26 Amazing Halloween Party Games Hacks

Directions

1. Use crepe paper ruffles attached with hot glue onto a poster board to make a monster, then have kids try to pin an eye in the right spot.
2. Grab the free downloadable file, get it printed at an office supply store, and follow the included instructions to create bow ties.
3. Build a large jack-o-lantern using ruffled crepe paper, and let children complete the silly face by pinning on a nose.
4. Fill balloons with small plastic spiders, then pop them. Great for trunk-or-treat events or backyard parties.
5. Transform bowling pins into mummies by wrapping them, creating a carnival-style bowling game.
6. Set up carnival-type games that focus on creepy crawlers like bugs or other creatures.
7. Instead of traditional bobbing, tie apples or donuts to strings and hang them for players to grab without hands.
8. Players reach through holes in a blood-stained sheet to touch items such as goblin ears, fake bat guts, witch eyeballs, and vampire vomit.
9. Copy the note, choose two friends and a treat, leave the treat on their doorstep, and run away quickly.
10. Switch off the lights, read a short poem, and hand around gross objects like moist sponge guts or macaroni.
11. Find a collection of easy-to-assemble Halloween games in one post, ready to download and print.
12. Toss candy corn into a witch’s cauldron and see who can land the most.
13. This bean bag toss uses spiders, small pumpkins, or bean bags thrown into numbered buckets.
14. Paint tin cans and set up a quick and simple tossing game.
15. Use a printable kit with full-page and mini numbers 1 through 12 for a cupcake walk activity.
16. Split kids into teams and have them take turns wrapping a teammate as a mummy using crepe paper or toilet paper.
17. Make a toss game using pumpkins, paint, tags, and vinyl materials.
18. Use a large pumpkin as a bowling ball to knock down ghost pins.
19. A bean bag game with pumpkin targets where players must step back after each successful throw.
20. Similar to pumpkin toss but using monster targets, also requiring players to increase distance.
21. Play a Halloween-themed version of tic-tac-toe, perfect for class parties or as gifts.
22. Play a spooky twist on 'Don't Eat Pete' using cereal, dinner food, or candy as markers.
23. Solve Halloween Sudoku puzzles featuring hand-drawn images of pumpkins, cats, scarecrows, and more.
24. Choose from four different bingo card designs and use markers like candy corn.
25. Players go on a ghost scavenger hunt; the person who finds the most ghosts wins.
26. Search high and low for items on a list, optionally wearing costumes.