• www.kidsdomain.com/games/hall.html. There's nothing worse than sitting around waiting for the doorbell to ring -- unless it's doing it with impatient youngsters at your side. The Kids Domain understands the situation and has provided a ton of Halloween activities and games to keep little lambs (and older ogres) busy on the big night. In addition to the site's own stuff, you'll find some links to screened pages with additional themed games and stories. The Meddybemps Ghost Walk is one of my favorites.

• www.gamekids.com/hallow1.html. If you're planning a party and are still looking for that perfect game to pass the time until the pumpkin pie -- the Game Kids site has dozens of suggestions like Worms in a Pie, The Dark Count Cometh, Giggle Wiggle and Spider Web. You'll also find recipes for such holiday treats as sandWITCHES, Lolly ghosts and frozen hands.

• www.night.net/halloween/party-games.html-ssi. Yet more games including both traditional and some with a twist. Why not make this one really a trick and click to call up the French version of the site and try to translate the instructions. Who knows what fun new rules you'll come up with?

• www.benjerry.com/halloween. Candy is the traditional treat collected during the Halloween season, but the folks at Ben and Jerry's are dishing up something special as well. Run your curser over the page to meet all the residents. (I love the cat). Then there are pages to print out and color, creepy craft ideas, a history of Halloween section and games like The Mummy's Tomb, Boogie Bones, Whack a Ghoul and a Virtual Pumpkin to "carve" online. Visitors also will find a groaning graveyard filled with uneasy occupants. Be sure to click on the screaming ice cream bucket on the left to let loose the ghost of flavors past. (You've got to love the skeleton hand and the floating eyeballs.)

• www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/halowen/halowen.htm. One of the longest addresses for stuff for the smallest kids. You'll find all kinds of activities including a "haunted" maze to explore. Each room has a pop-up spook or surprise of some kind. It's a safe adventure for young explorers.

• www.primarygames.com. If you haven't discovered this site yet -- this may be the best treat you get. This wonderful educational site offers practically unlimited games and activities for students of all ages. Scroll down on the home page and you'll find special sections for Halloween and for the fall season. I think the stationery pages they have designed are terrific -- just the thing to encourage young authors to write a short story, compose a poem or just to jot a note to grandma and grandpa to let them know what's going on.

• www.cavernsofblood.com. This one's only for teenage tricksters and older hobgoblins -- but it's still worth a mention. I discovered this site years ago and my sister (who is a bit older than I am) and I played the main game long distance, she on her computer in Terre Haute, Ind., and I on mine here in Kentucky. We e-mailed (instant messaging wasn't around back in those days) back and forth before every move so we could stay "together" step by step. The maze isn't easy, and it's definitely gory, but we made it through and we're proud of it. For those less into blood and such, you might want to try Castle Quest instead. (We finished that one, too.) There's lots more to the site as well.

Jan Perry is a freelance writer for The Post. She welcomes your questions and suggestions at SiteSeer2K@aol.com.