Halloween is a great time to throw a party for your seniors, and there are so many themed games to play. Here are some Halloween party games to get seniors in the spooky spirit:

Pumpkin Bowling

Take the stems off some small pumpkins, set up pins, and you have a pumpkin bowling Halloween party game! The pins can be anything from rolls of paper towels to plastic cups. This site uses soda bottles decorated in a variety of Halloween characters, which can make great crafts for those who don’t want to bowl.

Guess the Pumpkin’s Weight

This straightforward game lets seniors try their luck at guessing how much a pumpkin weighs. Have slips of paper for them to write guesses on and decide a prize for the winner. While these instructions say to use your largest pumpkins, any size you can find will do (especially if seniors want to hold the pumpkin in order to guess).

Halloween Pictionary

A spooky twist on the classic party game is sure to entertain seniors! You can find lists of suggested clue words here or here, but feel free to add your own for seniors to draw and guess.

Pumpkin Decorating Contest

Halloween means pumpkins, and decorating them can be a great Halloween party game. If you have a larger crowd to entertain and can’t get enough pumpkins for everyone, have teams decorate one pumpkin each.

Costume Contest

Halloween usually means wearing costumes, so why not incorporate that into another competitive party game? This site mentions some potential categories to select winners for your costume contest (along with other possible games to play). If your seniors aren’t dressing up in costumes, consider a contest for the most festive outfit and encourage wearing black and orange or other Halloween-themed clothes.

Cauldron Toss

With bean bags and decorative cauldrons, you can play this Halloween spin on bean bag toss. This site suggests how to score the game and give out prizes based on points. While those instructions use stuffed animal frogs for tossing, this site recommends bean bags, but you can use any soft and easy to throw items that fit the Halloween spirit.

Tarantula Toss

While this sounds similar to the Cauldron Toss, the Tarantula Toss game involves throwing spiders at spiderwebs and trying to get them to stick. The instructions link to specific webs you can buy, but you can craft webs using string or yarn, just test that the spiders hold onto them when thrown.

Mummy Wrap

For the Mummy Wrap take some rolls of toilet paper and willing participants, and seniors can compete to see who can wrap their mummy up the fastest. If you are playing with seniors who have difficulty standing for long or who cannot stand, they can sit and be the mummy for others to wrap. You can adjust these rules in that case and require only that the mummy’s arms and head be wrapped, instead of their whole body.

Guess the Halloween Candy

A Halloween party typically has candy already, so why not make a game out of it? Blindfolded players must guess the candy they’re tasting for this simple game. Here it is suggested playing to guess the halloween candy where two players go head-to-head and whoever guesses correctly stays another round. You can play different ways though, such as having a certain number of candies for players to try, and whoever gets the most right wins.

You can use any combination of these games to create a festive Halloween party that everyone can participate in! The more games and crafts you include, the more fun your Halloween party will be.