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Halloween Games and Activities for School

Halloween brings a feeling of mischief and silliness to the classroom, especially when you have younger students. For your class's Halloween party, you want to have plenty of activities and games ready to celebrate the day in style. Use games and activities that incorporate the children's costumes, Halloween customs and, of course, candy.

Pumpkin Faces
- Allow the students to create Halloween decorations with this activity. Start by cutting out several pumpkin shapes from orange construction paper. Then, cut out various shapes of eyes, noses and mouths from black construction paper. These serve as the jack-o-lanterns' facial features. Place all of the black pieces inside a paper bag. The children take turns pulling out an eye, a nose and a mouth without looking inside the bag. Once they have the features, they glue them to the paper pumpkins. Decorate your classroom with the students' creations.
Tricks and Treats
- Before your students enter the classroom, write 10 words related to Halloween, such as "candy," "trick-or-treat" and "jack-o-lantern," on your classroom chalkboard or whiteboard. Prepare a bag full of candies for each student. As they head to class, hand each student a candy bag and instruct them to look at the board. Tell them that if they say any of the words on the board, they have to give their candies to the person who caught them saying the word. This continues for the entire party, with people giving and receiving candy throughout the day.
Dead Dave
- Send a chill down the spines of your students with this game. Start by preparing some food: peeled grapes, boiled spaghetti, and a peeled tomato. Place each of the items inside a separate bowl. Sit the class down in a circle and blindfold all of the students. When ready, tell them a scary story---anything you can think of that's age-appropriate---about how a man met his untimely death. Then, pass the food around. Tell the students that the peeled grapes are his eyes, the spaghetti his brain and the tomato his heart.
Costume Story Contest
- Instead of hosting a typical costume contest, make your students stretch their creative muscles with this activity. Have all of the kids sit down and write a backstory pertaining to the costumes they have on. When all of the students have finished, let them take turns coming up to the front of the classroom and reading their stories. The student with the best story and costume combination wins the contest.

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