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21 Fun Family Activities for a Spooktacular Halloween

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21 Fun Family Activities for a Spooktacular Halloween

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Connect with your family (screen-free) this Halloween by casting an unbreakable spell of bonding... just work your way through our Halloween activity checklist!

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Halloween is the perfect time to break out from the 'normal' and connect with your loved ones in new and exciting ways.

The air is humming with changing seasons, breathtaking color, and no small amount of eldritch magic...

So why limit your Halloween repertoire to a tired lineup of horror movie reruns? (Does anyone really have the stamina to watch all of the 'Friday the 13th' movies, again?)

This October, try working your way through our Halloween Family Activity Checklist instead!

It's filled with screen-free family fun that's guaranteed to conjure laughs and fond memories that will last well beyond the post-Halloween sugar-high. Try out our best ideas on this list, or alternatively, do it all!

This party thrown by the Adams family (no, not that Adams family!) is an awesome example of DIY decorations done right!

1. Deck the Halls - Spooky Style

Nothing boosts the Halloween Spirit like coming home to goblins, ghouls, and gremlins every day.

Decide on a theme for your house (if you're stuck, here's a handy list of themes), use family activity time to DIY the decorations, and set them up inside and outside the house.

I see that frown, don't be overwhelmed! Decorating DIY is easier than it seems, especially if you follow our Halloween hacks.

You can quickly transform the house into ghost central, with the spirits outside lifting your spirits inside.

Here's a shortlist of DIY ideas provided by our friendly homemade ouija board:

Pick out pumpkins and let each member of the family design their own sinister image. (To prevent scenes of gore and ER visits, let mom or dad do the actual carving.) Stick a candle inside to warn all of the evil that lurks within.

OR, achieve the same effect just by cutting creepy patterns into cans/bottles and sticking a candle or LED light inside. It's easier, and you can craft enough of them to eerily line your driveway...

Make a candy wreath Halloween is more than ghosts and zombies! Make one for the outside to welcome trick or treaters.

Make a candy countdown clock! Design a board with your theme and place a piece of candy on each day. Eat your way to the creepiest night of the year.

3. Craft an unforgettable escape room experience - together!

Yes, escape room games are super fun.

But designing them is an adventure in itself!

You can bring your whole family together around this shared creative challenge. Or turn it into a competition to see who can design the best game! (of course, bonus points for 'spoopiest game')

Best yet, you don't have to start from scratch. We've made a family activity pack that guides you through each step of the process. Our Escape Room Master Class gives you all of the printable templates, puzzles, and props you need to get started now!

Check out the Escape Room Master Class

4. Host A Haunted Party

If you need ideas on how to be the very best party ghost on the block, check out our Halloween hacks here.

But why is this in the pre-Halloween checklist? Well, preparing for a Halloween party can be an epic quest in itself, taking days or even weeks to pull off properly. So why not involve the whole family? (After all, if they want to enjoy the party, they should help make it happen!)

Plus, with so many people and events vying for attention on Halloween day, it may be wise to host your party a weekend or two before Halloween.

Just remember, if you invite vampires into your house, it renders you powerless against them. Have your wooden stake ready.

Looks like an epic party, right? This whole party was based off our printable escape room game, The Lost Mummy!

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5. Lose Yourself in a Corn Maze

6. Brave a Haunted House

7. Light the First Fire of the Fall

8. Find Out if X Really Marks the Spot

With the crisp air and autumn leaves, the atmosphere is just right for an epic scavenger hunt!

Create haunted treasure maps for your family and friends to follow, complete with riddling clues hidden each step of the way and a chest of chocolate goodies at the end. You can even make it a race. Winner eats the treasure!

This is an all-time favorite among kids, and secretly, adults love a good treasure-hunt too!

You can get a jump-start on your treasure maps using our printable treasure map templates. Need a bit more of a walkthrough? No worries! Our friends over on Datenight Wingman have written a step-by-step tutorial.

GRAB THESE MAPS FOR FREE IN OUR HALLOWEEN BOX

10. Trick or Treat Competition

11. Spooky Scavenger Hunt

Up the thrill of your trick-or-treat route by planting items around the house, neighborhood, or town. You decide. (This is a great opportunity to use the treasure maps you've prepared earlier!)

Alternatively, give your avid adventurers a list of items they need to 'acquire' before they return home. Maybe you need a go-cup from your favorite restaurant, a shopping bag from the local grocery store, and breath mints from a gas station (receipt required!).

If it's a bit too dark and scary outside, you could also just plant things around the house, give the participants a list and a time limit, and see who comes up with the most items. Any candy they find they get to keep!

12. Star on the Silver Screen

Make quick, one-minute horror movies using only a smartphone. Give everyone a chance to star! You can edit the movies with free video editing apps.

Show the films to everyone on Halloween night! Whether it's a quiet family night or a bustling party activity, this is a sure-fire way to get everyone laughing together.

(This is the only device-approved Halloween activity! For everything else, take a break from the tech and reconnect with the family face-to-face!)

13. Escape The Forces of Evil At An Escape Room

Getting bored of just walking through a haunted house? Try escape rooms! An escape room requires you to use your wits to dodge zombies, slip away from mummies and solve gruesome murders before your time runs out.

Some escape rooms even feature live actors waiting in ambush to make your blood run cold.

And guess what? Now you can bring the escape room experience to your own Halloween party using aprintable escape room kit.

Each kit is designed to be set up quickly and super easily, but is also fully customisable. So you can host the escape room adventure of your dreams, right in your living room!

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This blindfolded landmine party game is part of our Rebel Revolt escape room kit. Some adventurers are brave (?) enough to replace those landmine cards with mouse traps!

14. Play Creepy Halloween Games

Break the ice at your Halloween party with some creepy, spooky, or gross games. Our favorites for summoning endless laughs and shocked faces are:

Bobbing for apples - a classic! Or, if you want something a little more sugary, bob for donuts by hanging them from your clothesline with string.

Create a blind "feel box,"marked live worms, snakes, maggots, or other icky creatures. Tell your guests that they can find prizes if they brave the creatures (of course, you will actually need prizes in the box). Fill the box with wet noodles, dry rice, or something that people will associate with your creature. Watch the disgusted reactions as they stick their hands in!

Create a ghostly pinata filled with Halloween Candy. Don't forget the candy corn!

Mummy bowling! Wrap "pins" in toilet paper. Decorate balls like mummy heads. Spooky ring toss. Like regular ring toss, except that you are tossing rings at things like outstretched zombie hands, demon horns, or tombstones!

Spooky ring toss. Like regular ring toss, except that you are tossing rings at things like outstretched zombie hands, demon horns, or tombstones!

Tell ghost stories. Turn out the lights, hand the storyteller a flashlight to place under their chin, and see who can deliver the tallest and scariest tale! You can even give everyone a theme they have to use (let them pick the themes from a hat) to move the storytelling forward! Be creative with your themes!

15. Gawk At Halloween Decorations

Some houses and neighborhoods go all out for Halloween. You may know where they are, and you can find new, festive neighborhoods by searching online. Get in a car with family and friends and marvel at the creativity of some of the people near you. Just remember, no matter how real it looks, that's not really a witch chasing your car!

This seriously spooky facade was part of a classroom escape room game that Ingrid ran for her students. Check out her fun story!

16. Lead the Clean-Up Crew

18. Vote For Best Halloween Costume

Have a secret vote for the family's best costume! Gather in the kitchen to witness the counting of the votes. The winner receives an extra piece of candy and decides the theme for next year's decorations.

Alternatively, have everyone take pictures of their favorite costumes while they're out-and-about, and see who 'found' the best costume over Halloween.

20. Buy Discounted Halloween Candy!

Stores always have leftover Halloween candy.

If you can stomach the thought of even more sugar, now is a good time to snatch up some deals. Yes, the seasonally-shaped candy may seem odd when you rip open the bag later in the year, but in the end, sugar is sugar!

This can also be a good time for kids to practice money-skills. Release them into the store with a strict $10 budget, and let them figure out for themselves what the best deal is. (Just beware, it may take them a while!)

Halloween brings out the creative side of the family more than any other holiday.

Is it all the magic in the air? Is it the one month where 'normal' seems to disappear? Or maybe it's just all the sugar in everyone's systems?

Regardless, this is the perfect opportunity to shut off the devices and really connect as a family. (and it doesn't have to cost you a fortune! Read our cash-saving tips)

Immerse yourselves in all of the fun, frights, and candy the season brings! I guarantee that you will create much better memories than you would by watching 'Friday the Thirteenth, part 58'.... again!

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