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Is it even a Halloween party if spooky games aren't in the mix? When planning your fangtastic event this time around, let guests don their favorite Halloween costumes for a night filled with creative Halloween crafts, pumpkin carving and, of course, loads of Halloween games! Kids, teens and adults alike can join in on the spooky fun, from an "eyeball" dig game, where you search for fake eyeballs buried in a big bowl of spaghetti, to pumpkin golf, skeleton puzzles and apple bobbing.
Below, check out our roundup of fun games that are guaranteed to make this year's Halloween celebration the best one yet. Many of these ideas are perfect for DIY lovers — mummy bowling, pumpkin tic-tac-toe and ghost face are just a few favorites. Others can easily be found online (eyeball relay race, anyone?). You'll even find twists on the classics like Halloween Bingo, musical chairs and Family Feud. Plus, most make great outdoor games for groups; there's pumpkin sweeping, pumpkin chuckin' and candy corn witch pitch (a carnival game where you throw the sugary treats into mini cauldrons).
If you're worried that these Halloween party games will be too advanced for toddlers or classroom students, we have you covered. Some options will help sharpen their fine motor skills — take the Halloween sensory bins and the Halloween crossword puzzle, for example. Overall, we hope our handpicked list of activities will show you're never too old to indulge in a game or two — especially on Halloween!
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Halloween Crossword Puzzle
Keep the kids calm before the sugar rush kicks in with a Halloween-themed crossword puzzle (this one is courtesy of blogger Lindsay). They can spend their free time thinking of the 20 words needed to complete the unfinished phrases (it might not be as easy as you think).
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Glow-in-the-Dark Tic-Tac-Toe
Amp up the Halloween fun with a glow-in-the-dark tic-tac-toe game. The competition is bound to get more intense playing the classic game in the dark using moons and stars!
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Purchase a set of 24 eyeballs and spoons to host an epic relay race on Halloween night. Kids and adults can compete against each other to race across the backyard or lawn while holding their fake eyeballs with spoons. The group who gets all of their eyeballs across wins!
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Guess How Many Eyeballs
Speaking of eyeballs, purchase golf balls or morph construction paper into ball shapes to paint eyeball designs on the front. Place your creations in a jar and let guests get a kick out of guessing how many are inside.
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Halloween Piñata Game
Piñatas are great to include in any event. Whether you have a unicorn, pumpkin or ghost, let everyone take turns hitting the candy-filled decoration with a bat. Whoever gets the candy to fall out gets it all!
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Apple Bobbing
Apple bobbing is a classic Halloween game where everyone races to pick up as many apples as possible in a pail of water before time runs out. The best part: They use their teeth! Make sure everyone has their own bucket and apples for sanitary purposes!
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Halloween Family Feud
For this Family Feud-inspired game, two teams take turns guessing the answers to spooky questions. They have until the buzzer runs out to guess!
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Guess the Food
Any Fear Factor watchers? If so, you can only imagine how scary it can be trying to guess what you're eating while blindfolded. You never know what you'll get! Luckily, you can play this game on Halloween by giving candy gross names and having players guess what they're really eating (like naming a chocolate bar cat poop).
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Skeleton Bone Race
Gather a large group and split them into teams of four or more. They'll race to connect the yarn with the last player while holding their "skeleton bone."
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Pumpkin Tic-Tac-Toe
This version of tic-tac-toe may not be glow-in-the-dark, but it's just as cool when playing with pumpkins! Draw Xs and Os on little pumpkins and create a tic-tac-toe board using masking tape.
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Eyeball Dig
Here's another game that involves fake eyeballs. In this case, you're mixing them in with noodles for kids to find before time runs out!
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Pumpkin Golf
If they find golf to be a boring sport, this twist might change their minds. Carve a large mouth on your pumpkin — one that's big enough to fit multiple golf balls. The first player to make a hole-in-one wins!
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Ghost Marshmallows on a String
Here's an idea if you have a sweet tooth. Tie marshmallows to a string and draw ghost faces on the sugary treats. Hang them from an elevated broom and have players try eating them with their hands behind their backs.
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M&M's Spooky Bingo
Blogger Amanda shares these spooky bingo tiles to give your typical bingo game a fangtastic transformation! Cover the Halloween designs using candy, like M&M's or marshmallows.
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Spooky Musical Chairs
Let these fake skeletons play musical chairs too! Place your boney friends on every other seat to give players a fright when the music stops.
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Pumpkin Sweep
Here's a way to amp up your Halloween party! Divide kids into teams and give each of them a broom to play pumpkin sweep. The first player to sweep their pumpkins all the way to the finish line and back to the next player in the line wins!
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Pumpkin Twister
Younger ones can test their knowledge of colors and ability to follow directions with this fun spin on the classic Twister game. Swap out the colorful circles for printable paper pumpkins.
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Ghost Face
Have players use their mouths to find candy corn hidden in whipped cream. To ensure that the game is challenging for the players, use blindfolds, time them and make them keep their hands behind their backs.
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Halloween Scavenger Hunt
You can never go wrong with a scavenger hunt! Hide a variety of items throughout your home — think mini tombstones, treat bags of candy, ghosts, cauldrons and black cat figurines. The player who finds the most items, wins them all!
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Name That Halloween Tune
Create a playlist with the most popular Halloween songs of all time. Think "Ghostbusters," "Monster Mash" and "Monster Boogie." Let your little ones, tweens and teens included, guess the name of each one.
