11 Awesome Halloween Minute to Win It Games for Your Family

Keep reading to see what Halloween minute to win it games we’ll be playing as a family.

But first, here’s a quick list of all the supplies you’ll need to play the games. And here’s a great bonus – many of the supplies are re-used from game to game.

Halloween Minute to Win It Game Supplies

This list is divided into edible and non-perishable items, so you can start preparing early and buy the non-food items over the course of the next two months.

Non-perishable supplies

• Mini plastic pumpkins. These ones are ideal because they have very small “stems” that will work perfectly for the Pumpkin Stack game. They’re also great for little hands to work with. 
• Small black plastic cauldrons. This inexpensive 12-piece set comes with a larger 8″x6″ cauldron that would be perfect as a decoration! 
• Small Halloween stickers. You want some of the stickers to be small enough to fit on the bottom of a Hershey kiss without sticking out on the sides at all. This set of Halloween stickers comes with tons of extra stickers for goody bags. They could also be a great non-candy alternative to pass out for at-home trick or treating.
• Straws. You’ll want lots of extras to make sure no one is sharing or gets confused if they leave their straw laying around. This pack of 200 paper straws has a ton of bright, festive colors. Also, these straws are paper, so they’re much better for the environment!
• Paper plates. You’ll want a lot of these to keep the spread of germs to a minimum, and you’ll need at least 2 plates per guest for the Suck It Up game. Grab these fun orange paper plates, and you’ll have plenty to actually use for eating too! 
• Wooden craft sticks. Depending on the ages of your guests, you may want the jumbo craft sticks or the regular size craft sticks. The wider ones will be easier and are better for kids under age six. 
• 3-6 rolls of toilet paper
• Plastic spiders. You could give these away as party favors too. 
• Clear 12-ounce plastic cups. You’ll need lots. 
• Paper lunch sacks. This cute Halloween-themed pack of 36 paper bags would do the trick for sure! You’d even have extra to use as treat bags.
• Craft pom poms. Pick out the orange, black, white, yellow, and green ones to be extra festive!
• A one-minute timer. A phone works great.

Candy and other edible supplies

• Mallowcreme pumpkins. Do you know those ones that taste like candy corn? You’ll need at least two small bags.
• Fall themed Hershey kisses
• Halloween candy. A large bag is best.
• Halloween cookies. Any variety will do, at least one per person.
• Fall-themed or Halloween M&Ms
• One or two medium pumpkins (often called pie pumpkins)

Okay, are you ready to move on and check out the games themselves? Let’s do it!

Halloween Minute to Win It Games

Remember that each game only lasts for one minute, so have a timer at the ready!

Also, be sure to have your phone handy to take lots of funny pictures and videos!

Game #1: Ghost Stack

This simple Halloween game is so much harder than it seems!

Preparation:

Draw simple ghost faces onto 15 clear or white plastic or paper cups. Stack them into a pyramid with five cups on the bottom row, four on the next level, etc.

How to play:

One player at a time quickly pulls the cups down into one single stack. 

Then the player needs to re-create the pyramid, one cup at a time.

The person to remake the pyramid the quickest is the winner. 

Halloween Minute to Win it Game #2: Trick or Eat

This is a fun group game for about five or six people at a time.

Game Preparation:

Put a little Halloween sticker on the bottom of a Hershey kiss. You’ll need at least one or two stickers under a Hershey kiss for each person who will be playing the game.

(If you have a lot of younger kids playing, go with two stickers per person!)

You’ll also need a list of five or six “tricks” for players to perform. Choose short, silly activities like hopping on one foot while waving your arms like a chicken, saying the alphabet backward, or Flossing (the dance! ha!) for ten seconds. Be creative and have fun coming up with these! 

Finally, arrange 30-40 regular (no sticker) fall-themed Hershey kisses on a large, flat surface such as a baking sheet. Put the stickered Hershey kisses randomly on the surface as well. 

How to play:

Players take turns quickly picking up a Hershey kiss, turning it over, and checking it to see if it has a sticker on the bottom.

If there is no sticker, the person has to perform one of the silly activities from your list.

If there is a sticker on the bottom, the person who picked it up gets to eat that Hershey kiss!

Remember this is only a one-minute game, so have your list of funny activities ready!

Game #3: Skeleton Shake

You’ll need six to eight Halloween paper bags and you’ll use the Hershey kisses leftover from Trick or Eat.

Preparation:

Put one Hershey kiss in one bag, two in the next bag, three in the one after that, until all the bags are filled with Hershey kisses. If you are playing with younger kids, opt for fewer bags. Fold the tops of the bags over so the Hershey kisses won’t fall out.

Playing the game:

The player picks up one bag at a time and gives it a shake, trying to determine how many “bones” (Hershey kisses) are in the bag. As he picks up more and more bags, the player puts the bags in a row in order from the least number of bones to the highest number of bones. 

The person who makes the most correct row of Halloween skeleton bones is the winner!