Games for adults too

Everyone knows the standard Halloween games like bobbing for apples and scavenger hunts for kids so coming up with adult games seemed daunting at first.  After thinking it over though, we are usually able to come up with something fun.

Costume contests are always fun and easy.  You can let people vote secret ballot or have people 'run' like you would in a political race and explain why they should win.  We usually pick a few categories like best couple, sexiest, scariest, funniest and so on so there are several prizes.

Prizes are fun to think up too, some years they are just odds and ends I have in my present stash that I think people would like, most years they receive small boxes with candy, goofy prizes and some sort of silly ribbon or trophy.  One year we gave the winners their choice of tiny airplane-size liquor bottles in a variety.  Most often they receive some themed baked goods I have created in a small batch that are crazy complicated to make large scale.  Oriental Trading usually has fun variety packs you can buy with candy and silly gifts, I use them a lot because you can buy in bulk at a low cost and it always gets used.

Last year we held a trivia contest that included Halloween facts, horror movie facts and fun questions about Thomas and Liz's previous parties.  The large variety of questions gave everyone a shot at winning something and made it fun.

Our favorite game by far is the Horror Movie Hunt we did a few years ago.  When we had a horror movie theme we made lots of small props and scenes from dozens of movies and put them all over the house, when the guests arrived we handed them a piece of paper explaining that they needed to guess as many as they could by listing the scene or prop and the movie that goes with it.  They wrote their answers on the paper throughout the night and made it fun to compare and see how creative people got with decorations that were not themed.  That was very easy because all we had to do was count right answers and declare a winner, instead of getting a room of people to be quiet long enough to complete a game.

We have tried a toilet paper mummy game as well.  You buy LOTS of rolls of cheap toilet paper and divide people into teams.  Each team picks someone to be the mummy and they have a certain amount of time to wrap them.  The best mummy wins a prize.

liz