Game Ideas for a Church Halloween Party

Directions

1. Set up a "swamp" with a person behind and inside the decoration. Make "fishing poles" out of twigs and string with a big plastic "S" shower curtain hook on the end. When kids drop their line, someone in the back hooks on a spider, skeleton, witch, or other dollar store items.
2. Let kids guess how many "eyeballs" are in a jar. Make eyeballs using ping pong balls with a magic marker and slightly tinted red water inside.
3. Make a "wheel of misfortune" that kids can spin. Set prizes for different age groups: movie coupons/gift cards for older kids, coloring books for middle, and teddies for little ones.
4. Play a game with pencils in a bale of hay; some are sharpened, most are not. If they select a sharpened one, they receive a prize.
5. Have children dress up as Bible Characters. Kids take turns drawing a picture while others guess the Bible story (e.g., Noah's Ark).
6. Make a cross from 2x2 wood sticks (6 feet vertical, 4 feet horizontal). Attach strings to hang down with mini donuts tied to them. Kids sit on a bench and eat without their hands; the first to finish swallowing wins.
7. Play "Passing the apple" from neck to next person. Place the apple under your chin and turn to the next person in line to remove it in the same manner.
8. Play bean bag toss, clothes pin in the bucket, sticky ball to velcro, musical chairs, and count the candy corn in the jar.
9. Play a game where samples of candy bars are cut and placed under glass. Players must name the candy and guess the closest amount to win.
10. Host a Trunk or Treat outside before the party where people decorate car trunks and hand out treats from them in the parking lot.