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29 Halloween party ideas in 29 minutes or less

October 24, 2021 12:11 pm

Finding unique ideas for your Halloween party with your scout troop or class isn’t always easy. Especially when you’re limited on time!

I’ve compiled 29 Halloween party ideas that take 29 minutes or less, along with links to order harder-to-find supplies on Amazon. (Me, I like to save the drive time!)

29 Halloween party ideas that take 29 minutes or less:

Snack ideas:

• Decorate brownies with melted witches
• Skeleton popcorn snack mix
• Apple monster mouths
• Monster Popcorn Party Mix
• Banana ghosts
• Graveyard pudding cups
• Halloween hot chocolate
• 5-minute, no sugar Halloween treats
• Screaming orange smoothie

Halloween craft ideas:

• Halloween Origami for KidsYou’ll need these craft supplies:
  • Paper
• Pumpkin Shake-Ups
  You’ll need these craft supplies:
  
  • Aqua-Ball (Empty)
  • Water
  • Food coloring
  • Dish soap
  • Glitter
  • Black vinyl (cut with a Cricut machine or with scissors)
  • Paint (optional)

• Spooky spider pops 
  
  You’ll need these craft supplies:
  • Black pipe cleaners
  • Glue on eyes
  • Dum-Dum lollipops
  • Glue
• Spookily adorable ghosts (for Daisies) 

  You’ll need these craft supplies:

  • Paper
  • Markers
• Glowing eyes You’ll need these craft supplies:
  • Empty toilet paper rolls
  • Glow sticks
• Beaded pumpkin kids craft 

  You’ll need these craft supplies:

  • Orange pipe cleaners
  • Green pipe cleaners
  • Orange pony beads

Shhh. Don’t tell them these are educational:

• Halloween pumpkins with squishy circuits You’ll need these craft supplies:
  • Food Coloring (optional)
  • Flour
  • Sugar
  • Distilled Water
  • Vegetable Oil
  • Cream of Tartar
  • 1/4 cup Salt
  • 1 1/2 cups Flour
  • Water
  • LED Lights
  • 9 volt battery with the leads
• Spooky ways to earn your Brownie Senses badge
• Circuit bugs
  
  You’ll need these craft supplies:
  • 2 LED Lights
  • Insulated Copper Magnet Wire
  • Batteries – CR2032 3V
  • Electrical Tape
  • Clothespins
  • Pipecleaners
  • Popsicle Sticks (Optional depending on your design)
• Halloween glow activities
  
  You’ll need these craft supplies:
  • Box cutter style knife
  • Orange pool noodle
  • Green paper
• Foamy ghosts You’ll need these craft supplies:
  • Empty mayonnaise container
  • 1 cup of hydrogen peroxide solution
  • Dry active yeast
  • Water
  • Liquid Dish Soap
  • Empty yogurt container
  • Black Sharpie Marker
  • Safety goggles
  • Funnel
  • Measuring spoons
  • Mixing container that is pourable
  • Tray to collect overflowing foam

Pumpkin painting ideas:

• Halloween pumpkin art
• Sports team stencils
• Disney stencils
• Superheroes and other characters

Other activities:

• Witches hat ring toss
• Halloween minute to win it games
• Pumpkin bowling
• Halloween party games and ideas

Have other great tried-and-true ideas to celebrate Halloween with your scout troop or classroom? Share your ideas below!

This post does contain affiliate links, which help support our scouting adventures and this blog.

Posted by Robbie

Categories: Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, holidays

Tags: Brownies, Cub Scouts, Daisies, Halloween, Juniors, multi-level

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11 Responses to “29 Halloween party ideas in 29 minutes or less”

1. What fabulous Halloween activities!

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   By shelahmoss on September 20, 2015 at 4:00 pm

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   By Halloween Party by Design: A Girl-Led Exercise | Use Resources Wisely on September 23, 2015 at 11:18 am

3. What a fantastic list! I’ve been working on something similar… clearly I’ll just need to link to you. I love that they’re all quick activities. Thanks for linking up on #made4kids.

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   By Heather H on September 25, 2015 at 11:41 am

4. Thanks so much for featuring my little ghosts here! Have a fantastic weekend and a happy Halloween!

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6. Thanks for featuring my Spooky Spider Pops!

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   By Sarah Honey on October 29, 2015 at 1:59 am

   1. Thanks for sharing the idea! 🙂

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