We've turned every great Halloween party game idea into spooky hair-raising fun for all ghosts and goblins - 20 great games in all!
You've played some tricks and nibbled some treats, but the party fun has just begun...
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**Screamin' Fun Halloween Games**
Bone Chillin' Relay - Divide the children into two teams. Give each team a ball of yarn with a
clean chicken bone tied to the end. Have the first player on each team put the bone up or down
their shirt and pull the string through. The first player than hands the bone to the second player in
line and he does the same thing. They keep passing until they get to the end of the line.
This Halloween party game idea can end here or have players reverse the process and take the bone back out of their
shirts. The first team to get the bone all the way back to the first player wins.
Here's the secret to making this game really COOL - refrigerate the bones before using!
Flying Ghost Gobble - Secure a string across the room, a foot or so above children's heads. Tie a
long piece of thread to several marshmallows, add two dots of black frosting for eyes, and attach
to the string. Guests must try to capture the flying ghosts with their mouths.
Variation: To make it a little more challenging, attach the "ghosts" to a witch's broom and have
two adult helpers wave the broom a little.
Bat Bite - This Halloween party game idea is the same as Flying Ghost Gobble, but using chocolate donuts (black bats) instead of
marshmallows.
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Witch Clean-up Relay - Divide guests into 2 teams. Set a row of 3 good-sized pumpkins on the
floor about 5 ft. apart in front of each team. (If using plastic pumpkins, weight them so they
don't get moved around in the excitement.)
The first player on each team is given a play witch's
hat and broom and a ball of aluminum foil. At the starting signal, they must put on the witch's
hat and sweep the foil ball in and out around the pumpkins and back, then hand the hat and
broom to the next player, who repeats the process. The first team to complete the relay is the
winner.
Frankenstein's Teeth Relay - Form guests into two lines and give the first child in each line a
large wooden spoon. Place a bowl of unshelled peanuts (Frankie's teeth) beside each team and
two empty bowls across the room.
The first child in each line scoops up as many peanuts as he
can hold in the spoon, runs across the room, and deposits the peanuts in the team bowl. He then
passes the spoon to the next child and the process is repeated until all the peanuts have been
transferred to the other bowl. When a team has successfully moved all their peanuts, they are the
winners.
Mummy Wrap - Split the party guests into teams of three and give each team a toilet paper roll.
Two persons then wrap the third in toilet paper so that they look like an Egyptian Mummy. The
winning team is the one who in a set time (about 2 minutes) have the neatest and most covered
Mummy. Great Photo Op!
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**Spooky Halloween Games**
Frankenstein's Laboratory - A classic Halloween party game idea... Start with several boxes, sealed except for a cut-out slot into which
children can slide their hand. Cover the boxes with black paper and label them with the body
parts they contain, but not with the actual ingredients as shown below. Each child gets a chance
to feel the yucky contents.
Note: Young children may not like this activity, so make it clear from
the beginning that it's strictly voluntary. Let the brave ones participate, while the others can
watch and laugh.
Eyeballs - peeled grapes or green olives
Ears - dried apricots
Teeth - dried pumpkin seeds, dried beans or unpopped popcorn kernels
Guts - cooked gelatin or insides of a carved pumpkin
Hair - fake wig or corn silk
Skin - a soft flour tortilla with a little vegetable oil brushed over it
Bones - chicken bones
Toes - small dried up carrots
Brains - cold cooked spaghetti
Fingers - cocktail hotdogs
Heart Gelatin Mold Kit
Brain Gelatin Mold Kit
Skull with Glow-in-the-Dark Worms
Slime & Silly Putty Recipes
Spooky Storyteller - Have an adult weave a spooky tale punctuated by references to the above
body parts and lots opportunities for kids to feel them.
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**Halloween Favorites**
Ghost Busters - Partially inflate small white balloons and with black indelible marker add googly
eyes and mouth with little red tongue sticking out. Attach with thumbtack to heavy cardboard or
plywood board and give party guests 3 tries to "bust" the ghosts by throwing darts at them.
Prepare 6 balloons per guest so they can take a couple of turns and store them in a large trash bag
until party time.
Ghost and Pumpkin Bowling - Save ten 2 liter plastic soda bottles and spray paint them white
(ghosts). Add faces with black marker and fill with a couple of inches of sand to weight the
bottles. Party guests will try to bowl over the bottle ghosts using a small round pumpkin. Give
prizes for those who bowl strikes!
Frozen Zombies - For this popular Halloween party game idea, guests need to spread out in the party area -
outside is best. Designate one child as the Zombie. The Zombie tries to tag and make frozen
zombie popsicles of all the other guests.
If a player is tagged, he or she must freeze in place.
Players who are not frozen can "melt" frozen zombies by touching them. The first player to be
frozen three times becomes the next zombie.
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Witch Bingo - Make bingo cards in the shape of a witch's head with a pointed hat and put a row
of 5 random numbers on it under each letter as shown.
W - Numbers 1-15
I - Numbers 16-30
T - Number 31-45
C - Numbers 46-60
H - Number 61- 75
Witch bingo is played using candy corn for markers. (Instruct guests NOT to eat the candy until
after the game!) The caller draws a number and children mark it with a candy corn if it is on
their card. The first guest who has all the numbers in one consecutive row is the winner. He
then calls out "Witch"!
Skeleton Search - Fill a child's wading pool with packing peanuts or use your sandbox. Bury a
variety of bones (sterilized chicken bones, dog bones, or bone-shaped cardboard).
Divide guests
into groups and let them search for Mr. Skeleton's lost bones. Guest who retrieves the most
bones is the winner.
Variation: Number the bones and guests retrieve one bone each. The
numbers on the bones correspond to a prize.
Witch Broom Limbo - Use a pretend witch's broom and have two helpers hold it while guests
take turns shimmying under it. This Halloween party game idea works best while playing spooky music!
Halloween Limbo Game
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**Classic Halloween Party Games**
Guess How Many - Fill a clear glass pumpkin jar with Halloween candy such as candy corn or
small candy pumpkins. Have guests guess how many candies are in the jar. The one who comes
closest gets to take home the jar of candy.
Pin the Nose on the Pumpkin - Make a picture of a large orange pumpkin on poster board with
black triangle eyes and nose and Jack-O-Lantern mouth. Make several black triangle "noses" for
each guest and write their name on the back.
Each blindfolded guest gets spun 3 times, then
attempts to pin the nose on the pumpkin. The one who comes closest is the winner.
Variation: Pin the Wart on the Witch.
Pumpkin Bean Bag Toss 
Pass the Pumpkin - Played like the classic Hot Potato game. Children sit in a circle and pass
a small pumpkin around while an adult leader plays music. The child holding the pumpkin when
the music stops is out. Last player left not holding the pumpkin is the winner.
Pumpkin Toss - Line up 6 carved or plastic pumpkins, each with a point value attached. Give
each guest 3 ping pong balls or beanbags to toss into the pumpkins. Player with the highest point
value wins.
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Bobbing for Corks - Another classic Halloween party game idea - this one is easier than bobbing for apples and kids won't get as wet. Fill a large
container with water and place several numbered corks in it. If inside, make sure you have a
dropcloth and some towels handy.
Guests are invited to bob for corks using only their mouths.
When a cork is retrieved, the guest receives the pre-numbered prize that corresponds with the
number on the cork.
Tombstone Musical Chairs - Position tombstone shaped cardboard on the backs of chairs upon
which you have written silly epitaphs. Play like regular musical chairs, eliminating one chair per
round until the last child with a chair is the winner.
Examples of epitaphs:
1. B.A. Ghoul
2. Ben Dover
3. I was Fred, now I'm dead
4. Mary Hass, missed the brake and hit the gas
5. Here lies Bill Boller, he got run over by a steam roller
6. Here lies Henry Blake, he stepped on the gas, instead of the brake
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