[For Seniors] Fun Halloween Games: Ideas to Enjoy with Ghosts, Mummies, and Spiderwebs
Are you looking for games you can enjoy with older adults during the Halloween season? There are plenty of fun activities that make the most of Halloween motifs like ghosts, mummies, and jack-o’-lanterns.
We’ve gathered a wide variety—from team relays that involve passing items to the next person and games that help build hand strength, to matching games that are great for brain training.
It’s sure to be a recreation that brings lots of smiles to the faces of participating seniors.
Enjoy creating wonderful memories together on long autumn evenings, with lively, cheerful fun for everyone.
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[For Seniors] Exciting Halloween Games: Fun Ideas with Ghosts, Mummies, and Spiderwebs (41–50)
Jack-o’-lantern face-making game
A simple, reassuring activity that elderly residents in care facilities can enjoy is a Jack-o’-lantern version of Fukuwarai.
Participants place eyes, a nose, and a mouth freely onto a blank mask without facial features.
Known as a traditional Japanese game, it may evoke nostalgia for some older adults.
For a Halloween twist, prepare orange construction paper shaped like a pumpkin and separate facial features.
It’s enjoyable just to arrange the parts however you like, making it easy for seniors to join in.
It’s a unique activity that combines the fun of creating Fukuwarai with the special atmosphere of Halloween.
Spider Catch Game
Various characters besides pumpkins, ghosts, and witches help liven up Halloween.
Here’s a game featuring one such character: the spider.
Prepare a target that looks like a hula hoop, and stick thick tape across it in a web-like pattern.
Next, attach paper cups to the tape at equal intervals.
Sit with the setup in hand, and have another person stand a short distance away and throw ping-pong balls at the target.
You score points if the tape or paper cups catch the balls.
For example, 100 points for landing in a cup and 10 points for sticking to the tape.
Adjusting the points makes it even more fun.
It’s a perfect game to boost the Halloween spirit.
Halloween Balloon Popping Game
Kids will have a blast with this.
Prepare lots of balloons and scatter them around the room.
Some of them have candy inside.
The game is to search for those, pop them, and take out the treats.
If you can prepare Halloween-themed balloons like in the video, it really adds to the atmosphere.
Halloween Volleyball
The rules are the same as regular volleyball, but since it’s Halloween, everyone plays in whatever costume they like.
Depending on the outfit, it can be harder to move, which raises the difficulty.
If you can get a big group together, definitely give it a try.
Halloween Table Tennis
Since it’s Halloween, how about trying a game of table tennis in costume? The rules are the same as usual, but if you’re wearing a frilly outfit, it’s hard to move and quite a challenge.
Still, that’s exactly what makes this version of the game fun.
It’s also nice that you can play with a small group.
Halloween shooting gallery
A Halloween target-shooting game where you use a gun made from a paper cup and a balloon to shoot ping-pong balls and knock down targets.
It’s a nostalgic game reminiscent of festival shooting booths, so older adults in care facilities are sure to enjoy it.
Create targets with motifs like ghosts, witches, and pumpkins.
Line up the targets on a table and place chairs at a certain distance from them.
While seated, players launch ping-pong balls from the paper cup and compete to see who can knock down the most targets.
Be careful—if you tilt the paper cup sideways or downward to aim straight at the target, the ball may drop out.
Play with caution and have fun!
Pumpkin Balancing Game
A game where players throw a ball from a fixed spot toward a pumpkin made from items like balloons or boxes, aiming to land it on the pumpkin’s head.
By adjusting the points based on the throwing distance and the pumpkin’s size, it becomes an exciting recreation.
Since balls may roll off even after landing, using beanbags can be a good idea in facilities for the elderly.
Because participants can play while seated, it’s a Halloween game that people who are elderly or have physical disabilities can enjoy without any handicap.
