Want some easy project ideas that don’t take a lot of supplies? Set out craft items like pipe cleaners and pompoms so your friends can make spiders.
For a fun challenge, have your friends watch Halloween makeup tutorials online and try to recreate the looks. Want something less competitive? Set out nail polish in Halloween colors and let everyone decorate their nails.
Don’t forget to put out googly eyes or tiny plastic bugs that people can mix into their creepy slime.
Make the game even creepier by playing in the dark. For a dare example, you might write “Close your eyes and eat whatever food is put into your hands,” or “Howl at the moon in a public place. " For truth ideas, you could use “What’s the worst nightmare you’ve ever had?” or “What would you take with you if you had to spend the night in a haunted house?”
Can’t build a bonfire? That’s totally fine! Have your guests get into their sleeping bags and turn off the lights. Give everyone a flashlight so you can see each other.
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Ask your friends if they want to do scary games. If someone doesn’t want to, don’t force them to! Remember, you want your guests to have fun.
Guests can squeeze white frosting back and forth to make a mummy treat or drizzle a little red food gel on top to look like blood. For an extra-special treat, make caramel apples. You can even dye the caramel black to make the apples look poisoned.
Make it extra challenging by waiting until it’s dark to look for the candy. Then, give your guests flashlights and let the hunt begin.
For a creepy punch display, fill a clean latex glove with water and tie it shut. Freeze the glove until the water turns to ice and cut away the glove. Float the hand in your punch bowl and watch your guest’s reactions!
Want to serve a scary dinner? Boil black pasta and toss it with an orange or red pasta sauce before you serve it. While the sauce won’t be bright, it will make the pasta look slimy.
Set out orange and black LED candles to give your space some spooky low lighting. Don’t forget that pumpkins are decorations too! Set out jack-o-lanterns or display knotty, green, or white varieties of pumpkins to switch things up.
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Other simple Halloween creatures include ghosts, witches, skulls, skeletons, spiders, and black cats.
You can always switch up the music throughout the night. Start with fun party music and change it to scary background music when you do party games.
If you have a lot of guests, have prizes for different costume categories. Try the best scary costume, best silly costume, or best movie character costume, for instance.
