cool halloween games
Cool Halloween Games
Halloween is not really fun without any games. Seriously. If you're hosting a Halloween party and need some games for the same, here are some of the best ones featured below.
Quick Fact
Some of the more famous games that were played during Halloween when the festival first began to be celebrated included 'Bobbing for apples', 'Ghost stories', 'Fortune on Walnut Shells'. Each of these were associated with divination in one form or the other. 'Bobbing for apples' is one of the oldest Halloween games which continues to be played even today.- Divide the people at the party into groups. Each group must have an equal number of men and women.
- Get the groups to stand in a line.
- Place an empty bowl some distance away from the groups.
- The objective of the game is to pass the apple from one person to the other, without touching it (which naturally means they have to place it between their neck and pass it over like so) all the way to the last person.
- The last person has to carry the apple (without touching it) to the bowl.
- The first team to drop the apple in, wins.
- A group of people are divided into teams and a list is given to them which contains the names of a few items. They have to find all or as many items as possible from the list in a limited time period.
- These items could either be objects that you can physically collect, for example - 'a yellow leaf' or things like 'a house with a red door' (which can't be physically collected).
- In case the items are such that they can't be physically collected, then a camera needs to be provided so that proof of the findings can be given.
- Once all the couples have gathered in a room, all the men are asked to leave the room.
- Once they've left, all the women have to lie down on the floor one by one, while their outlines are drawn with a piece of chalk.
- The men are then called into the room and asked to identify the outline of their partner. The person who correctly identifies the outline first, wins.
- The same can then be repeated with the women.
- Decorate 10-15 cups or bowls (depending on the level of difficulty that you want to introduce) in the shapes of pumpkins.
- Place these in a row at some distance from each other.
- Give all the participants coins (as many as there are cups).
- Within a stipulated time (say, a minute) and a calculated distance, each person has to try to throw the coins into the cups.
- Once everyone is done, the person who has managed to put in the maximum coins within the shortest time, wins.
- Set out sets of a wardrobe (1 Trouser, 1 shirt, 1 wig, and a pair of shoes) in a bundle.
- Make sure that the clothes are loose so that the participants have no trouble changing into and out of them.
- Keep bundles like these ready at some distance from where the participants are standing, preferably on a table.
- All the participants have to stand in a line. At the ring of the buzzer, they have to rush to the wardrobe that has been set out and start wearing it.
- When they are done, they have to rush to the other side and remove the donned clothes, then rush to the original spot again.
- The person who manages to do this first, wins.
- Send the kids around the neighborhood (after they've been told not to steal or 'borrow' from neighbors) and ask them to pick out anything that will help them design a Halloween costume. It could be leaves, tin foils or the like.
- Set a time limit for the task.
- Once they are back, provide them with glue, string and other necessary equipment.
- They have to then get on to designing a costume with the things that they've collected, all in a set time.
- The most creative costume wins.
- Get all the kids to stand in a line and tag one of them.
- The tagged kid counts till 50 while the others hide.
- Once the counting is done, he starts to seek all the hidden children.
- Every time he catches a child, the child is out of the game.
- You will need to arrange for two sets of clues and two treasures.
- Divide the kids into two teams and give them the first clue.
- This clue will lead them to the next clue and the consequent clues thereafter till they find the final clue to the treasure.
- The team that manages to find their treasure first, wins.
- Arrange for 25-30 things that are Halloween-related - like plastic pumpkins, picture of a black cat, a witch's hat etc. Arrange these on a table.
- Cover these objects with a cloth.
- Give all the kids a writing pad and a pen.
- Once the buzzer rings, the kids have to gather at the table and make a note of all the objects with the objective of remembering them.
- They can look at the objects for a count of 10-15 seconds. After which the objects are covered again.
- They are then given a minute to list out as many objects as they can remember.
- The one who gets the maximum right answers, wins.
- Collect all such fruits that can be squished and made into a pulp, like bananas, old pears, oranges etc.
- Squish them and put them in individual plastic bags that one cannot see through.
- Have each kid come and put their hands into each bag to feel what it contains.
- After they are done with all the bags, ask them to write down what each bag contained in the correct order.
- The kid that gets the maximum choices right, wins.