Games For Kids Halloween Party
Halloween games of disguise survive in many old sources, and they don't necessarily involve elaborate costumes. In 'Nosey,' the party guests are divided into two groups and sent into adjoining rooms. A curtain or heavy sheet with a small slit in it is hung in the doorway. Find and save ideas about Halloween party games on Pinterest.
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Here are some simple and spooky game ideas you can use to keep the kiddies and everyone else occupied during your next Halloween party. Most of these games can be modified to fit any age or ability. Group dynamics will vary, as will physical ability and speed. Keep a careful eye out to be sure that no child feels that he or she can't be succeed. Consider varying the types of games so that some favor good spellers while others are great for fast runners!
Feel Box
Monster Games For Kids Halloween Party
Create a spooky Halloween feel box using foods like cold spaghetti ('worms') or peeled grapes ('eyeballs'). Kids will have a blast feeling inside each box for the creepy, 'gross' items and trying to guess what they are. Check out full instructions for the game as well as other tips and tricks.
Halloween Word Scramble
This game has a lot in common with the classic word-creation game Boggle! Write the word Frankenstein on a large sheet of paper. Break your group into pairs, and give each pair their own paper and pencils. Set a timer for three minutes, and challenge the pairs to create as many words of three letters or more as they possibly can from the letters in the word Frankenstein. When the timer goes off, have each group read out their words. Whoever created the most words wins! If the game is a hit, try it again with the word Halloween.
Eyeball Hunt
Cook a large box of spaghetti, and allow the spaghetti to cool. Put the spaghetti back into the pot, and add a generous number of marbles to the pot. Stir thoroughly so that the balls or marbles are buried. Invite each guest to dig into the pot and collect as many balls as possible in a set amount of time. For older players, Fill a large pot with cooked spaghetti noodles, and then bury ping pong balls in the noodles. See who can find the most balls in a set amount of time. For an added twist you can assign points to each color of marble. Instead of counting the number of marbles collected, count up the points earned by each player.
How Many Halloween Candies Game
Fill a large glass jar with candy corn. As guests arrive, invite them to guess the number of candies in the jar, and write down each guess. As the evening winds to a close, have the children help to count out the number of candies in the jar. Whoever guessed the number correctly (or came the closest) wins the jar!
Zombie Game
This game is great fun for the right group of kids. One child is chosen as 'it,' while the others must remain as expressionless as zombies. 'It' must get at least one of the 'zombies' to smile, giggle, or laugh without touching that person. Silly faces, pratfalls, and jokes are all fair game -- though tickling is not. Once a zombie laughs, that person becomes 'it!'
Candy Corn Relay Race
Games For Kids Halloween Party
This twist on the egg-on-a-spoon relay that's so popular at field days involves Halloween candy instead of an egg. Like a field day games, it requires quite a bit of space to play -- a backyard or driveway or, if it's cold, a really large playroom or living space. Start by creating a relay course with a starting line and finish line. Divide the group into teams. Then set out a bowl full of candy corn for each team at the starting line and an empty bowl at the finish line. The players must use a large spoon to scoop candy corn out of the full bowl and then carry it to the empty bowl and fill it. They cannot spill any candy corn or use their hands! If any candy corn falls off the spoon, they must immediately pick it up and bring it back to the starting line bowl and start over with that scoopful. Once a player makes a round trip, they tag the next player until each member of both teams has run the race.
Costume Relay Race
Split your group into two teams, and give each a suitcase or box. Inside is a costume with shirt, pants, wig, mask, and any other easy-to-wear item. Players must grab the box, put on the costume, run to the end of the course, change out of the costume, and run back to the starting place. The next player does the same, and then the next. The game continues until all players have had a chance to run the race. The team that finishes first wins.
Ghost Games For Kids Halloween Party
All the Halloween party games for kids listed below use items that you probably already have on hand at your house. Do a little digging and you'll have a ton of Halloween party games ready to go for the kids!
These Halloween party games are great for Halloween classroom parties, kids' Halloween parties, or fun games to just play at home in the weeks leading up to Halloween.
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Scary Games For Kids Halloween Party
Be sure to check out my lists of Halloween party games for adults and Halloween party games for party-goers of all ages.
Halloween Feel Box
This gross game is always a popular Halloween party game for kids! Make boxes with slimy food and household items and have the kids feel their way through the box.
There are complete directions for making the box and a ton of ideas for what you can put in it.
Halloween Jinx
This Halloween party game for kids isn't about what they're supposed to do but what they're not supposed to do. Who can go through the whole Halloween party without saying one of the taboo Halloween words?
The original game is for adults but change the words to make it a fun kid-friendly game.
Halloween Pumpkin Patch Hunting Game
A fun Halloween party game for kids where they search for mini or plastic pumpkins that are hidden around the house or classroom. The person or team that finds the most pumpkins wins!
If you don't have any pumpkins on hand, draw some simple pumpkins on pieces of scrap paper and hide them.
Monster Freeze Dance
Put on some Halloween tunes and have the kids boogie until the music stops when they have to freeze.
Children are eliminated for not freezing and the last monster standing is the winner.
Old Costume Relay Race
Have kids take turns putting on and taking off old Halloween costumes in this fun and frantic Halloween party game for kids.
You can play it traditionally with teams or make it a fun individual challenge.
Wrap the Mummy
Kids work together in this game to wrap a classmate with toilet paper or crepe paper.
See other Halloween party game for kids here like Trick-or-Treat Memory Game, Left and Right Pumpkin Story and Pumpkin Penny Toss.
Pass It On Ghost Story
Tell ghost stories in a round robin fashion in this spooky Halloween party game for kids.
You can still use the candles but the game works just as well without them.
Candy Corn Relay Race
A fun Halloween party game for kids of all ages! Kids race to take scoops of candy corn from one bowl to another. Only they can't use their hands to help!
This is a great game that works on motor skills, coordination, and teamwork.
Wiggle Worm Race
This is a Halloween party game that will get kids moving! Kids form a 'worm' and then run from one spot to another trying to keep their worm intact.
This can be played by teams or just a fun activity for all the kids to do together.
Scarecrow Races
A fun relay race is the basis for this fast-paced Halloween party game for kids. The kids race in teams to dress a scarecrow - one article of clothing at a time.
Another variation of the game is to build and stuff a scarecrow as fast as you can.
Pin the Stem on the Pumpkin Game
Blindfold kids and have them pin the stem on the pumpkin in this fun and challenging Halloween party game for kids.
Included are a pumpkin and leaf pattern and a complete list of instructions on how to set the game up.
How Many Halloween Candies Guessing Game
Fill a jar with Halloween candy and have kids compete to find out how many pieces are in the jar.
The winner takes home the jar after sharing a piece with everyone.
Halloween Eviction
A fun twist on musical chairs is the theme for this Halloween party for kids.
Besides having to stop with the music, kids will also get randomly eliminated depending on which Halloween image they are standing on.
Candy Corn Catch
A Halloween party game for kids where the object is to catch candy corn thrown by your partner into a plastic pumpkin you're wearing around your waist.
This is a hilarious game that kids of all ages and even adults will have a blast with.
Halloween Capture the Pumpkins
A fun and active Halloween party game for kids that combines capture the flag with tag.
This is great for all ages, especially elementary and middle school kids.
Halloween Guess Who Game
In this Halloween party game for kids, you'll need to tape a character name on the children's backs and give them clues to help them figure out who the character is.
There are lots of ideas for Halloween characters here and many of them are kid-friendly.
Pumpkin Passing Game
This Halloween party game for kids is similar to the old Hot Potato game. Kids pass around mini pumpkins and if they're caught holding the pumpkin when the music stops then they're out.
This is a fun game that even the littlest kids can play.
Pumpkin Hockey
The kids will love this physical Halloween party game where they take a hockey stick to mini pumpkins to see how far they can make that pumpkin go.
You can have kids play as individuals or on teams. The older the kids are the more competitive you can make it.
Ghost Hunter
Ghost Hunter is played in two parts. First, the kids have to find the hidden ghost lollipops. After they've found them then they need to spell out a pre-determined word using the letters on the lollipops.
This free Halloween game for kids combines physical and mental activity to make it a must play game this Halloween.