Indoor Halloween games to get everyone excited! Ideas kids and adults can enjoy
Want to throw a lively indoor Halloween party with friends and family but not sure what games to prepare? In this article, we introduce easy-to-enjoy indoor games perfect for Halloween—from candy-based games, to thrilling, heart-pounding ones, to laugh-out-loud group games.
They’re simple to set up and great fun for everyone, from kids to adults.
It’s packed with ideas for indoor games that will help you create special Halloween memories.
Be sure to use it as a reference!
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Exciting Halloween indoor games! Ideas that kids and adults can enjoy (11–20)
Drive out the ghost!
Let’s enjoy a game of chasing away ghosts using plastic bottle caps.
First, prepare several caps and draw ghost faces on them.
You’ll also need a separate cap to flick; make sure it’s clearly different from the ghost caps, such as by using a different color.
Use tape to mark a rectangular field on a table, and place the ghost caps inside it.
When the game starts, players take turns flicking the shooter cap with a finger to hit the ghost caps and knock them out of the field.
The player who drives out the most ghosts wins.
Puzzle Game
How about a “puzzle game” for your Halloween party that lets all the kids work together and get excited? If you make a handmade puzzle featuring Halloween-themed illustrations, the kids will be thrilled! Children in their Halloween costumes can team up to complete the puzzle.
If you cut the puzzle into larger pieces rather than small, intricate ones, it will be easy and fun for kids to play.
As they fit the pieces together, they can enjoy the anticipation of discovering the picture while experiencing a sense of accomplishment—perfect for an indoor game.
Halloween Memory
How about a handmade game called “Halloween Memory” for your Halloween party? In short, it’s a Halloween-themed version of Concentration.
Draw Halloween motifs like ghosts, black cats, jack-o’-lanterns, and Frankenstein on construction paper to make cards.
Be sure to make two cards for each design.
In a daycare or kindergarten, you could even have the kids make them! The rule is just like Concentration: you get the cards when you match the same design.
Since it tests your memory, adults can enjoy it too.
Ghost Ball-Throw Game
How about a “Throw-the-Ball-at-the-Ghost” game that kids can easily play at a Halloween party? It’s a simple game where you throw a ball at a ghost, but there’s a trick: if the skull ball hits the ghost’s hat and the ball drops, the ghost’s face changes into a crying one.
You can make the ghost and the mechanism out of cardboard, so try building it together with the kids! The moment the ghost’s face changes will surprise even adults, so kids are sure to love it even more.
Halloween True-or-False Quiz
Here’s an introduction to a Halloween true-or-false quiz game.
The questions cover topics like the origins of Halloween, the meaning of dressing up in costumes, and why pumpkins are used, so answer with true or false.
It’s highly recommended because it lets you explore the meanings behind seasonal traditions.
Younger children can enjoy it too, so let’s invite people of all ages to join! If you get lots of answers right, you might even become a Halloween expert.
Give it a try!
Halloween bowling game
This is a game where you make bowling pins using origami paper and toilet paper rolls, then roll a ball to play.
Create them with a Halloween theme—witches, pumpkins, mummies, and more.
All you have to do is wrap origami paper around the toilet paper rolls, making it perfect for kids’ crafts.
You can also get eye and hat stickers at a 100-yen shop to enhance the theme.
Line up the pins like in bowling and compete for scores to make it more game-like.
Just by adding some illustrations, you can bring a Halloween vibe to everyday play!
Indoor Halloween Party Games That Get Everyone Pumped! Fun Ideas for Kids and Adults (21–30)
Halloween Ring Toss
Let’s liven up Halloween with a ring toss game that kids love! How about making both the rings and the targets cute and Halloween-themed? Use toilet paper rolls or thick paper to create tubes, snip slits at the bottom so they can be attached to a base, and secure them.
Cover the tubes with colored paper and decorate them by drawing pumpkins, ghosts, black cats, mummies, and other cute designs.
For the rings, you can form circles from pipe cleaners, or roll up strips of newspaper into thin rings—both work great!
