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Halloween Game Ideas
Pin the Face on the Pumpkin
Draw a large pumpkin on a piece of poster
board and paint it orange.
Then cut out pieces for the face in black (eyes, nose, mouth,
stem,
ears to make it even more fun). Then blindfold (optional) and
spin the
child (once again optional) then have them pin pieces of the face on the
pumpkin.
The kids love to see what their pumpkins face looks like when
they are done.
Halloween Pantomime
Move as if you are:
Carrying a great big pumpkin.
A witch combing her long, stringy hair.
A little baby ghost.
Putting on your Halloween costume.
Carving a little tiny pumpkin.
Going up and down a porch's steps trick or treating.
Jumping up to say Boo-oo-oo.
A big black cat.
Whoooo Am I?
Write a word that has something to do with Halloween
on a piece of paper.
Make up as many sheets of
paper, each with a different word, as there are
players.
Some good words are BAT, GHOST, WITCH,
BROOM, JACK-O-LANTERN,
BLACK CAT, VAMPIRE, PUMPKIN,
GHOUL, GOBLIN, and SKELETON.
To start the game,
the players sit in a circle. Choose someone to be
it.
The player who is "it" stands in the
middle of the circle with one of the
words pinned to her
or his back. Everyone knows the word except the
player who is standing in the circle. The player
tries to find out
"WHOOOOOOOO AM I?" by asking
questions. The questions
must be answered
"yes" or "no." After 5
questions, it is someone
else's turn. This game
has no winner. It is just fun to play!
Fortune Teller
Have someone dress up as a fortuneteller, or you can hire a person to act as a
fortuneteller.
Wear a kerchief, colorful clothes, lots of jewelry and talk mysteriously.
Have a table set up in
a poorly lit room with a crystal ball if you have one. Have the
guests come into the room one
at a time and ask the fortune teller questions. You may
want to tell the fortuneteller a little
about each person before starting without them
knowing it. Be sure that you don't scare the little ones.
Witch and Ghosts
The children sit on the floor in a circle. They are the ghosts. One child is chosen as the witch.
The witch walks around the circle chanting the following poem. One of the ghosts say
"BOO".
The witch turns quickly and tries to guess which ghost it was.
If I were a witch
I’d ride on a broom
And scatter the ghosts
With a zoom, zoom, zoom.
Witch, Witch, Ghost
Have the children sit on the floor in a circle. Choose one child to be "it."
The child who is "it" walks
around the outside of the circle, lightly tapping the
head of each child in the circle saying, "Ghost" to
each child. When the child who
is "it" taps a child's head and says, "Witch," the child named "witch"
must get up
and chase after "it." If "it" gets back to the proper place on the floor,
then the "witch"
becomes "it" and the game continues.
(Variation: You can play this game all the time, just change the words to go with
your theme.)
Halloween Faces
Facial expressions can
reveal feelings to others. Encourage children to
make
faces in front of a mirror that suggests feelings
and appearances related to Halloween.
Examples are
spooky, scary, ugly, sad, happy, and angry.
Melt The Witch Game
Materials Needed:
moveable chalk board,
colored chalk,
sponges and bin of water.
Directions:
Draw a witches head (not too scary) or whole body on the chalk board. Fill the bin with water and
sponges. Have children stand close enough to the board to be able to hit it accurately with a wet sponge.
Place water bin and sponges near this spot. Tell children to take turns throwing wet sponges at the witch
to try and 'melt' her away. As the witch becomes wet and water drips down the board, it will appear
as if
she is melting. Be sure the children are squeezing out the sponges before throwing.
Pumpkin Toss
This can be a fun game when you are lacking in activities. Take a few pumpkins, varying in size, and line
them up. Give them some sort of ring that will fit over each pumpkin; such as a hula hoop. If you are using
very small pumpkins, you can use an embroidery hoop, or the metal rings you can find in varying sizes at
the craft store. Then mark the line where they are to stand, and have the child try to toss the hoop over
the pumpkins. It doesn't matter if they get it or not, you can reward them with small prizes or stickers.
Jack-o-lantern Toss
(Photo submitted by Shell)
Using
jack-o-lantern buckets and styrofoam balls (painted
orange), encourage
the children to toss the balls into the jack-o-lantern bucket one at a
time.
Identifying Holidays Game
Teacher pretends not to know what Halloween is, and keeps describing the wrong holiday;
children
correctly label the holiday described. Example-"Oh, Halloween is when the bunny
leaves candy and you
color eggs." Use Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, etc.
Directional Words
Each child has five candy pumpkins. We made black fences on white paper and laminated them to use
as the work mats. Then you give directions such as: Put one pumpkin on top of the fence. Put two
pumpkins under the fence, etc. Make up as many as you like to check for understanding. The children
get to eat their pumpkins when finished.
Candy Corn Bingo
Materials Needed:
bingo form on pumpkin shaped cutout
candy corn
Directions:
Program bingo form with whatever skill is appropriate for your grade level (letters, numbers, shapes).
Laminate for future use.Make enough for entire class. Each child will use candy corn for their markers.
After playing the children can enjoy the candy corn for a snack.
Holiday Bowling
Take ten toilet tissue tubes and attach tag board ghosts and
pumpkins. Draw a triangle shape on the floor
and place the tubes in a 4-3-2-1 triangle. Have the child roll a soft ball and bowl. Get the children counting
by setting up tubes, and by counting the ones that are knocked over.
(Variation: You can use cleaned out 2 liter soda bottles with a small amount of water in them (decorated).
And you can bowl with
a small pumpkin, or even a grapefruit!)
Spider Ring Game
Materials Needed:
30 or more plastic spider rings
10 small white paper plates
Black marker
Clothes pin
Directions:
Draw a big spider web on each paper plate and number each plate(1-10). First show the children the
game in circle time. Spread the paper plates out on the floor. Ask the child to pick up the spider ring with
the clothes pin and put it on the paper plate with the number 1, ect. Children may play this game as a
group or alone. Its a great writing skill and math skill.
Trick or Treat Game
Place slips of paper in a brown lunch bag. On each write down a different "trick" such as "hop on one
foot" or "close your eyes and touch your nose." Have each child in turn, say, "trick or treat" and draw a
paper from the bag. When she performs the "trick" say "treat" and give her either a Halloween sticker or a
couple pieces of candy corn.
Jack-o’-lantern Jump
Blow up some round balloons. Attach long strings to them. Hold the balloons with the tied end up, and
use permanent markers to draw different jack-o’-lanterns faces on them. Hang the balloons from the
ceiling or a doorway at a height that will tempt the children to stretch, jump, and bat the balloons.
Pass The Pumpkin
Seat the children in a circle. Provide a paper bag pumpkin or a miniature pumpkin from the
grocery store.
Play different kinds of music as the children pass the pumpkin around.
When you stop the music, the
children must stop passing the pumpkin. When you start the music,
they start passing the pumpkin
again. At this age, children should not be eliminated from the
circle if they are caught holding the
pumpkin.
Spook-E-Do
As teacher (Witch) reads verse to each child, her broom turns him into Spook.
He then performs any
movement he chooses and rest of class imitates.
Hello, (child's name), Spook-E-Do. What is the trick you are going to do?
Will you hop or bend or spin
around? Stretch or wiggle or touch the ground?
A Walk On The Wild Side
Line the children up on one sided of the room. Have them cross the room in small groups in some of the
following ways: Flying like a bat (or owl), floating like a ghost, stomping like a monster, creeping like a
cat, gallop like a cowboy on a horse, walk like a clown, crawl like a spider, rolling like a pumpkin.
Encourage the children to suggest ways of moving. Ask these questions to get them started:
What are
you going to be for Halloween? How would a ________ move?
Bobbing for Apples
A traditional Halloween game! Put apples in a clean large wash tub or
container filled with water.
The object of this game is to grab one of
the apples and remove it from the water without using your hands,
you
must use only your mouth. That's all you need and the fun begins.
It's a lot of fun to watch your friends
do this. This is a very
wet, and very fun game so you may want to consider doing this
outside or keep a
mop handy. It is even more challenging if the stems
are removed from the apples. The indoor,
dryer and more sanitary version of this game is to tie the
apples to strings that are suspended
from the ceiling. This way your
guests will not get wet or have their makeup wash off.
If you dislike
getting your face wet try this version of apple dunking.
Take a small bucket with water in it and float
full size
marshmallows in it. Then give each person a straw. (Shorter straws are easier
to use and
hold the marshmallow). Then have a contest to see who
can get the marshmallow picked up i
n the shortest amount of time. You are
allowed to eat the marshmallow when you capture it.
The Mummy Wrap
Team everyone up in teams of two or three. Each team gets one roll
of toilet paper, the team who wraps
someone from their group first wins.
Noodle
Grab
Fill a pot with water & add cooked spaghetti. Add small toys. The spaghetti
will float on
top
& toys will sink to bottom. To get to the toys, kids have to reach into the GROSS mixture!
Pin the Stem on the Pumpkin
Secure a large pumpkin to the wall. Give each child a construction paper stem with a piece
of tape on it.
Let each child cover their eyes and let them try to pin the stem on the pumpkin.
(Variation: pin the nose on the Jack-o-Lantern, Stem-on-the-Apple, Hat-on-the-Scarecrow,
or whatever variation best suits your
party theme.)
Halloween Bowl
Gather four 2-liter plastic bottles. Fill with a little water at the bottom to add some weight.
You will use
these bottles as bowling pins. Now use a small pumpkin as the bowling ball.
Players can roll the
pumpkin and see how many bottles they can knock over on each roll.
Points awarded to the person who
can knock over the most.
Pumpkin Toss
Get a very large piece of cardboard, cut into a pumpkin shape. Cut out the eyes,
nose, and mouth. Make
or buy some beanbags to throw in the cut outs.
Halloween Sucker Tree
The sucker tree is a fun game, when they pull out a Halloween sucker that
is marked on the bottom of
the stick, they are a winner, and win the sucker.
Halloween Pinata
Purchase a pre-made one or have the children help you make one from paper mache’.
Fill it with
Halloween goodies and let the children break the Piñata at a Halloween party.
(Variation: pin the nose on the Jack-o-Lantern, Stem-on-the-Apple,
Hat-on-the-Scarecrow, or whatever
variation best suits your party theme.)
Guess How Many
Fill a jar with candy corn or miniature marshmallows and have the children guess
how many are in the jar.
This is a good game to play at the beginning of the party.
Memory Game
Put a few theme-appropriate items (an apple, a piece of candy, a leaf, etc.) on a tray. Show the tray to
the
children for a few seconds, then have them write down (or call out) as many items as they remember.
Jack-o'-lantern Jump
Blow up some round orange balloons. Attach long strings to them. Hold the balloons with tied end up,
and use permanent markers to draw different jack-o'-lantern faces on them. Hang the balloons from the
ceiling or a doorway at a height that will tempt the children to stretch, jump, and bat at the balloons.
Popcorn Relay Race
Set out bowls full of popcorn at one end of the room, empty bowls at
another. Teams must
transport the
popcorn from full bowl to empty, using a measuring
cup. This is a messy game -
plan it for the end of the
party! (Note: popcorn is a choking hazard for children under three).
Cotton Ball Scoop
Fill large mixing bowls with cotton balls and give each child a spoon. They must
scoop out as many
cotton balls as possible in one minute - without using fingers!
Old Witch and Her Black Cat Game
Children sit on the floor in a half circle. One child, the witch, stands a short distance away with her back
to the cats. One of the children is pointed to, by the teacher and the child "meows." The witch turns
around and tries to guess which child is the black cat. Continue until everyone has a turn.
Black Cat Hunt
Hide many paper black cats around the classroom so that children do not have to move
objects to find
them. Have children each hold hands with a partner. Each pair of children must
find as many black cats
as they can without letting go of their partner's hand. After the hunt,
everybody meows, and receives cat
food from the teacher. (Candy corn.)
Halloween Hop
Teacher is the Silly Witch with the broom.
"It is Halloween Night and it is very dark outside. I am a very silly witch and I am going to cast
a very silly
spell on you. I am going to wave my broom and turn all of you into frogs. Now,
how do frogs move
around? They Jump. Every time I wave my broom, you will all jump around.
When I put my broom down,
you will all stop.
"Great opportunity for teacher to display her acting talents.
Floating Jack-O-Lanterns
Use a tub that is filled with water. Float 3 small plastic pumpkins in it. On the bottom
of each pumpkin is
a number 1,2, 3. Now on the table are 3 container that are filled with
items that the children can see. One
container is labeled with # 1,another with #2 & the last
container has a # 3 on it. The children must pick a
pumpkin from the water
and whatever
number is on the bottom is the container that they get to pick one
item from.
You’ve Been Ghosted
Want to begin a new Halloween tradition in your neighborhood, and get the excitement started early?
Ever been Ghosted? Ghosting is done a week or more before the big day. All you need is some
Halloween candy, 2 brown paper lunch bags, 2 copies of the You've Been Ghosted letter and 2 copies of
the Ghost picture. Put the candy, one letter and one picture in each of the brown paper bags. When it's
dark, sneak over to a neighbor's house, leave the bag on their porch, ring the bell and run away. Don't let
them see you. Your Ghosted neighbors will in turn, ghost two more people. Before you know it, it will
spread through out the neighborhood.
Now it's your turn to "ghost" two other people in your neighborhood. You should "ghost" these people
within 2 days of receiving your treat. Hang the ghost on your front door so that everyone can see that you
have been "ghosted" and will not ghost you again. This will also let you know who you can ghost. Fill 2
bags with candy and treats. Copy this letter and the ghost twice. Include treats, letter, and ghost in your
bag of goodies for the neighbors that you choose. After dark and only with an adult, "ghost" 2 of your
neighbors. Do not let the person that you are "ghosting" see you, for it adds to the fun of it all. Place the
treat bag on the doorstep, ring the doorbell and run! It will be fun to see how many ghosts will appear in
your neighborhood by Halloween. Please keep it safe and enjoy!
Monster Match
Make a game board by arranging eight to ten different stickers in rows on a piece of tag board or an open
file folder. Then make a duplicate game board and cut it apart into cards. Cover both with clear contact
paper for durability. The children match the cards with the game board in this self correcting game that
reinforces visual discrimination.
Halloween Puzzles
Halloween puzzles are easy to make from commercial bulletin board decorations.
Choose simple figures
such as bats, pumpkins, or scarecrows. Make an outline of the figure
on a sturdy piece of cardboard or
tag board. Cover the decoration itself with clear contact
paper and cut it into several large pieces. Have
the children arrange the puzzle pieces inside the outline.
Halloween Color Sort
Making sorting stations from shoeboxes or large margarine tubs that are covered with black, white,
and
orange construction paper. Provide a large tray of black, white, and orange objects for
students to sort
by color. You can use objects from around the classroom and holiday novelty items.
Make A Face Pumpkins
Make several large pumpkins from cardboard that has been painted orange.
Give the children an
assortment of geometric paper shapes. Let them use them to create
a variety of jack-o'-lantern faces on
the pumpkins, different ones each time they play.
Trick or Treat Game
Place slips of paper in a brown lunch bag. On each, write down a different "trick" such as "Hop on one
foot" or "Close your eyes and touch your nose". Have each child in turn, say, "Trick or Treat" and draw a
paper from the bag. Have all the children act out the movements.
Mystery Bag Surprise Game
Explain what a mystery is. Put a number of objects without sharp edges in a large bag.
Examples are
unsharpened pencils, small pumpkin, block, sponge. One child reaches into the
bag for an object and
tries to guess what it is without looking. then the child removes it to see if
he/she guessed correctly.
Repeat until all have had a turn.
Undercover Pumpkin
Challenge your little ones to think like scientists with this guessing game. While students are out of the
room, drape a cloth over a pumpkin so that it covers the pumpkin but still shows its size and shape.
During a group time, use the following riddle to prompt the class to guess the identity of the hidden
pumpkin.
Here is something you can't see.
Listen to these clues to guess what it might be.
It grows from a seed, but it isn't a weed.
It has a stem. It sits on the ground.
Its shape is kind of round.
Its color is orange like a tangerine.
It smiles at you on Halloween!
Ghosts and Witches
Divide the group in half. Have the children line up on opposite sides of the room. These are the ghosts.
Two children, one from each side, are selected to be witches. They are blindfolded (or cover their eyes
with their hands) and stand in the center of the room. The ghosts, one at a time, cross over to the
opposite side. If a witch hears a ghost from the other side crossing, the witch calls, "I hear a ghost." If
the witch is correct, the ghost drops out of the game. If the witch is wrong, a ghost from the witch's own
side drops out. The side whose witch catches the most ghosts wins.
What Time Is It, Mrs. Witch?
One player is witch, who stands in center of room. Remaining players form a line on one side of room.
Teacher asks, "What time is it, Mrs. Witch?" If witch says, "Midnight," players run across to other side
of the room. Those tagged by witch stay in center to help witch tag other players. Repeat until all but
one child is tagged. Last child then becomes witch.
Witch's Brew
Draw a large pot on poster board, and stand it upright on table. Children sit on floor in front of table.
Teacher explains, "The witch is boiling some brew. A witch uses a variety of things in her stew. Listen
and tell what objects are in the brew from the noises they make." Teacher makes noises behind the
poster board, and children guess what makes each noise. Examples are beaters, hands clapping, a bell
ringing, or blocks hitting.
Skala Kazam - Witch Magic
Pretend to be a witch and perform magic. Display pictures related to Halloween. Discuss each picture.
Place a "magic" scarf over the pictures. Remove one picture when lifting the scarf and say, "Skala
Kazam!" Players tell which picture disappeared. Variation: Use objects instead of pictures.
What Is a Shadow?
Discuss shadows. Go outdoors and discover your own shadow. Recite the following verse as the
children make actions to go with words:
If I walk, my shadow walks.
If I run, my shadow runs.
And when I stand still, as you can see,
My shadow stands beside me.
When I hop, my shadow hops.
When I jump, my shadow jumps.
And when I sit still, as you can see,
My shadow sits beside me!
Try to change shape and length of shadow. Discuss other ways shadows can be made; either in bright
light or at night when the moon is shining bright. Discuss fears about shadows, and give explanations for
shadows to help remove children's fears.
Pin the Tail on the Cat
Make a black cat out of felt & find some great cat eyes at the craft store. Cut a
tail out
of some fake fur, add rough velcro on back, & make a blindfold out of leftover felt and elastic.
Orange and Black Streamer Dance
Cut orange and black crepe paper streamers into pieces. Tape the pieces to your
children's wrists. Then
play Halloween music and let the children dance
around the room, waving and twirling their orange and
black streamers.
The
Witch's Caldron
Materials Needed:
small cup of jelly beans per child
Iron caldron or big pot
Directions:
Put the caldron on the floor or on a low table.
Each player
takes a turn trying to throw the jelly beans
into the caldron.
Ghost Hunt
Cut white construction paper into 4"x5" pieces. Roll and tape to form tubes (these are ghost callers).
Make one for each child. Also make 2 construction paper ghosts. Show everyone the two ghosts.
Have
children close their eyes. Teacher hides the ghosts.
Children open eyes and count 1-2-3 GHOST!
On the count of "ghost" the hunt begins. The children who
find the two ghosts sit by the teacher.
Give them a ghost caller and let them make
ghost noises for the next ghost hunt. The noise
helps call the ghosts from their hiding places. Continue
until all children are making ghost noises.
Pass the Pumpkin With Your Chin
Pass a small pumpkin around the circle by only using your chin.
Halloween Clothes Grab Bag
Gather up all kinds of clothing articles (i.e. hats, baggy shirts and pants,
ties, dresses, shoes, etc)
and stuff it in a duffle bag or large pillow case. Pass the bag around. Each person must take
out one article
without looking. Play some music and have everyone walk down modeling their item!
Halloween Candy Hunt
Hide Halloween candies all over the house or yard. Have the kids search for
them like they
would an Easter egg hunt. Designate a certain type of candy as the halloween prize. The child
who finds this candy wins a prize or can have first pick from assorted prizes which are contained
in a plastic pumpkin, a
plastic skull, or a box decorated with halloween pictures and stickers.
Give a prize for the person who finds the most candies, the most of certain
types of candies, the
least candies, etc. (this way there are no hard
feelings, especially when smaller children are involved.
Musical
Candy
This game is played similar
to Musical Chairs. Line up the children and start the
music.
While the music is playing, the children pass a
individually wrapped piece of candy from
hand to hand.
When the music stops, the child holding the candy is out of
the game.
He/She then sits next to you and gets to eat
the piece of candy. The music is started
and stopped
until only one player is left. The winner gets their pic of candy.
Spook-ee-doo
Tell the children that each one of them will have a chance to show the
others in the group a
trick. Call on a child and lead the group to chant:
Hello,
(child's name), Spook-E-Do!
What is the trick you are going to do?
Will you hop, or bend, or spin around,
Stretch, or wiggle, or touch the ground?
Continue until all the children have had a chance to show their trick.
Pumpkin Toss
Similar to egg tossing. Use a small pumpkin per two players. The two people
toss the
pumpkin back and forth to each other, each time stepping back
away from each other. The person wins who does not
drop the pumpkin.
Transition
Activity
Ask the children what they will dress up as for Halloween
and have them move that way to
where you want them to go.
Witches
Broomstick
All you need is a broom. The kids sit in chairs or stand in a circle and pass the broom around
the room on the steady beat until the music stops...whoever has the broomstick when the music
stops has to ride it around the room (if the want to) while everyone else claps.
I let them wear a
witch's hat to get the mood going. The chant goes like this...
"Pass the witches broomstick round and round the
room."
While the music's playing, quickly pass the broom.
Anyone is out, if the broomstick drops,
Or the one who has it when the music stops!"
Spider Walk
Have the children do a spider walk, by placing their hands
and feet on the floor and lifting their bottom off
the floor.
Mummy Dress Up
Let the children wrap each other in toilet paper and pretend to be a mummy.
Pin The Tail On The Cat
Cut out a cat shape from black felt. Use fabric paint to add the eyes, nose, and whiskers.
Cut out several
tails from black felt and sew or glue the hook side of Velcro onto the end that
attaches to the cat. The
hook Velcro will stick to the felt anywhere the children put it.
They play the game just like pin the tail on the donkey.
Pass The Pumpkin
Purchase a small pumpkin from the grocery store. Have the children sit in a circle.
Turn on Halloween
music and pass the pumpkin around the circle. Stop the music and whoever
has the
pumpkin is out. (A better way of playing it, IMO, is instead of the child who has the
pumpkin being
out....they have to make the group do something "Halloweenie", like
groan like a ghost, fly like a bat,
cackle like a witch, walk like a mummy).
Pass the Orange/Mini Pumpkin With Your Chin
Line up in teams. The first person places an orange or
mini pumpkin under his/her chin.
They must then pass the orange to the next person in line. They must then try to grab
the orange
or pumpkin using only their chins. If it drops, they must start over at the beginning.
If the person touches the orange or pumpkin with their hands, they would just put it
back under their
chin and continue on. The first team to get the orange/pumpkin all the way to the last person is the winner.
Pick the Best Costume
A must do! Sometime after all the guests have arrived, announce the contest for the best
costumes are
about to begin. Hand out novelty prizes for The best, most original costume,
prettiest costume,
scariest costume, best homemade costume, funny costume, costume most
likely to have been
designed by aliens, costume that best matches the person's personality,
costume that took the
least amount of effort, etc. It's nice if you make sure you have enough
categories so that everyone wins
for something. The host reads out a category and the guest's shout
out who should win that prize.
Majority rules. You could also have a secret vote and have your
guests put names in a hat or plastic
pumpkin. Prizes can be as simple as a blue ribbon or perhaps
a Halloween decoration. It's fun to have all
the winners march
around the room with their prize while you play a Halloween song.
Halloween
Musical Chairs
See if you can get everybody in on this. Play Musical chairs with your favorite
Halloween songs
or spooky sounds tape. The game is to always have one less chair than the amount of
players.
Everyone walks around the chairs that have been placed in a circle.
Have someone stop the
music once in a while, and when it stops everyone has to
find a chair. The person left
standing is out of the game and has to remove a
chair. You than restart the music.
Pumpkin Ring Toss
Decorate about five small pumpkins.
Buy or make three rings slightly bigger around than
the pumpkins.
You can use coat hangers to make the rings and tape together with duct
tape.
Measure back about 10 feet, less-depending on age group.
Give three rings
to each player when it is their turn.
A piece of candy is awarded for ringing the pumpkin.
Pin the Nose on the Pumpkin
Regular party games can be given a Halloween twist by changing the name or the props.
Younger kids (and oddly enough-older ones) enjoy playing Pin the Nose On
The Pumpkin or
whatever version of Pin The Tail On The Donkey that you decide on.
Musical Graves
This is a game for four or more players of any age. Use spooky Halloween sounds for the music.
Cut out tombstone shapes from construction paper. Decorate these with
sayings such as
"Rest in Peace", and "Here lies a Good Man", and so on. Each player needs a tombstone.
Place the tombstones in a circle. Each player lies down with his head on the tombstone
and his feet facing out
of the circle. When the music starts, everyone stands up and walks
like a zombie around the circle. While
they are walking, remove one tombstone. When the
music stops, the players must lie down again with their
head on a tombstone. The player
without a grave is out. Repeat the game until only one player
remains. (This one you have to
watch
that they don't bang their heads on the ground too hard trying to get to a
tombstone.)
Pass The Pumpkin or Orange
Without using your hands is always popular.
Start with the orange
or mini pumpkin tucked
under
someone's chin. The player with the orange/pumpkin
now has to pass it to another persons chin.
Pumpkin Toss
Similar to egg tossing. Use a small pumpkin per two players.
The two people
toss the pumpkin back and forth to each other, each time stepping
back away from each other. The
person wins who does not drop the pumpkin.
Keep The Pumpkin Moving
A variation of "Keep The Balloons In The Air": Use an orange balloon with a pumpkin face on it.
You
can't use your hands only keep the balloon moving by
blowing on it. Have plenty of
balloons on hand.
You can even use some of your balloon decorations if you have them.
KEEP BALLOONS AWAY FROM SMALL CHILDREN DUE TO CHOKING
HAZARD!
Mystery Bag Surprise Game
Explain what a mystery
is. Put a number of objects without sharp edges in
a large bag.
Examples are unsharpened pencils,
small pumpkin, block, sponge. One child reaches
into the bag for an object and tries to guess what it is
without looking. Then the child
removes it to see
if he/she guessed correctly. Repeat until all have
had a turn.
Candy Toss I
Take a piece of orange or black construction paper and draw 3
circles in the
middle of the paper. Make the circles three different
sizes so it resembles a
bull's eye (the size of the circles will depend
on the age of the kids, the
older the kids the smaller the circle). Color
each circle a different color
and write in different point values for each
circle.
Have the kids each throw a different trick-or-treat candy. Award
prizes
depending on which circle the child's candy lands on. The one
who lands on
the bull's eye in the middle can get an extra-special prize.
Candy Toss II
Line up several
jack-o-lantern buckets... encourage the children to
toss the candy one piece at a time into each jack-o-lantern bucket.
(For Older
Children Only):
Pumpkins Pumpkins Pumpkins
One person stands in front of the crowd and tries not to
smile while the group takes
turns asking questions.
The catch is that the person must
answer every
question by saying "Pumpkin." It's a riot and very difficult
to keep a straight face. We've had some great questions
ranging everywhere from "What's that between
your eyes and lips?" or "What do you think your
boyfriends head looks like?",
"What's your favorite
gift to find under a Christmas tree",
"What's that under your hat?" Well, you get the idea?
Dart Toss
This is an all time favorite party game but make sure your guests are old enough
to play
this safely. One person stands in front and throws 3 darts at a large piece of plywood
that
has orange, black, and white balloons with surprises in them tacked to the plywood. Inside
the balloons you can
place real gifts, coins, gag gifts or nothing at all. You can stick in small
gifts or candy,
coins and even one grand prize written on a piece of paper in the balloon. Not
all
balloons should have something in side, some can just say "boo".
After 3 shots whether
you hit or miss, it's now the next persons turn.
Mummy
Wrap
The group is divided into partners of 2. One person is the mummy, and the other is the
wrapper.
The wrapper is given a roll of toliet paper to wrap his/her mummy. The
object of the game is to
be the first person to wrap his/her mummy with all the toilet
paper. On the word "go" each team
then wraps the person with the toilet paper (adults
be sure kid's do not cover their mouth, nose,
or eyes!). Be sure the mummy sticks
their hands out in front so their hands do not get wrapped to
their bodies. Give them a
time limit (5 minutes max) to do this. Then have the people carefully
. unwrap each
other, and play again, using the same toilet paper.
Blind Fold Jack-o-Lantern Drawing
Give each child a piece of orange construction paper and a pencil. Have them
draw a picture
of a jack-o-lantern. The only catch is that they must do the
drawing with a blindfold on. The
child who's picture looks the most like a
reasonable facsimile of a jack-o-lantern would wins a prize.
Broomstick Dance Party
This is a fun way for pre-teens and teens to dance without being so
self-conscious.
Use dance music, have the kids pick it out ahead of time. This
game is like musical
chairs except that you pass around a broomstick. Everyone
is divided into couples
on the dance floor. One BOY has the broom. As the
music plays and everyone dances
the boy with the broom must get rid of it by
giving it to another boy. The BOY giving
the broom now becomes the new
dance partner of the girl. We find that both the boys
and girls like this! Everyone
gets a chance to dance with each other. You can put a twist
on this by having
the girls be the ones exchanging brooms and partners, too. This is a great
way
for boys and girls to have a healthy social dance without staying in "couples" the whole time.
Costume Dance Party
This is tons of fun for all ages! It gets the crowd up and partying. All you have to
do is select some
songs in advance. It may help if you put them all on one tape
before the party. If you have a
dancer in the house ask him/her if they would like
to lead the group. Some suggestions are
"The Electric slide", "The Time
Warp", "The Hokey Pokey", "The Chicken dance", "The
Macharena".
You can also just have the guests dance to songs like "The
Monster Mash", "Thriller",
"Season of the witch", "Burning down the
house", "Physchotic Reaction", "Bad Moon Rising",
"Werewolves of London" or
any other scary song you can find.
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No copyright infringement is intended.
I do not claim any of these as my own ideas.
They are shared from friends and fellow group
members.
Thanks for sharing all your great ideas!
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