20 Halloween Minute to Win It Games for All Ages

Halloween’s all about candies, pumpkin carvings, and parties.

But it is also an amazing time to gather everyone together and have a blast.

And not get together is complete without a few things.

Luckily, we have just the list for you.

These Halloween-themed minute to win it games are all the trend right now.

Halloween-Themed Party Challenges That Take Just 60 Seconds

1. Mummy Wrap Challenge

Requirements:

  • Rolls of toilet paper or white streamers

How to Play:
In one minute, players must wrap a teammate up like a mummy. The most completely wrapped mummy when time runs out wins.


2. Pumpkin Stack

Requirements:

  • Mini pumpkins (real or plastic, 5–10 per player)

How to Play:
Players stack mini pumpkins on top of each other. Whoever builds the tallest standing stack in one minute wins.


3. Eyeball Pong

Requirements:

  • Plastic eyeballs or ping pong balls with eyes drawn on

  • Plastic cups

How to Play:
Players bounce eyeballs into cups from a short distance. Whoever lands the most eyeballs in cups in one minute wins.


4. Witch’s Hat Ring Toss

Requirements:

  • Witch hat (DIY or store-bought)

  • Glow stick necklaces or rings

How to Play:
Stand a few feet away and toss rings, aiming to land them on the hat’s point. The most successful tosses in one minute win.


5. Candy Corn Pickup

Requirements:

  • A bowl of candy corn

  • Chopsticks or straws

  • Empty bowl

How to Play:
Using only chopsticks or straws, players must transfer as many candy corns as possible to the empty bowl in one minute.


6. Ghost Stack Race

Requirements:

  • White plastic cups decorated as ghosts

How to Play:
Players must stack and unstack ghost cups into a pyramid and back down as quickly as possible. Fastest stack within one minute wins.


7. Spider Web Toss

Requirements:

  • Fake spider web stretched on a board or fence

  • Plastic spiders

How to Play:
Players throw plastic spiders at the web. The goal is to make as many stick as possible in one minute.


8. Monster Mouth Toss

Requirements:

  • Large cardboard cutout of a monster face with a big mouth hole

  • Small beanbags or balls

How to Play:
Players throw beanbags into the monster’s mouth from a short distance. Whoever scores the most in one minute wins.


9. Jack-O’-Lantern Blow Race

Requirements:

  • Plastic cups with Jack-o’-Lantern faces drawn on

  • Straws

How to Play:
Players blow through straws to move the cups across a table or marked finish line. First to push all their cups within a minute wins.


10. Skeleton Bone Balance

Requirements:

  • Plastic skeleton bones (or popsicle sticks painted white)

How to Play:
Players must balance as many bones as possible on one hand without dropping them in 60 seconds.


11. Spider Crawl Relay

Requirements:

  • Open space

  • Cones or markers for a course

How to Play:
Players crawl on all fours like a spider (belly up, crab walk style) across a set distance. Fastest spider across the finish line within a minute wins.


12. Pumpkin Roll Race

Requirements:

  • Medium-sized pumpkins

How to Play:
Players must roll their pumpkins across the yard or to a finish line using only their hands. First to finish within the minute wins.


13. Candy Grab

Requirements:

  • Large bowl filled with Halloween candy

  • Plastic spoons

How to Play:
Players scoop as much candy as they can using only one spoon and transfer it into a bucket. Most candy collected in a minute wins.


14. Broomstick Balance

Requirements:

  • A broomstick or long stick

How to Play:
Players must balance a broomstick upright on their palm for as long as possible within one minute. Whoever keeps it up longest wins.


15. Eyeball Relay

Requirements:

  • Plastic eyeballs or ping pong balls

  • Spoons

How to Play:
Players carry eyeballs on spoons across a short course and drop them into a bucket. Most eyeballs delivered in one minute wins.


16. Vampire Kiss Toss

Requirements:

  • Hershey’s Kisses wrapped in red foil

  • Cauldron or bowl

How to Play:
Players toss kisses into the cauldron from a few feet away. Most landed in one minute wins.


17. Ghost Balloon Pop

Requirements:

  • White balloons decorated like ghosts

  • String (to tie balloons at ankle height)

How to Play:
Tie balloons to each player’s ankle. In one minute, players try to stomp and pop as many balloons as possible while protecting their own.


18. Pumpkin Scoop Race

Requirements:

  • A hollow pumpkin

  • Spoon and small items like candy or beans

How to Play:
Players scoop out and transfer items from inside the pumpkin into a bowl. Most transferred in one minute wins.


19. Witch’s Broom Sweep

Requirements:

  • A broom

  • Light balls or balloons (painted like eyeballs)

How to Play:
Players use a broom to sweep the “eyeballs” into a target area within a minute. Whoever gets the most in the zone wins.


20. Haunted Stack Attack

Requirements:

  • Halloween-themed cups (pumpkins, ghosts, bats designs)

How to Play:
Players stack and unstack cups in a perfect tower. The fastest complete stack in under a minute wins.


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