More Ghoulish Games

Someone has been hiding bones for years. They are hidden all over the house, just dying to be discovered!

• Scissors
• Cardboard
• Black marker
• If you don't want to make them from scratch, you can also purchase bones in a store that sells Halloween merchandise.

1. Make or buy bones. Draw and cut small bones out of cardboard, or you may use store-bought plastic skeleton bones.

2. Hide bones around the room.

3. The child who finds the most bones wins. Playing some music will make the scramble for bones even more fun. Give treats or a prize to the winner.

• Large pad of white paper
• Wide-tip, black marking pen
• Easel

1. On slips of paper, write words that have something to do with Halloween. Some choices are spider web, tombstone, witch, bat, haunted house, spooky, ghost, trick or treat.

2. Put the slips of paper in a hat or a plastic pumpkin.

3. Divide the guests into two teams.

4. Player on first team draws selected word. A player on the first team begins by picking a slip of paper, keeping the word to himself, and drawing what it means on a large pad of paper. Only the members of his own team can guess. They have 2 minutes. A timer is helpful.

5. Correct guess receives 100 points. If they guess correctly, they get 100 points and another person on that team gets to go up. If they do not guess correctly, the other team gets one chance to guess the word and earn 25 points.

6. The teams take turns until there's a winner. After each player has had a chance to draw, the team with the most points wins.

• Pumpkins of various sizes
• Large plastic hoop

1. Paint and arrange pumpkins. Select several pumpkins of various sizes. Paint point values on the pumpkins and arrange them with the smallest value closest to the player.

2. Toss hoop around pumpkin. The players form a line and one by one toss a large plastic hoop around a pumpkin.

3. Each participant has three tries; the highest score wins.

Get your guests involved in creating a mystery.

1. Gather everyone in a circle. Dim the lights, but keep the jack o' lanterns lit.

2. Start by making up a mystery tale.

3. Before you finish it, turn to the child next to you and have him add onto the story.

4. Continue adding onto the mystery until everyone has taken a turn.

5. Helpful Hint: You can create a spooky sight by filling jack-o'-lanterns with dry ice and a little water -- vapor will float out of the jack-o'-lantern. When using the dry ice, be sure that you are in a well-ventilated area and protect your hands by wearing heavy gloves.

When guests come to your house, have a goblin hunt.

• Construction paper
• Scissors
• Halloween candy or other treats

1. Draw small pictures of goblins on paper and attach them to a treat.

2. Hide the packages around the house.

3. Let the children seek them out.

This ghoulish game will have your party-goers screaming with delight.

• Peeled, hard-boiled egg
• Music

1. Have all the players sit in a circle, as if playing Hot Potato. But instead of using a potato, pass a peeled, hard-boiled egg!

2. The guest left holding the egg when the music stops is out.

3. Continue the game until there is one player left, who wins the game.