Thread: activities for the kids after a hayride...?

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this year i was hoping to do something a little different than we usually do....aside from pumpkin painting/carving- what can we have to kids do after their hayride?
and do say "go home" LOL

How old?


Anyway.

Classic:
Bobbing for apples? water might be an issue if outdoors.
Making candy apples.
Donut on a string.

For older 'kids', there's the classic relay race alternating boy-girl-boy-girl where they pass an apple/orange/what have you holding it under their chin.

Relay race using a spoon to fill a pumpkin with popcorn (messy)

Could fit:
Sack race
3 legged race
pin the nose on the jack-o-lantern
Bean bag toss
Silly dice game where they have to wear huge monster gloves and use a knife and fork to eat a chocolate bar (will explain more if needed)
Pinata?
Campfire story?

uh...

that's all I got off the top of my head.

oh

taffy pulling.
tug o war
cemetary (hide and seek alternative)


Ok, done now.

edit. ok, just a couple others.

Decorate your own:

Popcorn balls
Rice crispy treats
sugar cookies
Shrink-a-dinks (spelling, they still have these?)

Alright, really done now.

If outside have a scavenger hunt or make a scarecrow.
If inside could set up fortune telling booth or play spooky cd and let kids play.
They could watch a Halloween (kid friendly) movie and have a Halloween (popcorn balls, etc) snack.
What ages are they?

our favorite hayride had a camp fire at the end where the kids would get hot cider marshmellows for roasting and smores whiles listening to ghost stories

If you dip apples in brown sugar and then put them on a stick and roast them over an open fire, they begin to whistle. The kids usually love that and that is how you know they are ready. I'd stay away from the bobbing with apples though. With all that kids can catch now adays, its never a good idea to have your mouth swishing around in a bucket of water that 20 other kids have swished their mouths. I'm just saying