Halloween Party Prompt Supplement
Original, friendly-spooky prompts for adult Halloween parties: charades, Would You Rather questions and story openers. Nothing gory.
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Halloween charades (14 prompts)
a ghost who is afraid of the dark
Medium · Seated-friendlya scarecrow coming to life
Mediumcarving a pumpkin
Medium · Seated-friendlya zombie late for work
Mediuma bat trying to sleep
Medium · Seated-friendlya witch stirring a cauldron
Medium · Seated-friendlywalking through a cobweb
Mediuma vampire at the dentist
Medium · Seated-friendlya mummy coming unwrapped
Mediuma black cat ignoring everyone
Medium · Seated-friendlycreeping down a creaky staircase
Mediuma skeleton playing the xylophone
Medium · Seated-friendlybobbing for apples
Medium · Seated-friendlya haunted portrait whose eyes follow you
Hard · Seated-friendlyHalloween Would You Rather (12 prompts)
Would you rather…spend a night in a haunted libraryora haunted lighthouse
Would you rather…have a friendly ghost as a housemateora talkative black cat
Would you rather…only be able to travel by broomstickorby pumpkin carriage
Would you rather…have a cauldron that cooks anythingora cloak that makes you invisible for one minute a day
Would you rather…be followed everywhere by spooky organ musicorby a small, polite bat
Would you rather…live in a house where the doors creakorwhere the portraits whisper compliments
Would you rather…hand out sweets all nightorgo from door to door all night
Would you rather…carve one perfect pumpkinorfifty quick ones
Would you rather…turn into a bat at midnightoran owl at dawn
Would you rather…have a skeleton that does your choresora scarecrow that guards your garden
Would you rather…read ghost stories by candlelightortell them round a bonfire
Would you rather…wear the same costume every yearornever repeat a costume
Spooky story openers (10 prompts)
The pumpkin on the doorstep had not been there that morning.
Every house on the street had a light on, except the one that was supposed to be empty.
The scarecrow had definitely been facing the other way.
At midnight, the grandfather clock struck thirteen.
The costume shop only appeared in October.
Somebody had already eaten all the sweets — and left a thank-you note.
The cat walked in, shook off the rain, and said good evening.
The map of the old house showed one room more than anyone could find.
The lantern lit itself whenever someone told a lie.
The new neighbours only ever came out after dark, to garden.