50 Silly, Spooky Halloween Games for Kids That Are Hauntingly Easy To Pull Off at Home
Kids playing fun games on Halloween
If you’re throwing a big Halloween party or having a low-key one at home with your own little monsters, it’s important to keep them entertained—and you can do just that when you play a few of these 50 best Halloween party games for kids at your big bash this Oct. 31.
However, coming up with unique Halloween games for kids of all ages can be the tricky part, so to help, we’ve gathered 50 of the best kid-friendly Halloween party games and ideas for 2023.
From Fright Night Bingo to Ghost Bowling to DIY Mini Mummy Pi?atas perfect for Halloween decoration ideas and more, we have all the Halloween party game ideas you need to guarantee your kiddos will have a spooky fun time!
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Halloween Games for Kids
1. Halloween I Spy Game
Find your own Halloween I Spy template on the Internet or create your own. Then, see who can find the most items on the template to win a bowl of candy!
2. Pin the Bowtie on the Skeleton
Hand each kid a bowtie from construction paper and ask them to write their name on it when they arrive. Then, hang up a paper skeleton on a wall. Next, blindfold each kid or ask them to close their eyes. The person to get their bowtie closest to the skeleton’s neck wins!
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3. Eyeball Surprise
Use this fun Halloween activity as an excuse to give the kids a science lesson! Before the party, soak bouncy rubber eyeballs in water and baking soda and freeze them overnight. When it’s time for the big event, ask the kids to spoon vinegar over the eyes for a fun reveal!
4. Halloween Cakewalk
This Halloween game is simple and fun! Have the kids walk around a circle of numbers on the floor, then stop on a number when the music stops. Whoever's standing on the number that's drawn from a tin wins a bucket of candy!
5. Spooky Tic-tac-toe
This fun Halloween game also doubles as a great party favor! Buy a bundle of wooden discs and small burlap bags from your local craft store. Next, paint the wooden discs with creepy monsters and things like Frankenstein or eyeballs. Then, draw a tic-tac-toe board with a permanent marker on the burlap bag and place 6 wooden discs in the bag.
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6. Poke-a-Pumpkin
Fill plastic cups with Halloween knick knacks like spider rings or candy pumpkins, then cover with orange tissue paper and glue to poster board in the shape of a pumpkin. Kids can poke a hole through the tissue paper and see what's inside.
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7. Halloween Eyeball Slime
For a fun Halloween game, whip up some slime in different colors and add some googly eyes. The kids will love digging around!
8. Eight-Legged Cornhole
Instead of bean bags, let the kids play with some foam colorful spiders. Don’t forget to decorate your cornhole board with a fun spider web decal!
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9. DIY Mini Mummy Pi?atas
Get all the fun of a regular pi?ata (just without the mess)! Take a toilet paper roll and cover the edge with a piece of white crepe paper using double-sided tape. Fill the tube with a few small toys or pieces of candy. Then, cover the other side of the tube with crepe paper like you did before but add two pieces of string tied together (this will be what the kids will pull on). Then, wrap the tube completely in white crepe paper until it resembles a mummy.
10. Ghost Bowling
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This Halloween game is great for fine motor skills, visual and spatial perception, balance and imaginative play! Take six white plastic cups and draw on spooky faces with a black permanent marker. Then, stack them on top of each other like a pyramid. Finally, hand the kids a small pumpkin for them to roll down and knock them over!
11. Skeleton Puzzle
Make DIY bones out of foam, and hot glue a magnet on each. Coat a board with magnetic paint and see who can create a skeleton the fastest. The winner will get a huge chocolate bar!
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12. Candy Corn Count
Take an empty candy container and fill it to the brim with candy corn or candied pumpkins. Leave a page at the front for the kids to place their guesses on how much candy the container holds. The kid with the closest guess wins!
13. Poppin' Pumpkins
Give your kids an excuse to get loud! Fill up orange balloons with little trinkets and sprinkle them around. Your kids will love popping them to see what’s inside.
14. Spider Web Walking Game
Create a spider web out of tape on your carpet or garage floor and have kids see how long they can walk on the web without falling off. To make it a little more challenging, have them dodge obstacles or collect prizes along the way.
15. Halloween Cookie Decorating
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Before the party, whip up a batch of sugar cookies and cut them out into spooky shapes. Then, dye a few cans of frosting in different colors like black, orange and purple. The kids will have fun creating and eating their own creations!
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16. Feed the Monster Game
Need a spooky alternative to a bean bag toss? Make a monster out of an old cardboard box by taking apart a feather boa!
17. Spider Races
For this Halloween game, all you’ll need is some straws and plastic toy spiders. To play, whichever kid blows their spider across the finish line first wins!
18. Pumpkin Twister
Print out large pumpkin templates on colored paper or trace and cut them out onto different colored construction paper (you’ll need 16 orange, five black, three green and four purple. Or feel free to come up with your own pumpkin colors!). Roll out paper or poster on the floor, and tape around the edges to secure it to the ground. Find a template online, create your own, or use your Twister spinner from the classic board game.
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19. "Minute to Win It" Candy Corn Game
Place two small plastic bowls in front of each child. Have one filled with candy corn and the other empty. The kid who can get the most candy corn into the empty bowl using just chopsticks in a minute wins!
20. Candy Corn Ring Toss
Take small orange cones and cover the tip with white duct tape and line the bottom with yellow tape. Next, using wood glue, paste them onto a giant board in a pyramid shape!
21. Halloween Sensory Bins
If you’re looking for a quick Halloween game you can assemble in minutes, give this a shot! Fill plastic bags with slime, eyeballs and cotton for a fun sensory game.
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22. Mummy Bowling
Wrap up some plastic pins in toilet paper and glue on some googly eyes for a spooktacular round of bowling!
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23. Pumpkin Golf
Carve out a fake or real pumpkin with a large gaping mouth. Then, place it at the end of a strip of carpet or turf. The first one to score a hole-in-one, wins!
24. Glow-in-the-Dark Ring Toss
Wrap glow-in-the-dark duct tape or paint rings with glow-in-the-dark paint around a few empty soda bottles. See how many glow stick bracelets kids can get around the bottlenecks!
25. Bobbing for Apples
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You can’t go wrong with this classic Halloween game! Grab a large bucket and fill it with cold water. Then, take a handful of apples and throw them in when the bucket is filled. Have the kids hold their hands behind their backs and watch the hilarity ensue as they try to grab apples with just their mouths!
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Halloween Party Games
26. Whack A Head
Take a wooden box and saw holes into the top piece using a circular saw. Sand down and paint bright carnival colors. Then, take zombie statues from any Halloween store, cut off their heads and attach them to meter sticks using hot glue. Finally, take a couple of springs and attach them to the bottom of the box and place the zombie meter sticks on top of those!
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27. Pumpkin Pictionary
Each partygoer picks a Halloween-themed TV show, movie, person, place, or thing and carves clues into their pumpkin while the members of their team try to guess. If you really want to raise the stakes, give them a time limit!
28. Tarot Card Readings
Set the mood by lighting up some candles and dimming the house lights to let the cards predict your past, present and future—you could make up your own cards just for fun!
29. Spin the Pitchfork
Ring in the nostalgia with this Halloween twist on “Spin the Bottle”. Circle up your friends and place a plastic pitchfork in the middle. Give it a spin and whoever it points to, get ready to pucker up!
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30. Halloween Movie Trivia
What was the name of the hotel that Jack Nicholson took care of in The Shining? What was the name of Winifred’s ex-boyfriend in Hocus Pocus? Put your friend’s scary movie knowledge to the test by either coming up with your own Halloween movie trivia questions or picking up a pre-made pack.
31. Fright Night Bingo
Spruce up an old Bingo card with Halloween pictures to make this a great game for your Halloween party. Use candy corn as markers!
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32. Spooky Freeze Dance
Crank up Monster Mash and get everyone boogying on the dance floor. Pause the music at random spots and everyone has to freeze. If someone moves, they’re out!
33. Witch, Zombie, Ghost
On the count of three, all partygoers have the option to transform into a zombie, witch, or ghost. If someone wants to be a zombie, they should stretch their arms out in front of them, the witch lifts her arms overhead in a triangle shape like a pointy ham, and the ghost stretches their arms out to the sides and waves them around like a spooky figure. As the host, scan the room and see if you have more zombies, witches, or ghosts. The largest group takes a celebratory drink!
34. Halloween Sticker Stalker
As the people file into your party, hand each guest a sheet of Halloween stickers. Then, urge them to stealthy sneak their stickers onto unsuspecting partygoers. The first one to stick all their stickers, wins!
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35. Dead Ringer Ring Toss
Construct a wooden box and carve holes into the top piece using a circle saw. Then, hot glue plastic limbs onto meter sticks and use wood glue to stick them to the bottom of the box. Hand out rings and see who can ring them all!
36. Never Have I Ever
This game is great for an after-party treat! Circle up your guys and ghouls with drinks in hand. One player will confess something that they’ve never done before like “Never have I ever pulled a trick while trick-or-treating.” Anyone who has done it at some point in their life, must take a drink.
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37. Yummy Mummy
Ask one of your friends to show up to your party incognito, dressed as a mummy. Have them hand out sweet treats until someone gets it.
38. Musical (Haunted) Chairs
Pull a few chairs in a circle and spook them up with cotton spiderwebs or tombstone decor. Then, crank up some creepy jams and have guests walk around the chairs. Pause the music at a random spot and have guests dive for a chair. Anyone who doesn’t have a spot on a chair, is out.
39. Press Conference
Grab some of the best-dressed costume friends and hold a “press conference” and have them answer guests’ questions in character. Want to make things a little interesting? Come up with really out-of-left-field questions for your characters to answer.
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40. Spooky Selfie Game Strong
Tell your costumed friends to post a selfie on Instagram with a Halloween hashtag of your choosing. Whoever gets the most likes by the end of the night, wins!
41. Bite the Treat Bag
This game is great especially after people have had a couple of drinks! Tell your guests to pick up a treat bag using only their mouths. No hands allowed!
42. Toilet Paper Mummy
Grab a few rolls of toilet paper and split everyone into teams. The team who can wrap a teammate in TP the fastest, wins!
43. Trick Or Treat Shots
As you’re doing your party prep, whip up two batches of Jell-O shots, one with alcohol (treat) and one without (trick). Hand them out at the party and see which guests get bamboozled!
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44. Eyeball Beer Pong
Use plastic eyeballs in lieu of ping pong balls in this festive beer pong game! Form teams of two, then take turns throwing the eyes into your opponents' cups. Once an eye lands in a cup, the cup is removed and the team drinks. Of course, don't use beer if this is for kids; apple cider will do just fine.
45. Pumpkin Guts Truth or Dare
Have everyone write down a diabolical dare and put them all in a pumpkin filled with guts and seeds. If someone chooses a dare, they must reach into the slimy pumpkin to reveal their fate!
46. Donuts On A String
To play, string powdered or chocolate donuts are spaced out on a long stick or a broom to keep the Halloween theme. Then, blindfold guests, tie their hands behind their backs and have them race to see who finishes first.
47. Creepy Camera Scavenger Hunt
Compile a list of Halloween-themed items to find around the party like a jack-o-lantern or a vampire with fake teeth. Then, split the party into teams and see who can take a photo of every item on their list!
48. 3 Minutes in the Closet
Give this scandalous high school party game a Halloween twist! Instead of swapping spit, swap costumes with your closet friend while locked behind closed doors for 3 minutes!
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49. Kiss, Marry, Kill
Each round, throw out three names like Dracula, Frankenstein and Mr. Hyde. The player that's up must decide which one they rather kiss, marry or kill.
50. Halloween Grab Bag
Fill covered boxes with gross items like cold spaghetti, peeled grapes, or stuff hidden in Jell-O. Then ask everyone to stick their hands in the boxes to guess what’s inside!
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