Some tricks and a few treats
Halloween is more than one night of dress-up and trick-or-treating. Kids can enjoy the time surrounding the holiday with fun games that bring cute characters, kooky sounds, and colorful pictures to life.
Keep in mind that while all of the games on this list are free to download, they are limited in the number of options you get for free. You can unlock additional game elements with in-app purchases on iOS or iPadOS.
1. Halloween Games for Kids!
For a great pumpkin-load of game options, look at Halloween Games for Kids! from CFC s.r.o. This app has over 10 Halloween-themed games that let your little one learn while playing.
Your child can trace letters, practice spelling, and test their memory skills while exploring their creativity.
The free games include Balloon Pop, where you find the floating letters, and Pumpkin Maker, for creating the perfect jack-o-lantern without the mess. For educational games, play First Words, where you build words with letters, or Halloween Math for fun with numbers.
Each game provides lively narration, colorful characters, funny sounds, and entertaining animations.
Halloween Games for Kids! is appropriate for ages four and above and is available on iPhone and iPad.
2. Halloween Kids Toddlers Games
For something cute and fun for your little one, check out Halloween Kids Toddlers Games. The game is geared toward teaching toddlers and preschoolers about fruits, vegetables, and colors.
Tap the fruit or veggie to drop it into the cauldron and create a special brew. As you tap, you’ll hear the name of the food and its color. When you finish, you can watch the colorful characters do a funky dance.
Halloween Kids Toddlers Games is intended for ages 2 to 5 and is available on iPhone and iPad.
3. Halloween Paperman Art Game
Let your child get super creative by dressing up a paper character. They can add everything from googly eyes to button noses to toothless grins.
As you drag the body parts onto the paper character, you’ll see them move with animations. You can match the character you see to earn stars to create whatever you like on your own.
When you finish, play a fun matching game where you pick the door, hiding your funky friend while listening to lively music and nifty sound effects.
Halloween Paperman is a fun, and amusing Halloween treat for kids. It’s designed for ages 4 to 8 and available on iPhone and iPad.
4. Funny Ghosts! Games for Kids!
What Halloween would be complete without a few funny ghosts? This adorable game for kids lets you tap to find all the hidden ghouls in the scene. They earn a pumpkin point for each one they find.
You can then open the memory game for your child to flip cards and make matches. You’ll hear goofy sounds, like giggles and snickers, as you guess right or wrong. See how many matches you can make in the time allowed.
Funny Ghosts! Games for Kids! is made for ages four and above and available on iPhone and iPad.
5. Halloween Game for Kids (Play and Learn)
The Halloween Game for Kids from Moo Moo Lab LLC lets you create a silly monster, decorate a haunted house, color spooky pictures, and more.
Make a monster with one big eye, a happy grin, and a bow tie, or use an eye patch, cowboy boots, and a baseball hat. Let your child explore their creativity with a funny monster and then capture and save a picture of it when they’re done.
You can also pick from three pictures to color or spruce up a haunted house with a black cat, candle, spider, and other witchy stickers.
The game includes over 20 activities beyond the free ones you see above, so your child can explore and have a good time.
Halloween Game for Kids is appropriate for ages four and above and is available on iPhone and iPad.
6. Halloween Puzzle Game for Kids
If your child enjoys jigsaw puzzles, this colorful game is tons of fun. You can try four puzzles with minimal pieces for free, making it appropriate for tiny tots. Just drag the pieces to the right spots to complete the puzzles.
You’ll also find a Free Today game to help your child learn numbers, letters, and shapes. If you want to unlock all features, you’ll get tons of puzzles, more learning games, and a fun daily game.
Halloween Puzzle Game for Kids is intended for ages 1 to 6 and is available on iPhone and iPad.
7. Halloween: Puzzles Kids & Baby
Another cute Halloween puzzle game for kids lets you drag to assemble the puzzle, pop the balloons to celebrate, and then color a picture of the same silly character.
The game has lively music and nifty sound effects and is terrific for little ones who like to wiggle and giggle as they play.
You’ll also find a section of paper toys like monsters and pumpkins that you can print and assemble for fun beyond the digital game.
Halloween: Puzzles Kids & Baby is designed for ages up to 5 years old and available on iPhone and iPad.
8. Halloween Coloring Book!
For a basic Halloween coloring book for iPhone or iPad, this one has almost 30 pictures to pick from, plus a blank page to draw freehand.
Let your child color a witch, pumpkin, spook, cat, or Dracula himself, and choose from tons of colors. You can color using your finger to make the brush strokes or the open bucket using a fill tool.
Save the picture when you finish to send it to the grandparents, or just keep it on your device to admire later.
Halloween Coloring Book! is intended for ages four and above and is available on iPhone and iPad.
For Halloween fun, you can have with your child, grandchild, niece, or nephew, these iPad and iPhone games for kids are just right to celebrate that spooky night.
Happy Halloween!