On a mission

I need some help with a Halloween party idea.

I am one of the room parents for A's second grade class. I've been trying to think of some fun ideas for her party, something a little unusual.

I was thinking of a STRANGE MAGIC party where we'd let the kids do little science experiments that all had a "magic" feel.

I thought of this idea after I found that science Yahoo Group the other day. He has things like making worms out of wrappers from straws, the obedient coin (making a coin move on the table), scaring pepper, creeping carpets, making a strong paper rope out of paper towels and lots, lots more. I wanted to pick out some that were easy and also had a creepy/Halloween name. (I was thinking we could set up supplies for each experiment at each table grouping--so they would work alone or in groups of 3-4, depending on the experiment.)

Our parties usually have a game, a craft and a snack. The science would be our "game." For the craft--I thought about making some sort of witch hat or Harry Potter glasses (maybe decorating the glasses?).

We have parents bring food, plates and drinks, and I can't tell them exactly what to bring, so I can't get too creative on the food. EXCEPT before I knew I was drafted as a room parent :-), I signed up for food for this party. SO I could make one themed food myself.

I thought we could use the STRANGE MAGIC song (a new version is on the Ella Enchanted CD) as our theme song for the party. OR, if I could find a faster song, we could do some sort of fun dance.

I know some of you are "science guys," so .... any suggestions about how to make this really fun? Do you think your kids/the kids you know would think it's fun?