[For Seniors] Fun Halloween Games: Ideas to Enjoy with Ghosts, Mummies, and Spiderwebs

Jack’s fukuwarai

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When you think of fukuwarai, you picture New Year’s, but it’s perfectly fine to play it year-round, right? (laughs) And if you’re playing at Halloween, “Jack’s Fukuwarai” is perfect! Halloween means jack-o’-lanterns, and this game uses that face for fukuwarai.

With just three parts, it’s simple and can be played while seated, so it’s great for older adults, too.

It’s also fun to skip the blindfold and create your own unique jack-o’-lantern!

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Piñata breaking

How to Make a Piñata: A Big Hit Activity for Halloween Parties!

It’s a pretty well-known game in Mexico and across Central and South America.

You break open a piñata—a paper container filled with candy and small toys.

Whatever falls out is yours to keep.

It’s not very well known in Japan yet, so why not get ahead of the trend? It’s a game that excites kids, of course, but adults too.

When the piñata bursts, it’s so satisfying—it might even help relieve stress! (lol)

Eyeball scooping

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Just attach tissues to the scoops and draw eyeballs on ping-pong balls—voilà, an easy Halloween-themed eyeball scooping game! The materials are easy to find, so it’s perfect if you want to enjoy Halloween but don’t have time to prepare.

Once you start scooping, you can’t help but get absorbed in it.

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Ghost Blitz

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Great for day service games! This is an activity using chopsticks and tissue paper.

One person drops a tissue from as high as possible.

The person holding the chopsticks tries to catch the falling tissue with the chopsticks.

If they manage to grab it before it hits the floor, it’s a success.

Even though it’s thin paper, it falls surprisingly fast, so you have to be serious or you’ll miss it.

If you draw a ghost face on the tissue, it becomes a cute Halloween version!

Halloween Decorations Made with Felt and Toilet Paper Rolls

Halloween decorations made with felt and toilet paper rolls

Using the many empty toilet paper rolls that usually end up as trash to make cute Halloween decorations sounds both eco-friendly and fun.

If you’re going to make them, why not gather everyone and create a whole “Halloween Army” to display? The method is very simple: cut the toilet paper rolls to a suitable length, cover them with felt, and add eyes, noses, ears, and other features—that’s it! If you want them to stand firmly, you can stuff paper clay or similar material inside the roll.

Divide the work and make pumpkin heads, ghosts, Frankenstein’s monsters, and swarms of bats together.

What’s in the box?

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It’s a game where you put your hand into a box you can’t see inside and try to guess what you’re touching by feel.

You don’t need much to prepare—basically just a cardboard box and the items to put inside.

Not knowing what’s inside can be scarier than you expect, so enjoy everyone’s reactions.

If you put in Halloween-themed items, it makes a great recreation activity for the Halloween season!

Halloween Curling

Today's activity at Day Service Asumiru

Since it can be quite difficult for seniors to actually try curling, this time I’ll introduce a tabletop curling game.

You’ll need paper cups, balls that fit inside the cups, and some tape.

Use tape on the table to create a scoring area, place a ball inside a paper cup, and then slide the cup across the table by tossing it.

Drawing ghosts or pumpkins on the cups will boost the Halloween vibe!

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