Halloween Eyeball Hunt Game Printable: Hidden Eyeballs + Checklist
They’re Watching You. Go Find Them.
A Halloween eyeball hunt is exactly what it sounds like: you hide a bunch of plastic eyeballs around the house or yard, hand everyone a basket and a checklist, and turn them loose. It’s part scavenger hunt, part hide-and-seek, and it has one unbeatable advantage — eyeballs are creepy, funny, and cheap, and watching a grown adult get genuinely competitive about finding plastic eyeballs in a flowerpot is a party memory you can’t buy.
The game scales to any group. Little kids hunt in the open with big, easy-to-spot eyeballs. Older kids and adults get the hard version: tiny eyeballs, sneaky spots, point values, and a timer. And because the whole game is just hiding and finding, you can set it up in the time it takes to walk around your own yard once.
What You Need
You’ll need plastic eyeballs — the ping-pong style eyeball balls are perfect — in two sizes if you can find them: regular ones worth 1 point each, and one or two special ones (a big googly eyeball, a glow-in-the-dark one, or one in a rare color) worth 5 points each. Grab a small basket, bag, or bucket per player, print one checklist per player, and set a timer. That’s the whole supply list.
One safety note that matters: if toddlers are playing, use only large eyeballs — nothing small enough to fit through a toilet paper tube — and skip the tiny ones entirely. For older kids and adults, small eyeballs are fine, but do a quick sweep at the end to make sure none are left in the yard for the dog to find.
Hiding the Eyeballs
Hide the eyeballs before guests arrive, or while everyone is in another room. Mix easy spots with tricky ones: on top of a bookshelf, peeking out of a flowerpot, tucked into a coat pocket, balanced on a windowsill, staring out of a cereal box, hiding behind a curtain. The best hiding spots are the ones where the eyeball looks like it’s watching the room — perched on a shelf edge, peeking from behind a plant, sitting in a shoe.
Hide at least 5 eyeballs per player so nobody ends up empty-handed, and write down how many you hid and where. Seriously — write it down. The one eyeball you forget about will turn up at Christmas, and while that’s funny, it’s better to count them all back in.
The Hunt Checklist
Print one checklist per player. Players check off each eyeball they find and note its point value. The special eyeballs are worth more, so the winner isn’t always the person who found the most — it’s the person with the most points.
EYEBALL HUNT CHECKLIST
Player name: ______________
Regular eyeball (1 point each): found ___ x 1 point = ___ points
Big eyeball (3 points each): found ___ x 3 points = ___ points
Glow-in-the-dark eyeball (5 points): found? Yes / No = ___ points
Golden eyeball (5 points): found? Yes / No = ___ points
TOTAL POINTS: ___
BONUS: Funniest hiding spot I found: ______________
How to Play
Give everyone a basket and a checklist, explain the point values, and set the timer — 10 minutes for a small space, 20 for a yard. When the timer goes off, everyone returns and counts up. The highest point total wins. If there’s a tie, the player who found the golden eyeball wins; if nobody found it, the host reveals its hiding spot and everyone groans together.
For a second round, re-hide the same eyeballs in new spots and play again — the second hunt is always faster and funnier, because everyone now knows the hiding style. For teams, pair an adult with a younger child and combine their checklists; the team total counts, which keeps the little ones in the running.
Ways to Change It Up
Play it at night with flashlights and glow-in-the-dark eyeballs for a genuinely spooky version — the glowing eyes in the dark are a great effect, and the kids will talk about it for weeks. Play it as a classroom game by hiding the eyeballs around the room before the party and giving each child a checklist to work through at their own pace. Or play the “Minute to Win It” version: 60 seconds, one room, as many eyeballs as you can grab.
You can also add a twist: one eyeball is the “cursed” eyeball, worth negative 2 points if you pick it up — mark it with a tiny sticker only the host knows about. The reveal at the end, when someone proudly announces a big haul and loses points to the curse, is worth the whole game.
Free Printable + Premium Bundles
The hiding guide, checklist, and rules above are free to print and use at your party. If you want a polished, party-ready hunt kit with matching checklists, point cards, and hiding-spot ideas in Halloween colors, grab the full premium printable bundles at Fukroo on Etsy. Print, hide, and let the hunt begin.
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