Welcome to Halloween Games! "Sew Up the Mummies"This is a team relay. You will need two spoons and on to each one tie a very long piece of yarn, plan on two yards worth per person, so if you had five members on one team you would need ten yard of yarn tied to your spoon. Give the first person in line the spoon tied to the yarn......on the signal "GO" they are to thread it from the top of thier costume (or clothes) underneath all the way to the bottom......then the next person in line sews it into thier clothes from the bottom of thier costume to the top....on and on untill each team member is sewn to the next....which ever team finishes first wins! Blacklight Body Painting This is fun! Be sure to use water soluble fluorescent paint in lots of different colors. In the light have kids paint each other with symbols, words, lines, etc. After everyone is ready - turn off the lights and turn on some blacklights. The kids will love it! "Ghost in the Graveyard" The more people you can get to play this game the more fun it becomes! This game is much more fun in the dark but can be played in daylight too! Pick someone to be the "ghost". The "ghost" person hides. The rest of the people cant look (hide thier eyes) and stay at home base while the "ghost" person is hiding. Everyone counts with this chant "one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock..... etc..... untill midnight." (yell out Midnight) Then the people go and try to find the ghost in the graveyard and if they find him they yell, "ghost in the graveyard".......then they run back home to be safe because if the ghost can touch one of them they then become it! Halloween Bowl (All ages) Gather four 2-liter plastic bottles. Fill with a little water at the bottom to add some weight. You will use these bottles as bowling pins. Now use a small pumpkin as the bowling ball. Players can roll the pumpkin and see how many bottles they can knock over on each roll. Points awarded to the person who can knock over the most. Halloween Caroling (All ages) Similar to Christmas caroling - take a bunch of kids and go visit a children's ward in a hospital or adults in a hospital or nursing home. You must check with nurses ahead of time. For instance, you could pass out trick-or-treat bags which you may have decorated ahead of time. In the bags you could put different kinds of treats: i.e. crayons, stickers, games, puzzles, balloons, etc. Be sure to check with the hospital as to what is most appropriate in terms of candy and treats. Be sure not to wear scarry costumes or medical garb. Halloween Clothes Grab Bag (All ages) Gather up all kinds of clothing articles (i.e. hats, baggy shirts and pants, ties, dresses, shoes, etc) and stuff it in a duffle bag or large pillow case. Pass the bag around. Each person must take out one article without looking. Play some music and have everyone walk down modeling their item! Halloween Gum Sculpture Give everyone 2 or 3 pieces of bubble gum, a 3 x 5 index card, and a toothpick. Let them chew on the gum for 2 minutes and then each must design a sculpture with the bubble gum. Award prizes! Halloween Ice Toes Use two aluminum cake or pie pans. Place 5 or more marbles in each pan. Cover with equal amounts of ice cubes in each pan. Two players then remove their shoes and socks and race to try and get the marbles out of each pan using only their toes! No spilling ice or knocking over pan. The first to get all the marbles out of the pan wins. You can also make this a relay by having an adult put the marbles back each time. This is funny and the kids are screaming when its cold! Halloween Toilet Paper Fashion Contest Have two or more teams of players. The object is to design the best looking mummy with a roll or two (or more depending on brand) of toilet paper. Each team picks someone to be the mummy. On the word "go" each team then wraps the person with the toilet paper (adults be sure they do not cover their mouth, nose, or eyes!). Be sure the mummy sticks their hands out in front so their hands do not get wrapped to their bodies. Give them a time limit (5 minutes max) to do this. Take pictures. If you do not want to use toilet paper you can use newspaper (but be aware that everyone's hands gets black!) Halloween Toe Mural (All Ages) This is a fun activity for younger kids, but it could even be fun for teens, too. Get a large piece of butcher paper (white) for a mural. Instead of finger painting - do "toe" painting with a Halloween theme. Kids must dip their toes and/or feet into pie pans of different color water paints. This should be hilarious. You could even divide up the kids into several groups to have several different murals. Award prizes for creativity, funny, scarry, etc. Halloween Stockings (All Ages) For a twist in sleepovers or a party ask the kids to decorate and wear their own Halloween stockings. You can award prizes for categories such as most original, funny, ugly, etc. Any battery operated lights? "No Ghosts are Out Tonite" This game is like hide and seek - best when played in the dark- only with one hider.......(the ghost)......after the players finish counting to a pre-determined number and the crowd has scattered , the crowd then says out loud "No ghosts are out tonite Daddy caught them all last night". The goal is for the 'ghost' to try to find,run and tag someone else...AND when that player gets touched they then become a ghost too...then both of them try to tag the others.....last one to get tagged wins! Old Mother Witch Tag Game (Middle school and up) This is a fun game for a group of 5 - 15 kids. One person is chosen the witch. He or she walks hunched over as everyone else walks behind. They chant in unison: Old mother witch Couldn't sew a stich. Picked up a penny, And thought she was rich. The person who is the witch can stop at any time and ask in a spooky voice, "Are you there, my children?" The group of kids can then either say YES or NO. If they say NO then the witch continues on and the group continues chanting. But if the group says YES, then the witch must turn making spooky sounds and everyone scatters. He or she then runs to tag someone who then becomes the next witch. The game begins again. "Pin The Wart on the Witch" For this game you will need a picture of the face of a witch with a long nose (if possible), enough gum to go around for everyone who plays, and a blindfold. You can easily find a picture of a witch you can color in a coloring book or perhaps a teacher or a friend has one you can trace, bring home and color. Pin the picture up on a wall. Give everyone a piece of gum to chew.......then one at a time blindfold each player, spin them around and have them try to paste thier chewed gum onto the picture.....the one who comes closest to getting it on the witches nose wins! "Mummy May I?" This is the same game as 'Mother May I?' The only difference is the type of steps taken in the game. Some suggestions are:Frankenstein steps-Stiff legged, wide stride walk. Werewolf steps: get down on all fours (hands knees and feet) like a wolf. Ride the Witches broom steps: a skip. Dracula steps: a gallop......and any others you can think of! "I Went into a Haunted House" This is a memory recall game: All palyers sit in a circle and the first starts by saying:"I went into a Haunted House and there I found.....(player states something of thier choice ex: cobwebs) Then the next player states "I went into a Haunted House and there I found....(player states something of thier own choice AND also what the previous player had said ex: dust and cobwebs) Next player adds thier choice and the two tohers as well.....on and on untill someone forgets and leaves out something. That player is out. Last one to remain wins! Witch Hunt (All ages) First design a witch on a piece of paper as a template (do not make it to big). Trace it onto black construction paper. Cut out 50 or more black witches and then hide them all over your house, classroom, gym, etc. For the party have everyone either individually or in pairs go in search of the witches. Turns off the lights! Make sure everyone or couple has a flashlight. The person or couple returning with the most witches wins.

Have a Happy Halloween!

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