Ideas for Games to Liven Up an Elementary School Halloween Party
Are you wondering what kinds of activities to include for your elementary school Halloween party? If you add creative ideas that everyone in the class can enjoy and plenty of Halloween flair, it’ll become a lasting memory for the kids.
In this article, we’ll introduce Halloween activities and games you can easily enjoy right in the classroom.
They’re all handmade and simple to set up, so feel free to use them for inspiration.
Let’s create it together and host a wonderful Halloween party full of smiles!
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Ideas for Games to Liven Up an Elementary School Halloween Party (11–20)
Halloween pull-string game
Make four differently colored eyeball ghosts out of pom-pom balls and attach each one to a string.
Separately, prepare a die: create faces that correspond to each eyeball ghost’s color, one face that shows all colors, and one face with a heart.
Now you’re ready to play.
This is a one-on-one game.
Lay out the four eyeball-ghost strings side by side and roll the die.
If you grab the string that matches the rolled face faster than your opponent, you win! If the “all colors” face comes up, grab all the strings.
If the heart comes up, take a friendly break and shake hands.
Give it a try with everyone!
Mystery Box
It’s a game where you put your hand into a box and try to guess what’s inside using only your sense of touch.
It’s a staple on TV variety shows, too.
The fun lies in the fact that even familiar objects can be hard to identify when you can’t see them.
Reactions to the tactile sensation are also an important element, so it’s common to include items with distinctive textures.
Since people may gingerly reach in or jerk their hands back the moment they touch something, it’s important to take care to prevent injuries.
Halloween Ring Toss
Halloween ring toss with the targets turned into characters is a great game that everyone can enjoy, not just active kids.
There are many ways to make it—you can use toilet paper rolls, plastic bottles, origami, or newspaper.
If you use a roll, it’s fun to fold the top to make ghost ears.
You can prepare a sturdy set or make a compact version that doesn’t take up much space.
Create lots of characters, assign points to each target, and compete—you’re sure to get everyone excited!
Spiderweb Game
Challenge yourself with a spiderweb game that also trains your brain! Just tape masking tape in a spiderweb pattern and prepare six paper cups—that’s all you need.
It’s a head-to-head game where each player places three paper cups on the intersections of the web as their pieces, then moves to knock down the opponent’s pieces.
Each turn, a piece can move once to an adjacent intersection.
If you end your turn adjacent to an opponent’s piece, you can capture it on your next turn.
Since you must move a piece every turn, you’ll be torn between fleeing or facing off—perfect for a tense back-and-forth.
Enjoy this Halloween-flavored battle of wits!
Ghost Ball-Throw Game
A recreation game where you throw a ball at an illustration of a Halloween ghost.
The ghost wears a large hat, and when the ball hits the hat, the ghost’s expression changes.
Use cardboard, clear tape, and copy paper to create the mechanism.
The skull-shaped balls for target practice are easy to make, too, using copy paper and a permanent marker.
Since it can be played over and over, it’s great for setting up in an elementary school classroom or at a Halloween event venue.
It’s a Halloween-themed game where a scary-faced ghost turns into a crying face.
Halloween bowling game
A game where you make bowling pins out of 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, so it’s perfect as a craft for kids.
You can pick up eye and hat stickers at a dollar store to enhance the theme.
Line the pins up like in bowling and keep score to make it more game-like.
Simply adding illustrations turns an everyday activity into a game with a Halloween feel.
Ideas for Games to Liven Up Elementary School Halloween Parties (21–30)
Halloween Memory (Concentration)
Halloween Memory is a Halloween-themed adaptation of the classic concentration (memory) game using illustrations.
By unifying the base background color and adding richly colored elements on top, it creates a colorful, distinctly Halloween atmosphere.
It’s visually striking and lets players have fun while training their memory—a win-win game.
Although some children may naturally excel while others struggle, you can likely adapt the materials and apply them to games other than concentration, depending on how you design them.