How to plan a Halloween party for kids

The secret of how to plan a Halloween party for kids is really all about your creativity and readiness to get goofy with them. In this list, we’re sharing our ideas for how to do the spooky season on a budget and where to go if you’ve got some dosh to drop on autumnal kids party delights.

Kids Halloween party ideas

If you want to mark the ooky spooky holiday with something fun and family-oriented, why not try some of these suggestions:

Affordable Halloween party ideas for kids

We don’t want you to break the bank (especially with Christmas right around the corner), so here are some budget-friendly options for your fall festivities.

Pumpkin patch at home

Go to the supermarket and pick up some mini-pumpkins for decorating and a few for classic Halloween kids games like pumpkin bowling or pumpkin ring toss. Deck the house out in orange and green, and let your party guests take their small pumpkins home after. For food, we love these mini pumpkin pizzas.

Monster mash-up

Encourage your ghouls to come in costume and have a fun dance off with prizes for all, rewarding their enthusiasm. Do a few rounds of ‘pin the eye on the monster’ or let them try their hand at monster mask-making with some cardboard cutouts and craft supplies. You can DIY the decor with monster faces made from paper plates and go ham on some monster cupcakes and googly-eye cookies made from scratch.

Kid-friendly haunted house

If you’ve got some space to work with at home, decorate each room with different, lightly scary decor. Think mummies, spiders, vampires and bats. Have them do a glow-in-the-dark scavenger hunt looking for specific items in these rooms with a handful of glowsticks and recruit your family members to dress up and give them a little fright (if they are old enough). You’ll probably be busy enough with decking out the house; there won’t be time to make food, so have a look at our party caterers here. 

Searching for a Halloween kids party near me?

If you’ve got some money to spend and want to get your kids out of the house for an externally-hosted event or Halloween kids party near me, here are some interesting options you might consider:

 

So, with Halloween all sorted now, are you ready to move on to the next thing? It will be Christmas before you know it… Here’s a helpful list on how to throw an amazing Christmas do.