Fun Halloween candy games to play with kids and preteens. Get all the supplies you need from Dollar Tree or leftover Halloween candy.
Can you imagine the look on my 8-year-old’s face when he walked through the door after a long day at school to a setup of fun Halloween Candy Games for kids?
All from the Dollar Tree. All super engaging.
It made for some really fun family time!
A win-win-win I’d like to show you how to set up for your own kids.
Halloween Candy Games for Kids
One way to use up leftover Halloween candy, or to get your kids excited about trick-or-treating?
Is by playing one of these Halloween candy games for kids.
All supplies you can typically find at your Dollar Tree (even better!).
1. Which One is the Candy?
Supplies needed: bags that you can’t see through, 3-6 pairs of candy and items that feel just like one another, printable scorecard (provided), and blindfolds for players (optional)
Can people guess which bags are candy, and which bags are items?
I absolutely adore this game – as soon as I thought it up, I knew I’d be doing it with my own family.
And my husband and son had so. much. fun.
It turns out that lots of candies feel like some pretty common items.
Try these ones out:
- Cotton Candy vs. cotton balls
- Fruit Chews vs. clay
- Gummies vs. decorative window clings
- Pixie Stix vs. a straw
- Mini Cow Tales vs. clay
- Etc.
Who can guess the most correctly? Reveal the real answers and show everyone, at the end.
Here’s a free printable score sheet.
2. Halloween Blind Taste Test Game
Supplies needed: 4 different kinds of popular Halloween candies, blindfolds for participants, printable scorecard (provided)
Who knows their Halloween Candy the best?
Buy 4 typical types of Halloween candies (OR, snag four from their Trick-or-Treat buckets).
Print out this free printable (just click here and it'll download immediately).
And set up a fun event for your kids or a youth group.
Whoever guesses the most correctly, wins.
3. Rate the Sourness
Supplies needed: 3-4 sour candies, printable Sour Scale (provided)
This one is more of an activity.
Kids take turns tasting each sour candy, and rating them on a scale from “Little Bit Sour” to “Extremely Sour”.
Can the group agree on which is the most sour candy there?
Psst: like candy activities? You'll also want to check out The Chocolate Business Project. It's chocolatey-delicious, AND, educational.
4. Gumball Race Competition
Supplies needed: bag of gumballs, pack of 2 Hot Wheels tracks, masking tape
Tape a temporary finish line on the floor (down a long hallway works nicely to be able to easily find the gumballs afterward).
Give each player a Hot Wheels track, and a different colored gumball than their opponents.
Have someone stand by the finish line (hint: you could have them try to do a “photo finish”, if you’d like!).
Whoever gets their gumball over the finish line first, wins.
5. Halloween Candy Balloon Pop
Supplies needed: balloons, mini pieces of candy that can fit into the balloons
Blow up a bunch of balloons, and add one piece of candy to each (just trust me – there's a piece of mini candy in that balloon I'm holding!).
Fill a room or area with the balloons.
Gather all the kids that will be participating.
Set a timer for 60 seconds. Kids run around and collect as many balloons as they can in that time.
After the clock goes off, they pop the balloons to reveal their Halloween surprises!
6. Exploding Candy Trials
Supplies needed: 2-3 popping candies, 2-3 bottles/cans of soda, and a ruler/measuring tape
Let your kids pick out several different brands of Popping Candies, and then test them to see which explode the furthest when combined with soda.
Have them measure out the same amount of candy from each sample. Add to the soda bottle, stand back, and then measure (with a ruler/measuring tape) the furthest soda spot from the bottle.
You can also use this as a competition, and each person gets the same set of ingredients. They get to combine them however they wish, and the person who produces the furthest soda spot wins.
7. Halloween Candy Dice Game
Supplies needed: candy, dice, and a free printable (provided)
Here’s a fun dice game. Each player gets four pieces of candy to begin with, and the rest of the candy goes to the center of the table.
Players take turns rolling a dice, and then following the instructions.
The first person to 10 pieces of candy, wins!
Try one or two of these Halloween candy games for kids out for your own kids, with the whole family, with a youth group, or even in class as an extra reward leading up to trick-or-treating. Your kids will thank you!
Amanda L. Grossman
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