Halloween Games for Kids

By Jeanne Benedict

What's better than the door-to-door candy free for all on Halloween? Playing with candy!

Transform some of your favorite games into fun Halloween Party activities like Halloween Bingo, Hershey's KISS Checkers, and a Candy Corn Relay. These eight great Halloween games will keep kids of all ages engaged - and give you another user for your Halloween Treats.

Competition never tasted so sweet.

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Halloween Bingo

Steps

Pass out bingo cards to all players.
Give everyone a bunch of M&Ms.
Instead of chips, use M&Ms to mark the Bingo numbers that are called.

Hershey's KISS Checkers

Play checkers with Hershey's Kisses - you might even get a few

Steps

Set up a checkers board.
Give one player 12 classic Hershey's KISSES candies to use as checkers.
Give the other player 12 Hershey's KISSES with almond candies or another flavor to use as checkers.
Play a game of checkers according to the official rules.

Candy Corn Relay

Steps

Divide the group into 2 teams.
Designate a starting line and place 2 bowls of candy corns with a spoon in each bowl at the line.
Set up 2 empty bowls about 10 feet away from the starting line.
On "go," the first player on each team takes a spoonful of candy corns and must race to the empty bowl where he or she deposits the candy.
The players race back to the starting line and the next players get spoonfuls of candy, run to the bowls, and empty their spoons.
If a player drops their spoon, that player must begin again at the starting line.
The team who finishes the relay first wins.

Licorice Twizzler Ball Blow Race

Steps

The object of this game is to compete with another player by blowing a ping pong ball down a track using a Licorice Twizzler straw.
Make 2 racetracks on top of a long table by lining up Licorice Twizzlers end to end. The Twizzlers will define each track and act as "bumpers" to keep the ping pong ball from rolling off the table.
To make the Licorice Twizzler straws, simply cut off the ends of Twizzlers.
Each player gets a Twizzler straw and a ping pong ball.
On "go," players must blow the ping pong ball from one end of the track to the other and whoever gets there first wins!

Lifesaver Candy Pass

Steps

Divide the group into 2 teams.
Line up team members next to each other.
Give each team member a toothpick.
Give the first team member in each line a Lifesaver Candy.
On "go," team members must pass the Lifesaver to the next person in line using the toothpicks.
The first team to pass the Lifesaver to the end of their line wins.

Marshmallow City

Steps

Place a generous amount of marshmallows and toothpicks in the center of a table.
Kids build a city by connecting the marshmallows with toothpicks.
Start the activity by building a bridge or city structure and see how imaginative the kids can be!

Mystery Candy

Steps

Place 5 to 8 pieces of candy in a brown paper bag.
Include a creative assortment of candy in varying shapes and sizes.
Kids feel inside the bag and try to guess what type of candy is inside it.

Halloween Candy Jar Guessing Game

Steps

Fill a large jar with Halloween candy.
Ask the kids to guess the amount of candy in the jar.
The person whose guess is closest to the actual amount wins the jar of candy.

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