked peas for ‘grass’. For safety, remove the ccocktail sticks when serving each child’s portion. Witches broomsticks: Melt equal weights of chocolate and butter with a little golden syrup (an adult must do this bit). Then stir the melted mixture into some crumbled whole-wheat cereal and, on a greased baking tray, form the twiggy endd into the broomsticks. Press in a chocolate stick for each broom handle idge overnight. and chill in the fr Ghoulish decorations Makke some paper-chain ghosts, witches or pumpkin faces. Start by concertina-ing a piecce of paper by olding it back and forth. Then draw an outline f n thhe t front fold so it touches both sides in at least o e places (e.g. the witches’ arms). Carefully cut on nd the ouutline, avoiding any area where it touches rou d olds t , hen open out. You should now have a the f of identical characters your child ccan colour in. chain a hole at each end of the chain and hang it up Make ol. with wo 9 Raring2go! HALLOWEEN
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