HALLOWEEN isn’t Halloween until you’ve thrown a Halloween party – or at the very least, attended one.
Think about it: spooky decorations, skulls as props and sweets everywhere. What’s not to enjoy?
Whether you’re a kid or a kid at heart, Halloween is also about the games and the crafts – it all starts with carving those pumpkins, icing those ghost biscuits, bobbing for apples…
There are all kinds of Halloween games that can make the occasion fun, even for kids who are too little to go trick or treating. You’ll find Halloween-themed versions of all of your favourite classics: Halloween Twister, a Halloween beanbag toss, a witch’s hat ring toss – we’ve even seen Stick the Nose on the Witch, the Halloween version of Pin the Tail on the Donkey.
If there’s one thing to buy for a kids’ Halloween party, we’d suggest a piñata.
Fun for kids and grownups, you’ll find them shaped like pumpkins, witches, Day of the Dead skulls, ghosts, bats, spiders and more.
For an older child or more adult crowd, board games can keep up the spook factor – there are plenty of scary or haunted-themed ones. Let’s not forget that old Halloween classic, the Ouija board. After all, can you think of a better night to commune with ghosts?
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Disney Villains are pitted against each other in this family strategy game where villains plot, scheme and strive to bring the goodies – and their opponent villains – down. It’s beautifully executed (‘each character has a fold-out board with beautiful art, a quote from the film, a unique abstract player piece of their colour, and a luxurious deck of cards’) and your gameplay abilities are determined by whichever character you happen to be, like Captain Hook or Maleficent.
Speaking of Maleficent, snap up this addictive game before the second instalment of the franchise comes out in October.
This board game – think of it as Cluedo with a supernatural twist – for kids 10 and up involves collaboration between players (there can be up to seven) as they play the role of psychic investigators trying to help the dead ghost haunting the mansion (also played by one of the players), discover how he died and who did it, so he can rest in peace in the afterlife.
The premise is perfect for playing on Halloween, although anyone who buys it will be impressed with the ‘beautiful artwork’, how ‘weird and fun’ it is and like that it’s a ‘great murder mystery game’.
A kids’ Halloween party is chaos – and that’s before the sugar rush kicks in. Having an activity that allows them to let off some steam is essential, which is why we love this witch piñata, who kids can swing at, bash and destroy before reaping their reward: more sweets.
A game that celebrates some of the stupidest deaths in history, this is like Horrible Histories in a box. Even better if everyone at the table is dressed like a Grim Reaper.
Dusting off the Ouija board is the stuff of Halloween tradition; this mystical board that may or may not be able to connect us with the spirit world was first marketed as a toy in the 1890s and has proven itself as both a fun tool to use to mess around with your friends and, if you believe in popular culture, as a portal to ghosts, monsters, demons and the like. Only one way to find out, right?
This Halloween game is rather versatile: it serves as a Halloween decoration, can work as a photo background board (kids will love poking their heads into the cutouts) and it’s a fun toss-the-beanbag game of hand-eye coordination (it comes with three beanbags).
Fans like that it’s durable, great value for money and will keep the kids happy for yonks.
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