Looking for halloween-themed games, it’s for a party my co-worker is throwing. Any thought??
Poysyn,
Is this going to be an adult party or a kids party?
This is a party for Grown-ups!
- For a smaller party … prepare slips of paper with the name of a famous person on them. Since it is Halloween, you can have them be all on a theme, like famous criminals, famous monsters, horror writers, characters from horror movies etc etc.
When each person arrives, tape the name to their back, so others can see it. Then, each person has to ask other people yes or no questions. “Did I kill my mother?” “Am I American?” “Am I from outer space?”
Make the names as commonplace or as obscure as your peer group seems to demand. “Jack the Ripper” would be an easy mark. “the little headhunter doll from Creepshow” might be more of a challenge.
(We are actually so geeky that we tape the paper on our FOREHEADS but most normal people object to that)
- For a larger party … make questionaires and give to everyone at the party to fill in. They should NOT share answers while they are writing. 20 or 25 questions is probably a good number. The questions should be all personal experience/opinion, such as:
–First scary movie you saw in the theater
–Halloween costume you ALWAYS wanted, but were never allowed to have
–character from the Addams Family that is most like you
–character from the Munsters you would most like to date
–favorite death scene in a movie
–scene from a movie that is supposed to be scary, but is actually hilarious
–best candy to get in your basket
–worst candy to get in your basket
–favorite quote from a horror movie
Then, after everyone is finished, explain the next step. The goal is to find another person at the party that has the same answer for a question, and get them to initial your paper. The first person to find a “match” for each of their answers wins, or, whoever has the most matches after a certain amount of time. You can also have booby prizes for the most bizarre or unusual answer in each category.
- Tabloid Charades: like regular charades, only instead of using book titles and broadway shows, cut out horror/scary headlines from tabloids such as “Aliens Ate My Baby,” “Mummy’s Curse Causes World Wide Potato Shortage” and “Woodchuck Murders Two Nursing Home Residents Using Psychic Powers.” These are a lot more fun to act out, IMHO.
Once at the end of a Halloween party, I was a victim of “Measuring for a Coffin”.
Victims are kept in a separate room, led out one at a time. After a brief delay, the remaining victims hear loud screams from the one who was led away. That causes lots of speculation as to what’s going on.
The way it worked, I was led out of the waiting area, blindfolded, and instructed to lie down on the floor (which had been covered in black plastic). I had to fold my hands over my chest as if in a coffin and lie still.
I could hear the sounds of a measuring tape as people checked my height, length and width, then picked up an arm and measured. At last, they picked up a leg and measured the inseam. At that point, a pitcher of ice water was poured down my pant leg, causing lots of screaming.
Of course, I then got to keep quiet so I could watch the rest of the victims get the same treatment.