Get ready for a spooktacular adventure as we dive into the world of Halloween activities for kids! With October just around the corner, it’s time to don our costumes, carve pumpkins, and embrace the magic of this spooky season. Whether you’re a parent, teacher, or caregiver, we’ve got a treasure trove of thrilling and educational Halloween-themed ideas that will keep young minds engaged and entertained. So, sharpen your carving knives and grab your witch’s broom because we’re about to embark on a journey filled with creativity, learning, and a whole lot of fun!
Frightfull Fun for Halloween
We have had tons of fun doing a lot of the items on this list and I plan to do the rest with my four year old and twins before Halloween arrives! From sensory to crafts to learning, this list will engage and entertain your toddler or preschooler all month long! They will be begging you to do more even after Halloween has come and gone!
Halloween Activities
1. Dot Sticker Bats
2. Exploding Pumpkin Baggie Science Experiment
3. Wriggly Mummy Worm Science Experiment
4. Witches’ Brew Fizzy Cauldrons: Halloween STEAM Experiment
5. Fizzy Pumpkin Science Experiment
6. Feed the Ghost Fine Motor Activity
7. Halloween Candy Drop
8. Pumpkin Presents Colour Sorting
9. Halloween Magnetic Tile Puzzles
10. Balance the Spider
11. Skeleton Sticky Wall
12. Spooky Skeleton Writing Tray
13. Pumpkin Shapes Sticky Wall
14. Magnetic Tile Pumpkin Faces
15. Halloween Color Mixing Bags
16 .Eye Ball Drop for Toddlers
17. DIY Pumpkin Letter Puzzles
18. Pumpkin Pom Pom Push
19. Ghost Sticky Wall
20. Haunted House Counting Activity
21. Flying Ghosts Science Experiment
22. Pom Pom Tape Spider Web
23. Skeleton Bones Counting Activity
24. Colour Mixing Pumpkin Fine Motor Activity
25. Witch Haircut Activity & Craft
26. Witches’ Broom Activity
27. Pumpkin Patch Letter Hunt
28. Pumpkin Guts Slime Recipe
29. DIY Halloween Sticker Cutting Cards
30. Tubes & Pumpkins
31. Spaghetti Pumpkin Cutting Activity
32. Halloween Candy Grab
33. Pumpkin Counting
34. Yarn Spider Web Sticky Wall
35. DIY Five Little Pumpkin Blow-Up Craft
36. Spooky Surprise Art
37. Halloween Toast with Edible Paint
38. Ghost Dot Sticker Activity
39.Dot Sticker Spider Webs
40. Ghost Sensory Bag
41. Spider Counting
42. Spider Threading Colour Matching Activity
Halloween Sensory Activities
43. Bat Sensory Bin
44. Halloween Worms Sensory Bin
45. Halloween Chickpea Sensory Bin
46. Pom Pom Pumpkin Patch Sensory Bin
47. Oobleck Spider Rescue
48. Halloween Sensory Bin
49. Pumpkin Rice Sensory Bin
50. Jack-O-Lantern Sensory Bin
51. Pumpkin Scoop
52. Play Dough and Pumpkins Invitation
53. Monster Hands Play Dough Invitation
54. How to Make Pumpkin Pie Spice Playdough
55. Halloween Eye-Spy Sensory Bin
56. Halloween Goo Sensory Bin
57. Spider Web Rescue Sensory Bin
58. Monster Oobleck
59. Ghost Sensory Bin
Easy Halloween Arts & Crafts
60. Halloween Suncatchers
61. Halloween X-ray Craft
62. Cotton Ball Ghost Craft
63. Foil Colored Halloween Prints
64. Cotton Ball Painted Ghost Craft
65. Halloween Toilet Paper Roll Crafts
66. Popsicle Stick Halloween Puppets
67. DIY Halloween Masks
68. Spooky Art Surprise
69. Mini Pumpkin Roll and Paint
70. The Best Cardboard Box Haunted House Craft
71. Scrunched Paper Pumpkin Craft
72. Bean Ghost Craft
73. Hot Glue Gun Pumpkin Craft
74. DIY Five Little Pumpkin Blow-Up Craft
75. Pumpkin Leaf Craft
76. Secret Spider Web
77. Tape Resist Spider Web Craft
78. Cotton Ball Painted Pumpkin Craft
79. Stick Spider Web Craft
80. Marble Painted Ghost Craft
81. Skull Paper Lantern Garland
82. Halloween Coloring Pages
83. Apple Pumpkin Stamps
84. DIY Halloween Masks
85. Decorating The Witch’s Broomstick
86. Spider Web Suncatcher
87. Leaf Pumpkins
88. Monster Haircuts
89. Leaf Pumpkin Suncatcher
90. Halloween Ghost Sticky Wall
91. Leaf Spider Halloween Craft
92. Leaf Witch Halloween Craft
93. Monster Coloring Pages
94. Witch Hat Decorating
95. Giant Toilet Paper Mummy Craft
96. Kitchen Tool Monsters
97. Potato Masher Spider Craft
98. Finger Print Spider Web Craft
100. Witch Sticky Wall
101. Potato Masher Jack-o-Lantern Craft
102. Monster Sticky Wall
103. Washi Tape Skeleton
104. Pumpkin Drawing
105. Washi Tape Candy Corn Craft
106. Shape Haunted House Craft
107. Fingerprint Pumpkins
108. DIY Leaf Ghost Window Clings
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Play2Learn Toddler & Preschool Programs for Curious Toddlers
There is no limit to your toddler’s energy and curiosity. That energy and curiosity although a joy can be challenging at times. Their interest in just about everything around them is what makes them great learners. One and two year olds can soak up so much just from their senses!
But as a teacher or parent that thirst for learning can be exhausting. That is why I created this toddler and preschooler program. To help you get the most out of this time with your curious toddler without having to come up with creative ways to play and interact with them.
Play2Learn for Toddlers includes 20 Units for toddlers. Each 2-week toddler unit has 20 super easy to set up and engaging activities for toddlers 18 months to 3 years.
Play2Learn Preschool which includes 20 Units for preschoolers. Each 2-week preschoolers unit has 20 unique and easy to set up and engaging activities for preschoolers 3 years to 5 years. That’s over 800 learning activities for your toddler and preschooler at your fingertips! So many ideas you and your child will never be bored again!
These toddler and preschool lesson plans and activities will definitely keep you and your toddler and preschooler busy playing and learning!
Click here for more information: Play2Learn
Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
Find out more and grab your copy here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles tha. t show them how to think outside the box.
- 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
- Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
- Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.
Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to share my crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched in July 2022 on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube! Season 2 aired in August 2023! My show was also nominated in 2023 for Best Live Action Preschool Series by the Youth Media Alliance Awards of Excellence.
Curious Crafting Season 1 is also now airing in Australia on ABC! Watch it here!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
Oh wow! What a “monster” list 🙂 I tried out the potato masher spiders with my son and they came out very well (and buggy) lol. Being a STEM blogger, I put together some ‘science-y’ Halloween activities here – https://kidpillar.com/best-halloween-resources-for-kids-history-diys-activities-movies-and-much-more/ – if you’re interested 🙂
Thank you! I will definitely check them out!
Thanks for sharing our Shape Monsters craft! We had so much fun doing that project and I hope others will enjoy it too! Lots of great ideas here!