The Best Halloween Games, Crafts & Candy Free Treats For Kids

Don't let the scary Halloween ghouls and ghosts scare you away from having some fun with your kids this year.  A "fright free" Halloween can be enjoyed by kids of all ages.

If you are looking for some fun Halloween activities for your youngster you have come to the right place! You won't find any scary monsters here but you will find fun Halloween themed crafts, a challenging scavenger hunt, some tasty treats and many more ideas for your family to enjoy together.

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Fun But Not Scary Halloween Activities & Treats For Kids

HALLOWEEN GAMES

Halloween Scavenger Hunt

Everyone loves a fun (and not spooky) Halloween scavenger hunt! The best part about this cool Halloween Scavenger Hunt from Sunny Day Family is that all the work is done for you  - all you have to do is print, cut and play! The Halloween Scavenger Hunt set comes with 4 total pages - there are 12 pre-printed clues plus instructions. There is also a page of blank cards for you to create your own custom adventure if you'd like. (click HERE to purchase your own pre-made Halloween Scavenger Hunt)

Mummy challenge

Divide your family or group into teams (3-4 people per team). Give each team a roll of toilet paper. Select one person per team to be the mummy. The rest of the teammates take turns wrapping the mummy up with toilet paper. The team with the beat mummy after 2 minutes wins the challenge.

Pumpkin Ring Toss

Toss rings onto the stems of several pumpkins. The person who gets the most rings on the pumpkin stems within 2 minutes wins. Check out the full tutorial here. (for plastic ring toss rings click HERE)

Pumpkin Memory Game

via: Simple Play Ideas

You will need 12 orange paper plates or if you can't find orange plates either paint or color plain paper plates orange. Using black paint or black construction paper create 6 matching sets of pumpkin faces. Glue on the faces or paint on the faces to the orange plates. Mix up the plates and lay them face down in a random order. Take turns trying to find matching faces. When a match is found remove it from the game. 

The winner is the person with the most matching plates. The complete tutorial can be found at Simple Play Ideas. 

Lollipop Ghost Hunt

Supplies needed: package of lollipop suckers, white tissue paper or white Kleenex, clear tape, black marker.

Hold a lollipop sucker, candy side down in the middle of a tissue. Gather the tissue around the sucker so that the round part is completely covered. Wrap a piece of tape securely around the tissue just under the sucker so that the sucker doesn't fall out. Draw eyes and a mouth on each ghost. 

Secretly hide the ghosts around your house and let the kids find them. Finders keepers!

HALLOWEEN CRAFTS

Mini Marshmallow Ghost Poppers

For this craft you will need white paper cups, large balloons, sharper markers, white cardstock (optional), hot glue and hot glue gun and mini marshmallows. 

Find the full tutorial and video instructions at The Craft Train. Either pom-poms or mini marshmallows can be used in these fun poppers! Pull down on the balloon and let the fun fly!!

Paint A Pumpkin

Supplies needed: mini pumpkins, tempra or acrylic craft paint, plastic place mats, paintbrushes, small cups or bowls of water, paper towels.

Gather enough mini pumpkins (small orange gourds) for each person to have their own. Using tempra or acrylic paint let your children paint anything they want on their mini pumpkin. You might want to suggest the drip painting method and see how colors mix as the colors run together down the pumpkin. Make sure you put the pumpkins on top of a plastic place mats so you don't get paint on any surfaces that shouldn't be painted.

For a step by step tutorial visit Glued to My Crafts blog! 

Spooky Spider Web

via: Consumer Crafts Blog

Supplies needed: Popsicle sticks, white or silver acrylic craft paint, paint brush, hot glue and glue gun, 6-8' of orange, black or white yarn, mini plastic spiders.

For a complete tutorial on how to make these amazing Popsicle stick spider webs go to Consumer Crafts Blog! 

HALLOWEEN TREATS

Candy Corn Krispie Treats

via: Pint Sized Treasures

Everyone loves Krispie treats! They whip up super fast and look amazing especially when dipped in chocolate. Cut the treats into triangle shapes to resemble the shape of candy corn then dip the tips of the triangle into melted white chocolate and the bottom into melted milk chocolate to make these party favorites. 

Vampire Donuts

via: Sisterhood Of The Sensible Moms

Here is another Halloween treat that is perfect when you are short on time and need a treat for the kiddos. These little monsters can be put together in less than 10 minutes and turn out super cute and taste great! The bonus is that each child can have their own set of vampire teeth to take home with them. You can find a great pack of vampire teeth HERE.

Fruit Kabobs

Halloween is always packed with sweets and candy and it can be hard to sneak a healthy treat in but I think these fruit kabobs are sure to get kids eating at least one healthy snack!

Decorate a medium to small size pumpkin by wrapping crepe paper around it to look like a mummy. Draw eyes and a mouth on the crepe paper or cut out eye shapes from black and white construction paper and attach to the pumpkin's front face area and you are all done decorating it.

Next grab 20-30 wooden skewers (find some here) and begin sliding red and green grapes in an alternating pattern onto the wood skewer. Top the end with a strawberry. Push the sharp point of the skewer into the top of the pumpkin and continue filling in the top with more fruit kabob skewers. 

click HERE for the Halloween Planner

Before you go I wanted to show you this great Halloween Party Planner and Halloween Coupon Book. If you struggle with keeping holiday activities, snacks, costumes and all the other busyness that comes with holiday celebrations this printable planner is a must-have! Don't be that mom who is rushing to the grocery store at 5pm on October 31 to buy Halloween candy or costumes - plan ahead to keep your sanity. 

The Halloween coupon book is a terrific bonus that comes with the planner. The coupons can be customized so you can make them specific for each child. Use them as special rewards for your child for a special treat like date with mom or dad! This is a great sweet free treat that won't disappoint. 

Happy Fun (and not scary) Halloween!