Halloween is in the air and if you have teens you know they are always looking for fun things to do this time of year. These Halloween party games for teens are perfect for them to play with friends that are sure to be a real treat!
It seems like there is a point in every teenagers life when trick or treating is no longer a “cool thing” to do, but yet they still want to have fun on Halloween. When it comes to teens Halloween is more about dressing up, gathering with friends, laughing and maybe even some spine-tingling fun.
If your teenagers are feeling this way, then we have juts what they are looking for! These Halloween party games for teens are sure to unleash creativity, competition and fun as they take part in some of the best Halloween party games just for teens!
Planning a teen Halloween party may seem a little daunting, but it is a great way to transform ordinary games into some spooky fun. These Halloween party games for teens are sure to have everyone talking about it well after the witching hour has passed. So, get ready for a howling good time with these Halloween party games for teens.
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Halloween Party Games for Teens
Clue Murder Mystery
What You Will Need
- Invites with who your guest will be
- Props
How to Play
Bring the game clue to life with guests playing the characters from the game clue in Clue Murder Mystery. Assign your guests to a character from the game and then stage a murder that must be solved by the night’s end. Remember to inform the person who is the murderer before the party starts. After the murder happens, players can ask each other for clues to where they were when the murder happened and, for even more fun, use props your guests can use.
Spiderweb Crawl
What You Will Need
- String
- Tape
How to Play
In spiderweb crawl, you will need to create a spiderweb that kids must find their way through the fastest!
To set up the game, create a spiderweb by hanging strings at random points and heights along a hallway. This creates a fun obstacle course that resembles a giant spiderweb. Time the teens to see who can find their way through the fastest.
Halloween Charades
What You Will Need
How to Play
Test your acting skills with our Halloween Charades game! Teams will compete to see who can get through their clues with the most correct guesses!
Candy Corn Race
What You Will Need
- Candy corn
- Bowls
- Chopsticks
How to Play
In Candy Corn Race, two players will race against each other to see who can fill an empty bowl full of candy corn. The catch? The players can only use chopsticks to move the candy corn. See who can get the most candy corn into their bowl in one minute!
Halloween Trivia
What You Will Need
How to Play
Grab these fun Halloween Trivia questions and see who has the most knowledge about all things Halloween. The perfect game to start or end any Halloween party!
Mummy Wrap
What You Will Need
- Toilet Paper
- Timer
How to Play
In Mummy wrap, give two teams a roll of toilet paper and see who can wrap one of their players like a mummy the fastest! The team that wraps one of their players in all the toilet paper the fastest is the winner.
Build A Scarecrow
What You Will Need
- Old Clothes
- Newspaper crumpled for stuffing
- Straw hat
- Optional: Halloween face paint to create a scarecrow face.
How to Play
Build a scarecrow is a fun Halloween Party game for teenagers. Teams will race to see who can turn one of their players into a scarecrow the fastest. Teams will have the same clothes and stuffing to make a scarecrow. The team who builds their scarecrow the fastest using all their props is the winner.
Freeze Dance
What You Will Need
- Halloween tunes
- Space for dancing
How to Play
Teens will love to play this spooky version of freeze dance! Crank up the spooky tunes and let everyone show off their best dance moves. Stop the music at random times, and players need to freeze! Play for fun or eliminate players who still move after the music stops for more competition.
Autopsy
What You Will Need
- Peeled grapes (eyeballs)
- Cooked spaghetti noodles (intestines)
- Insides of a pumpkin (guts)
- Soft flour tortilla pieces (skin)
- Damp sponges (brains)
- Cocktail sausages (fingers)
How to Play
In autopsy, players will stick their hands into different containers and try to guess what is inside. Is that eyeballs or grapes? Gooey intestine or spaghetti noodles? This game is not for the faint of heart! The player who guesses what they are actually feeling wins!
Sticker Stalker
What You Will Need
- Enough sheets of different Halloween stickers for each guest.
How to Play
Players will receive a sheet of Halloween stickers at the beginning of the party to play sticker stalker. They need to stick their stickers onto other people without them noticing. The person with the most stickers stuck to unsuspecting partygoers at the night’s end is the winner!
Don’t Say It!
What You Will Need
- Plastic Halloween Rings
How to Play
In Don’t say it, guests will get a plastic Halloween ring at the beginning of the night. Pick a Halloween buzzword people cannot say, such as ghosts, witches, or Halloween. Guest will be on the alert, and if they hear another person say that word, they can take their Halloween ring. The player with the most rings at the end of the night is the winner!
Haunted Chairs
What You Will Need
- Chairs decorated like tombstones
- Halloween music
How to Play
Haunted chairs is just like regular musical chairs, but with a twist! Decorate chairs like tombstones, and have players walk around them while Halloween music plays. When the music stops, players must get to an empty chair. The player who does not have a seat is out; play continues by removing one chair each round. The player left standing (or sitting) is the winner!
Guess Who?
What You Will Need
- Paper
- Crayons, markers, etc
- Tape or safety pins
How to Play
It is really fun to play guess who with other teens. At the start of the party, have all the guests draw a Halloween-themed picture or word and then tape them to other players’ backs. Throughout the night, players will need to ask yes or no questions to figure out what or who they have based on the picture or word taped to their back.
Vampire Race
What You Will Need
- Red jello, made and cut into cubes
- Small bowls
- Plastic vampire teeth
How to Play
In Vampire race, each teen will need to see who can slurp up the blood in front of them the fastest! Set out a small bowl of red jello in front of each player, who will be wearing a pair of plastic vampire teeth, and they will need to see who can eat or slurp up the jello in front of them the fastest.
Pumpkin Decorating Contest
What You Will Need
- Small or mini pumpkins
- Decorating items such as stickers, markers, sequins, etc
- Awards for the winners of the categories
How to Play
Teens can see who can be the most creative in decorating their small pumpkins. Set out markers, stickers, etc., to use to decorate their pumpkins. Hand out rewards for the cutest, scariest, most imagine, etc.
Donut On A String
What You Will Need
- Halloween donuts
- String
- Broomstick or something similar to string the donuts on.
How to Play
Who doesn’t love donut on a string?! Make or buy Halloween donuts and string them up on a broomstick or rod. Blindfold the teens and have them try to eat the donut off the string only using their mouths; hands must be placed behind their backs.
Capture the Ghost
What You Will Need
- A flag- handkerchiefs or other white fabric
How to Play
Capture the Ghost is just like capture the flag, but with a Halloween theme! Two teams will hide a white flag within their territory. The two teams’ goal is to capture the other team’s ghost while avoiding being seen or tagged out to the jail. The winner is the first team who brings the other team’s flag back to their base!
Pumpkin Patch Stomp
What You Will Need
- Orange Balloons
How to Play
What teen doesn’t love popping balloons? The goal of Pumpkin patch stomp is to see how many balloons a player can pop without using their hands in 30 seconds. The player with the most balloons popped wins! Teens can stomp or sit on the balloons to get them to pop.
Halloween Face Painting
What You Will Need
- Face paint
- Brushes
- Wipes for cleanup
How to Play
While halloween face painting might not seem like a game to play with teens it is actually a fun one. Players will draw from a stack of face painting ideas and then they will have to draw it on a friends face. Some might be scary, funny or cute. The winner is chosen by a predetermined judge.
Bobbing For Apples
What You Will Need
- Apples
- Bucket
How to Play
Bobbing for apples is a classic Halloween party game for teens! Gather apples and put them in a large bucket or bowl, then teens can try to get the apple out of the bucket with their mouths. Concerned about germs? Kids can have their own individual bowl of apples to bob from.
Ghost Throw
What You Will Need
- Cups or mini buckets
- Mini Marshmallows
How to Play
In ghost throw, teens can use mini marshmallows to try and get them into mini cups or buckets. Give each cup or bucket point amounts, with the closer cups being less and the farther away cups more points. The person with the most points is the winner.
Murder In The Dark
What You Will Need
- Paper
- Pencil
How to Play
Murder in the dark is a must-play game for any teen Halloween party! Players will draw a piece of paper out of a bowl. You will want to play this with 6 or more players. You will want to have a moderator as well. Grab a deck of cards and grab 1 King (who will be the murderer), 1 Q (who will be the detective), and a numbered card for all the other players. So if 10 people are playing you will need 10 total cards. The non face cards are bystanders or common people. If you a larder group is playing you can have more than 1 detective and more than 1 murderer.
Shuffle the cards and pass them out. Be sure to keep them hidden.
Turn off the lights and then the game begins. Everyone closes their eyes and then the moderator will have the murderer wake up. They can either point to the person they want dead and the moderator nods that they understand or the murder goes and taps them. He then will go to sleep.
The detective will then wake up trying to figure out who is the murderer is. They will point to one person and the moderator will then shake their head yes or no. They will go to sleep.
The moderator will then wake everyone up and announce who died in the middle of the night. (This person is now out) There is a discussion with everyone who they think the murderer is and then they vote on who they think it is. Everyone that is still alive votes to kill one person and then that person’s identity is announced. If it is the murderer, the game is over and the citizens and detective win. If they are not, then everyone goes to sleep and another round is played.
The game ends when the murderer is found or if the murderer kills off everyone before being found. It is all about deception and fun with this game!
The Undead Race
What You Will Need
- Space for the game to take place.
How to Play
In the undead race, one guest is picked to be the head zombie, and the other players start on the floor (as if they are dead). The goal is to get to a standing position without being seen by the head zombie. Players can only move when the zombie’s back is turned; you are out if they catch you moving! The first player to get to a full-standing position is the winner!
Pumpkin Bocce
What You Will Need
- Several large pumpkins
- Small pumpkins
- Marker
- Tape for the starting line
How to Play
Pumpkin Bocce is like a traditional bocce ball game but with a fun Halloween twist! Position several large pumpkins several feet away from the starting line. Players will be given small pumpkins to roll toward the larger pumpkins. The player who gets their small pumpkins closest to the larger ones without going past them wins! Use a sharpie or other marker to write players’ names on the small pumpkins.
Costume Relay Race
What You Will Need
- Old Halloween costumes
- Tape for lines
How to Play
Reuse your old Halloween costumes in this fun Halloween Costume relay race. Teams will race to put on an old Halloween costume and run to the end of the room and back, tagging the next person on their team to start putting on a costume and race across the room and back. The winner is the team who can get all their players dressed and across the finish line first.
Left and Right Halloween
What You Will Need
- Halloween left and right story
- Candy bar(s)
How to Play
Find or prewrite a short Halloween left or right story. The teens will then all sit in a circle and give one of them a candy bar at the beginning of the story. Every time the words right or left are said, the candy bar is passed in that direction. The winner of the candy bar is the one who is holding it at the end of the story.
Drop the Candy Corn!
What You Will Need
- Candy Corn
- Glass or bowl
- Chair
How to Play
In drop the Candy corn, players will sit or kneel on a chair and will have one minute to see how many candy corns they can drop into a glass or bowl sitting at their feet. The catch? Players must stay on the chair and can only use their mouths to drop the candy corn into the glass or bowl. The player with the most candy corn in their bowl or glass is the winner!
Halloween Story
What You Will Need
- Halloween story prompt
- Awards for the winners
How to Play
Give your guests a spooky prompt before the party and have them come up with a Halloween story based on the prompt. At the end of the night, have your guests share their stories and vote for the funniest, scariest, etc. You may be surprised at how creative your guests can be!
Haunted House
What You Will Need
- Gingerbread or graham crackers
- Purple, black, and orange frosting
- Halloween candy for decorating
- Marshmallow fluff
How to Play
Haunted house is a spooky version of gingerbread houses! Teams or individuals will try and create the best haunted house using gingerbread or graham crackers. Want a haunted graveyard for your house? Go for it Have fun!
Halloween Scavenger Hunt
What You Will Need
How to Play
Grab this fun Halloween scavenger hunt sheet and send your teens on a Halloween scavenger hunt around your neighborhood! Teams will have fun trying to find the items on the scavenger hunt sheet. Prizes can be rewarded for the most items found.
Costume Party
What You Will Need
- Prizes for the different categories
How to Play
Have teens dress up for your party and hand out prizes for different categories such as best costume, scariest, most realistic, etc.
Fear Factor
What You Will Need
- Games for teens to play
- Prizes for the winner of the games
How to Play
Play Fear Factor at your own discretion! Just like the TV show, teens can play the game to see if they can overcome their fears. Players can test their mettle with games like eating a hot pepper, sticking their hand in a container blindfolded and guessing what’s inside, touching a tombstone, or drinking a made-up concoction of mustard and mayo. Come up with some fearful things and see who is fearless!
Halloween Would You Rather
What You Will Need
How to Play
Teens will love to see what their friends will pick. Download these Halloween would you rather questions and let the fun and laughter flow.
Pumpkin Shake
What You Will Need
- Empty tissue boxes
- Candy corn mix
How to Play
Teens will get a kick out Pumpkin Shake, a game to surly spark some laughter. Tie an empty tissue box full of pumpkin and candy corn candies, and players will have one minute to see who can shake out the most candies. The teen with the most candy out of their box wins!
Unwrap The Candy
What You Will Need
- Pair of dice
- Ball of saran wrap holding Halloween candy
How to Play
Unwrap the candy is similar to our Christmas Saran Wrap Game. You will wnat to wrap up small Halloween candies in various levels of a ball of saran wrap. Players will need to sit in a circle for this game.
To get started, the ball of candy is given to a player, and the pair of dice are given to the player to their left. Game play starts with the player holding the ball and trying to unwrap the saran wrap to get to the candy. The player with the dice rolls until they get doubles. The ball and dice are then passed to the left, and play continues until all the candy has been unwrapped. Players get to keep the candy they unwrap.
Apple Race
What You Will Need
- Apples
- Tape to make the starting and finish line
How to Play
Teams will race to see who can get their apple across the finish line first. The catch is that players can only use their noses to get the apple across the floor to the finish line. You can play individually or as a relay race.
Mummy Race
What You Will Need
- Tape or string for the start and finish line
- Ace wrap or similar to wrap players’ legs together.
How to Play
Mummy race is a fun twist on the three-legged race. Wrap the legs of two players together like a mummy. The players must then race together to the first across the finish line!
Eyeball Toss
What You Will Need
- Display board
- Ping pong balls
- Tape or glue
- Eye Clipart
How to Play
In eyeball toss, teens will love to toss “eyeballs” into cups to see who can make the most baskets. Create baskets by attaching shot glasses to a display board and create eyeballs by using ping pong balls and eyeball pictures. Glue the eye pictures to the ping pong balls to create the eyeballs. Have the teens stand a few feet back from the board and attempt to shoot the eyeballs into the shot glasses.
Spook Walk
What You Will Need
- Halloween music
- Numbers 1-10 work well; print them out on some ghost clipart
- Candy or goodies as prizes
How to Play
Spook Walk is similar to a cake walk, kids will walk around a circle of numbers with Halloween music playing, and when the music stops, a number is drawn, and the lucky winner gets to pick some candy or homemade treats as a prize!
Apple Picking
What You Will Need
- Red apples
- Green apples
- String
- A stick or tree branch
- Blindfold
How to Play
Apple Picking is a fun game that everyone will want to play! You will want to get several red apples and one green apple. Tie strings to the apples, hanging all the red apples and one green apple to a tree branch or a pole. Blindfold the player before they come out, guide them to the hanging apples, and have them try and pick the green apple. If they guess correctly, they win the apple or another prize. Rearrange the apples and add a new green apple if necessary for the next player.
Ghost In The Graveyard
What You Will Need
- Nothing!
How to Play
Ghost in the graveyard is a fun game played at night that my teens love! The “ghost” or person who is “it” goes and hides, the other players then try to find the ghost. The first person to find the ghost yells “ghost in the graveyard” alerting the other players that the ghost has been found. The person who found the ghost is safe, but the other players need to race back to home base before they are tagged. If a player is tagged they will be the ghost in the next round.
Pumpkin Carving Contest
What You Will Need
- Small or large pumpkins
- Pumpkin carving kits
- Awards for the winners of the categories
How to Play
Teens love having a pumpkin carving contest. Set out pumpkin decorating kits for the guests to use. Create several categories for judges to select pumpkins for.
Halloween Movie Clue
What You Will Need
- Pictures from horror movies
How to Play
Halloween Movie Clue is a fun guessing game to test the movie knowledge of your partygoers. Print, or screenshot several pictures from various horror movies. Divide teens into teams and have them take turns guessing the movie from the picture. Team with the most guesses, wins!
Halloween Pictionary
What You Will Need
- Halloween Pictionary
How to Play
Halloween Pictionary will put teens drawing skills to the test! Just like regular pictionary, but use Halloween prompts instead. Come up with your own or search for a Halloween pictionary list and divide teens into teams based on the amount of people at the party. Set a timer and each team will see how many things they can draw and their team guess correctly.
Halloween Truth or Dare
What You Will Need
- Plastic pumpkin
- Slips of paper
- Pen or pencil
- Truth or dare statements
How to Play
Teens love to play Halloween Truth or Dare. Write several truth or dare questions on slips of paper (grab them from our Halloween Truth or Dare list) and then place them inside a plastic pumpkin. Have teens take turns drawing a paper out the pumpkin and either answer the truth or do the dare.
Broom Sweep Relay
What You Will Need
- Course boundaries
- Brooms
- Balloons
How to Play
Test your teens sweeping skills in this Broom Sweep Relay! Create a course that zig zags across a room or yard. Teams will race to see who can get all their players and their balloon through the course and back the fastest.
One player will start by sweeping a balloon through the course and back, they will then hand off the broom to the next player who will race through the course and back. The team that gets all their players through the course wins!
Don’t Drop The Apple!
What You Will Need
- Apples
How to Play
In don’t drop the apple, teams will see who can pass the apple down the line without using their hands! At the word GO!, the first member of each team tucks an apple under their chin and then turns and passes the apple under the chin of the next player. Teams see who can get their apple through all their players first without dropping the apple. If the apple is dropped it must go back the beginning.
Halloween Checkers
What You Will Need
- Mini pumpkins or pumpkin candy corn
- Poster board or construction paper squares
How to Play
In Halloween checkers, you will create your own giant checkerboard with mini pumpkins or pumpkin candy corn as markers. Using a poster board, draw a checkerboard, set up the checker pieces of your choice, and teens and will have fun all night long! You could also use a tabletop and tape-down construction paper squares to create a playing board.
There you have it! Halloween party games for teens that are sure to empress all your friends! Be sure to share other fun Halloween party games for teens in the comments that you love playing.
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