Planning a Halloween party for children? Fun games are one of the best ways to keep everyone smiling and excited throughout the celebration. The great thing about Halloween games is that many of them use simple supplies you may already have at home. Whether you’re planning a classroom party, a family gathering, or a neighbourhood celebration, these Halloween game ideas for kids are easy to set up, budget-friendly, and packed with laughter.
You can also pair these games with creative Halloween Treat Ideas like themed cupcakes, popcorn cups, candy bags, cookies, or fruit snacks to make the party even more memorable. Here are some of our favourite Halloween games that children of all ages will enjoy.
Witches’ Hat Ring toss
This is a creative game that also doubles as a fun craft activity. Before the game begins, let the children make their own witches’ hats using coloured paper or cardstock. They can decorate them with glitter, stickers, ribbons, stars, spiders, or Halloween drawings to make each hat unique and fancy.
Once the hats are finished, place them upside down on a cardboard or foamboard. Give each player several rings to toss over the hats. Award points for every successful ring toss, or simply let everyone play for fun. This activity is perfect because it encourages creativity first and then turns into an exciting game. Kids love showing off the hats they decorated before trying their luck at the ring toss.
Ghost Bowling
If you’re looking for a super simple Halloween game, Ghost Bowling is always a winner. Best of all, you only need toilet rolls, a black felt-tip pen, and a small ball. Draw cute or spooky ghost faces on the toilet rolls and stand them up like bowling pins. Players take turns rolling the ball to knock down as many ghosts as possible. This game takes only a few minutes to prepare, but children often want to play again and again. It’s a fantastic choice for younger children because the rules are easy to understand, and everyone gets a turn.
Spider in My Spaghetti
This clever game is a Halloween version of the popular game Yeti in My Spaghetti. Instead of balancing a yeti, players carefully remove spaghetti strands while trying not to let the spider fall.
You can use uncooked spaghetti and a small plastic spider for a homemade version. Lay the spaghetti across a bowl in different directions, then place the spider on top.
Each player removes one spaghetti strand at a time. If the spider falls during their turn, they’re out of the game. The suspense makes everyone laugh, and kids enjoy seeing how long they can keep the spider balanced.
Trick or Treat Punch
This colourful game adds excitement and surprises to your Halloween party. Glue plastic cups onto a foam poster board. Fill some cups with little prizes or sweets, while others contain funny “tricks” like singing a Halloween song, hopping like a frog, making a ghost sound, or dancing for ten seconds.
Cover each cup with tissue paper and secure it with a rubber band. Kids punch through the tissue paper to discover whether they’ve won a treat or a silly challenge.
Eyeball Toss Game
The Eyeball Toss Game is easy to make and looks fantastic on your party wall. Attach plastic cups to a large poster board or sturdy cardboard. Label each cup with different points if you’d like to keep score.
Players throw plastic eyeballs into the cups from a marked line. Younger children can stand closer, while older kids can move farther back for an extra challenge. The bouncing eyeballs make the game unpredictable, which keeps everyone laughing.
Eyeball Scoop
This exciting team game is sure to get plenty of laughs. Fill large bowls with water and float several plastic eyeballs inside. Players must hold a spoon in their mouth and use only the spoon to scoop an eyeball out of the water. The first team to collect the required number of eyeballs wins. Because players can’t use their hands, this activity quickly becomes funny to watch and encourages teamwork between friends.
Monster Freeze Dance
Turn on the classic “Monster Mash” Halloween song and watch the kiddos erupt into laughter. Pause the song on random parts and have all the players freeze whenever the music stops. One by one, whoever does not freeze in time is out, and play this way until there is only one person left in the game—a.k.a., the winner!
Ghost Story
This is an age-old game full of creativity. Have the kids sit in a circle and a scary ghost story, but the catch here is that each player can only tell one part of the story at a time before the next part is passed over for the next player to create! Hilarious tangents and wild stories are always sure to ensue! Make sure you have a video recorder ready for this one!
Mummy Wrap!
One of the most fun—and simplest—Halloween kid party games is the Mummy Wrap. All you need is a lot of toilet paper and a stopwatch! Break players into teams and have the kids use only the toilet paper to wrap one of their teammates up like a mummy the fastest.
Halloween Bingo
Halloween Bingo is one of the easiest games to organise and is always popular with children. Printable Halloween Bingo cards are filled with colourful pictures like pumpkins, adorable little bats, smiling ghosts, mummies, witches, black cats, candy corn, haunted houses, spiders, and friendly monsters. Print the cards, hand out markers or small sweets, and call out the pictures. Children enjoy spotting the matching images while hoping to complete their row first.
Guess the Halloween Candy
Going off from the Guess the Goo Box game is the same type of activity, but with well known and loved Halloween candy. Throw bunches of great candy into a big tub and have the kids close their eyes to guess whatever they grab up! Remember to keep the candy popular Halloween treats that all the kids will be familiar with, too.
Halloween Scavenger Hunt
This is played exactly like how you would play any scavenger hunt game, but searching for Halloween related stuff such as something that is orange, scary etc.
