Bobbing for Apples
 
Float apples in a large wash tub filled with water. The object of this game is to grab one of the apples and remove it from the water without using your hands. You  must use only your mouth. This is a very messy, very wet, and very fun game. It is   even more challenging if the stems are removed from the apples.

Push a dime or other coin into the side of an apple. Hang the apple by string from the ceiling. Without using your hands try to bite the dime from the apple. This can also be played with two people trying to bite the dime at the same time. The one who does, gets to keep the coin.

JACK-O-LANTERN

This is a game for 2 to 4 players ages 6 and up. You will need a piece of paper and a pencil for each player. You also need 1 die. The object of this game is to complete a drawing of a jack-o-lantern before the other players do.
Players roll the die to see who starts. The player with the highest number goes first. You must roll the exact number to draw each item. Each item must be drawn in order. If you can not draw what you have rolled, the turn passes to the next player. (For a faster game, or for younger players, you can draw the items in any order).

Roll a 1.....draw a circle for the pumpkin
Roll a 2.....draw the stem
Roll a 3.....draw one eye
Roll a 4.....draw the other eye.
Roll a 5.....draw the nose
Roll a 6.....draw the mouth.

A variation on this game, for older players, is to carve the pumpkin instead of drawing it. In that case, the player would roll a 1 to scoop out his pumpkin.

Banana on a String

Peel bananas and ties a string around them. Hang them from the ceiling or from a rope stretching across
the room. Ask for volunteers to put their hands behind them and see who could eat the banana first on the word "GO!" This is hilarious!.

Pass the Orange

Don't use your hands!
Line up in teams. The first person in each team is given an orange to place under his chin. He must pass the orange to the next in line but neither may use his hands. The first team to get the orange all the way to the last person is the winner. If the orange drops, just pick it up and continue from there.

 Push the Peanut

A mighty slow race!
Give each racer a toothpick and a peanut (in the shell). Their job is to use the toothpick to push and roll the peanut from the starting line to the finish line. This can be played on the floor or on a table. On the floor or carpet, you can mark the starting and finish lines with masking tape. On a table just go from one end to the other.

Peanut Sipper

The peanuts should be in their shells.
Give each player a drinking straw and a paper cup. Everyone gathers around a pile of peanuts. Each then sucks through her straw to move peanuts from the pile into her cup. Set a timer for one minute -- the winner is the one with the most peanuts in her cup when the timer rings.
Another way to play is to put 5 peanuts for each player in the center pile (4 players would use 20 peanuts) and everyone keeps sipping until all the peanuts have been removed to someone's cup. Then everyone gets to eat all they sipped.

Halloween Round Robin Storytelling Game

This is a super fun game for at least 2 people ages 8 and up. The more players you have, the better the story.
Copy each word form the following lists, on to small cards, about 1" X 2". Each category needs to have it's own color card. Construction paper works well for this. Here are the four categories:

  PEOPLE
Ghost, witch,skeleton, mummy, Frankenstein, vampire, princess, cowboy, Batman, alien ,zombie , clown  mermaid , pirate, ballerina,  hobo,  scarecrow, monster ,gypsy      

ANIMALS
black cat , bat, rat, spider, worm, crow, owl, wolf, dog, buzzard  , alien ,buzzard ,fly ,toad ,snake, scorpion jackal , dragon ,vulture , hyena ,weasel
 
THINGS
broom, cauldron, coffin, fire, hook,pumpkin, silver bullet, sword, treasure chest ,  wooden stake, apples ,jack-o-lantern ,candy ,bubble gum ,flashlight, mask , costume, corpse  , skull
 
SOUNDS
Boo!, whooo, squeeek, aaaaaah!, bang! , shhhhhh!, clump ...clump, drip..drip...drip, craaaaaaaash! , scratch-scratch , EEEEK!!! , thump!! , creeeeek!  ,Pop! , achoo!! ,ooh-la-la,  poof!  ,yikes!  ,pshaw
 
Also add four cards with " THE END" written on them
 

Place all the cards face down on a table in their own categories. The first persons starts with a card from the "people" pile. This person starts to tell a story using the word that she drew. When she feels that she is done with her part of the story, it is the next players turn. This player draw a card from the "animal" pile and continues the story. The next player must pick a card from the "things" pile, and the player after that draws from the "sounds" pile. The play continues in this way until a card is drawn which says "The End". The player who draws that card must end the story.

Air Balloons

 Use black and orange balloons.
Get into a circle and start the balloon going around from player to player keeping the balloon in the air at all times. The youngest will enjoy seeing if they can keep the balloon moving for the time it takes to sing a song or listen to a piece of music.

Older guests can try this variation. Before he can bat the balloon each player must call out a word (no
repetitions, please) to fit an agreed upon theme. The theme could be Halloween words, kinds of Halloween treats, creepy creatures, or... well, you get the idea. And don't be too particular. If I yell "ladybug" in time to bat the balloon, it counts as a creepy creature!

Old Mother Witch Tag Game

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.

Pumpkin Relay (All ages)

Have one pumpkin for every four to five kids. Carve a face into each pumpkin saving the pieces that
make up the eyes, nose, and mouth. Mix up these pieces from the different pumpkins in one pile. Have
relay teams send one person at a time to obtain one piece to take back to their assigned pumpkin. If the
piece of pumpkin they choose fits then the next person on their team can go to the table, otherwise they
have to go back and get another piece. Game is over when the first team has all the right parts!

Pumpkin Toss (All ages)

Similar to egg tossing. Use a small pumpkin per two players. The two people toss the pumpkin back and
forth to each other, each time stepping back away from each other. The person wins who does not drop
the pumpkin.

Bobbity Balloon Relay
 
This can get noisy!
Divide up into teams with one balloon for each team. Half of each team is at opposite ends of the room. The first player of each team must keep the balloon in the air while racing down to the other end. She passes the balloon off to the first player of her team at that end who races back, and passes it off to the next, etc. To be declared the winning team, all members of the team must have successfully raced with the balloon in the air.

Pin the Nose on Humphrey

A variation of Pin the Tail on the Donkey.
First you will need to make the game. Draw and color a large Jack o' lantern on posterboard or a large sheet of paper. Give him only a small circle for a nose. Cut out several circles from blue construction paper. These will be Humphrey's nose; that will help you decide how big the circles should be -- don't make them too small. To the back of each circle place some double-sided tape or regular tape you have formed into a small ring with the sticky-side out.
Now let's play. One at a time, each player is blindfolded and given a blue circle, turned around three times, and then turned facing the direction of poor noseless Humphrey. The player walks forward and still blindfolded places Humphrey's blue nose on the drawing. The one getting the nose closest to where it should be is declared the winner.

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 Word Scramble
 
An old parlor game.
This simple game can be played individually or in pairs. Give everyone paper and pencil. How many words can be made using only the letters in "Halloween" or "Trick or Treat"?

Cookie Decorating

Decorate plain cupcakes or sugar cookies with orange frosting and candies (candy corn, gum drops, green coconut, etc.) to make Jack o'lanterns or monster faces. Line up the results for all to admire and then...
everyone turns into a Cookie Monster and devours them all! Award each a card for "funniest," scariest," "best use of frosting," "best used of coconut", etc.