ESL Halloween Game: What’s In The Box
ESL Halloween Game: What’s In The Box is a classic Halloween game that can be used to engage young learners on the theme of Halloween. Watch the video to see how to prepare this activity and below the video, you will find some suggestions of what you can put inside the box.
Dead Hand: Rubber glove filled with flour
Dead Skin: Banana peel, smashed up boiled egg whites
Ears (witches, werewolf): Dried apricots
Eyeballs: Peeled grapes, olives
Fingers: Microwaved hotdogs cut in half, small whole pickles, thin carrots
Fingernails: Almonds, sunflower seed shells, pumpkin seeds
Guts: Canned spinach
Heart: Peeled can tomato
Nose: mushrooms
Skeleton Pieces: Cleaned chicken bones
Teeth (dead man’s, witches): unpopped popcorn, uncooked elbow macaroni
Witch Hair: Corn husks, steel wool
Worms: Cooked spaghetti with a little oil
Spiders: Pipe cleaners twisted together in the shape of a spider
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Some ideas of what you can include in the box:
Dead Hand: Rubber glove filled with flour
Dead Skin: Banana peel, smashed up boiled egg whites
Ears (witches, werewolf): Dried apricots
Eyeballs: Peeled grapes, olives
Fingers: Microwaved hotdogs cut in half, small whole pickles, thin carrots
Fingernails: Almonds, sunflower seed shells, pumpkin seeds
Guts: Canned spinach
Heart: Peeled can tomato
Nose: mushrooms
Skeleton Pieces: Cleaned chicken bones
Teeth (dead man’s, witches): unpopped popcorn, uncooked elbow macaroni
Witch Hair: Corn husks, steel wool
Worms: Cooked spaghetti with a little oil
Spiders: Pipe cleaners twisted together in the shape of a spider
More Halloween Activities
Check out our other Halloween activities for young learners, teens and adults!
Trick or Treat – is a fun activity for young learners where they draw cards and get treats or tricks!
Halloween Spot the Difference – Find all the differences in this interactive online game.
Halloween Guess Who – in this activity, young learners act like monsters helping them consolidate new monster vocabulary.
Zombie Apocalypse – is a fun speaking activity for teens where they discuss how they would survive the zombie apocalypse.
Halloween Family Fortunes – Ideal for teens and adults and even young learners to practice Halloween vocabulary.
Halloween Idioms – Ideal for teens and adults.
Halloween True or False Quiz – This activity is perfect for teens and adults (lower-intermediate +)
Interactive Halloween Memory Match (Young Learners) – Match the Halloween words and practice vocabulary with your young learners.
Halloween Colouring Book – Get your students colouring with this fun interactive colouring book.
Visit our YouTube channel for new games weekly
Trick or Treat – is a fun activity for young learners where they draw cards and get treats or tricks!
Halloween Spot the Difference – Find all the differences in this interactive online game.
Halloween Guess Who – in this activity, young learners act like monsters helping them consolidate new monster vocabulary.
Zombie Apocalypse – is a fun speaking activity for teens where they discuss how they would survive the zombie apocalypse.
Halloween Family Fortunes – Ideal for teens and adults and even young learners to practice Halloween vocabulary.
Halloween Idioms – Ideal for teens and adults.
Halloween True or False Quiz – This activity is perfect for teens and adults (lower-intermediate +)
Interactive Halloween Memory Match (Young Learners) – Match the Halloween words and practice vocabulary with your young learners.
Halloween Colouring Book – Get your students colouring with this fun interactive colouring book.
Visit our YouTube channel for new games weekly
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