Free Halloween Games

Merry Columbus Day to you! (And Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to my friends up north!) To celebrate this momentous holiday I give you three great (and cheep) games for your group for Halloween. Enjoy!


Costume Musical Chairs
A new spin on an old classic. Simply get a large bag full of used Halloween costumes (usually families have them lying around for you to borrow), and just for fun raid the drama ministries costume closet (even throw in a couple old choir uniforms if you like). Put out a circle of chairs with one less than the number of players you have, and then get some music going (you can use this Spotify playlist of "Halloween" music). When someone looses, instead of being disqualified, they have to blindly pick something out of the bag to wear for the remainder of the game. It makes for quite a fun time, and lots of interesting pictures by the time people have multiple mismatched pieces on.

HalloweeniesI made up this game a couple of years ago, but it is essentially a Halloween version of the classic "I Have Never" game. For who have never played the game you have everyone hold up all their fingers, and for each statement that applies to them they have to put a finger down. When you run out of fingers you are out. As you are playing open up a big bag of candy corn, and give a piece to everyone that doesn't have to put a finger down and give the person who actually wins the game a bigger prize (maybe just the rest of the bag), this way everyone gets to have a treat. Here are the questions...

□Ever had your pumpkin smashed
□Had to take your little sibling trick or treating
□Your parents made you wear your winter coat over your costume
□You own Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin
□Bought a super hero costume that looked more like pajamas than the super hero itself
□Ever dressed as a food item
□Had your mom make your costume
□Your house gives out non-name brand candy
□You have been TP/egged on Halloween
□You have ever bobbed for apples
□Your parents still won’t let you carve a pumpkin with a real knife
□You have to stay home on “door duty” instead of go out with your friends
□Have worn an older siblings costume from previous year
□You and a sibling dressed up as the same thing the same year
□You and a friend/sibling have dressed up together as some kind of theme (i.e. – Jack and Jill, Wizard of Oz troop, Thing 1&2 from Cat in the Hat, etc. )
□You have dressed as a clown
□Instead of walking around your neighborhood your parents drive you to all their friends and relatives houses.
□You have dressed as a Disney character
□Instead of using fake blood or costume makeup you used ketchup or a red magic marker
□Made up your costume the day of Halloween
□Gone trick or treating as yourself
□Your parents made you put on those flashing reflectors or tape so you wouldn’t get ran over
□Took a roll of toilet paper and made a “mummy” costume
□Your parents check your candy for razor blades
□Found out you lost part of your candy stash on the way home because of hole in bag
□Parents enforced a rule about how much of your candy you could have each day


Clue
This will be pretty simple to pull off if you can get your hands on the cards from the board game. You can make up your own "Detective Note Pads" if you like, but after doing a little search online I have found that you can find multiple different kinds to print off here at Karencookiejar.com. To play the game just give each kid participating a sheet, a pen, and an even amount of clues (after you have removed the actual murders identity, the weapon, and scene of the crime). Let the kids mingle and share clues with one another, but keep things interesting by putting each students name in a bowl and periodically drawing one out, saying that the killer has struck again and the name drawn is now out of the game. To keep some sense of order you can keep kids from over guessing by stating that an incorrect accusation is considered "tampering with the investigation" and will result in "expulsion from the party" (a.k.a. - being removed from the game). Whoever finds out the mystery first gets a prize.