Halloween quest for children 9-13 years old

About the kit

The Halloween quest for children aged 9-13 includes a set of 10 tasks, each of which is hidden in a specific place. The solution to each puzzle reveals the location where the next clue is hidden. Thus, a chain of tasks is obtained that must be completed step by step in order to find the cache with the hidden prize.
The kit allows you to create your own unique search chain: tasks can be laid out in any order and completed in any number of stages, as well as choose the most convenient place for the final destination.
The set offers a wide variety of universal places in an apartment or school where you can hide tasks and surprises.
However, if some keywords do not suit you, it is possible to change them - for example, adapt the quest to be held in the courtyard of a private house. This is possible thanks to templates for self-editing materials.
The tips are colorfully themed and contain a variety of puzzles, tasks for attentiveness, ingenuity and quick thinking. They are based on intellectual and verbal games, composing anagrams and various types of ciphers. Tasks of different difficulty levels.
The materials are suitable for printing on a black and white printer, since the jobs are not color dependent.
Recommended age of players: 9 +

See also: Halloween forfeits for children

Halloween quest for children at home, at school, on the street or in a cafe

Halloween quest for adults and teenagers

Using this kit you can organize a quest:

for one player - having arranged interesting entertainment for Halloween celebrations with the search for an original memorable souvenir
for one team of players
as a team competition
for teams without competition, with prizes for all players

Horror quests from “Lokap”

By the way, many of our clients love horror quests for their emotionality. We decided to meet this need halfway and built three horror films of different formats at once. We list them by level of fear from least scary to most frightening.

The first project was created based on the film “Saw” of the same name. It has all the trappings of a scary atmosphere, except the actor. An excellent version of the first horror film, which will allow you to immerse yourself in the right atmosphere and provoke the release of a moderate amount of adrenaline, without fanaticism. However, you will still have to flinch a couple of times; there are cunning traps here that will make you nervous. Book your game on this page.

The second project is called “Minotaur” and, as you guessed, it’s about a cannibal maniac. This project is for those who want to try horror and are not afraid of actors. You can find out more about the project and book the game on this page.

The third project opened its doors in January 2021 - a ghost quest called “House on the Outskirts.” The quest contains a character who enhances the atmosphere and helps reveal the plot of the quest. The level of fear can be adjusted at the request of the players. The legend of the quest is simple and understandable to everyone from many horror films: you and your friends are traveling by car to places unknown to you, suddenly the car breaks down and you turn for help to the nearest and seemingly completely harmless house on the outskirts. The door is unlocked - you go inside... bang... the lights go out... and then the fun begins. But let’s not spoil the intrigue, come and see everything for yourself. Photos of the quest and schedule can be viewed at the link.

Set design

You can start the quest game in an original way using a special postcard . It's durable and takes just a few minutes to cook (details included), with the first clue in the middle; Postcard format - A4. When finished it looks like this:

completing assignments

Fashion for horror quests

Running a quest in reality in the horror genre is somewhat easier than any other quest. The main emphasis here is on simple puzzles, a variety of effects, the participation of the actor, and, of course, props and lighting. In the regions, the minimum investment threshold can start from 200 thousand for the entire quest, and together with a high-quality script, it can actively exist for quite a long time and generate profit. We have a couple of cases where such a quest paid for itself in a few months and then worked as a good plus.

Description of tasks

(key places where you can hide hints and surprises are indicated in brackets)

An ominous scarecrow (table, chair, your choice). An entertaining task for attentiveness, you need to find differences in two seemingly identical pictures.
Merry Halloween (diary, mirror, your option). A task of ingenuity, you need to find the key to solving the riddle.
Gloomy associations (newspaper, mug, your choice). An interesting thematic task for attentiveness and composure.
Moon riddle (Russian language textbook, foreign language textbook, your version). Cunning encryption, a task of ingenuity.
Disgusting treat (magazine, backpack, your choice). An entertaining code designed in the form of colorful themed cupcakes.
Terrible arithmetic (shelf, wall, your choice). A challenging, original task on logic and quick thinking. To find out the next search location, players will have to calculate the numerical value of each picture.
Scary monsters (plant, bedside table, your choice). A fun themed puzzle using the main Halloween characters.
The mystery of the spiders (door, bag, your option). Original cipher, task for the speed of visual perception.
Painting “Sabbath of Witches” (box, notebook, your option). Another fun observation task: only one of the four paintings was drawn without errors. To find out the next search location, you need to form a word from the letters under the correct image.
Puzzle “Terrible night” (closet, drawer, your option). To find out the next search location, you need to collect a picture cut into 12 parts.

Attention! The kit includes templates for all tasks - if the keywords do not suit you, you can replace them yourself.

View keyword options that you can make in task templates:

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An ominous scarecrow. Words for home: glass, loaf, ribbon, glass, sock, roll, cup, notepad, bracelet; words for the street: bush, pillar.
Happy Halloween. Words for home: picture, printer; words for the street: gate, veranda, stone.
Gloomy associations. Words for the home of 6 letters: album, pocket, jug, teapot, apron, fruit; words for the street of 6 letters: tree (birch, chestnut, rowan, poplar, apple tree), gate, stone, swing, brick, etc.
Moon riddle: any word or phrase.
Disgusting delicacy. Words for the home of 6 letters: album, pocket, jug, teapot, apron, fruit; words for the street of 6 letters: tree (birch, chestnut, rowan, poplar, apple tree), gate, stone, swing, brick, etc.
Terrible arithmetic. Words for the home of 5 letters: bath, sofa, book, pencil case, shoes, curtain; words for the street of 5 letters: barrel, garage, fence, barn, etc.
Scary monsters. Words for home: laptop, tablet, smartphone; phrases: behind the picture, in the box; words for the street: gazebo, veranda, feeding trough, path, sign, car.
The Mystery of Spiders. Words for the home of 5 letters: bath, sofa, book, pencil case, shoes, curtain; words for the street of 5 letters: barrel, garage, fence, barn, etc.
Painting "Sabbath of Witches". Any word.
Puzzle "Terrible night". Any word or phrase.

Important: templates are provided only in pdf format. You can replace them yourself in one of the following ways:
1) print the template and manually change the task according to our sample;

2) using any free service (for example, this: https://convert-my-image.com/PdfToJpg_Ru) convert the “Templates” file from pdf format to jpg format, and then yourself in any graphic editor or in Microsoft Word.

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The kit is offered in electronic form - you will need to print everything you need yourself on a color printer (sheet format when printing A4).

A super set of Halloween printable templates as a gift!

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Super set of Halloween printable templates includes: invitations, 3 types of candy boxes, round toppers, round and square stickers, straw flags, bottle labels in two sizes, cupcake decorations, 4 types of wrapping paper (for making wrappers for chocolate, cards, etc.), stretching.

And also a set of colorful Halloween masks!

Realism

If your goal is to provide maximum immersion for players, then the most sophisticated and unusual ways of interacting with players are used. For example, in one of the Moscow quests, bags with a terrible smell of urine are placed over the players’ heads. In the kitchen you can find a pile of rotten meat, which is decomposing and creates an incredible stench.

Sometimes, in order for a person to believe in the reality of what is happening, one must personally erase this line and cross certain boundaries. Then, even for fifteen, even for five minutes, he will be completely immersed in your world and literally merge with it. And when this happens, you can be sure that he will be in a positive shock.

Creative Halloween Games for Kids and Teens

Trick-and-treat game

As the name suggests, we're in for some "tricks and treats." To play the game you will need prizes and treats. These could be chocolates, boxes of chocolates, bags of dragees. It is advisable that the treats be different.

Treat prizes must be numbered and placed in a box. Separately prepare cards with the numbers of these prizes. You will need two more stacks of cards. One of them contains wishes or predictions, and the other contains absurd, funny tasks. All three stacks of cards are laid out separately on the table, contents down.
The game goes like this: the participant comes to the table and draws a card with the prize number. The presenter shows what prize he drew and asks if he wants to receive it. If the participant agrees, then the presenter offers to draw a card with the task.
Having completed the task, the participant receives his prize-treat and draws a fortune card. This card remains with him as a keepsake.

Predictions can be simply good, for example: “wealth and success await you in the coming year”, “you will soon find your love”, “you will study with excellent marks”; or funny, for example: “beware of the hairdresser - he will cut off your ears”, “look under your bed every day at midnight - one day you will find a suitcase with money there.”

Possible tasks:

draw a bat
crawl like a spider
scare us: shout “Boo!” as loud as you can
pretend to be a zombie
hoot like a night owl
vampire kiss of three people
scare us: show your scary face
pretend to be a ghost

Children's Halloween game "Tricks and Treats" (photo)

Halloween game "Halloween Heroes"

Prepare disposable paper plates, paints and markers. You need to make as many of these preparations as possible so that there is enough for all the children. The task is to decorate the plates in the form of Halloween characters. It could be a monster, a ghost, or a Jack-o'-lantern.

Give the children plates and paints. Let little artists create and create.
The child takes his “pumpkin” as a souvenir.
Don't forget to take a photo of the little artist with his scary beautiful creation.

Children's game for Halloween (photo)

Halloween game “Create a Spell”

To get sweets, children must come up with a spell.

This game can be played over several rounds.
For example, in the first you need to come up with a spell that rhymes, in the second - with non-existent words. Avada Kedavra!

Children's game for Halloween (photo)

In a black-black room

For this competition, you need to prepare many figurines of black cats, bats and spiders in advance. The easiest way is to cut out equal numbers of all creatures from black paper. The host or person in charge of the holiday must know the exact number of spiders, cats and mice. All these figures are hung and hidden around the room. When it gets dark (you can just turn off the lights and close the curtains to make it gloomy), the host announces the rules: prizes will be given to those participants who are the fastest to count all the black cats, spiders and bats in the black room. We started on the count of three. Whoever is the first to name the correct number of hidden creatures in the room wins a prize.

Halloween games for accuracy and dexterity

Halloween game "Catch the Eye"

Cut off the bottom of the foam cups, place a piece of the balloon on it and tie the hole at the bottom. Tennis balls need to be decorated in the shape of an eye.

The leader stands opposite the players. He keeps all the “eyes”, which he throws at the participants one by one.
The player picks up a glass with an inflatable ball instead of the bottom and catches his “eye” in it.
The one who manages to catch more “eyes” in his glass wins.

Halloween skill game for children and teenagers (photo)

Read also: Family Halloween costumes (PHOTOS)

Halloween game "Witch Tower"

This game is somewhat reminiscent of the game "Towns". But instead of wooden shelves and structures made from them, you can use almost everything that is at hand: baby food jars, juice cartons, toilet paper rolls and plastic cups. The main thing is to give the props a “Halloween” feel. As a “tool” you can use paper rolls or a bag with cereal or sand inside, which can also be shaped like a pumpkin.

A “witch tower” is built from jars or rolls of paper.
Players take turns throwing rolls of paper or a bag of sand at it from a certain distance.
The winner is the one who destroys the “witch’s tower” the fastest.

Halloween skill game for children and teenagers (photo)

Halloween game "Catch the pumpkin"

You will need plastic rings or hoops and pumpkins with tails. You can decorate traffic cones to look like witch hats - they'll also be useful for playing (instead of pumpkins).

Give each player the same number of rings, and place pumpkins or hats at a certain distance from the players.
The participants' task is to throw rings on pumpkins or witches' hats.
The one with the fewest rings left wins.

For older children, you can assign a separate number of points to each cone; younger children should simply count hits.

Halloween accuracy game for children and teenagers (photo)

Competition "Away Jack Pumpkinhead"

Dracula : We will throw a wonderful party for our (name of the birthday boy)! It just seems to me that there are not enough guests at our Nightmare Ball. Where is Jack Pumpkinhead? Who will light up our darkness? Not in order! I suggest everyone pay for the first, second... So we got two teams. Let's build two Jacks. And whoever completes the task faster and better will receive a pack of delicious worms (jelly worms).

Teams are provided with a mop (this is the basis), one pumpkin, and old clothes (raincoats, pants, jackets, scarves, straw or felt hats). They are building "Jack". You can give each a knife, a bowl and a candle to cut out a face and insert the candle into the pumpkin. The most active ones will be awarded a prize. But it’s better to reward two teams with worms.

Dracula : Great! Pumpkinhead Jack and his twin brother Johnny arrived to our holiday!

The figure of the monster stands still

The game follows the principle “The sea is troubled once”, only the terrifying figures of evil and merciless Halloween heroes will be shown here. It's simple. One by one, a participant comes out into the circle and says: “The dark forest is worried once, the dark forest is worried two, the dark forest is worried three, a scary figure of a monster (names the monster, for example, Dracula, zombie, witch, troll, and so on) freeze.” And the guys freeze in a monster pose. The participant who guessed the monster chooses the best figure and passes the baton to the participant who showed this very figure. This way, children will remember all the famous monsters and will be able to play their role. And the best actors will receive prizes.

Children's horror stories for Halloween night

Children's horror story: “Doll in a black dress”

One girl’s mother forbade her to buy dolls in black dresses. One day a girl went to the store to buy herself a doll. All the dolls were scary, only one was beautiful, but she was in a black dress. The girl bought it and brought it home.

In the evening she put her in bed and went to bed with her. At night, the mother heard the girl scream. She went to her room and saw that the girl was not on the bed. The mother looked under the bed, and there was a doll in a black dress with the face of this girl.

Scary story for children "The Old Woman's Piano"

Once upon a time there lived a mother, father, son and daughter. The daughter says: “Mom, buy me a piano.”

Her mother bought her a very old piano in a store from a very old old woman. She started playing at night. He plays, and suddenly his hands reach out and want to strangle the girl.

The next day my brother began to play. Hands appeared and also tried to strangle the boy. A day later, my father began to disassemble the piano. I took it apart, and there my hands were hanging. My father broke them and threw them away. I closed the piano and they decided to return it to the store. They came to give it back, and suddenly they saw an old woman sitting there, the seller, with no arms...

Scary story for children "Red Socks"

Mom sent her daughter to the market to buy socks. She gave her money and told the girl not to buy red socks under any circumstances. When the girl came to the market, she only liked red socks. The girl decided that why not buy red ones too?

I bought it and decided to try it on right away. I left the market and put them on. She didn’t take the bus home, but walked to walk down the street in these socks. But her legs soon began to hurt. She decided that it was her shoes that had chafed her and moved on.

When the girl approached the house, she was in so much pain that she fell. Mom ran out of the house, saw the red socks and quickly began to take them off. But when she took it off, there were only gnawed bones left from the girl’s legs.

Horror story for children “The Queen of Spades”

Three girls called the Queen of Spades. They poured water into a glass and put a mirror. They pulled out a mirror and said: “Appear, Queen of Spades!” At twelve o'clock at night the girls hear creaking and footsteps. A girl who was in first grade came out to watch. She was gone for a long time. Another one, who was in the preparatory group, also ran to look. She was also gone for a long time. And the other one, who was in the older group, got scared and crawled under the bed. In the morning my mother came and saw that the second girl was lying in the bathroom. She had three black spots on her neck. But the first one was not found. Three days later they found that girl in the basement. She was already dead. She also had three black spots on her neck. The girls called the Queen of Spades. And if the water boils, it will appear. And the water began to boil. She appeared. To make her disappear, she had to throw a mirror on the floor. But they didn’t know this.

Children's scary story "Photograph from the Well"

An expedition was going on in one desert. And suddenly there is a well on the way. They decided to put one geologist there. They lowered him for a long time, and suddenly he screamed wildly and twitched.

When they got him out, he was dead and gray-haired. Then they lowered the camera instead. The camera took a picture of something.

They began to develop the film. The developer looked at her, screamed terribly and died. His assistant had the idea to burn the photograph without looking at it. He realized that this photograph could kill hundreds of people.

So no one found out what was there in this deserted well.

Children's horror story "Carpet Imprint"

One day the girl went for a walk and never returned home. Parents could not find a place for themselves. Nobody could find the girl.

In the basement of one house at night there was a terrible barking of dogs. People went down to the basement and saw parts of a human body on the floor. It was the same girl.

She was killed by a crazy guy who worked at a meat processing plant. He would not have been found if not for one circumstance. When the girl was dying, she kept looking at the new bright carpet that hung in the guy’s room, and it was imprinted in her eyes. And the police re-photographed this picture and enlarged it. Only a crazy person had such a carpet.

Children's horror stories for Halloween (photo)

Horror story for children “A Guy Named Jack”

Once upon a time there was a nice guy named Jack. One day Jack met the devil himself. Jack was not the shy type and invited Satan to have a glass of beer with him. In a pub, he persuaded the devil to turn into a coin so that he could pay for beer. Satan, without thinking twice, turned into a coin. And Jack went ahead and put a silver cross on the coin.

And the cross, as you know, deprives the devil of supernatural powers. And the devil began to persuade Jack to free him. And Jack says: “I will free you, but on one condition - you will leave my soul alone, and when I die, I will not be in hell, but in heaven.”

And so Jack grew old and died, but he was not allowed into heaven. Jack went to the devil, and he said that he could not break the terms of the deal and would not take him to hell. And it’s dark outside, you can’t see anything, and Jack doesn’t know where to go now. He begged Satan for a burning coal, cut a lantern out of a pumpkin, put the coal in it, and since then he has been walking around the world, shining with the coal.

Children's horror story "Dead Boy"

Two weeks ago I was visiting my friend. Suddenly, I had pain in my lower back on the right side, and I began to feel out of breath. My friend called an ambulance. The doctors quickly arrived and, after examining me, said that it was my kidneys. I packed my things and went with them to the hospital.

On the way to the hospital I felt sick and lost consciousness. Opening my eyes, I saw that I was lying in a white, well-lit room, with an oxygen mask on my face, and standing next to me was a boy with white hair, about seven years old. He came up to me, took my hand and began to cry. His hand was very cold. Even then I was surprised how a living person could have such cold hands.

The boy, after standing near me for a while and letting go of my hand, stepped aside and a very bright white light appeared above him. He took off from the ground like a feather and flew up and disappeared. I felt bad again and lost consciousness again. I opened my eyes only the next morning; I was in a coma for sixteen hours. The doctor came up to me and asked how I was feeling.

I said that it was better than yesterday and told him yesterday’s story about the boy. After I heard the story, the doctor said that this could not be, since this boy died three days ago.

Scary story for children “My Grandmother”

My grandmother, whom I loved very much, died two months ago. Although we were in different parts of our country from each other, I often came to visit her. She was a cheerful and kind person. I didn’t have time to come to her funeral; I arrived only a month later.

In the house where my grandmother used to live, my aunt also lived with her. My aunt accommodated me and made me a bed in the room where my grandmother used to live. As I fell asleep, I was soon awakened by a very strong floral aroma. This smell was everywhere.

I started looking for where this smell came from, but finding nothing, I fell asleep again. The next morning I told my aunt everything. We went up to my room. She inhaled this fragrant floral smell and immediately told me that she knew where it came from.

It turns out that just before my grandmother’s funeral, my aunt bathed her and anointed her with a special aromatic perfume, from which such a floral aroma emanated.

After these words, I realized that my beloved grandmother came to me at night, she wanted to say goodbye to me.

Scary story “In memory of Marina”

I had a friend, her name was Marina. She was a real friend, she never betrayed me, if I had a fight with my parents, she always let me stay with her for the night. So one day I once again quarreled with my parents and called her and asked if I could come to her. She said that she would be very glad to see me, and I went to her house. When I came to her house, she opened the door for me, and I immediately rushed to her and began to cry. She asked what happened, and I told her about my scandal with my parents.

She asked me to calm down and took me to the kitchen. I drank tea and calmed down. Then we talked about this and that, and she offered to stay the night. I accepted her offer with great pleasure. She made a bed for me in one room, and for herself in another. We wished each other good night and went to bed.

I couldn’t sleep for a long time, my eyes just wouldn’t close, I kept thinking about my parents, when suddenly I heard Marina scream: “Don’t, it’s not me.” I jumped off the bed and ran to her room. When I went into her room, I saw Marina, clutching her neck with both hands, rolling on the floor and shouting: “It’s not me, it’s not me.” I ran up to her and began hitting her in the face with my palms.

Marina seemed to move away, opened her eyes and looked at me. There was horror in her eyes. I asked her what happened, to which she told me only one thing: “He came again.”

I put her on the bed, poured water into a glass and gave it to her. When she came to her senses, she told me a story that shocked me. One day in the summer she and her friends decided to go to the lake. There was a bad reputation around this lake.

It was rumored that a drowned man lived in it, who was brutally killed and then drowned, and that whoever swims in this lake at night is grabbed by the legs and pulled to the bottom. So Marina and her friends arrived at the lake, it was already evening. By the time we laid out the tents and lit a fire, it was already dark.

It was stuffy outside, so Marina decided to take a dip in the lake. She undressed and swam. The water was very good. Suddenly something grabbed her by the legs and pulled her sharply down. She only managed to shout: “Help” and went under the water. She opened her eyes under water and saw that some vile creature was holding her legs and saying: “It was you who killed me.”

Then Marina said that she lost consciousness and that she woke up already on the ground. A guy she knew saved her. He saw her shout something and go under the water, and he rushed after her. She told everyone what happened to her, but no one believed her. They said that she simply choked on water and hallucinated. And after this whole story, this creature began to appear to her at night.

So today it came to her. She asked me to come to her again tomorrow, because she was very afraid of being alone at night. She needs someone to be with her every night so that she can get her out of the clutches of this creature. I promised her that I would come tomorrow.

We slept until the morning. Then I got up, washed my face and went home. Evening was approaching, and I began to get ready to visit Marina. My mother came into my room and asked me to sit with my younger brother for a couple of hours while she and my father went to the cinema.

I agreed, but warned that I would only stay for two hours. They got dressed and left. I called Marina and said that I would come in two hours. She said she would be waiting for me. Two hours passed, but the parents did not come. I started to get nervous. Another hour passed, but no one was there. I took out a book and began to read it to my brother. Half an hour later we fell asleep.

I woke up because someone was opening the door with keys. I opened my eyes and saw that the sun was already shining outside the window. I rushed to the door and saw my parents standing there. They told me that they met friends at the cinema and went to visit them. I said that this is not how it works, and ran to the phone in tears. I dialed Marina’s phone number, but no one answered me.

I quickly got dressed and ran to Marina. When I ran to her door, I saw that it was open and that there were a lot of people in uniform in her apartment. I went into the apartment and saw Marina. She was lying covered with a sheet on the floor next to her bed.

I rushed to her, but someone grabbed my hand and asked: “Girl, what are you doing here?” I turned my head and saw that a policeman was holding my hand. When I told him everything, what and how, he told me that Marina had died. She was strangled. They took my fingerprints and sent me home.

I ran home, locked myself in my room, lay down on the bed and cried. A few minutes later I fell asleep. In a dream, I saw a pink clearing and Marina was standing on it. I ran up to her, took her hand and told her: “Forgive me for not saving you.” She smiled at me affectionately and said that she was not offended by me and that she felt very good here. She hugged me tenderly, kissed me on the cheek and disappeared. Three days later the funeral took place. I go to the cemetery every day and bring her favorite flowers and still can’t believe that she’s gone.

Children's horror stories for Halloween (photo)

Children's scary adventure "Night Walk"

One day, in late autumn, relatives from a neighboring village invited me and my younger brother Patrick to their place for Halloween.

Having collected sweet trophies from all the neighbors, as well as scaring them to our hearts' content, we moved back. It was well after midnight, the full moon was shining with a bright, deathly white light, due to which the shaggy branches hanging low over the road seemed to be cast from silver, darkened in places with time.

The air was saturated with moisture; it had rained heavily the day before, but now the sky had cleared and stretched above us like a bottomless well, entangled in a bright web of stars. It seemed that everything around had fallen asleep; even the usual singing of crickets, those tireless violinists of the night, could not be heard.

The road, rising slightly, led us to a ravine and circled along it, pressed against the cliff by the dilapidated fence of an old abandoned village cemetery. Laughing loudly and making fun of each other, we tried to drive away the sticky fear that was slowly creeping under our shirts.

“You know, they say the blacksmith Jack is buried in this cemetery.” The one who first carved a terrible face into a pumpkin and put a candle in it, I said. “Lies,” Pat responded. There was no blacksmith, but this story was invented by a cunning peasant so that his pumpkins would sell better. Look, there’s nowhere to put them in the fall. “And I didn’t stop, they say I once scared the devil himself with my pumpkin Jack.” He was so offended that he placed a curse on him: forever on the night of November 1, he would walk the earth with this stupid pumpkin and scare people. - There was no Jack, I’m telling you, there’s nothing for me here...

But he didn’t have time to finish; a stranger of average height appeared around the bend, easily carrying with both hands a huge pumpkin, from whose terrible grin a bright orange light poured onto the road. - Great, guys, are you scared? Hey red-haired, I see your heart is pounding so much that soon it will punch a hole in your belly and jump out onto the road, the stranger said to Patu, giggling loudly.

I opened my mouth to answer, but then my gaze fell on the large puddle that separated us and the stranger. It reflected the full moon and the fiery pumpkin that the stranger was holding in his hands. But she seemed to be hanging in emptiness: her owner was not reflected in the mirror of the water.

“I elbowed Patrick, but didn’t have time. “Shut your mouth with your damn pumpkin,” Pat squeezed out. - But you guessed it right. Both about the devil and about the pumpkin, the guy said cheerfully. He made some elusive movement, and his head disappeared, as if it had never existed at all. And in its place, a huge pumpkin shone with evil, suddenly becoming white fire. A searing light erupted from her eyes, and her orange teeth bared in a terrible smile. And a very loud, muffled wild laugh, coming, if not from a pumpkin, then certainly not from a human throat, echoed over the ravine. I have never run so fast in my life. We jumped into the ravine and rushed, sliding down the slope and breaking bushes. How our necks remained intact is still a mystery to me. Apparently our death was not part of the plans of the creature that met us on the path. Having run at least a mile, we collectively tripped over some snag and rolled head over heels across a wet carpet of fallen leaves. “What was that?” Pat asked, breathing heavily. “Didn’t you see it yourself?” I wheezed. We quickly trotted to where the path should be. Soon, a gap flashed between the trees and we got out of the ominous place.

Scary story for children Dead illusion

The school day ended successfully. I decided to come and visit my friend, since she was sick and could not come to school. It was about 14:20 on the clock. My house was opposite hers, and she could always see me in the kitchen or on the balcony. When she came to her, she was terribly happy, and we sat down to drink tea.

Then I went into the bedroom to watch TV while she washed the dishes, after 5 minutes she came into the bedroom and said that my father had already arrived home. This surprised me greatly, because my parents had gone to their relatives and would be there very late.

I went out onto her balcony and froze in place in surprise; I saw that my grandfather, who died 7 years ago, was walking around my apartment. Stunned in place, he began to watch what would happen next. And suddenly I heard my friend scream in horror, realizing what was happening. Having calmed her down, I began to get dressed as quickly as possible - I wanted to find out what was going on in my apartment. She strongly begged me not to go there until my parents returned. And yet I managed to convince her that there was nothing wrong - it just seemed like it. As I approached my door, I suddenly noticed that the door was open. Enter the hallway, I went to the kitchen and saw my friend on her balcony, she was waving to me and letting me know that everything was okay. And suddenly I saw her covering her mouth with her hand in horror. Then my head began to feel double, my legs began to tangle, and my vision began to blur. I tried to turn around, but immediately fell. My neighbors, whom my friend called, brought me back to consciousness. She said that that figure put his hands on my shoulders, and I fell, after that she dragged me into the room, and then she didn’t see anything, but I don’t remember anything until the moment I lost consciousness. Nothing was missing from my apartment, and the neighbors claim that during this time no one entered or left my apartment except me.

Invisible machine

The night before yesterday I was returning home from work. Approaching my entrance, I heard the steady hum of a car engine and looked back at the sound. The hum became louder, as if a car was coming around a corner. But what was interesting was that I didn’t see anyone, I only heard the hum of an approaching car. With a rustle of tires, she drove past, very close to me. She drove up to my entrance. I stopped. Suddenly the door opened in my entrance, but no one came out.

Only voices were heard, someone's exclamations and laughter. I looked around again, but didn’t see anyone. I felt somehow uneasy. Suddenly, someone slammed the car door of an invisible car with great force. I heard the tires rustling on the asphalt, and the sounds began to subside, moving away from me. I stood for a long time and looked in the direction where the mysterious sound had floated away.

Horror story for children “The Red Spot”

One family bought a new apartment, but there was a red stain on the wall. They wanted to erase it, but nothing happened. Then the stain was covered with wallpaper, but it showed through the wallpaper. And every night someone died. And after each death the stain became even brighter.

Children's horror story "The Thief"

One girl was a thief. She stole things and one day she stole a jacket. At night, someone knocked on her window, then a hand in a black glove appeared, she grabbed her jacket and disappeared. The next day the girl stole the book. At night the hand appeared again. She grabbed the book. The girl looked out the window, wanting to see who was taking the things. And then the hand grabbed the girl and, pulling her out the window, strangled her.

Horror story for children “Red Spot-2”

There lived a mother and two children. But one day my mother returned from work with a red spot on her face. Every day this spot grew larger and took over the entire face, and my mother died. Before her death, she told her children never to go to the cemetery at night. The next day at night the boy heard a voice. He told the boy to get up, get dressed and go to the cemetery. The boy went and disappeared. They looked for him, but did not find him. Then the girl heard the same voice at night. She got up, got dressed and went to the cemetery.

There a woman in a white dress and with a red face came out to meet her. It was the girl's mother. She reached out her hands and wanted to grab the girl, but she saw that her mother’s face was a red leather mask. She grabbed it and tore it off her face. The mask in her hands screamed and crumbled, and the mother thanked her daughter for freeing her and going to her grave, and the girl returned home.

Scary story for children "White Slippers"

One family bought a new apartment. When they moved in, they saw white slippers in the hallway. They didn't touch them. At night, dad woke up and heard some sounds, but it seemed to him that he had misheard and did not get up...

When everyone woke up at night, they saw that he was gone, and there was a red spot on the bed. The next night the same thing happened to the mother, and then to the daughter and son. The neighbors came, put a jar with a liter of blood on the bed and covered him with a blanket. At night there was a knock, then a slipper crawled up to the bed and drank all the blood.

Horror story for children “Crawling curtains”

Mom really wanted to buy blue curtains, she went to the store, but there were no blue ones, so she decided to buy black curtains.

At night, as soon as my mother fell asleep, the black curtains stretched out and smothered my mother. The next morning the police arrived. One policeman decided to find out who strangled my mother. He stayed overnight in this apartment and hid under the sofa. As soon as it struck 12, the curtains began to move and began to crawl around the apartment. They crawled and crawled, and when morning came, they hung on the windows again. In the morning, a policeman cut the black curtains with an ax, blood poured out of them and flooded the apartment. At night this apartment burned down.

Scary story for children “Black Ribbon”

Mother and daughter went to the store. They sold black ribbons there. The daughter asked her mother to buy her a black ribbon. Her mother bought it for her. They came home, and the girl hung a ribbon over the sofa. Day passed. Night has come. Everyone went to bed. The girl lay down on the sofa. The black ribbon slid from the nail onto the sofa, wrapped itself around the girl’s neck and strangled her.

Children's horror story "My Jack"

Jack was my favorite dog and would have remained so if not for one incident that turned everything upside down. While walking with Jack around noon, I threw him a ball, which after a couple of meters fell into an open hatch.

Jack rushed for the ball and also jumped into the hatch. I ran up to the hatch and started calling Jack. In response, I heard only a plaintive squeak. Then I took a lighter out of my pocket, started shining it and saw a terrible picture. My dog was covered in blue mucus and squeaking. As luck would have it, my lighter burned out, and I ran home to get a flashlight, because without light I couldn’t see anything.

Quickly running home, I ran up to the hatch with the flashlight on and began to shine. But instead of my dog, I only saw a collar that was covered in blue mucus. Where did my dog go and what kind of mucus is I don’t know.

I miss my dog very much and I believe that one day he will come running to me.

Scary story for children "Transparent Head"

Recently my grandmother told me a story that happened to me and my sister. I was seven years old then, and my sister was four years old. On this day our parents were invited to visit. They asked grandma to sit with us.

When our parents left, my grandmother decided to turn on cartoons for us to have fun, but I ran away from her into the kitchen. She, seeing that I was not in the room, shouted at me to go back to the room.

But without saying anything, I remained standing in the kitchen. Then my grandmother decided to follow me herself. When she entered the kitchen, she saw that I was standing near the drawer in which there were knives, and next to me in the air was the transparent head of her dead mother.

She died when my grandmother was young. I turned towards my grandmother and told her that I had just talked to her and she told me not to open the drawer. And as soon as I said these words, the transparent head of her dead mother disappeared.

At that moment, my grandmother almost lost consciousness from everything she saw. Now that ten years have passed and my grandmother told us everything, I believe that then the ghost of her mother simply saved me.

Because at that moment, if I had taken out a knife, I could have hurt myself or, worse, just accidentally killed myself.

Children's horror stories for Halloween (photo)

Children's horror story “Wow fishing!”

This incident happened to me and my father while fishing. As always, my father and I went fishing on the weekend. We took gear, bait and something to eat. The weather was beautiful, as if made for fishing. We approached the river and settled down. We prepared our gear and threw our fishing rods into the river. The bite was not very good. The father said that it would quickly pay off, since it was very hot. I stayed to continue fishing. Literally as soon as my father left, I suddenly took a bite and the float sank under the water. I pulled towards myself, but some force pulled me and the fishing rod into the river. I thought it was a catfish. I started to resist, it was a pity to lose the fishing rod. I was almost already sucked into the river up to my waist, I decided to let go of the fishing rod from my hands, when suddenly this force suddenly let go of the fishing line, and I fell into the water. I wanted to quickly get up, but someone grabbed my legs and pulled me to the bottom.

This was the strength, it dragged me down like some kind of sliver. I screamed and began to resist in vain. And then I heard my father’s voice: “Son, give me your hand.” My father jumped towards me and grabbed my hand. But he was unable to pull me out; the force that was dragging my body was very strong. Then he quickly swam ashore, took a knife from the bag and rushed back into the river.

He swam up to me. He took the knife out of his mouth, transferred it to his right hand and dived. A real battle was taking place at my feet. After about five seconds I felt my legs free. Another three seconds passed, and the father emerged with a cut hand. Now I was already dragging my father to the shore. When we swam to the shore and came out onto it, my father showed me what he had left in his hand. It was a sticky piece of some kind of creature, unlike any fish.

This piece was so reeking of stench that it seemed like this creature lived in the sewer. I helped my father bandage the wound and we began to get ready to go home. Suddenly we heard the rush of water.

My father and I ran away from the water and hid in some hole. We raised our heads to see what was going on there. You won't believe it, we saw a big turtle. It was about three meters long. Instead of arms and legs, she had tentacles. A white liquid was flowing from one tentacle; my father probably tried this when he saved me. She swam closer to the shore and began to look at us. This all lasted about thirty seconds. Then she screamed sharply, turned her back to us and went under the water. And there was silence. My father and I rushed to run home.

Of course, no one believed us. We lost the piece that my father cut off from this creature in a hurry. We had no evidence. This turned out to be an interesting fishing trip.

The worst fear

The guys sit in a circle. Starting from the first one (to be honest, from the one whose name begins with the letter A, if there are none, with the letter B, and so on), the guys name one fear at a time of their neighbor, who sits further after him. For example, he is afraid of the dark or afraid that one day he will be bitten by a shark. The child’s imagination and knowledge about each other will work here. For a correct guess, the participant receives a piece of candy for their piggy bank. The game can last for several rounds. At the end of the game, the results are summed up: whoever managed to collect more candies, that is, guess more of their neighbor’s fears, became the winner.