Fun Halloween Games for Kids

Halloween games are great fun for children at a party. Besides the usual bobbing for apples or creepy ingredients, you can really get creative. Depending on the age of the kids involved, you can have a variety of things going on in your own home. Vary the complexity of the game depending on the ages of the children.

You can change normal party games for Halloween by adding a spooky twist. Even a haunted house can be constructed with some ingenuity. Remember that most kids will be happy if the games involve running around. You can start with outdoor games and slowly move indoors as time goes on and it gets later in the evening. Pace the games out so that the high energy games are done first.

Relay Games

Relay games are great to play outdoors but can be done indoors if you don’t have enough yard space. Halloween games can be very simple like an eyeball relay race. Use ping-pong balls or bouncy balls that have been painted to look like eyes and plastic spoons for this game. Have the children divided into teams and let them take turns carrying the "eye" ball from one end to another in a marked course. You can spice it up by having spooky Halloween decorations or covering the spoon in slime or even have something jump out and try to scare the kids while they walk (remaining age-appropriate of course).

A mummy race is another one of the easy Halloween relay games you can play. This one might need willing adults or older siblings to work. Each child is given some tissue paper and divided into teams. At one end is an adult who must be wrapped in the tissue to form a mummy. The team that does this first wins. You can add to the challenge by forcing a creative element to the mummy building by saying the best looking mummy wins. Have some candy or treats available to use as decorations on your mummy.

Balloon Treats

Put treats in balloons and then blow them up. Let the balloons loose in an area and tell the children how many balloons they can pop by sitting or rolling on. There are no winners in this game; the challenge is in trying to get the treats inside the balloon. Put one to two treats in each balloon. You can use cheap rings, plastic toys, stickers or key chains that come in fun Halloween shapes. All the fun is in popping the balloons; the kids might not even notice what’s inside once it is popped.

Pin the Scarecrow Nose

A Halloween variation of the classic party game. Simply draw a scarecrow or cut one out and make a nose seperately. Blindfold children and tell them to try and pin the nose to the scarecrow. Make it harder by spinning kids around before they try and pin the nose on. Of course, the possibilities are endless with this one - pin the scar on the zombie, pin the broom on the witch, pin the fang on Dracula...the list could go on.

Halloween games for kids are simply variations of the same games children usually play at parties. The fun of Halloween is being able to dress it up, make it scary and silly and, of course, messy. Children of all ages can still enjoy the games we play on Halloween!

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