Looking for scary kids Halloween games that are fun but not too terrifying? Take a look at a few of our favorites! Are you throwing a big Halloween bash with your kids this year? If so, then you know it’s time to not only start thinking about all the candy and food, but great games to play. With a group of kids you don’t want to scare them too much, but it is a lot of fun to have a few spookier games on the list. We have chosen our favorite Fun Scary Kids Halloween Games for you to use this year! Not only will there be tons of shrieks and screams, but tons of laughter and fun too!
FUN SCARY KIDS HALLOWEEN GAMES
Fortune Telling Candles: This fun game requires a blindfold and 3 different candles. Label each candle with one of the following: Love, Money or Travel. Line the candles up on a table and light them leaving them several inches apart. Blindfold the player and shuffle the candles around so they are in a different order. Spin the blindfolded player around a few times so they are a bit uncertain of directions. Then tell them to blow out one candle. (You have placed them back at the center of the 3 candles so they know one will be in front and one to each side of them. If they blow out the candle with love on it that means romance is headed their way. If they blow out the candle with money on it that means they will receive money. If they blow out the candle with travel on it that means they will be going on an exotic trip soon.
Oujia Board: This classic board game is perfect for the tween and teen groups. Asking the board a question is tons of fun when you watch it spell out an answer on it’s own. A great option for the older kids parties and tons of fun for adults too! Just remember this is pretend! Also, double-check with your guests’ parents, as some are strongly opposed to this game.
Name That Body Part: This one is hands on and a bit messy, but tons of fun for the kids. This requires a lot of Jello and some other random food items. Fill a large tub full of Jello (preferably red for blood) and add in the following items: Peeled Grapes (eyeballs), Vienna Sausages (fingers or toes), Banana Peel (tongue), Dried Apricots (ear), Spaghetti Noodles (veins or tendons) and any other odd food items you can come up with that would feel like body parts. Provide each child with a small bowl to put their body parts into, a blindfold so they can’t see and set them in front of the tub of body parts. They must dig through the parts until they get one of everything on the list in their bowl.
Create A Ghost Story Circle: Nothing screams Halloween quite like sitting in the dark and going around the room telling ghost stories. Setup an area where kids can sit in a circle and have each kid say one sentence of their story. Continue around the room allowing everyone a chance to continue the story how they want it to be. Make the circle 3-4 times depending on number of children. The result will be a fun filled goofy and spooky ghost story that everyone contributed to.
Set the mood with decorations and spooky supplies:
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This year your Halloween party will be the hit of the neighborhood when you include these Fun Scary Kids Halloween Games. They aren’t too spooky that the kids will be up with nightmares, but they are sure to bring a few screams and squeals form the kids. Tons of laughter will be had at your house this year on Halloween with these scary kids Halloween games in place! Check out our Halloween party supplies post for some great ideas for decorating and other activities! Looking for some less scary ideas? See our Not-So-Spooky Halloween Games for Kids!
What are your favorite scary kids Halloween games to play?
I love love love the name the body part ! That puts to mind this scary story read in a dimly lit room with a flashlight. You tell the story and just as the word brains is spoke cooked spaghetti is passed around for the listener to feel. I will be implementing this game for sure. I love the candle one too but think that may be for older kids or adults. Though there is a 3 year old around here who blows out every candle I light! I switched to candle warmers. Safer anyway . lol
We’re going to have to try out the body part game! Such fun to make, play, and then eat!
Thanks for the ideas! We have a Halloween scavenger hunt/party every year & these will come in handy!
Thanks for the great ideas! My kids have been bugging me about doing fun Halloween themed things and I’d run out of kid friendly movies to watch and they’re a little burnt out on their coloring pages.
These are wonderful ideas for kids. Halloween themed but not scary.
Love all your ideas. We have quite a few tricker treaters and enjoy decorating.
HA! The name that body part is really funny. These are so creative but not too scary.
Name that body part sounds like fun. We don’t really go for scary here.
Ohh what fun games for Halloween, we love to have fun and will soo keep you page in mind when we try to plan our Halloween party this year, I’m not much into scary at all. Thanks for sharing
We have always done the ‘name the’ game with jello molds and different types of foods in bowls in the dark/blindfolded. Thanks for the great ideas!
My grandson would love the Name that Body Part game. We may have to try it this year.
These are some great ideas for a party and I really like the name the body parts game. That would be so much fun for the kids.
these are so fun
Thanks! These are all awesome ideas! This year we are going to a halloween slumber party! Should be a fun time!
Thanks for these ideas! My oldest son will enjoy them
You have some great ideas! We do more “stuff” than food and candy for Halloween so I love these new ideas to add to our list -thanks!
The ghost story circle sounds like fun. My nieces and nephews would love it!
Great ideas, not to scare them too much
I like the fortune telling candles..Thanks for the idea 🙂
Oujia Board is one of our favorites, you have some great ideas thanks
We love Halloween in our house. These are some great ideas. I especially like the Name that Body Part game.