Halloween: Which one would you choose?
Great ideas for kids
Would you rather walk through a giant spider web or sit in a room full of spiders? Hairy monster legs or a green Frankenstein face? “Which would you choose?” is a versatile game that can be played by people of all ages, in large or small groups, so it's useful to keep these questions in mind.
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Halloween Can Toss
Jordan's Easy Entertainment
Spider Cornhole
Proven creative
A common backyard lawn game takes on a spooky twist when you decorate your cornhole board with spider webs and beaded spiders, and have people throw them into holes with spiders painted on the board.
Get the tutorial at Tried and True Creative »
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Pin a face onto a pumpkin
Tater tots and jelly
The best thing about this game is that the more mistakes you make, the funnier it gets. Blindfolded players try to glue eyes and a mouth onto a blank pumpkin, then laugh at the silly expressions they make.
Get the tutorial at Tater Tots and Jello »
Halloween Jenga
Love the day
With just a few small changes, you can add a Halloween twist to a game that most people already know how to play. Adding Halloween “tricks” to some of the Jenga blocks, like “pretend to walk through a spider web,” can make the game even more fun.
Buy Jenga
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Pumpkin Balance Race
Gray Days
This game tests everyone's sense of balance and coordination by having participants grab a bunch of mini pumpkins, balance them on a tennis (or pickleball) racket, run a short distance, and then drop the mini pumpkin into a Halloween bucket to burn off all that sugar energy.
Buy a bucket
Get the tutorial at Days With Grey »
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Pumpkin Decoder Wheel
Have fun making it
Black Cat Ball Game
Hello wonderful
Pumpkin Golf
Girl and glue gun
If your kids think golf is a boring sport, this twist might change their mind: Carve a big mouth into a pumpkin, big enough to fit multiple golf balls inside. The first player to get a hole-in-one wins.
Check out the tutorial at “a Girl and a Glue Gun” »
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Monster Match
Make and take
For festival-goers who want to sharpen their memory and focus, this game is the perfect exercise. Behind every spooky door in this haunted house are monsters looking for mates. Whoever pairs the most monsters wins.
Get the tutorial at Makes and Takes »
Pumpkin Chuckin
B-Inspired Mama
Halloween Family Feud
Play Party Plan
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Bean Bag Toss Pumpkin
Brian Woodcock
This year, experience two spooky seasonal activities for the price of one. Carve out a pumpkin and play a fun game of bean bag toss. To play this game, cut a big hole in the bottom of one large pumpkin and one medium pumpkin and scoop out the insides and seeds.
Trace this face template onto your pumpkin, scaling it up or down as needed. Cut out the face and stack the medium pumpkin on top of the larger pumpkin. Use the skewer to secure. To play, throw a bean bag into the pumpkin's mouth, scoring 10 points for the bottom gourd and 20 points for the top gourd.
Buy a bean bag
Related: Best Pumpkin Carving Ideas
Glow in the dark tic-tac-toe
Pumpkin and Princess
Halloween Crossword Puzzle
The artistic mom
Before the sugar rush sets in, calm the kids down with a Halloween-themed crossword puzzle (this one from blogger Lindsay ). During their free time, kids can think of the 20 words needed to complete an incomplete phrase (which may not be as easy as it sounds).
Get the tutorial from Artsy Fartsy Mama »
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Eyeball Spoon Relay Race
Purchase a set of 24 eyeballs and spoons to host an epic relay race on Halloween night. Kids and adults can race across the backyard or lawn while holding fake eyeballs on spoons. The group that gets all their eyeballs across wins.
Halloween Pinata Game
Sally Anscombe // Getty Images
Pinatas are the perfect addition to any event. Whether it's a unicorn, pumpkin, ghost, or whatever, fill it with candy and have people take turns hitting it with a bat. Whoever knocks it down wins it all!
Buy a ghost pinata
Skeleton Puzzle
Sugar and Charm
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Apple Bobbing
Elva Etienne // Getty Images
Apple bobbing is a classic Halloween game where players compete to pick up as many apples as possible from a bucket of water before time runs out. The best part is using your teeth. For hygiene reasons, make sure everyone has their own bucket and apples.
Pumpkin Sweep
Kid-friendly activities
Here's how to liven up your Halloween party: Divide kids into teams, give each team a broom and play pumpkin sweep. The first player to sweep their pumpkin over the finish line and back to the next player wins.
Check out the kid's activity tutorials »
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