39 Games About Halloween To Play In The Dark

Directions

1. For ghost storytelling, have kids sit in a circle with a flashlight in the middle. One by one, they share a spooky tale. Darken the room more, or let them use flashlights under their chins to cast eerie shadow faces.
2. Set up a glow-in-the-dark treasure hunt by hiding small glow toys or trinkets around the party space or yard. Lower the lights and supply kids with flashlights or glow sticks to locate the hidden goodies.
3. In the witches’ cauldron relay, split kids into teams and place two cauldrons or big bowls apart. Fill each with small glow Halloween items or candies. Give each child a spoon or tongs; they dash to the cauldron, grab an item with the utensil, and hurry back to drop it into their team’s “brew” bowl. The first team to move all items wins.
4. Play glow in the dark pong bounce in using Halloween-themed light-up cups. In a dark room, see who can bounce the most glow balls into the cup within three minutes to earn a prize.
5. For mummy wrap, pair up kids and give each pair a roll of toilet paper or crepe paper. One child is the mummy, the other the wrapper. Dim the lights and set a timer; they wrap the partner to create a mummy before time’s up. Optional: use glow streamers and black lights for glowing mummies.
6. Set up a light-up limbo stick and play eerie music. Kids line up and take turns bending under the stick. Lower it after each round; anyone touching the stick or falling is out.
7. For monster freeze dance, play Halloween music while kids dance with flashlights or glow sticks. When the music stops, they freeze in their scariest pose. Use a flashlight to spotlight the frozen monsters.
8. Give kids a large flat surface and a flashlight to create Halloween shadow puppets on the wall. They use hands and fingers to form shapes, and others guess what Halloween figure it is.
9. Play a spooky version of Simon Says in the dark. Use a flashlight to point at players and give commands like “Simon says, crawl like a zombie” or “Simon says, howl like a werewolf.”
10. For ghost hunt, prepare white balloons and glow sticks. Insert an activated glow stick into each balloon, then inflate and tie. Hide these glowing “ghosts” around a dark area. Kids have a set time to find and collect as many as possible.
11. For scary charades, write Halloween words or phrases on slips of paper and put them in a bowl. Each child draws one and acts it out using shadows or dim lighting; others guess. Use flashlights to highlight the actor’s shadow.
12. Create a spider web maze by stringing yarn or streamers across a hallway or room. Kids must navigate through in the dark without touching the “webs.” Use glow sticks or black lights to make strings visible and set the mood.
13. Set up a circle of chairs in a dimly lit room. Play spooky music while kids walk around the chairs. When music stops, they sit. Remove one chair each round; the child left standing is out. Continue until one winner remains.
14. For jack-o’-lantern bowling, illuminate plastic bottles painted like jack-o’-lanterns with glow sticks or battery lights. Set them up in bowling formation and use a small pumpkin or ball to knock them down in the dark.
15. Prepare creepy feel boxes: cover several boxes and place different Halloween items inside, like peeled grapes (eyeballs) or cooked spaghetti (brains). Turn off lights and have kids reach in to feel the contents without seeing them, describing what they think they’re touching.
16. Play Halloween hide and seek in the dark with flashlights. The seeker uses the flashlight to spot hiding players. When a hider is found, they join the seeker to find others.
17. For Frankenstein’s feet, fill old shoes or shoe boxes with squishy or slimy materials like cooked pasta, gelatin, or peeled grapes. Blindfold kids and have them reach into the shoes to guess what Frankenstein’s feet feel like.