Teenage Halloween Games

Make Halloween fun for older kids and teens with age-appropriate games.

Make the holiday fun again for teenagers with age-appropriate Halloween games. As children grow into tweens and teens, they may feel that dressing up to enjoy Halloween is not for them. Prove that it is with enjoyable, exciting and entertaining Halloween games that are more grown up than the typical bobbing for apples activity.

Monster Movie Trivia

You can test your teenagers to see how well they remember scary movies by creating a monster trivia game. Teens will have to match monsters to their movies to play. Create the game cards by listing monsters (examples: Hannibal Lecter and Freddie Kruger) on one side of the card and then listing movies (in a different order) on the other side of the card. The teenager with the most correct matches wins. Game prizes can be monster movies or DVDs to tie into the theme of the game.

Tragic Sam

Tweens and teens will get a kick out of this silly and slimy Halloween game. To play, dim the lights and have guests close their eyes while you tell a story about Tragic Sam. The story is about Tragic Sam who died in an accident, but the Crime Scene Investigators (CSI) couldn't identify the remains found at the scene. The CSI team brought the remains to this party. Teenagers will keep their eyes closed while you pass around cooked spaghetti which you will tell them is believed to be Sam's brain; peeled tomato which is thought to be his heart; peeled grapes which some believe are his eyes; popcorn kernels which are thought to be his teeth and baby carrots which are thought to be his fingers and toes.

Halloween Scavenger Hunt

This is the perfect Halloween game for teenagers since most have cell phones with cameras. Team teens into small groups and then send them out in their costumes with a list of items they have to get photos of. Items should be in different order for each team so that they are not all doing the same thing at the same time. Each team will race around the neighborhood to get photos at local landmarks, with police officers, next to bouncers, etc. Once they complete the list they can return with the photos. The first team to return with everything completed wins.

Pumpkin Bowling

For teenage bowling enthusiasts, this is the perfect seasonally-themed game for a Halloween party. Create a bowling alley with lines of duct tape (or you can use sidewalk chalk) on your driveway. Place small plastic soda bottles (with a cup of water or sand in each for a bit of weight) on one end of the "bowling alley." Then, remove the stems from a few small or medium-sized pumpkins to use as bowling balls. Play just as you would for normal bowling, except the misshapen "ball" will create fun new challenges for players.

References

• Party Game Ideas: Monster Trivia
• Party Game Ideas: Halloween Camera Scavenger Hunt