*Halloween anagrams (8 years and up)Indoor
Equipment: Paper and pens
Give each player a sheet of paper and pen and write at the top in big letters a word or words associated with Halloween. On the word 'go', the players have to write down as many words as possible that they can make from the word(s). When the time is up (give 10 minutes or so) each player scores one point for each correctly spelt word and two points if the word is associated with Halloween. The player with the most points wins.
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*Mummy wrap (all ages)Indoor/Outdoor
Equipment: Several rolls of cheap toilet paper
Divide the kids into two or more teams and choose one member of each team to be the mummy. Actually it’s more fun for the kids to have two real mummies if you get what I mean!! Give each team a toilet roll or two and on the signal go, they have three minutes to wrap the mummy in as much toilet roll as possible and without leaving any gaps except for the nose. Have your camera ready for this one, as it's really hilarious.
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*Pass the Brains (all ages)Indoor/Outdoor
Equipment: Cooked cold spaghetti, large pumpkin, paper towels, music
Scoop out a large pumpkin and carve out a face. TIP: Don't make the holes too big as otherwise the brains will fall out!! Fill the pumpkin with cold, cooked spaghetti and if the spaghetti feels a bit dry add a little water. Wrap sweets/candy in Clingfilm and hide amongst the 'brains'. The kids all sit round in a circle and when the music starts they have to pass the pumpkin brain head round in a circle and turn the lights down low. When the music stops, the child holding the head has to put his hand into the brains and find a sweet. Make sure that you have plenty off paper towels available!.
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*Hunt 'Dem Bones' (8 years and up)Indoor/Outdoor
Equipment: 2 plastic/cardboard skeletons, marker pens, glow in the dark paint (optional)
Purchase 2 plastic/cardboard skeletons and disassemble the parts. If you are feeling adventurous you could even make your own skeletons out of thick white card. So that the skeletons don't get muddled up, place a small coloured dot with a marker pen on each bone – red for one skeleton and black for the other. Hide the bones around the room. Divide the kids into 2 teams and on the blow of a whistle the teams have to run around the room and locate their skeleton parts making sure that they pick up only their skeleton parts. Once done (here comes the hard part) they then have to reassemble their skeleton. To make it more fun you could play this in the dark and paint the skeleton with glow in the dark paint.
*Bouncing eyeballs (any age)Indoor/Outdoor
Equipment: Plastic pots, ping pong balls (lots!), marker pen
In advance, draw eyes on the ping pong balls with the marker pens. Make them as goulish and scary as you can. Divide the kids into pairs and give one of them the plastic pot and the other 5 –10 eyeballs. The person with the eyeballs must bounce one towards his partner who then has to catch it in the pot. The first pair to get all their eyeballs in the pot wins.
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*Pumpkin Toss (any age)Outdoor
Equipment: Small pumpkins
This game is similar to egg tossing and you could use tomatoes it you can't get hold of small pumpkins. Divide the kids into pairs and with each pair facing each other they toss the pumpkin back and forth between them. If one of them successfully catches the pumpkin, both players take a step backward. If one of them drops it, they both take a step forward. The team who can throw the pumpkin the furthest is the winner.
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*Hunt the Witches (any age)Outdoor
Equipment: Black crafting paper/card
First make a witch template on a piece of paper – roughly 4" tall. Cut it out and trace it on to the black paper to make lots more witches. Depending on where the game is being held, hide them around the room or outside. Divide the kids into teams or pairs and issue them with torches. Turn off the lights or wait till it's dark if they are playing outside and send them off on a 'witch hunt'. The team/pair to find the most witches is the winner. As an extra bonus you could also hide a paper broomstick and whoever finds this gets a bonus prize.
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*Caught in the web (any age)Indoor/Outdoor
Equipment: Balls of string, plastic spiders
Cut several 6-metre lengths of string equal to the number of players. On one end of the string attach a plastic spider or other spooky insect. You might need someone to help you with the next bit. Clear a large area/room and taking the free end of each string try and criss-cross them around the room/garden to make a sort of spider’s web. Don't worry if it looks a bit of a mess, as that's all part of the fun! Each child then takes one end of the string (the end without the spider) and has to try and unravel it from all the other until he gets to the end to claim his prize. This is an hilarious game as the kids get themselves is such a tangle. TIP: To make the game easier and to avoid knots make sure that you have a large playing area. For younger kids you might want to use a different coloured length of wool for each child.
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*Jack-O-Lantern Drive (any age)Indoor
Equipment: Marker pens, small pumpkins, dice
This game is rather like 'Beetle Drive' if you have ever played it. The object of the game is to be the first person to finish drawing a Jack-o-Lantern by throwing the dice and drawing the face part that goes with the number rolled. The kids all sit in a circle with the pumpkins in the centre of the playing area and players roll the dice to see who goes first – the highest number starts. The players then take it in turns to roll the dice. They must get a 6 to start and that allows them to take a pumpkin. After that each subsequent throw allows them to draw the face as follows:
6 = Take a pumpkin
5 = Draw one eye (you will need to roll two fives, one for each eye)
4 = Draw a nose
3 = Draw a mouth
2 = Draw a tooth (you will need to roll four two's to make four teeth)
1 = Write your name
For older children you could allow them to carve out the pumpkin instead of drawing.
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*Pinata (any age)Indoor/Outdoor
Equipment: Pinata, sweets/candy
Pinatas are such fun for all age groups. If you have the time and inclination try making your own pinata or why not buy one. They are not expensive and are bound to be a hit.
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