by L.S. Watts

Created on: October 09, 2009

Halloween isn't just for the kids anymore. Adult parties are popping up everywhere and more adults are interested in hosting one. However, entertaining your guests can be a most difficult task. A party can get rather boring if there isn't some sort of a direction. It doesn't have to be tightly scheduled necessarily but you need to have some idea and how to keep the party going. These games should get you going in coming up with ideas to keep your guests entertained.

Halloween Digital Camera Scavenger Hunt

To start the party off, your guests will be sent out on the town with a list of items to capture with their digital camera. Look around town and make a Halloween themed list. This could be a particular decoration you've seen or a spooky area of town. It can even be something you saw in a store. The first team to return with a picture of everything on the list wins. Once everyone has returned, upload the pictures and set it to a continuous slide show so that the picture will play throughout the rest of the party.

Witch's Dance

This is a variation of a Native American Broom Dance seen at various powwows. Have everyone couple off with the women behind the men in a circle. Pick a woman that isn't couple with a man to adorn a witches hat and place her in the middle of the circle. Equip her with a broom. As everyone moves to the left, she must try to tag a woman standing behind the man. The man must try to defend his woman from the witch. If the woman is tagged then she must trade places and become the witch. This can continue for as long as everyone wants to.

Who Am I?

Write various Halloween creatures on masking tape and tape it to each person's back. These creatures could include werewolf, vampire, jack-o-lantern, a ghost, and a black cat just to name a few. Then the person will walk around asking no more than five questions to try to guess what creature is taped to their own back. This is a great way to mingle and meet new people.

Murder Mystery

Hosting a Murder Mystery Dinner can be lots of fun. There is much planning involved and all guests must be willing to participate. It can be mostly ad lib but each guest will get to be someone else for the night as they try to figure out who is the murderer among them. They can dress up for as someone new for the night. This puts a new spin on Halloween for adults.

Trick or Treat

This is always a fun game. Roll the dice and if you roll an even number, you will get a treat but if you roll an odd number you will get a

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