Halloween Party Games for Kids: Fun and Easy Ideas for the Whole Family

Halloween is, without a doubt, one of my family’s favorite times of year. The costumes, the candy, spooky decorations all rolled into one fun event. But the highlight for my family is the Halloween party games! 

So if you’re planning a Halloween party for the kids or hosting a house full of little monsters or perhaps planning a spooky family game night, I’ve got plenty of tried and tested Halloween party games to keep everyone entertained!

I’ve rounded up some of my favourite Halloween games for kids, from traditional party favourites like Mummy Wrap and Pumpkin Bowling to printable escape rooms, scavenger hunts, silly challenges and quick games you can play around the table.

Some are completely free, others just need a few things you probably already have at home.

5 Halloween Party Games to Try First

Not sure where to start? Here are five of my favourite Halloween games for kids and families. There’s a mixture of puzzles, party challenges and activities that are easy to set up at home.

1. Halloween Family Feud

How well does your family know Halloween?

Split everyone into teams and see who can guess the most popular answers to Halloween-themed questions.

This is a brilliant choice when you’ve got a mixture of kids and grown-ups playing together. You don’t need to be particularly quick or clever, although a little competitive streak certainly helps!

2. Halloween Lucky Dice

This is one of those games that’s ridiculously simple to learn but can get surprisingly competitive!

Each player starts with three counters. Take turns rolling the die, follow the instructions on the game board and race to be the first to fill your board.

You can play with counters or use wrapped candy for an extra Halloween treat.

It’s a quick, easy printable game that works particularly well when you want something fun without lots of preparation.

3. Secret Code Halloween Treasure Hunt

I love treasure hunts. I also love secret codes. So combine the two together and you get a secret code treasure hunt. Take some regular treasure hunt clues but convert the text into a secret code or cipher. This adds a fun twist and extra challenge to your regular game.

Kids love treasure hunts, why not throw a Halloween version into your party game mix, it keeps the kids busy for a while and they are rewarded with something fun at the end.

4. Shine a Light Ghost Scavenger Hunt

There’s something spooky hiding in the dark! This clever Halloween scavenger hunt uses a torch to reveal hidden ghosts. It’s a fun little mystery for kids to solve and a brilliant activity for Halloween night.

5. Halloween Fast Response Game

Think fast! This Halloween party game puts everyone’s quick-thinking skills to the test. Players take turns to come up with answers to Halloween themed challenges, but it’s not always as easy as it sounds especially when the pressure is on!

I love this game because it is fast-paced, super simple to set up and you can guarantee some hilarious answers.

Free Halloween Party Games

Who doesn’t love a freebie? Especially when you’ve already spent a small fortune on Halloween costumes, decorations and enough candy to keep a dentist in business for the next decade! Luckily, you don’t need to spend any more money to keep everyone entertained. I’ve got some fun, free Halloween games that are easy to set up and perfect for a party or a spooky afternoon at home.

Free Pumpkin Scavenger Hunt

Sometimes the simplest games are the biggest hits. Print out the pumpkins, hide them around the house and send the kids off to find them.

This free printable scavenger hunt is a lovely way to get everyone moving, and it’s easy to fit into a Halloween party or family afternoon.

Free Halloween Photo Booth Props

Who can pull the silliest Halloween face? Add a little spooky fun to your party photos with these free printable Halloween photo booth props! Just print, cut them out and let everyone strike their best monster pose. Perfect for capturing a few hilarious memories of your Halloween party!

I know they are not everyone’s cup of tea and yep it’s not really a Halloween game, but they are a lot of fun which is why I included it as an option.

Halloween Charades & Pictionary

A classic game that’s great for groups. Players take turns picking a slip of paper with a Halloween-themed word on it. Split into teams for some friendly competition.

If you are playing Halloween charades, players will act out the word on the card. If you are playing Pictionary the players need to draw what ever is on the card. You can make it more difficult by having players draw with their non-dominant hand.

Traditional Halloween Party Games

We want to make sure hosting a Halloween party is super simple while still making sure every little ghoul and goblin leaves with a smile. Sometimes the classic party games are the best! These are easy to organise, don’t need much preparation and are perfect for getting everyone involved.

Bobbing for Apples

You can’t have a list of traditional Halloween party games without bobbing for apples!

Fill a large bowl with water, add some apples and challenge players to catch one using only their mouths. No hands allowed!

Want to make it competitive? Attach numbered stickers to the apples and award points for each one caught. The player with the highest score wins a prize.

Mummy Wrap

Team up with a partner and race to wrap them up as quickly as possible, just like a mummy. I like to use white crepe paper instead of toilet paper.

Pumpkin Bowling

Use small pumpkins (fake ones if you don’t want smashed pumpkin innards everywhere) as bowling balls and plastic bottles as pins.

An alternative to this game use fake skulls as bowling balls and bottles as pins.

Halloween Jar Guessing Game

Guess how many candies are in a jar. Use any sweets you like, candy corn and zombie eyeball gumballs work well for this. It’s a good idea to play this game as you wait for all your guests to arrive. As guests arrive have them write down their guess on a piece of paper. The winner takes home the jar of candy.

Pin the Eye on the Zombie

Poor zombie! He’s lost an eyeball, and it’s up to your party guests to put it back where it belongs. This spooky twist on Pin the Tail on the Donkey is always a fun Halloween party game.

All you need is a large zombie poster, some cut-out eyeballs and a blindfold. Take turns trying to pin an eye in the right spot while blindfolded. Give each player a short time limit to make things a little more interesting!

Halloween Escape Room Games

You guessed it at the top of my list when it comes to epic party games is a Halloween escape room. I love them. Choose a theme that the kids would love, like being trapped in a witch’s house or escaping a zombie outbreak. Escape rooms are a great team activity, and really get everyone in the mood for Halloween. If you’ve never played an escape room, in essence, it is a series of puzzles and challenges that, as a group, you work together to solve. They are a lot of fun.

If you feel intimidated by the idea of creating your own Halloween escape room from scratch, why not grab one of my ready-made kits? Find out more about some of my games.

Zombie Halloween Escape Room

The zombies are coming, and things aren’t looking good! A horde of hungry zombies is heading straight for the school, one of the scientists has been bitten, and it’s up to your team to save the day. No pressure then!

This printable Zombie Escape Room is a brilliant Halloween game for tweens, teens and families who love a good challenge. Work together to solve seven puzzles, crack secret codes and restore power to the gates before the zombies break through. You’ve got around an hour to save humanity. Think your team is up to the challenge?

Witches’ Halloween Escape Room

A mischievous witch, a ticking clock and a whole lot of mysterious puzzles! Can your little witches and wizards crack the codes, solve the clues and escape before their 60 minutes are up?

This printable Halloween escape room is perfect for kids aged 8+ who love a challenge. It’s a brilliant way to get everyone working together at a Halloween party or family game night. Just print, set up and let the spooky adventure begin!

More Halloween Escape Room Games

Still looking for the perfect spooky adventure? I’ve got a few more Halloween escape rooms up my sleeve! Whether you’re entertaining younger kids, tricky-to-impress teens or grown-ups who fancy themselves as expert detectives, there’s something here to put those puzzle-solving skills to the test.

1. Nevermore – A Wednesday Addams inspired mystery with a wonderfully dark and quirky twist. A great choice for teens and adults who enjoy a good puzzle challenge.
2. BeetleJus – A spooky, slightly mischievous adventure that’s super easy to set up. Perfect for tweens who want some Halloween fun without hours of preparation.
3. Fangtastic Escape – A colourful Halloween escape room designed especially for kids. Packed with puzzles and spooky fun, without being too scary for younger players.
4. Cursed Crypt – Fancy something a little more mysterious? This tabletop escape room is ideal for teens and adults who enjoy cracking codes and solving puzzles. No need to turn your entire house into a haunted crypt either!

Puzzle Treasure Hunt

If you want the fun of a Halloween escape room but the ease of setting up a treasure hunt this has the best of both worlds. I love escape rooms, and I love going all out with my escape rooms, adding in locks and really going to town with props and sound effects.

BUT, sometimes I want to set up a game that has the fun of solving puzzles and clues with the ease of hosting a treasure hunt.

At each location instead of a regular clue, I place a puzzle to solve, some are easier than others. I love how easy they are to set up, and if you want to throw in a lock or two you can.

Team Halloween Party Games

Nothing brings out everyone’s competitive side quite like a good team game! Suddenly, Grandma’s taking Mummy Wrap far too seriously, Dad’s is just worried she will pop a hip, and the kids are arguing over who’s in charge. Halloween team games are brilliant for getting everyone involved, especially when you’ve got a mixture of ages playing together.

Witch Hat Ring Toss

Grab an assortment of witch hats and place them on the floor. Players take turns to throw rings over them. Want to make it more fun, have hats of different sizes and place them at different distances. Assign each hat a different point. The team with the most points wins!

Eyeball Pong

Give the classic party game a spooky makeover with eyeball ping-pong balls! Arrange plastic cups in a triangle at the end of a table and challenge players to bounce or toss the eyeballs into the cups.

You can even buy glow-in-the-dark ping-pong balls, which I think would be fab for a Halloween party! I haven’t tried them myself yet, but if you give it a go, let me know how it turns out. I’m rather tempted to try this one!

Play individually or split everyone into teams. For a little extra competition, give each cup a different point value. The front row is worth 1 point per cup, the middle row 2 points and the back row 3 points. Give everyone five throws and add up their scores to find the winner.

Glow Stick Tag

When the sun goes down, it’s time for a glowing game of tag! Give everyone a glow stick or bracelet so they can be spotted in the dark, then choose one player to be ‘it’.

The rules are simple: avoid getting tagged! Once you’re caught, you become the next person who’s ‘it’.

This works best in a safe, open outdoor space with enough light to see obstacles. You can even use glow sticks to mark the playing boundaries.

Spider Web Obstacle Course

Turn your hallway into a giant spider’s web using white crepe paper or wool. Stretch strands across the space at different heights to create a tangled web that players must carefully make their way through.

The challenge? Get from one end to the other without touching or breaking any of the strands!

For older kids, make the web a little trickier with more strands to step over, duck under and squeeze between. Just keep the web loose and easy to break away if someone gets caught.

Zombie Tag

The zombie apocalypse has arrived, and nobody is allowed to run! Choose one player to be the zombie. Their mission is to tag the other players and turn them into zombies too.

There’s just one catch: everyone must move like a zombie, shuffling around with stiff arms and slow, wobbly steps. Every player who gets tagged joins the zombie team until there’s only one human left. Can they survive?

Boo Or Bust Ghost Tower Knockdown

Who knew knocking over a few ghosts could get so competitive?

Grab some white plastic cups, draw silly ghost faces on them and stack them into a tower. Write different point values inside the cups, including a few negative numbers to keep everyone on their toes!

But here’s the twist. One cup has BOO! written inside it. Knock that one over and you’ll have to pull a mystery challenge from a witch’s hat or pumpkin. Will you win bonus points, lose points or find yourself racing around the house looking for a plastic spider?

Each player gets one throw per round, and the highest score wins. Just remember, knocking down the most ghosts doesn’t necessarily mean you’re winning!

Pumpkin Rolling Race

Ready, steady, roll! Give each player a small pumpkin and challenge them to roll it towards the finish line.

Sounds easy, doesn’t it? Well, pumpkins aren’t exactly round, so getting them to roll in a straight line can be surprisingly tricky!

Set up a starting line and a finish line, then see whose pumpkin gets there first. For an extra challenge, add a few cones to weave around along the way.

Donut Eating Race

OK, so this one isn’t strictly a Halloween game, but it’s always a favourite at family parties!

Hang donuts from strings at a height players can comfortably reach with their mouths. Everyone stands in front of a donut with their hands behind their backs.

On the count of three, the race begins! The challenge is to eat your donut without using your hands while it swings around on the string. The sugar dusted donuts are great we have a rule that if you lick your lips you are out! The first player to finish wins.

Ghost Relay Race

Divide players into teams and give each team a white sheet to transform themselves into a ghost. Players must race to a marker and back before passing the ghost costume to the next teammate. The first team to finish wins!

Zombie Survival Run

The zombie apocalypse has arrived, and your team needs supplies! Place survival items at one end of the playing area and have players race to collect them one at a time. The first team to bring back everything they need to survive wins.

Best Halloween Games for Large Groups

Got a whole gang of monsters coming to your Halloween party? These games are perfect for keeping everyone entertained with minimal setup.

The trick with bigger groups is choosing games where everyone can join in, rather than spending half the party watching someone else have all the fun. Team challenges, silly competitions and a little friendly rivalry always work spooktacularly well with my family!

Halloween Picture Bingo

You can’t go wrong with a game of Halloween Bingo! This seasonal version swaps the usual numbers for colourful Halloween pictures, making it easy for younger kids to join in too.

Grab some candy or counters to mark off the pictures and see who can shout BINGO first! It’s a simple, fun game for Halloween parties and family get-togethers, with hardly any preparation needed.

Halloween This or That

If you are looking for a fun conversation starter or a game that gets everyone into the Halloween spirit a game of Halloween This or That is an excellent choice. The rules are simple and fun. Players must choose between two Halloween-themed options. This is one of those Halloween activities that is fun to get a crowd laughing as you discus why you choose 

• Would you rather be a ghost or a vampire?
• Pick between only ever eating a candy apple or a candy corn.
• Be hairy like a werewolf or slimy like a slug?
• You can only listen to one song on Halloween. Would you choose Monster Mash or Purple People Eater?

Monster Freeze Dance

Put on your favourite Halloween playlist and get everyone dancing like monsters! When the music stops, everyone must freeze in whatever spooky pose they’re in. Anyone caught moving is out. Keep playing until there’s just one monster left on the dance floor.

For an extra challenge, call out different monsters between songs. Can everyone dance like a zombie, a witch or a wobbly skeleton?

Halloween Candy Dice Game

If you like my Halloween Lucky Dice game, here’s another version to try! This Halloween Candy Dice game follows pretty much the same rules, with players rolling the die to collect, swap or steal candy from each other.

Halloween Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger hunts are a fun addition to a Halloween party, little kids and adults can all play and work together as a team or individuals to find items on a list.

I love scavenger hunts as they help kids to burn of a bit of energy. I have made a fair few over the years. Create a list of items for players to find and then set them loose on the hunt. Have the players take a photo of the items or simply tick them off their sheet. 

I like to add an extra layer to my scavenger hunts when I’m setting them up for a party. I will add a secret code hidden with the items the players need to find. When they have found all the items they can decode a hidden message. I usually have the code open a locked box full of goodies. Small party items like glow sticks for example.

Halloween Scattergories

Scattergories is a word game that’s simple to set up. Your party guests only need a pencil and some quick thinking. Create a list of Halloween-themed categories (e.g., scary movies, spooky snacks).

Your guests have a limited time to think of words fitting each category, but they can only use words that start with certain letters. Set a timer for everyone to fill in their game boards. I love the simplicity of the game. This is a perfect game for large groups and a great choice for a Halloween class party.

More Halloween Party Games for Kids

Still need a few more Halloween party games to keep everyone entertained? Here are some extra ideas that are easy to organise, don’t require much preparation and are perfect for filling those little gaps between the bigger party activities.

Candy Trading Post

Got a mountain of Halloween candy? Set up a candy trading station where kids can swap their treats with each other. Who knows, you might even manage to trade away all those sweets nobody seems to like!

Spooky Halloween Trivia

How much do your party guests really know about Halloween? Put their spooky knowledge to the test with questions about monsters, traditions, pumpkins and all things creepy. Play individually or divide everyone into teams for a little friendly competition.

Guess the Spooky Sound

Play a collection of creepy sound effects and see who can identify them. Creaking doors, howling wolves, footsteps and mysterious scratching noises all work brilliantly. For extra atmosphere, turn down the lights and let imaginations run wild!

Halloween Costume Contest

Time for everyone to show off their Halloween costumes! Create a mini catwalk and award prizes for the scariest, funniest, most creative and best homemade costumes. You could even have a prize for the costume that clearly took five minutes to throw together!

Pumpkin Golf

Turn a pumpkin into a miniature golf challenge! Carve a large opening for the mouth, set it up outside and see who can putt the most golf balls into it. Award points for successful shots or move the starting line further back for an extra challenge.

Spider Race

Ready, steady, blow! Give each player a plastic spider and a straw, then race to blow the spiders across a table. Play individually or turn it into a relay race. Just don’t be surprised if a few spiders end up travelling in completely the wrong direction.

Skeleton Scavenger Hunt

Oh no! Someone’s lost their bones! Hide paper skeleton pieces around the house and challenge players to find them. Once they’ve collected all the pieces, they must assemble their skeleton. The first player or team to complete their spooky skeleton wins.

Halloween Balloon Pop

Hide little messages, challenges or prize slips inside balloons before blowing them up. Players take turns popping a balloon to discover what’s inside. Add a few silly Halloween dares to keep everyone guessing.

Witch’s Broom Limbo

How low can you go? Grab a broomstick, put on some Halloween music and challenge everyone to limbo underneath it. Lower the broom after each round until only one champion remains. Witch hats are optional, but highly entertaining.

Eyeball Spoon Race

A classic egg-and-spoon race with a creepy Halloween makeover! Use eyeball ping-pong balls or decorate ordinary ones yourself. Players must race to the finish line without dropping their eyeball. Easier said than done when your eyeball has a mind of its own!

Spooky Zombie Says

Simon Says has been taken over by zombies! One player becomes the zombie leader and calls out commands such as “Zombie says drag your feet” or “Zombie says reach for brains!” Anyone who follows a command without hearing “Zombie says” is out.

Glowing Ghost Hunt

Cut out little white paper ghosts and hide them around the house. Then give players blacklight torches and challenge them to find the ghosts in the dark. For an extra challenge, number the ghosts and see if players can collect them all.

Mystery Cauldron

What’s lurking inside the witch’s cauldron? Fill containers with mysterious objects and challenge blindfolded players to identify them by touch. Peeled grapes become eyeballs, cold spaghetti turns into brains, and plastic vampire teeth might give someone a surprise!

Let the Halloween Fun Begin!

Well, I think that’s enough Halloween party games to keep everyone busy for a while!

So whether you’re planning a big Halloween party, having a few friends or the whole family over, I hope you’ve found a few ideas you want to try.

Pick a few favourites, mix in some quick challenges and perhaps an escape room if your family enjoys a good puzzle. And don’t forget, sometimes it’s the simplest games that turn out to be the most fun.

And if you’re not quite ready to start planning, save this post to Pinterest so you can find all these Halloween game ideas when you need them.