15 Summerween Party Games + Free Printables

I love Halloween and sunshine, and if you too are like me then a Summerween party can be your perfect mashup.

A Summerween party brings together the best of both summer and Halloween, with lots of summery snacks, creepy costumes, and games where both kids and adults can participate.

It can be also be a great party idea if you are planning any end of summer events, a backyard or pool party.

In this post, you’ll find:

Fun filled party games for kids and adults.

A Summerween printable game bundle to make planning a breeze

Free Halloween printables, which you can grab by clicking the link below.

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What is Summerween Party?

The term Summerween grew in popularity thanks to shows like Gravity Falls, where characters love Halloween so much that they celebrate it in summer, as October is too far.

Interestingly, the concept took off in real life too. Halloween lovers have started celebrating Summerween by blending the spooky Halloween and vibrant summer vibes.

Summerween Party Games

So here are 15 creative Summerween party games you can play at your party bash.

Pumpkin Pool Toss

This is a fun and easy game, especially for kids. All you need is some plastic pumpkins or small buckets, and ping pong balls.

How to play:

Place the plastic pumpkins or orange buckets in the ground. Mark a line with chalk tapes or cones for players to stand.

Give each player a bag of ping pong balls, to be tossed at the buckets from the marked line. The player who tosses most balls in the bucket wins the game.

Summerween Printable Games

Get the Summerween Party Printable Game Bundle.

No party is complete without some fun and easy games and this Summerween printable game bundle, will surely add some spooky and silly fun to your celebration.

There are 15 printable games, from word scrambles and trivia to “ever or never” questions and quick-thinking challenges and great for both kids, teens, or adults.

Use these ready-to-use games for filling downtime, breaking the ice, for any end of summer events, birthday parties or any other summer bash.

DIY Craft Challenge

Set up a craft station where all participants get the same basic materials (like paper, markers, pipe cleaners, or mini pumpkins).

Challenge them to make something scary or funny, it could be a scary Halloween wreath, a creative no carve pumpkin décor and so on.

Weird Food Challenge

With the weird food challenge, the players can make any party snack or appetizer of their choice, provided that their food looks super weird but actually tastes great!

Players with best presentation skills and best tasty snacks can be winners of this contest. Here are some spooky Halloween finger food recipes to inspire you.

Halloween Scavenger Hunt

Make the classic scavenger hunt a bit eerie this time, where the players have to hunt for Halloween-related items like owl or skeleton figurines, Jack o lanterns, bats and spiders and so on.

Here are some 75 Halloween riddles for both kids and adults you can use for this game.

How to play:

Hide the items at different places before the game starts.

Divide your players into teams of two, this can also be played individually if you have a small group.

One person reads or hands over the clue for first item, and the players have to guess and find that.

The first item contains clue to the second item and the second contains a clue to the third and so on.

The first person or team to find all the items wins the game.

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Zombie Limbo

Zombie Limbo is a twist on the classic limbo game and can be organized both indoors and outside. All you need is a limbo stick set up.

How to Play

Players must walk like a zombie under the limbo bar.

Each round, lower the bar a little. Anyone who touches the bar or falls is out.

Keep going until only one person can still make it under and they’re the winner!

“Ghoul or Glow” Tag

Everyone starts as a “Glow” except for one chosen “Ghoul” (the tagger). The Ghoul’s job is to tag others and turn them into fellow Ghouls! This game works best if you have a big open outdoor space.

How To Play

When the Ghoul tags someone, that player becomes a Ghouls and hunts for the Glows. The last remaining Glow wins the game!

Monster Sack Race

The Monster Sack Race is a Halloween-style version of the traditional potato sack race.

You would need burlap potato sack race bags so that both kids and adults can participate and don’t forget to mark the starting and finishing lines.

How to play:

Each player wears monster mask and stands inside a sack with both feet at the starting line.

When you say “Go!”, everyone hops toward the finish line as fast as they can. The first player to cross the finish line wins.

Haunted Sandcastle Contest

The participants have to build a grand and scary haunted sandcastle; you can play this indoor or your backyard with kinetic sand or at a beach.

You would also need decor items such as buckets, shovels, twigs, shells, plastic bones, googly eyes, or mini gravestones and so on.

How To Play

Set a time limit of 30–45 minutes to sculpt the sandcastle

Have a judging panel or do a crowd vote to select the spookiest castle, whoever gets the most votes wins.

Summerween Obstacle Race

Summerween obstacle race where players have to carefully overcome through the various obstacles or tasks to win the game. You need an open space and an obstacle or outdoor game set up.

Use fake cobwebs to create tangled webs as well as plastic spiders, bats and skeletons etc. for decorations. Include some spooky signs like “Enter if you dare” and “You survived…for now.”

How To Play

Divide players into teams. One player from each team has to complete an obstacle and tag the next teammate to complete the second obstacle, who then tags another teammate to complete the third task, this goes on until the team to successfully complete all obstacles wins the game.

Mummy Wrap Contest

This is a hilarious and kid-friendly game is perfect for your Summerween party. You need lots of toilet paper rolls, crepe streamers, or even white cloth strips.

How to Play

Pair up players, one “wrapper” and one “mummy”.

On “Go,” the wrapper races to wrap their teammate from head to toe like a mummy within 1-2 minutes.

At the buzzer, stop wrapping. The team which has wrapped most accurately wins.

Ghost Balloon Pop

Balloon Pop is a fast-paced and exciting game where players try to stomp or sit on balloons to pop them. You can start by drawing ghost faces on balloons with markers or stickers and then inflate them.

You can also fill you balloons with confetti, tiny treats or toys or Summerween trivia questions or dares.

How To Play

Players pop balloons using only their feet, whoever pops the most wins.

Add a rule: If a balloon contains a slip, they must complete the challenge (trivia, dare, fun fact)

Spooky Freeze Dance

Spooky Freeze Dance will get everyone moving and then freezing like a creepy creature.

Of course, you must have a playlist of fun Halloween or upbeat summer songs and a music player.

How to Play

Everyone dances around to the music and when it stops, all players must freeze in place. The game host then tells a joke and any player laughing is out. The last one remaining wins.

Creepy Eyeball Spoon Race

The Creepy Eyeball Spoon Race is a spooky version of the classic egg-and-spoon game.

Players race to the finish line while carefully balancing a creepy “eyeball” on a spoon.

You’ll need creepy eyeballs, large spoons and chalk, tape, or cones to mark the starting and finishing lines.

How to Play

Each player has to balance the eyeball on their spoons as they walk to the finish line.

The first one to reach the finish line without dropping the eyeball wins.

Finally, Summerween Party Gift Ideas

A small party gift is a great way to thank your guests. Of course, you’ll have gifts for winners but consider having gifts for those who simply want to participate join in the fun. A small spooky-summer gift will make them smile. Here are some easy and affordable ideas:

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