Double, double toil and trouble; enjoy Halloween within your social bubble. The spookiest time of the year is here, and Flipp has some fun ideas, don’t fear!
Even though things might look a bit different this year, that doesn’t mean that you can’t create a night the kiddos will never forget. Halloween can still be one of the most exciting times of the year, and that’s why we’ve gathered some spook-tacular ideas on how to turn your home into a Halloween fun house. So, if your family has decided to stay home this Halloween, check out these awesome activities and games to safely enjoy Halloween with your social bubble.
Thanks to Good Housekeeping and Country Living for the inspiration, here are our top five activities.
1. Pumpkin Bean Bag Toss
Take pumpkin carving to the next level with this pumpkin bean bag toss!
What you’ll need:
- 2 carved pumpkins; 1 medium sized and 1 large sized
- Bean bags
How to Play:
- Carve both pumpkins and ensure that their mouths are opened wide.
- Stack the medium pumpkin on top of the large pumpkin.
- Take turns trying to get the bean bag into the pumpkins’ mouth. Award 10 points for the bottom pumpkin and 20 points for the top pumpkin.
For tips and tricks on how to carve the best pumpkin, check out or Pumpkin Carving 101 Guide.
2. Pin the Spider on the Web
A creepy crawly take on a classic.
What You’ll Need
- Poster board
- Paper spiders
- Double sided tape
- Blind fold (a t-shirt makes a great blindfold!)
How to Play:
- Draw a giant spider web on your poster board and hang it on the wall.
- Use paper to cut out spiders. Each player should get 3 spiders.
- Stick a piece of double sided tape to the back of each spider.
- Blind-fold the first player and turn them in three circles.
- With the blindfold on, have them do their best to walk to the web and stick their spider on what they think is the middle of the web.
- Continue this until each player has had three turns.
- Whoever pins their spider closest to the middle of the web wins!
3. Minute to Win it Candy Corn Game
There’s nothing quite like a timed competition!
What you’ll need:
- Candy corn (or any small candy)
- Chopsticks
- Small bowls (2 per participant)
- A timer
How to Play:
- Give each participant a pair of chopsticks, a bowl of candy corn, and an empty bowl.
- Set a timer for 60 seconds.
- Once you say go, see how many pieces of candy each person can pick up with the chopsticks and place in the empty bowl.
- Once the 60 seconds are up, see who was able to move the most pieces of candy into the second bowl.
4. Make Witch Slime
Science is spooky!
What You’ll Need:
- ½ cup of Elmer’s white glue
- 3 cups of foam shaving cream
- ½ teaspoon of baking soda
- Food coloring
- 1 tablespoon of saline solution for contact lenses
- Mixing bowl
How to Make Slime:
Check out our video on the Flipp Instagram to learn how to make Witch Slime!
- Add shaving cream into the bowl.
- Add food coloring as desired – pick the scariest colors you can think of!
- Mix in the glue.
- Stir in the baking soda.
- Mix in the saline solution and stir until slime forms. If your slime feels too sticky you might want to add a bit more.
*Pro tip: Try adding some of the saline solution in your hands and then kneading the slime. You can always add more but you can never take away. Kneading the slime also helps make it fluffy.
Make things extra creepy by adding eyeballs and spiders to the mix.
5. Ghost Bowling
Did someone say Boo-wling?
What You’ll Need:
- 10 white plastic cups
- 2 small orange balls
- A permanent marker
How to Play:
- Decorate each plastic cup with a ghost face.
- Decorate the balls with a pumpkin face.
- Stack the cups so that there are 4 on the bottom, 3 on top of that, then 2 and then 1.
- Use the balls to try and knock down as many cups as you can in two throws.
Halloween at home is going to be a blast with these fun activities! Don’t forget to use the Flipp app to save on materials and make sure you tag @getflipp in all your photos!
