I am hosting a Halloween party for my early teen kids. Any ideas for games?

Question

I have a karaoke machine and there will be loads of food, but want to provide games that they (and their mates) won't find too babyish. They do want some games - I checked!

Answer 1

Have found a few games on the net that my give you some idea..

Have fun!!!!

The "Name Game"
This is a warm-up, get to know you game for kids through adults.

All you need is:

3x 5 cards
Marking Pen(Medium or wide point)
Safety Pins
Before the Party, print neatly the name of a person or Character associated with Halloween onto a 3x5 card.

Use a different name on each card.

Make up enough cards for more than each person invited to the party, especially for kids. This can be such a fun game that people want to play it more than once.

Upon arriving, use a safety pin to put one card on each guests' back. Do not tell them who is on the card.

Game Objective: To guess who "you" are, the name on your back.

Rules:

You can ask only one question of a guest, before moving to another guest to ask a question.

Only "Yes" and "No" answers can be given.

Laughing, facial expressions, etc are certainly allowed.

Look for questions which will quickly narrow the quest such as:

Am I a male(or female)?
Am I a real person(versus fictional character)?
If a guest guesses too quickly, give them another tag.

Tip: As the host, you may find certain "personalities" among your guests that cause you



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Ghost-Centration:
Object of Game: To guess pairs of hidden objects. Like the "Concentration " game.

Preparation:

Take twelve post-it notes.

Using a crayon or marker, number each post -it note from one to twelve on the front, non-sticky side.

On the other side, put on two cars each the words: Ghost, Pumpkin, Witches, Goblins, Treats and scarecrows.Make sure each pair not in numerical order.

You can make up any pairs of names you want.

Put the post-its on a wall in two or three rows in numerical order.

Playing the Game:

Each player takes a turn asking for two numbers to be turned over.

If there is a match, the player wins a piece of candy.

The play goes on to the next player whether or not a match is made.



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Pumpkin Golf:
Object of Game: Hit the golf ball into a pumpkin.

Preparation:

Carve out a pumpkin. Make the mouth extra large.

Build a cardboard ramp about one to two feet side from the ground to the bottom of the pumpkin's mouth.

You will probably need some support under the cardboard.

Tape the ramp to the floor for stability.

Mark a starting point a few feet from the start of the ramp. The older the kids, the farther away.


Playing the Game:

Each player gets to hit a golf ball three times.

Each time the ball goes into the pumpkin, the player wins a piece of candy.



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Pumpkin Bowling:
Object of Game: Knock over the bowling pins. Make a strike or a spare.

Preparation:

Select several small pumpkins about four to six inches in diameter. You need extras in case a few split or break.

Place plastic (children's set) of bowling pins several feet away on the lawn or floor of the room.

A great alternative to bowling pins are plastic liter bottles. Let the kids decorate them with Halloween objects before the game.

Playing the Game:

Measure off several feet.

Give each child two tries to knock down the pins.

I strike is worth two pieces of candy.

A spare is worth one piece of candy.



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Penny Pitch:
Object of Game: To pitch a penny into a pumpkin.

Preparation:

Method #1: Carve out a pumpkin (or two,or three) and line the inside with plastic or aluminum foil.

Make the top opening big.

Method: #2: Use several small plastic pumpkins(Less messy)

Playing the Game:

Place the pumpkins a couple feet away.

Give each player ten to twenty pennies.

Every time a penny goes into the pumpkin, a piece of candy is won.



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Pumpkin Ring Toss:
Object of Game: To toss a ring around a pumpkin.

Preparation:

Carve out a one to three pumpkins.

Buy or make three or four rings about twice as big around as the pumpkins.

If you don't know what to use, try an extra piece of leftover electrical cable and tape together with duct tape. (Scouts use this as a "Reduce, re-use and re-cycle" project)

Playing the Game:

Measure back several feet, depending on age group.

Give the rings to the player.

A piece of candy (or two) is awarded for ringing the pumpkin.

You can award one piece of candy for a partial ring and two if the ring is completely around.



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Tic-Tac Ghost:
Object of Game: Get three O's or X's.

Preparation:

Use a "Toss Across"game.

Tape pieces of candy or small prizes on some of the O's and X's.

You can use a paper note stating the prize. SOmetimes the prizes are too big to put on the game.

Playing the Game:

Each player gets five or six bean bags.

Toss the bean bags at the game. There are two ways to win.

Win a prize by getting three O's or X's.

If the player turns over a prize, they win that prize.



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Scary Stories:
Object of Game: Tell a chilling tale or two.

Preparation: None

Playing the Game:

Sit around in a circle in a dark room, with a flashlight in the middle of the circle. We do not recommend candles as it can be dangerous with the kids.

One player starts the game by saying "Once there was......" and makes one or two sentences. It should relate to and build upon what was previously said.

The next person to the right then adds to the story a couple of sentences. Go around the room at least once.

Try to make the stories scary or gross.

Tips and Ideas, start with:

Once there was an old man walking through the graveyard.......

Once there was an old lady who look so much like a witch.........

Once there was a shadow.................

Once there was an erie sound that was like...........



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Pumpkin Bocce:
Object of Game: Roll a pumpkin closest to the big pumpkin.

Preparation:

Carve out a large pumpkin.

Buy several miniature or round sugar pumpkins.

Playing the Game:

Place the big, carved out pumpkin several feet away.

Give each player a small pumpkin.

Each player rolls (No tossing or throwing) their pumpkin and tries to be the closest to the big pumpkin.

The player closest wins a prize or piece of candy.

Play as many times as you want. (Or until you run out of prizes

Answer 2

Think up a ghost story and tell it to them in the dark. Have some props that fit into the story - peeled grapes are fantastic eyeballs and thin carrots can be snapped like fingers. I had this once when I was young and I can still remember how much fun it was.

Bobbing apples is also great fun just for the mess factor

Answer 3

How about getting quotes, music and clips from scary movies and getting them in teams to answerewhat scary film the clip, quote/s or music came from The winning team gets a prizes and do it with maybe just torches for atmosphere. I did this when i was seventeen (now 23) with my closest pals at a pals house went down well.

Maybe with kakaoke machine have songs they can do that are from scary or halloween type movies or songs that are scary such as Triller by michael Jackson. Do in with one person at a time or a group together maybe them doing actions and their friends would give them score out of 10.

Answer 4

I think I'd ask them! If they want them - they may know WHAT they want! If I couldn't do that - I'd have little kids games. I think it would be a blast. I've been to adult parties where we've played "Pin the Tail on the Donkey!"

Answer 5

tie sweets to string down the washng line... no hands..

put coins and sweets in a washing bowl full of flour.. (great after theyve dunked for apples)

make fairy cakes..and cover them in lurid red icing.. white dots for flygaric are optional...

or add lots of chocolate powder to your cake mix and make dog poo cakes... add currants and call em cow pats...

twist some wire around a cake tin, and put a stick in teh ground..hoopla, with beer tins (coke does fine) you ring it, you drink it... obviously played with beer it gets very silly..on one leg with one eye closed...shooting via a mirror held by someone else! oh, it all starts off normally enough..but pretty soon its..well, i bet you cant do it this way... and its addictive fun.

tie big vegetables to a line, get teh kids to close one eye, and hit them with a small ish stick...(you cant judge distance with one eye... well, not after youve spun em around a few times.)

good luck

Answer 6

This is a totally FUN game for teens! It gets so fast and rowdy after a bit. They actually love it, even though it sounds silly:

How to Play Big Booty

"Big Booty" is a rhythm game involving a group of at least three people. A great ice breaking, party game!

Steps
Get people. The game is best played in large groups of at the very least three or more. Arrange yourselves in a circle, standing or sitting.
Number off players. Establish one player to be "Big Booty," which is essentially just a name for the 'main guy'. Number off the players as "Number One," "Number Two," and so on, going around the circle in order.
Start clapping. "Big Booty" will establish a clapping rhythm which consists of the pattern 'pat - clap'; as in, you pat your thighs with both hands then clap. Start at a moderate tempo.
Begin the game by singing "Big booty, big booty, big booty/ Big booty, oh yea!" This is to be sung in time with the clapping.
"Big Booty" will initiate by stating the number of any other player in the circle. That player is then to state his own number, followed by the number of a different player, and so on. All this is to be said IN TIME WITH THE GIVEN CLAPPING-TEMPO. An example:
All: Big booty big booty big booty. Big booty, oh yea!
Big Booty: Big booty NUMER ONE!
Number One: Number one, NUMBER THREE!
Number Three: Number Three, NUMBER EIGHT!
If you fall out of rhythm, you are out and cannot play. The circle must close and everybody reassigned new numbers according to the new order of people in the circle. If "Big Booty" falls out, Number One becomes "Big Booty."
The game ends when there is only one left standing after the circle dwindles down in members.



Tips
The way you clap and pat is supposed to go with the initial "song". For example -- Wherever there is (parentheses) is a pat, and [brackets] for claps.
Biiiig-- (booty), big [booty], big (booty). [pause] Big (booty), [pause] oh (yea)! [pause] Big (booty) number [ONE]
Number (one), number [FIVE]...
...and so on.
You can also call on Big Booty. Just go, "Number (your number), Big Booty!" in the same way you would call on another numbered player.
Beginners should start slow. Eventually you will increase speed and be Big Booty masters.
Have fun with this!

Answer 7

Bobing for apples, Find the pumpkin (hide somewhere put clues), costume contest ect... hope that helped!

Answer 8

hide the salami

Answer 9

miss best witch and her warlock