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Halloween is a date that is increasingly popular in Brazilian lands, especially among children. Celebrated on October 31, Halloween is an opportunity to entertain children and adults with costumes, treats and, of course, it is a day to take many scares. In this article, we have separated 10 Halloween games to liven up your Halloween, don’t miss it!
Halloween is celebrated mainly in the United States, but nowadays, the habit of dressing up in frightening costumes and going from door to door in search of sweets has spread to different countries around the world. In addition to costumes, the custom of decorating houses and holding Halloween themed parties has also become popular around the globe.
Among the Halloween games, the best known is the one that involves the famous phrase “trick or treat”. Follow the reading to learn more about this and many other Halloween games to organize an unforgettable Halloween!
1. Trick or treat
The most classic and most traditional Halloween game is going out in the neighborhood, using scary costumes to knock from door to door saying the phrase “trick or treat”. The phrase comes from the English “trick or treat” and is a way to order treats from house to house.
Usually, the houses decorated for Halloween are those that participate in the game and are willing to distribute sweets to people who knock on the door. If any house does not contribute to the fun of the children, the phrase “trick or treat” implies that some type of gift is nailed.
To avoid problems with the neighbors, arrange in advance which ones will participate in the event!
2. Candy hunt
If you prefer to organize a game that involves treats inside the house, instead of going out in the neighborhood with the children, an excellent and very fun option is to do a treasure hunt!
Assemble a box and fill it with treats of all kinds. Then, hide the box somewhere and assemble a treasure map, distributing clues and activities at each point on the map to make the game more elaborate.
Make a game of questions and answers, put riddles and challenges of imitation of monsters! Anything goes to distract children.
Decorate the house with Halloween symbols, like ghosts; pumpkins; monsters; spiders; witches and whatever you think might be scary for the group.
3. Costume contest
There is nothing like a costume contest to encourage creativity and generate a good laugh. Organize a contest of scariest costumes and set up a catwalk so that all participants can parade and show off their look.
Halloween costumes don’t necessarily have to be horror, but defining the theme helps make the contest funnier. Organize the guests, set up judges for the parade and distribute prizes to everyone who participates!
Follow the reading and check out more Halloween games ideas to liven up your party.
4. Get an apple
The apple pick game is ideal for older children, from 8 years old and, of course, for adults too! It can yield a good laugh and is very simple and easy to do.
Fill a bowl with water and place several apples with the handle in it. The game is to try to catch the apples with your mouth, without touching your hands to the fruit. The winner is the one who picks the most apples in the shortest time.
One idea to make the activity even more exciting is to distribute prizes to the top three.
5. Hit the spider web
This game works like a target shot, but the target is a spider web made of masking tape. Create a web using a door frame, or some other place of your choice. Cross the masking tape from side to side to create a design similar to a spider’s web.
Then, separate paper balls or miniature toys and the objective of the game is to throw the objects on the web so that they stick there. The winner is the competitor who manages to stick the largest number of objects in the spider web.
6. Playing mummy
This activity needs 4 participants, divided into two pairs. You will also need two rolls of toilet paper and a lot of agility. The idea of the joke is to use toilet paper to “mummify” one of the people in the duo, wrapping it in paper. Whoever finishes the roll faster wins!
Buy cheap toilet paper rolls to play with. Fun is guaranteed!
7. Sensory box
The idea of Halloween games is to entertain people of all ages and the sensory box is a great way to do that! Separate a cardboard box and several objects to be placed inside it. Anything goes! Plastic toys; pieces of fabric with varied textures; everyday objects; dry leaves; cotton balls; modeling clay; anything you think will confuse the head of those who put their hands inside the box.
The aim of the game is to identify the object that is inside the box, just by touch. It is worth blindfolding the person, or making a hole in the box so that only the participant’s hand can fit.
Take care in choosing the objects to contribute to the Halloween horror atmosphere.
8. Decorating food
Pumpkin decoration is a very traditional Halloween activity in the United States. You can reproduce this custom using any other type of food! A fun and economical idea is to use permanent pens to decorate oranges.
Encourage the kids to draw scary faces and use oranges as part of the party decor. After all, make an orange juice to enjoy the food.
If you want to venture into the decoration of pumpkins or some other food, everything is worth it for the fun!
10. Ghost bowling
An easy and fun Halloween game is to create a bowling of ghosts. You will need white plastic cups, a permanent pen and a ball.
Draw eyes and mouths on the white cups, so that they are the ghosts. Then, stack the cups forming a pyramid to be dropped with the ball. Determine a distance from which the participant must throw the ball and the bowling alley is set up!
11. Witch’s Cauldron
This is a memory game that can generate lots of laughs! Organize the participants in a circle that will be the witch’s cauldron. Then, ask a person to go to the center of the circle and say the following sentence: “I am a witch and in my cauldron I put one (ingredient)”.
The next person to go to the center of the circle should repeat the phrase from the previous one and then add one more ingredient. The game continues in sequence, each participant citing what has been placed in the cauldron before.
The player who misses the sequence must pay a gift.
Halloween games: plan your party now!
Use your creativity to create more fun activities for your Halloween celebration. Here, we have brought some options for different ages and party styles. It is worth abusing the horror-themed decor to create an even more fun atmosphere for this day.
At the end of the night, how about organizing a scary storytelling round?
Did you like the Halloween play tips? Write in the comments which was your favorite!
