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7 Halloween Party Activities & Games (So Fun!)

By: Author Amanda L. Grossman

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Halloween party activities and games that will keep your guests entertained! Fun ways to use candy and celebrate Halloween.

Throwing a Halloween party?

dark purple cups upside down in rows on table, text overlay "Halloween Party Activities for Kids"

You’ll need some really fun Halloween party activities to set the mood and keep everyone engaged.

Fortunately, there are lots of DIY options (and all the supplies you already own or you can buy from Dollar Tree!).

Halloween Party Activities

Check out these kids Halloween party activities.

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, the printable score card (provided), and blindfolds for players (optional)

purple bags with numbers with cotton candy and cotton, and kid and adult doing games on Halloween table cloth

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.

That’s right – they got several wrong!

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.

free printable on light wooden background

2. Candy Memory Match

Supplies needed: plastic cups (even number), matching candies (one for each cup you’re using)

three rows of dark purple cups with candy inside, turned upside down

This is such a fun DIY Halloween party game that a group of kids can play at once.

Pick out pairs of candies.

Set up the match game by putting one piece of candy under each plastic cup and aligning the cups in rows.

Now, kids get to play a memory match game.

Any candies they match, they get to eat!

3. Rate the Sourness & the Sour Extreme Table

Supplies needed: 3-4 sour candies, printable Sour Scale (provided)

kid filling out sour scale scorecard
table with sign Sweet & Sour Table, with bowls of sweets and then sour candies

This one is more of an activity.

You can set up a Sour Extreme Table (here’s a free printable sign for it), with lots of sour-tasting things throughout.

I purchased all of these from Dollar Tree!

Print out lots of Sour Scale Scorecards and put pencils near them.  

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 sourest candy there?

black and white printable Sour Scale Scorecard

4. Gumball Race Competition

Supplies needed: a bag of gumballs, a pack of 2 Hot Wheels tracks, and masking tape

orange tracks next to colorful bag of gumballs

Tape a temporary finish line on the floor in an out-of-the-way location.

Set up several Hot Wheels tracks (I got mine from Dollar Tree) and different-colored gumballs for each player.

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.

With groups? They can do a whole heat and figure out who wins overall.  

5. Halloween Candy Shuffle

Supplies needed: a bunch of Halloween candy, a dice, the free printable

printable with dice images on it on light wooden background

Such a fun and simple Halloween candy game for a group of kids: each person chooses a piece of candy from their pail.

Then they take turns rolling the dice and following the instructions on the printable game sheet.

Choose the number of turns to be played (once through the group, twice through, etc.).

At the end of those turns, whichever piece of candy each person ends up with is the one they get to eat!

Here's the free printable.

6. Duct Tape Candy Race

Supplies needed: two rolls of duct tape, a bag of wrapped candies, a piece of colored tape to mark the finish line

yellow duct tape roll with candy sticking out, working towards a masking tape finish line

Pit two players against one another in this game where the winner is the person who gets all of their candy pieces across the finish line first.

The only twist?

They can only move the candy pieces by rolling them inside of a roll of duct tape.

You can do this in groups, or play several duct tapes/people at a time.

7. Halloween Candy Balloon Pop

Supplies needed: balloons, mini pieces of candy that can fit into the balloons

person holding black balloon

Blow up a bunch of balloons, and add one piece of candy to each.

Fill a room with balloons.

Gather all the kids who 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!

This could be a great way to end the party, and everyone goes home with some candy.

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Amanda L. Grossman

Chief Creator at Money Prodigy
Amanda L. Grossman is a writer and Certified Financial Education Instructor (CFEI®), a 2017 Plutus Foundation Grant Recipient, and founder of Money Prodigy. Her money work has been featured on Experian, GoBankingRates, PT Money, CA.gov, Rockstar Finance, the Houston Chronicle, and Colonial Life. Amanda is the founder and CEO of Frugal Confessions, LLC. Read more here or on LinkedIn.