Halloween falls on October 31, the last day of October.
The crafts use materials found around the house, like egg cartons, cardboard, paper, boxes, string, crayons, paint, glue, etc. See a page about color mixing to see how to combine paint to make all the colors of the rainbow.
Activities for Halloween
This scary Halloween ghost is a lot of fun to make!
Bat Crafts for kids. Kindergarten, preschool, and elementary school crafts. Make wonderful, simple crafts with things found around the house.
This scary Halloween spider craft is simple to make with a balloon and pipe cleaners.
This eerie Wreath of Paper Leaves decoration is simple and a lot of fun to make for Halloween.
Make this egg carton bat craft with things found around the house!
Make an easy egg carton spider craft with things found around the house.
Make a scary ghost necklace or decoration for Halloween, using paper, white glue, and string or yarn.
These creepy bat clips are Halloween decorations that can be placed all over the house.
This spooky Halloween ghost card is easily made from with white hole-punch paper and black construction paper.
This spooky Jack O’Lantern Card craft/decoration is made from hole-punch construction paper.
This spooky Halloween pumpkin Jack O’Lantern mask is simple and a lot of fun to make.
You can make our Ladybug Costume craft from a large paper grocery bag, a headband, and two pipe cleaners.
Make marvelous masks. Print out and color a cat, lion, koala, robot, or dog mask.
This scary skeleton paper craft is simple to make and great for Haloween.
Make a paper scarecrow craft for a wonderful Thanksgiving decoration.
This scary Halloween papier-mâché ghost is a lot of fun, but messy to make.
This spooky papier-mâché Halloween Jack O’Lantern Craft is a lot of fun to make, but a bit messy.
This scary Halloween Papier-Mâché Spider Craft is a lot of fun, but a bit messy to make.
This Halloween pasta skeleton craft is easily made from different types of pasta glued to black construction paper.
Make a cute spider made from a yarn pompom and pipe cleaners with these easy-to-use instructions.
This scary glue-and-glitter Spider Web Craft is a lot of fun for Halloween, but a bit messy to make.
This String of Jack-O’-Lanterns or Ghosts craft is simple and a lot of fun to make for Halloween.
Horrible Hats (Great Hats for Costumes)
In this simple craft, make an incredibly big hat from a large brown paper grocery bag.
This scary black cat hat (or Halloween decoration) is easily made from construction paper.
With this craft, make a Mortar Board hat to wear at graduation.
This is a simple Samurai origami hat craft made from a piece of paper.
Make a dinosaur hat using a balloon, newspaper, flour-water glue, and paint!
Creepy Cards and Stationery
Make a beautiful card from a brown paper bag and some ribbon in this easy craft.
Make a ghost pop-up card for a fun Halloween craft!
Halloween Stationery.
Make a Scary Mouth Pop-up Card with things found around the house.
Make a scary pop-up spider card craft using construction paper.
This scary and glittery Halloween Spider Web Card is a fun craft, but a bit messy to make.
In this craft, make a simple and spooky black cat card for Halloween!
Eerie Edibles
Make an edible Aquarium in a Cup. This is a great party treat that you can make with your child.
Make an edible Cup o’ Worms. It’s a great party treat you can make with your child.
Coloring and Drawing Activities
‘Draw and Compare Jack-o’-Lanterns’. Draw two jack-o’-lanterns and then answer simple questions comparing them.
Draw two masks and then answer simple questions comparing them, for example, “Which mask is scarier?”
Draw two scarecrows and then answer simple questions comparing them, for example, “Which one would scare crows better?”
‘Draw and Compare Spiders’. This is a printable worksheet about drawing and comparing items for early readers.
Draw and Write. Draw a picture of a great Halloween costume. Then describe it in words and write about why you think it is a great Halloween costume.
Draw and Write. Draw a picture and write about a Halloween haunted house.
Draw and Write. Draw a picture of a very scary Halloween jack-o’-lantern. Then describe it in words and write about why you think it would frighten people.
Draw and Write. Draw a picture and write about a scary animal.
Draw and Write. Draw a picture and write about a scary ghost. What does it look like? Does it make any sounds? What makes it so scary?
Draw and Write. Draw a picture and write about a scary monster.
Draw and Write. Draw a picture and write about a silly ghost. What does it look like? Does it make any sounds? What makes it so silly?
“Draw Four Halloween Items.” This is a printout about drawing and writing for early readers.
Draw four Jack-o’-Lanterns on this printout: a scary jack-o’-lantern, a happy jack-o’-lantern, a surprised jack-o’-lantern, and a sad jack-o’-lantern.
Draw four pumpkins in this printout: a big pumpkin, a small pumpkin, a wide pumpkin, and a tall pumpkin.
This is a Halloween follow-the-instructions printout for early readers (“Color the ghost on the top pink”, etc.). At the end, discover a secret message!
Draw and color the ghosts according to simple directions, such as, “Color all the round eyes blue.” Then count the shapes. This printable worksheet is for early elementary students.
Halloween - Follow the Instructions. Draw and color Halloween items according to simple directions, such as, “Draw a black spider in the web.” This printable worksheet is meant for early readers.
Draw and color Halloween items according to simple directions such as, “Draw a gray ghost in the center left square black.” This printout about following instructions is for early readers.
I Can Color - Halloween words. Follow the instructions to color in these Halloween-related words! (This worksheet is for early readers learning color words and Halloween words.)
“I Can Draw” Halloween Words. This printout is about colors and simple drawings for early readers.
This is a printable worksheet about counting for elementary students. Follow the instructions, coloring in and counting the pumpkins.
Draw and Compare Scary Animals: A printout about drawing and comparing items for early readers.
Finish each of the four Halloween drawings (around the line of symmetry) in this printable worksheet.
‘Symmetrical Scarecrow: Finish the Drawing’. Finish the drawing around the line of symmetry.
Symmetrical Spider Picture: Finish the Drawing Printout. Finish the drawing around the line of symmetry.
Things That Go Bump in the Night - Follow the Instructions: A printout about following instructions for early readers. Halloween Activity.
‘Which Witch is Which?’ This printable worksheet is about following instructions for early readers. Work through the instructions to color the flying witches in these Halloween scene!
Spelling Worksheets
Put ten Halloween words in alphabetical order in this printable worksheet.
This is a 30-blank “Happy Halloween” Word Hunt. On this printable worksheet, make as many words from the phrase “Happy Halloween” as you can.
30-Blank Jack-o’-Lantern Word Hunt Worksheet: Printout. Make as many words as you can from the phrase Jack-o’-Lantern. Worksheet with 30 blanks.
30-Blank Trick or Treat Word Hunt Worksheet: Printout. Make as many words as you can from the phrase Trick or Treat. Halloween Worksheet with 30 blanks.
This is a 50-blank “Happy Halloween” Word Hunt. On this printable worksheet, make as many words from the phrase “Happy Halloween” as you can.
50-Blank Trick or Treat Halloween Word Hunt Worksheet: Printout. Make as many words as you can from the phrase Trick or Treat. Worksheet with 50 blanks.
50-Blank Jack-o’-Lantern Word Hunt Worksheet: Printout. Make as many words as you can from the phrase Jack-o’-Lantern. Worksheet with 50 blanks.
Find a Halloween word or phrase for each letter of the alphabet.
Bone Word Pieces Puzzle - Make bone words from word segments: carpals, clavicle, femur, mandible, pelvis, ribs, radius, scapula, skull, tibia, ulna, vertebrae.
Circle the correct spelling of the Halloween words, and then color the pictures.
Circle the Starting Sound of Halloween Words. This is a printout for early readers.
Match 10 Fall words to pictures in this printable worksheet. Draw a line connecting the picture and the word.
Find the missing letters in Halloween words, and then color the picture of the word. This printable worksheet is for early readers.
Match Halloween words to pictures in this printable worksheet for early readers.
Halloween Alphabet Code. Use the alphabet code to figure out the secret message: “Trick or treat, give me something good to eat.”
Fill in the blanks in this Halloween cloze activity to learn all about the holiday.
This is a Halloween Letter-Flow Word Puzzle. In this printable worksheet, when a line connects two (or more) boxes, those boxes contain the same letter. Solve this Halloween word riddle!
Use the list of Halloween spelling words to answer simple questions in this printable worksheet.
Make Halloween words from word segments – combine them like puzzle pieces, for a festive holiday! Use each word segment only once.
Halloween Wordsearch. Find all the words in this wordsearch puzzle, then use the extra letters to find a secret message: “Treats”. This is a printout for young students.
On this printable worksheet, label the Halloween pictures with English words.
Match the Halloween anagrams in this printable worksheet. Draw a line from each word to its anagram (another word which is a rearrangement of the first word’s letters).
In this “Halloween Match the Syllables” printable worksheet, draw a line from each syllable on the left to a syllable on the right to make a Halloween word. Then write each completed word to the right.
Monster Brainstorming Activity: For each letter of the word
Fill in the blanks with Halloween words in this picture cloze activity. Early readers can learn about the holiday in this printable worksheet.
Scarecrow – Brainstorming Activity: For each letter of the word
Halloween “Find It!” Word Quiz. This is one of our “Find-It!” print-outs introducing 2nd- and 3rd-grade students to research on the Internet using the Little Explorers picture dictionary.
Unscramble the Halloween words. This is a printable worksheet for early readers.
What Halloween Item Am I? - For each picture, choose the word that best describes it. Worksheet Printout.
Write 8 Halloween Words: This is a printout about related words, for early readers.
In this printable worksheet, write Halloween words by category (scary animals, spooky things, Halloween verbs, costumes, candies, etc.).
Related Activities and Printables
This is a short printable mini-book about bats. It’s meant for early readers, with pictures to color and questions to answer.
Connect the numbered and lettered dots to draw a bat flying under a crescent moon.
Connect the dots to complete this bat-themed puzzle!
Bat Printouts.
This is a printable worksheet on bats, with a short text to read, an anatomy picture to label, and questions to answer.
Use the word bank to fill in the blanks in this Bats cloze activity. This is a printable worksheet.
Fact or Opinion? Halloween, A Worksheet. A fact is something that is true and is supported by evidence. An opinion is something you believe or feel to be true and is open to debate. This printable activity has the student determine whether statements are fact or opinion.
Solve this ghost maze printable worksheet for a spooky Halloween!
Human Skeleton printout. The human skeleton consists of 206 bones. We are actually born with more bones (about 300), but many fuse together as a child grows up.
Draw and color a Jack-o’-Lantern by following simple directions such as, “Draw a triangular, black nose in the middle of the pumpkin.”
In this printable matching worksheet, draw lines between the Jack-o’-Lanterns that look alike.
This is a printable Jack-o’-Lantern Maze worksheet! It’s for young students and is perfect for Halloween.
Label Bat External Anatomy Diagram Printout.
Label the External Spider Anatomy Diagram Printout.
Label the Human Skeleton printout. The human skeleton consists of 206 bones. We are actually born with more bones (about 300), but many fuse together as a child grows up.
A printout on the letter B, picturing a bat, bird, balloons, and bus.
A printout on the letter J, picturing a jack-o’lantern, jar, jacks, and jellyfish.
This is a printout about the life cycle of a pumpkin. Explore how these plants grow from seeds and sprouts, to huge orange pumpkins.
Pumpkins
Skeletons
Connect the numbers and letters to draw a skull. This is a printable worksheet for young students.
Connect the dots to complete this spider-themed puzzle!
This is a short shape book on spiders to print out and color.
Spiders
Second-Third Grade Introduction to Research on the Internet - Bat Quiz
Vampire Bat Printout (simple).
Which Senses Do You Use? Describe which senses you use with different Halloween items. This is a printable worksheet for young readers.