6 Super Fun Halloween Games To Play In Class
It’s almost Halloween, and you know what that means – time for some spooky classroom fun! Below are 6 super fun Halloween games you can play with your students, each requiring little to no preparation. Best of all, they’re completely free to use in your classroom. Happy teaching and enjoy the festivities!
1. Easy Halloween Quiz
This first game is an easy Halloween quiz. There are 10 Halloween trivia questions and each one is a multiple-choice question. To play, simply play the video from this page or from our YouTube channel. After each question, pause the video to give students time to choose their answers.
2. Halloween PowerPoint Game
This game is a fun Halloween PowerPoint game for kids, where a witch and a ghost race to the Halloween candy. To play, divide the students into two teams: the Witch Team and the Ghost Team. Teams take turns choosing a letter and answering a Halloween-themed question. After each correct answer, click on the witch or ghost to make it move. The first team to reach the Halloween candy wins!
3. Halloween Guessing Game
If you’re teaching Halloween vocabulary, this Halloween guessing game is a great way to warm up or review. Simply play the video from this page or YouTube. There are 10 pictures of Halloween items hidden behind colored shapes, and as the shapes disappear, students must try to guess the Halloween word. You can pause the video to let students write down their answers, raise their hands, or shout out the word when they’re ready to guess.
4. Guess Who Is The Scary Witch
This next Halloween game is really fun and requires no preparation at all, making it perfect for the classroom. To play, choose one student to be ‘it’ and ask them to close their eyes or turn away from the group. Then, pick another student to be the ‘Witch.’ The ‘Witch’ must say, in a scary witch voice, ‘I am a scary witch! Be very afraid! Hahahahaha!’ The student who had their eyes closed must then try to guess which classmate said the words.
5. Draw A Monster
To play this Halloween game in class, each student will need a piece of paper and a pencil. Play the video from this page or YouTube on a screen for the whole class. Students will see three sentences describing a monster. They should read the sentences and try to draw what they think the monster looks like. Pause the video to give them time to finish their drawings. Then, ask students to hold up their pictures for the class to see. Finally, press play on the video to reveal the actual monster.
6. Halloween Odd One Out Game
This simple Halloween game is lots of fun! To play, simply show the video. There are ten rounds, and in each round, students have 10 seconds to find the odd one out. Play it at the start of class to warm up, at the end of class to review, or anytime you need a quick and fun Halloween game.
More Halloween Resources
For more free materials for teaching Halloween, check out these related resources:
Halloween Worksheets
Online Halloween Quiz
Halloween Flashcards
Halloween PowerPoint Lesson
Halloween Conversation Questions