10 Fun Halloween games for kids

September 2, 2024

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The spookiest night of the year is creeping up, and what better way to keep the little ghosts and goblins entertained than with some fang-tastic Halloween games? Here’s a list of fun and easy Halloween games that will make your party a monster hit!

Fun Halloween games for kids

1. Pumpkin Bowling

  • Materials Needed:
    • Mini pumpkins (one per player)
    • 6-10 empty cans or plastic bottles
    • Black paint or Halloween-themed stickers
  • How to Play:
    • Paint or decorate the cans/bottles to look spooky.
    • Stack them in a pyramid shape.
    • Have each player roll a mini pumpkin toward the pyramid to knock down as many as possible.
    • The player who knocks down the most wins!

2. Mummy Wrap

  • Materials Needed:
    • Rolls of toilet paper (one per team)
    • Timer or stopwatch
  • How to Play:
    • Divide kids into teams of two.
    • One player is the mummy, and the other is the wrapper.
    • On “Go!”, the wrapper has to wrap their teammate in toilet paper from head to toe.
    • The first team to fully wrap their mummy or the most wrapped after the time is up wins!

3. Witch Hat Ring Toss

Halloween games
  • Materials Needed:
    • Witch hats (you can use paper cones or real hats)
    • Glow-in-the-dark rings or regular rings
  • How to Play:
    • Set up the witch hats in a row on the ground.
    • Players take turns tossing rings, trying to land them on the hats.
    • The player with the most successful tosses wins!

4. Pin the Spider on the Web

Halloween games
  • Materials Needed:
    • Large poster of a spider web or use the template below
  • Cutout paper spiders with double-sided tape
  • Blindfold

  • How to Play:
    • Blindfold each player and spin them around gently.
    • Hand them a spider, and have them try to stick it on the web.
    • The player who gets closest to the center of the web wins!

5. Pumpkin Patch Stomp

  • Materials Needed:
    • Orange balloons
    • Small candies or prizes
    • Marker
  • How to Play:
    • Fill balloons with candies/prizes and inflate them.
    • Draw pumpkin faces on the balloons or use the template below
  • Scatter the balloons around a designated area.
  • On “Go!”, kids stomp on the balloons to pop them and collect the prizes inside!

6. Ghostly Musical Chairs

  • Materials Needed:
    • Chairs (one less than the number of players)
    • Spooky music
  • How to Play:
    • Set up chairs in a circle, facing outward.
    • Play spooky music as the kids walk around the chairs.
    • When the music stops, players must quickly sit in a chair.
    • The player left standing is out, and one chair is removed. Continue until one player remains!

7. Eyeball Spoon Race

Halloween games
  • Materials Needed:
    • Plastic spoons (one per player)
    • Ping pong balls painted like eyeballs
  • How to Play:
    • Give each player a spoon with an eyeball on it.
    • Players must race from the start to the finish line without dropping the eyeball.
    • The first player to reach the finish line without dropping their eyeball wins!

8. Monster Freeze Dance

  • Materials Needed:
    • Fun Halloween music
  • How to Play:
    • Play some Halloween-themed music and let the kids dance like crazy monsters.
    • When the music stops, they must freeze in place.
    • Anyone caught moving after the music stops is out.
    • The last player standing wins!

9. Candy Corn Relay

  • Materials Needed:
    • Candy corn or small Halloween candies
    • Plastic spoons (one per team)
    • Bowls (one per team)
  • How to Play:
    • Divide players into teams.
    • Set a start and finish line, placing a bowl full of candy corn at the start.
    • Players must carry candy corn on a spoon from the start to the finish line and drop it into an empty bowl.
    • The team with the most candy corn in their bowl at the end wins!

10. Spooky Scavenger Hunt

Halloween games
  • Materials Needed:
    • Halloween-themed items to hide (like plastic spiders, mini pumpkins, etc.)
    • Clue cards or a checklist
  • How to Play:
    • Hide Halloween-themed items around your house or yard.
    • Give each player or team a list of items to find.
    • The first player or team to find all the items on the list wins a spooky prize!

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