Play These Halloween Games for Some Old-Fashioned Family Fun
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Hosting a big Halloween party for the kids this year? There's a lot of prep that goes into it, from choosing a Halloween party theme and putting up spooky Halloween decorations to crafting creative sibling costumes and coming up with activities to keep everyone entertained. So if you're looking for some thrill-filled things to do at your monster mash, you're in luck because we've got you covered with DIY Halloween party games for all ages!
Timeless Halloween activities like bobbing for apples, corn mazes, and pumpkin carving will always hold a special place in our hearts. This year, why not get your game on with some new offerings? These new ideas for kids and adults will easily get any spooky celebration started. Most of these projects require only a few inexpensive supplies to create and make great Halloween crafts for kids, doubling the quality time spent together. There are ideas for indoor and outdoor Halloween games, as well as new takes on family favorites like tic-tac-toe, bowling, scavenger hunts, ring tosses, and much more. Put on some wicked good Halloween costumes, blast some Halloween songs, have a few Halloween desserts on hand as prizes, and play the night away with these fun Halloween party games!
Ghost Cup Stacking Game
Here's an un-boo-lievably fun game for kids of all ages! Have them stack these ghostly plastic cups (easily made with a black sharpie) and see how many they can knock down with a ball.
Get the tutorial at Organize Your Stuff Now.
Pin the Boo
Check out this one that puts a spooky spin on the classic game Pin the Tail on the donkey. Whoever pins their "boo" sign closest to the ghost's mouth wins!
Get the tutorial at Brandy's Happy Home .
Halloween Word Search
Use this free printable as an easy way to keep lots of kiddos entertained at your big Halloween bash! They'll be surprised by how many spooky words they can spot!
Get the tutorial at Artsy-Fartsy Mama.
Zombie Eyeball Toss
There's just something so spooky about any game involving (fake) eyeballs! For this one, set up a board with Halloween-themed plastic cups and have the kids try to get the plastic eyeballs into the cups.
Get the tutorial at Brandy's Happy Home.
Witch Hat Ring Toss
This bewitching game involves tossing as many rings as possible onto well, witch hats! All you'll need to set up the game is a piece of wood or cardboard, black witch hats, and some rings.
Get the tutorial at Sometimes Creative.
Spider Race
This one doubles as a fun craft and an activity all in one. Your kids will have fun making these creepy crawlers and then seeing whose spider can make it to the finish line first!
Get the tutorial at Kid Friendly Things to Do.
Ghost Face Game
No matter who wins this whipped cream eating contest, there's no doubt you'll have a screamingly funny finish! Get the camera ready to take cute pictures of your kid's "ghost" faces.
Get the tutorial at Kid Friendly Things to Do.
Halloween Scattergories
Does your family love playing Scattergories together? Then your kids will have the best time with this version that's filled with plenty of fun, Halloween-themed prompts!
Get the tutorial at Artsy-Fartsy Mama.
Halloween Maze
This zombie is on the hunt for brains... and your kiddos can help! The free printable doubles as a coloring sheet, too. Simple and entertaining!
Get the tutorial at Artsy-Fartsy Mama.
Skeleton Bone Dig
If you ask us, digging for skeleton bones is such a spooky way to get in the Halloween spirit! Fill a large storage tub or plastic pool with packaging peanuts, then bury the bones inside. Finally, the kids dig for the bones and put the skeleton together before the timer goes off.
Get the tutorial at Kid Friendly Things to Do.
Musical Pumpkins
This exciting game is multiple Halloween activities in one! Here's how it works: One player rolls the dice, then anyone standing on a pumpkin matching the rolled number has to complete a corresponding activity. Play it while wearing costumes for even more festive fun!
Get the tutorial at Grandma Ideas.
Pumpkin and Witch's Broom Race
Now here's a game that's sure to enchant every last party goer! First, divide everyone into two teams and give each one a broom and a mini pumpkin. To play, each witch (a.k.a player) must use their broom to push their pumpkin t0 the finish line, then back to the next witch in line to continue the race. The first team to finish wins!
Get the tutorial at I Dig Pinterest.
Pumpkin Catapult
If you're a parent who's always looking for learning opportunities, you'll love this exciting game that doubles as a cool STEM activity. Invite the kids to create catapults using craft sticks, rubber bands, and bottle caps. They'll have tons of fun using it to launch their candy pumpkins into the bucket! Just be sure to save a few to eat later!
Get the tutorial at There's Just One Mommy.
Pumpkin Putt-Putt
You can create a Halloween-inspired mini golf course right in your own backyard using carved real or plastic pumpkins. Talk about a hole in one idea!
Get the tutorial at Simplify Create Inspire.
'Shoot the Skeleton' Game
Who's ready for a bone-rattling good time? It's all but guaranteed when you play this game. All you have to do is hot glue mini skeletons to a foam board and then let your little ones take aim with mini squirt guns.
Get the tutorial at Brandy's Happy Home.
Count the Candy Corn
The debate on how many pieces of candy corn are in the jar might be even bigger than the debate over candy corn itself! For this easy activity, just fill a jar with the sweet treat and count away. Hopefully the winner will share!
Get the tutorial at A Sweet Berry Designs.
Black Light Halloween Candy Game
Play this game as a fun alternative to trick-or-treating. Your little ghouls and goblins can hunt for sweet treats using only a black light, scrap paper, and candy.
Get the tutorial at Studio DIY!.
Halloween Trivia
Here's some brainy fun: Test your knowledge on all things spooky with this trivia game featuring questions about candy, scary movies, historical facts, and more.
Get the tutorial at Hey, Let's Make Stuff.
Eyeball Spaghetti Dig Game
This one is oh-so slimy and just as simple. Place plastic eyeballs in a bowl full of cooked spaghetti noodles and watch as your little monsters dig them out. It's also a great sensory activity!
Get the tutorial at Kid Friendly Things to Do.
Witch Hat Memory Game
They're sure to get in the spooky spirit with this activity that puts a bewitching twist on a classic memory game. Use witch hats to hide silly Halloween trinkets and then see what they can remember!
Get the tutorial at Skip to My Lou.
Halloween 'I Spy' Game
I spy with my little eye...an activity that will make party planning a breeze! This printable "I Spy" game is so simple and festively fun.
Get the tutorial at Alice & Lois.
Halloween Charades
Ghosts and mummies and zombies, oh my! You and your little ones can embody all the spooky characters with this simple charades game.
Get the tutorial at Happiness Is Homemade.
Printable Halloween Bingo
For this game, all you need to do is print and play for a little fun and friendly competition!
Get the tutorial at Somewhat Simple.
Pin the Spider on the Web
It's Pin the Tail on the Donkey—but make it Halloween! To play, just grab a blindfold and try to pin the cute creepy crawlies onto their web.
Get the tutorial at Ella Claire & Co.
Fizzing Eyeball Game
Let them channel their inner mad scientist with this kooky activity. The reaction from the bubbling vinegar as it hits the baking soda eyeballs will amuse kids and parents alike!
Get the tutorial at Merriment Design.
Halloween Egg Hunt
Hello, ultimate Halloween mash up. Swap the Easter baskets for cauldrons and trick-or-treat bags and send the kiddos off in search of Halloween-themed eggs. Of course, fill them all with lots of candy!
Get the tutorial at Craft Box Girls.
Halloween Crossword Puzzle
Print out a few pages of this Halloween crossword for your kids to work on while eating dinner before trick-or-treating. You'll also find an entire printable Halloween activity pack at the link below for hours of fun.
Get the tutorial at Artsy-Fartsy Mama.
Don't Eat Pete Halloween Game
This monster version of Don't Eat Pete will have your kids cracking up—and they'll be happy to eat candy!
Get the tutorial at Landeelu.
Halloween Cornhole
This adorable DIY cornhole game makes even eight-legged creepy crawlies appealing. It's tabletop-sized, so it's great for younger kids too.
Get the tutorial at Crafts Unleashed.
Halloween Scavenger Hunt
Halloween is the perfect time for a scavenger hunt! Set up clues around the house and watch the kids have a blast tracking them down. Add a prize at the end, like Halloween stickers, for even more fun.
Get the tutorial at Play Party Plan.
Halloween Pumpkin Toss Game
This DIY game uses handmade pumpkins and even felt pumpkin bean bags. It's a Halloween game for all ages!
Get the tutorial at A Pumpkin & a Princess.
Halloween Word Scramble
You can never have too many Halloween word games! Add this printable word scramble to your list of Halloween activities to take part in this year.
Get the tutorial at Over the Big Moon.
Glow-in-the-Dark Ring Toss
Turns out you really can use duct tape for just about anything. Wrap a few rows of glow-in-the-dark duct tape around glass bottles, bend some glow sticks into rings, and you've got a game you can play in the "dead" of night.
Get the tutorial at A Pumpkin and a Princess.
Mummy Sack Race
Turn a sack race into a mummy sack race by wrapping white crepe paper streamers around contestants' legs. Now, that's a Halloween game that's right on the mummy!
Get the tutorial at Delia Creates.
Halloween Sensory Bags
Perfect for pre-schoolers, these sensory bags can be filled with Halloween-themed materials, like ghostly, ghastly shaving cream with googly eyes. Just make sure you glue the bags closed before letting the games begin.
Get the tutorial at A Night Owl.
Put the Skeleton Back Together
Make no bones about it: All it takes to make this cute Halloween game is a little time, energy, and a few materials like magnetic paint, foam board, and magnets.
Get the tutorial at Sugar and Charm.
Pumpkin Toss
Littles will enjoy trying to toss the candy pumpkins into these adorable miniature cauldrons.
Get the tutorial at Playground Parkbench.
Mummy Bowling
Transform a plastic set of bowling pins into a creative Halloween game wrapping them up in toilet paper and topping each off with a pair of googly eyes.
Get the tutorial at Giggles Galore.
Pumpkin Tic-Tac-Toe
The setup for the Halloween version of this classic game couldn't be easier. Just tape a grid on a table, and use one color of pumpkins for the X's, and a different color for the O's.
Get the tutorial at Iron and Twine.
Murder Mystery Dinner Party
This party takes a bit of planning to make kid-friendly, but it's not hard to do. (Or keep it scary and it'll be a bash your adult friends will be "dying" to attend.)
Get the tutorial at Giggles Galore.
Pumpkin Patch Stomp
Kids will love stomping the balloons to get at the prizes inside, like coins or pieces of wrapped bubble gum. Make the "pumpkins" extra festive by adding a paper leaf on top.
Get the tutorial at Delia Creates.
Wrap the Mummy
To play this game, separate children into two or more groups, and select one child from each group to be the "mummy." The children can then use a toilet paper roll to wrap the mummy. The first group to finish their roll wins!
Get the tutorial at Kids Activities Blog.
Pumpkin and Ghost Bowling
All you'll need for this fun game is a pumpkin, some toilet paper, and a black permanent marker. Be sure to pop the stem off the pumpkin so it rolls a little easier.
Get the tutorial at I Dig Pinterest.
Pass the Skeleton Bone Race
Great for teens as well as younger children, this game requires some fast, nimble fingers, but no other materials than a ball of yarn and a skeleton bone.
Get the tutorial at Kid Friendly Things To Do.
Feed the Monster Toss
With a feather boa on the materials list, you'll have almost as much fun DIYing this toss game as the kids will have "feeding" the monster.
Get the tutorial at Tried and True.
Pumpkin Memory Game
This nifty game will help preschoolers learn the alphabet.
Get the tutorial at Days with Grey.
Spooky Rice Search
Fill a big mason jar with rice and some spooky items like a spider ring and googly eyes, and you've got yourself a fun sensory game that kids will love!
Get the tutorial at I Dig Pinterest.
Gourd Bowling
The kids will love this seasonal version of bowling. Decorate the "pins" with painters tape and spray paint and and you'll have a game they'll be playing all day long.
Get the tutorial at Iron and Twine.
Halloween Bingo
Host a bloodcurdling bingo session for the kids with this Halloween-themed game. Use candy corn or other spooky treats as markers and be sure to laminate the cards so they can be used year after year.
Get the tutorial at Artsy-Farty Mama.
Guess the Food
Halloween just wouldn't be Halloween without some good-natured gross outs, would it? In this game, players are fed things like "eyeballs," and the first person to correctly guess what it really is (peeled grapes in this case) wins.
Get the tutorial at Play Party Plan.
Skeleton Scavenger Hunt
No one will have a bone to pick with you over this simple but ultra-entertaining Halloween-themed scavenger hunt. The first team to find the bones and reassemble their skeleton wins.
Get the tutorial at Happy Go Lucky.
Roll a Frankenstein
In this game, which also doubles as a craft activity, kids roll the dice to see who will finish making their likeness of the big, green monster first.
Get the tutorial at Housing A Forest.
Ghost Sack Race
Turn sack races into spooky games by using white pillowcases for the sacks and adding ghostly eyes and a mouth.
Get the tutorial at Fireflies and Mud Pies.
Glow-in-the-Dark Tic-Tac-Toe
Turn down the lights and turn up the Halloween fun with this DIY glow-in-the-dark tic tac-toe-board that'll be a hit with kids of all ages.
Get the tutorial at a Pumpkin and a Princess.
Ghosts on a String
Games like bobbing for apples are a Halloween party favorite, but this one with a ghost spin might just take the cake. You can use jumbo marshmallows to make them more challenging to eat—and more fun to decorate.
Get the tutorial at Kid Friendly Things To Do.
Candy Corn Relay Game
Not everyone loves candy corn, but everyone will love this fun candy corn relay game. Divide children into teams and instruct them to run spoonfuls of candy corn over to mini cauldrons without dropping any candy along the way. The team with the most candy corn in their cauldron at the end is the winner!
Get the tutorial at I Dig Pinterest.
Spider Races
This entertaining game might not give your kids spidey senses, but they'll have fun just the same.
Get the tutorial at Still Playing School.
Pumpkin Pillow Fight
Knocking over these sweet, sleepy-faced DIY gourds is a Halloween game kids will love.
Get the tutorial at DIY Adulation.
Spooky Tic-Tac-Toe
Not only great for a Halloween party, this tic-tac-toe game is an engaging craft project for the whole family. All it takes is googly eyes, glue, and paint pens to transform stones into Halloween-themed game pieces.
Get the tutorial at Smashed Peas and Carrots.
Pin the Nose on the Pumpkin
This Halloween-y twist on the beloved children's game can be easily made with materials like foam core board and crepe paper. And don't forget the googly eyes!
Get the tutorial at Amanda's Parties To Go.
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