Classroom GamesNo. 5634 · The 2026 edition
Halloween Games for Kids: Fun and Spooky Ideas for a Memorable Celebration
Spook-tacular games to make your Halloween party a hit with the little monsters.
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This collection offers a variety of fun and spooky Halloween games and activities for kids, from classic party favorites to DIY crafts and age-appropriate challenges, ensuring non-stop entertainment for young ghouls and goblins.
About this
A Halloween party guide for kids with game ideas, DIY activities, a supplies checklist, and age-specific suggestions. It covers classic and revamped games, innovative spooky twists, and party prep tips for a memorable celebration.
The plan
- Organize a checklist to ensure you have everything you need for the celebration.
- Start with decorations: hanging ghosts, pumpkins, and spider webs.
- For activities, gather supplies for your games, like toilet paper for Mummy Wrap, bingo cards, and items for the Mystery Box.
- Have plates, cups, napkins, and utensils ready, and opt for spooky-themed ones if possible.
- Provide treats: a mix of healthy snacks and Halloween candies.
- Create a list of Halloween-themed items for a scavenger hunt.
- Prepare a list of Halloween-themed prompts for charades.
- Create Halloween-themed survey questions for Halloween Family Feud.
- Fill a jar with candy corn for the Candy Corn Guessing Game.
- Fill a Halloween piñata with candy and small toys.
- Use peeled grapes as 'eyeballs' in the Mystery Box.
- Set up decorated buckets or baskets at varying distances for Pumpkin Toss.
- Create a cardboard box monster's mouth for Feed the Monster.
- Decorate empty plastic bottles as ghosts or pins for bowling games.
- Use small pumpkins as bowling balls, tic tac toe pieces, and golf balls.
- Decorate toy spiders for spider races.
- Hide skeleton pieces around the yard or house for the skeleton scavenger hunt.
- Use household items as obstacles for pumpkin golf.
- Plan spooky music for freeze dance and pass the pumpkin.
- Hang donuts on strings for Donuts on a String.
- Make a witch hat ring toss using cones and rings.
Decoration ideas
- Hanging ghosts
- Pumpkins
- Spider webs
- Spooky-themed plates, cups, napkins, and utensils
- Empty plastic bottles decorated as ghosts for ghost bowling
- Small pumpkins decorated as Xs and Os for pumpkin tic tac toe
- Cardboard box with a monster's mouth for Feed the Monster
- Pumpkin-themed masks for Pumpkin Patch Stomp
Food & drink
- A mix of healthy snacks and Halloween candies
- Candy corn for the Candy Corn Guessing Game
- Peeled grapes as 'eyeballs' for the Mystery Box
- Candy and small toys inside a Halloween piñata
- Apples for bobbing for apples
- Donuts for Donuts on a String
Activities
- Mummy Wrap: teams race to wrap one player in toilet paper to look like a mummy.
- Halloween Bingo: make using free printable Halloween bingo cards featuring spooky images.
- Pumpkin Bowling: use small pumpkins as bowling balls and empty plastic bottles as pins.
- Halloween Scavenger Hunt: create a list of Halloween-themed items for kids to find around your home or yard.
- Halloween Word Scramble: helps kids enhance vocabulary and spelling with a festive activity.
- Pumpkin Patch Stomp: kids pop balloons filled with confetti while wearing pumpkin-themed masks.
- Halloween Charades: prepare a list of Halloween-themed prompts for kids to act out without speaking.
- Pass the Pumpkin: like hot potato; players pass a pumpkin while music plays, and whoever holds it when the music stops must do a fun Halloween task.
- Mystery Box: kids guess what's inside by feeling various items, like peeled grapes for 'eyeballs.'
- Bobbing for apples: classic Halloween activity; add fun prizes for kids who catch the most apples.
- Halloween memory game: create cards with matching pairs of Halloween icons like ghosts, pumpkins, and witches.
- Ghost bowling: use empty plastic bottles decorated as ghosts and a soft ball to knock them down.
- Donuts on a string: kids try to eat hanging donuts without using their hands.
- Pumpkin tic tac toe: use small pumpkins decorated as Xs and Os for outdoor fun.
- Spider races: kids decorate toy spiders and race them down a track.
- Skeleton scavenger hunt: kids find hidden skeleton pieces around the yard or house.
- Pumpkin golf: use small pumpkins and household items as obstacles.
- Freeze dance: intertwine spooky music with a lively dance game.
- Pumpkin Toss: set up decorated buckets or baskets at varying distances; kids toss small pumpkins or balls into them for points.
- Feed the Monster: use a cardboard box to create a monster's mouth; kids throw soft balls or beanbags into it to 'feed' the monster.
- Candy Corn Guessing Game: fill a jar with candy corn; each child guesses how many pieces are inside, and the closest guess wins a prize.
- Halloween Family Feud: create Halloween-themed survey questions; teams battle to guess the most popular answers.
- Halloween Piñata: fill with candy and small toys; each player takes turns trying to break it while blindfolded.
- Pumpkin Bowling for tweens and teens: use pumpkins as bowling balls and empty plastic bottles as pins; encourages teamwork and laughter.
- Pin the hat on the witch: classic party game with a spooky twist.
- Witch hat ring toss: create using cones and rings.
- Spooky scavenger hunt: use Halloween-themed items or crafts.
- Halloween trivia quiz: test knowledge of spooky facts and movies.
- Pumpkin relay race: outdoor race game.
- Ghosts in the graveyard: a fun hide-and-seek variation.
- Halloween obstacle course: use your yard's features.
- Whisper down the lane: share spooky phrases.
- Halloween storytelling: kids add to a story turn by turn.
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