31 Outdoor Halloween Party Ideas

Don’t you just love fall weather? It’s my favorite time of year. Where we live fall is a beautiful time to be outside. Having an outdoor Halloween party is a great idea. Here are some really fun outdoor Halloween party ideas.

One of the things I love about having a party outside is that you can have more guests because you have more space. You aren’t limited by your dining room and kitchen space to try to squeeze people into your home.

Outdoor Halloween Party Ideas -Location

 1. Backyard

You can have your outdoor Halloween party at your home. Do you have a backyard that you could fit a few tables in? If your yard is too small, try your driveway.

Having a clear space is a great start for a location for an outdoor Halloween party. Another option would be to co-host with a friend. If you have a neighbor or friend that has a larger yard, plan your outdoor party together and have the party in their backyard.

2. Neighborhood Green Space/Cul-de-sac

Having a community or neighborhood outdoor Halloween party is a great idea. Do you have a shared green space in your neighborhood? A park or green space in your neighborhood serves as a great location for an outdoor Halloween party.

If there isn’t a green space a cul-de-sac works great too. Invite your neighbors and gather at the end of the cul-de-sac for a spooky good time.

3. Pumpkin Patch/ Corn Maze

Another great outdoor space to have an outdoor Halloween party is a corn maze or pumpkin patch. We have quite a few pumpkin patches and corn mazes in our area.

Often the best ones to choose for your outdoor Halloween party are smaller. We love small family-owned pumpkin patches and corn mazes. They often cater to smaller parties and events.

4. Community Park

Do you have a community park near your home? Outdoor Halloween parties work well at community parks. They usually are full of space and easily accommodate large parties. If there are tables or gazebos available at your park you may check into reserving one for your event.

Invitations

5. Text Invitations

We love text invitations. They are a great way to get the word out to your guest list. They are easy to send out and are quick to make.

Canva has some great outdoor Halloween options. Type in your information into the already formatted and designed invitation and download. Once downloaded you can email or text the invitation out to your party guests.

6. DIY Invitations

Our favorite outdoor Halloween parties are the ones with our neighbors. We don’t have everyone’s cell number on our street so we like to hand out invitations personally.

It does take some time to go to each person’s house but it’s a great way to extend the invitation and personally invite each neighbor. This bat invitation is easy to make, I love involving my kids in our party planning. Just print and fold these cute invitations are you are ready to invite your friends and neighbors.

7. Printed Invitations

You can mail invitations to your guests as well. Everyone enjoys getting mail. My favorite way to print invitations is to save them as a jpeg and then print them at Walgreens. I can almost always find a promo code online making printing the invitations affordable. They are printed on photo paper so they are high quality and look great.

Walgreens also has pre-designed invitations that you can order. Just fill in your information and get them printed on high-quality cardstock.

Food

8. Potluck

When having a community outdoor Halloween party or neighborhood party, a potluck works great. It’s hard to be in charge of all the food, and knowing what everyone would like to eat can be tricky. If you have a potluck everyone brings something and no one goes hungry.

It’s fun to try new foods and to get recipes from all the yummy food that shows up at your outdoor Halloween party. Having a theme for your potluck is a great idea. It will help your guests decide what to bring. You could ask everyone to bring their favorite fall food or you could do soups and salads.

9. Chili-Cook-Off

We have been hosting a Chili Cook-off for years every October. It’s our favorite tradition and one of the best foods for fall. It is a great food option for an outdoor Halloween party. Invite your friends to bring their favorite chili. You might want to write on the invitations for those who bring chili to bring a ladle to serve it with.

If you have a power strip near your party location, that works best so people can keep their chilis warm. Another thing to include on the invitation is that if a guest doesn’t want to enter the chili contest, they should still come because you need eaters to determine the best chili.

You want everyone to feel welcome to come to your event even if they aren’t chili chiefs. As the host, you can provide classic chili toppings such as cheese, sour cream, chips, and cornbread. Have small slips of paper and a jar to collect everyone’s votes.

At the end of the dinner tally up votes and see whose chili was voted as the best. Have a small prize for the winner of the Chili-Cook-Off. You can use a unique ladle or a cute witch spoon holder. It’s a fun and unique Halloween celebration.

10. Outdoor Halloween Party Ideas- Hot Chocolate Bar

A hot chocolate bar is another great food option at your outdoor Halloween party. Set up a table with lots of different hot chocolate toppings. Here are some of our favorites, mini marshmallows, caramel sauce, creamer, whip cream, peppermint bites, and mini chocolate chips.

We like to mix hot water with the hot chocolate mix and place it in a large thermos. It helps to have the hot chocolate already mixed so your guests can easily add the toppings that they would like into their hot chocolate. Another great outdoor Halloween party idea.

11. Smores Bar

We love to have a fire burning at our outdoor Halloween party. A fire is a perfect way to stay warm in the crisp fall air. You can use a portable fire pit.

Make sure to have plenty of roasting sticks. If you have young children request that parents help their children roast and prepare their marshmallows.

We love to roast starburst too. Another fun item to add to your smores bar is fudge cookies. Instead of the original graham and chocolate, we just smash our mallow in between the E.L Fudge cookies for a yummy and unique smores treat.

You might consider having plates available for guests to gather their smores supplies, and for easy stacking of ingredients. Check out all these fun Halloween plate ideas.

 Kid Activities

12. Donut string

This is always a fun game and is easy to prepare and play. Simply string donuts through a string and tie the string between two points so it hangs about the child’s chin height. Have each of the children line up by a donut, and make sure the donuts are spaced out.

The rules of the game are that you can’t use your hands. You must try to eat the whole donut without letting any of it drop on the ground. One of our favorite fun outdoor Halloween party ideas.

13. Outdoor Halloween Party Ideas- Mummy wrap race

Turn your friend into a mummy using a roll of toilet paper. This game is sure to induce lots of giggles. Have the children team up and give each team a roll of toilet paper.

The first player will be the mummy and the other will be the mummy maker. Race to see who can be the first team to use all their toilet paper and make the best mummy. A fun and active game for your outdoor Halloween party.

14. Ghost bowling

Another easy toilet paper favorite! Take 6 rolls of toilet paper and draw ghost eyes and mouths. Stack up the 6 rolls of toilet paper to look like a tower. Give the bowler a small ball, or pumpkin.

Have them stand at a distance from the ghost stack and toss or roll the ball or pumpkin into the toilet paper pyramid. See how many ghosts they can knock down. Don’t forget to cheer on your friends!

15. Pumpkin stickers, painting or carving

Pumpkins are so versatile. They are sure to be the star of all outdoor Halloween party ideas. One way to use them is for entertainment. Having a carving contest is a great idea for teenagers and adults. It’s fun to team up and see who can create the most unique pumpkin carving.

For younger children painting the pumpkin is easier and less work than carving. It’s fun to paint the classic jack-o-lantern or let the kids be creative and create their designs. Having a team member work on your pumpkin with you can be fun too.

Using stickers is a great and mess-free way to decorate pumpkins. It’s easy for all ages to create a fun pumpkin face with stickers.

16. Outdoor Halloween Party Ideas- Bingo

Bingo, it’s one of the really fun Halloween party games. Kids and adults will be up for bingo especially if there are fun prizes involved. Here are some fun free bingo cards you can print for your party. We love using candy corn are our bingo markers.

17. Bean Bag Toss

Create a Jack-O-Lantern or Ghost out of cardboard. A bean bag toss is one of the fun Halloween games. Make holes where the mouths would go.

Give a child a bean bag and let them toss it toward the Jack-O-Lantern or Ghost, seeing how many bean bags they can get inside the mouth of their spooky creatures.

18. Slime Activity

Slime is the perfect Halloween activity. Check out this easy make-at-home recipe. You can add plastic spiders into the mix for some extra fun.

19. Outdoor Halloween Party Ideas- Pin the heart on the Skeleton

A Halloween twists on the classic pin the tail on the donkey, there is a reason this game is played year after year and at many parties. It’s fun!! Create a skeleton out of paper or purchase this one.

Blindfold each guest and spin them a few times. Point them toward the skeleton and have to stick a sticker heart onto the skeleton, where his heart is supposed to be.

20. Spider Web Limbo

Stretch these spooky spider webs across an area in your home. See who can limbo underneath it without being caught in this spooky spider’s web.

You can continue to stretch the web lower and lower until everyone gets “caught” or touches the fake spider web. One of the great outdoor Halloween party ideas is Spider Web Limbo.

21. Halloween craft

We love paper plate Halloween crafts. This list of 20 fun Halloween paper plate crafts, is great. They are lots of fun and easy to make for all ages. Choose which one you like best, like this cute ghost craft, and have a craft station with the supplies so kids can get crafty during your outdoor Halloween party.

22. Outdoor Halloween Party Ideas- Coloring Contest

My daughter loves to color. Print out one of these fun Halloween coloring pages and get out the markers, crayons, and colored pencils.

Have each child complete their coloring page and vote on which one looks best. Have a prize for the winner and others who have completed their coloring page.

23. Scavenger Hunt

We love scavenger hunts. They are one of the great backyard Halloween party ideas. A Halloween theme for a scavenger hunt can be really fun. We love these cute Halloween clues front Play Party Plan.

Check out your local dollar store to find some affordable and fun things to hide as the treasure to your scavenger hunt.

Outdoor Halloween Party Ideas- Adult Activities

24. Cornhole

A cornhole tournament or just some laid-back competition is always fun at an outdoor Halloween party. You won’t regret busting out the corn hole set.

I love that it can be played in pairs and can be played while still chatting with friends. One of the great outdoor Halloween party ideas is Halloween Cornhole.

25. Outdoor Halloween Party Ideas- Costume Contest

Not very often as adults do we get to dress up in unique and fun ways. Costume Contests are really fun, it’s great to see all the different ideas. Some fun ideas for costume winners would be a gift card to a local restaurant, a fun Halloween decoration, or this Halloween mug.

26. 9 square

I love this game. I love that it’s active, but you don’t have to be athletic to play. It includes many players and is easy to set up and take down.

We enjoyed playing with lots of different ages older kids, kids of all ages, adults, and mixed ages. Showing a scary movie is another great activity. Check out this list of fun Halloween movies to show at your outdoor Halloween party.

Outdoor Halloween Party Ideas- Decorations

One of the great things about having an outdoor Halloween party is that you don’t need too many decorations. The beautiful grass, changing leaves of the trees, and fall crisp air do most of the work for you. I love decorating the front door, or a small corner of the party. Here are some fun backdrop ideas for decorating a photo booth area, or behind your serving table.

27. Pumpkins and gourds

I love pumpkins and gourds there are so many fun shapes, textures, and colors. They are great outdoor Halloween decorations. you can use small pumpkins or large pumpkins. Find the right place for your large pumpkin to go to make a real statement.

They are one of the great outdoor Halloween Party ideas for decorating. We love picking up ours at a local farm, or pumpkin patch. You can stack them at the entrances of your party. You can use them as centerpieces on your tables as well.

28. Corn Stalks and Straw Bales

Another beautiful outdoor Halloween Party idea, using outside things to decorate. I love the tall corn stalks; they scream fall and make a beautiful decoration. Strawbales can be used as seating or decorations.

 29. Outdoor Halloween Party Ideas- Signs

This is a great DIY outdoor decoration idea to bring your outdoor Halloween party next level. When you have a large space you can make a large statement piece. I love the statement this big sign makes at the entrance of our local pumpkin patch. Painting a piece of plywood with a saying, or theme of your outdoor Halloween party is a great idea.

 30. Balloon

An outside party might not be the best time to use balloons but a few can go a long way. Tied to chairs or a bouquet of black balloons and orange balloons near the serving table can add Halloween twits to your decorating. There are so many fun balloon-decorating ideas.

31. Outdoor Halloween Party Ideas – Tables and Seating

You really can get creative when you have outdoor events. We often take our metal dining room chairs outside for our outdoor Halloween parties. If you don’t have enough folding chairs, you can use straw bales. They work great for seating, throw a quilt over them and they add to the décor.

When it comes to tables, unless you are planning a sit-down meal, it’s almost always fine to just have a serving table. Most quests will mingle while they eat or hold their plates while they eat.

We have this patio heater and we love it. It is the best way to stay warm if the weather is getting too chilly for your guests. It’s a great option if the park or green space you

Bonus: Outdoor Halloween Party Ideas

Party favors

Party favors are one of the fun Halloween party ideas. There are so many fun non-treat options, that go along with the Halloween theme. Check out our ultimate list here.

Desserts

An outdoor Halloween Party doesn’t have to always include a meal. You can just serve dessert. There are lots of fun Halloween desserts out there. We love these pumpkin rolls. They are delicious and look beautiful too.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do you do at an outdoor Halloween Party?

• Cornhole
• Costume contest
• 9 square
• Grass volleyball Donut string
• Mummy making
• Ghost bowling
• Pumpkin stickers, painting or carving
• Bingo
• Bean bag toss
• Slime Activity
• Pin the heart on the Skeleton
• Spider web limbo
• Halloween craft
• Coloring page
• Roast pumpkin seeds

There are many fun things to do at an outdoor Halloween Party. These are a few of our favorites. Check out the details for these activities above and click here for more Halloween party ideas.

What are some ideas for a Halloween Party?

• Murder Mystery Dinner
• Haunted House
• Pumpkin Patch
• Campfire and Smores
• Chili-Cook-Off
• Costume Contest
• Photo booth

Check here for Halloween Background ideas and here for more Halloween party ideas.

What kinds of games can you play at a Halloween Party?

• Pumpkin bowling
• Ghost bean bag toss
• Witch hat ring toss
• Pumpkin carving contest

You can turn almost any game into a Halloween party game with a little creativity.

What can a 12-year-old do for a Halloween party?

• Costume contest
• Murder Mystery Dinner
• Monster Mash Dance
• Pumpkin Carving Contest
• Camp Fire and S’mores

How do you host a Halloween Party?

To host a Halloween party first decide on a location. An outdoor green space is a great place to have a Halloween party. Pick a date and time near and around Halloween. Decide on a theme and create an invitation. Plan food, decorations, and entertainment. Gather supplies for food, decorations, and entertainment. Have a great time gathering friends and family and creating memories.

How can I decorate my Outdoor Halloween Party?

• Pumpkins
• Guards
• Scarecrows
• Witch hats
• Strawbales
• Cornstalks
• Black Cats
• Bats

Decorating an outdoor Halloween party can be fun! You don’t need a ton of décor because the outdoors is a beautiful backdrop.

Outdoor Halloween Party Ideas- Conclusion

There are so many fun outdoor Halloween party ideas. If you need inspiration for a Halloween birthday party check here.

Having an Outdoor Halloween Party is a great idea. Have fun enjoying the beautiful fall outdoors with your family and friends. So many great ideas Halloween party invitations, great games, October weather, and Halloween candy. Bonus points for DIY Halloween decorations.

Choose the location of your Halloween party, the perfect Halloween game, and fun treats, and you are ready for the spookiest day of the year. Keep creating memories and strengthening relationships. Have a good Halloween party.