Halloween Pass It Pictionary

This game is similar to “telephone” or “gossip” except on paper. In Halloween Pass It Pictionary, there is no winner but it’s incredibly engaging and hilarious when kids see the final product they’ve created. Perfect for 3rd graders and even through adults. Believe me, you’ll get some good laughs.

If you’ve ever played Telestrations, this game is very similar. Here’s how to play.

Time Length of Game

About 15 minutes

Ages and Number of Players

For 3rd grade through 80+ years old. It’s best if played with 6+ players.

Supplies Needed

You’ll need to following supplies for each child:

• Our Free Halloween Pass it Pictionary Printable (Download below)
• A pencil

How to Play Halloween Pass It Pictionary

Kids can sit at tables or desks for this game. There should be 6-7 kids in a group or row to pass your paper around to. Hand each child a piece of paper and a pencil.

Instruct kids to write a sentence at the very top of the page using the prompt “One year on Halloween, I…”, but don’t let anyone see what you write. The more descriptive or action-packed, the better. It can be true or completely made up, but no blood, gore, or violence allowed.

Give kids about 1 minute to finish their sentence. After they are done, they should pass their paper to the person on their right.

The 2nd person should then read the sentence and do their best to draw a small picture of what they’ve just read in about 1 minute. (Note: They must do this right under the sentence, leaving room for the rest of the kids to work on the piece of paper, too. That’s why our FREE Halloween Pass It Pictionary handout might be helpful!)

After that child is done drawing, instruct them to fold the top sentence over (so the next person can only see the drawing) and pass the paper on to the right.

This pattern of writing a sentence, folding over the previous drawing, drawing a picture, and folding over previous sentence repeats until the paper is filled.

When the paper is filled, have the kids pass them back to the original owners to read. They will want to pass the papers around the group and read each one. You could even have each group share the funniest one with the whole class/party. So hilarious!