Looking for some spooky and fun Halloween activities to do with the kiddos this Halloween? Whether you are wanting something for kids to do at home on Halloween or free printable activities for school, we have you covered. Below you will find more than 50 quick and easy Halloween ideas that mean less mess, less prep, and more fun!
Halloween Activities For All Ages
Have you always wanted to try a few Halloween activities with your kids but thought you just didn’t have the time? We love coming up with Halloween games, crafts and even Halloween STEM challenges that any family can do together with just a few inexpensive supplies.
Halloween crafts, Halloween games, Halloween slime and Halloween STEM activities!!
All of these fun Halloween activities use just a few materials. Many you may already have and the rest are easy to pick up. Suitable for preschoolers, kindergarten, elementary and older! Even Mom and Dad will want to join in!
Get your FREE printable Halloween Activities Guide!
Fun Kids’ Halloween Activities
Here’s our list of not-so-traditional Halloween activities you can do at home or at school. From Halloween crafts, Halloween slime, Halloween science experiments and more!
Halloween Crafts
Grab those paper bowls and make a super simple Halloween Bat Craft.
Make this adorably spooky Black Cat Paper Plate craft with kids this Halloween!
Make this fun popsicle stick spider web craft!
Make this fun layered 3D Halloween paper craft.
Here’s another easy Halloween spider craft to make with popsicle sticks. This spider craft would work just as well for preschoolers and kindergarteners, as it would for older elementary students.
Make a Halloween craft that’s just as unique as your child is with this witch’s broom handprint craft or Halloween handprint art project!
This adorable toilet paper roll Ghost craft is such an easy project for little ones to make this Halloween!
Halloween Art
Marbles make a cool paintbrush in this super simple to set up bat art activity for Halloween!
Scare up the fun this Halloween with a zentangle black cat art activity.
This October, add a spooky touch to your Halloween activities with these free “how to draw” printables. Create these easy Halloween drawings of bats, witches, zombies, vampires, and more.
Try these printable monster drawing ideas to make simple monster drawings. Perfect for Halloween art for preschoolers to elementary!
Turn your usual Jack O’ Lantern activity into a fun Picass-O Lantern.
Try this fun Halloween Starry Night version of famous artist Vincent van Gogh. Free printable included!
Create your own version of famous painting, The Scream.
This Halloween art activity uses playdough!
Decorate a pumpkin for Kusama-inspired pumpkin art.
Combine bright colors and a ghostly comic book element to create Halloween pop art.
Make a haunted house with Wassily Kandinsky’s Halloween watercolor art!
Halloween Slime
Goopy, fluffy, stretchy, oozy, creepy are some of my son’s favorite ways to describe our awesome homemade slime recipes and what better time to make slime than for Halloween! Here are a few of our favorite Halloween slime recipes for you to try!
Make Halloween Black Glitter Slime for the perfect Halloween colors.
Kids will love this fluffy Zombie Slime made with a mold.
Enjoy taste safe Halloween Peeps Slime.
Make Halloween floam with this easy recipe.
Whip up a batch of Fluffy Witch’s Brew.
Enjoy this creepy Spider Web Slime.
Halloween Printable Activities
You’ll find dozens of printables scattered throughout all the links on this page! Here are a few more fun ideas.
Explore bats with this free bat activity pack!
Enjoy these easy Halloween color by numbers!
Have a witch theme? Grab this free witch activity pack.
Try simple coding with these Halloween secret code pictures.
Color by number with this Halloween mystery picture!
Halloween Science & STEM
Halloween + science = AWESOME Halloween science experiments! Easy Halloween experiments and Halloween building projects using simple supplies make for creative Halloween STEM projects for all ages. Check out these ideas…
Make a Halloween version of the classic Oobleck, Spidery Oobleck.
Build A LEGO Jack O’Lantern and a LEGO ghost.
Explore more printable Halloween LEGO STEM Challenges.
Potions and brews are awesome fun for Halloween. Try this Wizard’s Brew with a fizzing chemical reaction.
Kids will love this Jack O’Lantern experiment.
Simple supplies are all you need for this ghostly structures building activity.
A creepy frozen brain makes for a fun ice melt activity for Halloween.
Set up an easy Rotting Pumpkin Jack experiment.
Can you make a ghostly floating drawing?
Or a flying tea bag ghosts!
Grab some mini pumpkins or eyeballs to launch with a Halloween candy catapult.
Make a puking pumpkin for Halloween.
Turn candy corn into a gears project.
Take the Skeleton Bridge STEM Challenge!
Try this spooky density tower experiment for Halloween.
Halloween Games
Use one or more of these Halloween board games for school or a family night. Free printable Halloween game included!
Play this simple printable Roll a Jack O’Lantern Halloween game.
Make a skeleton with this easy Halloween printable game.
Our Halloween search and find comes in 3 difficulty levels perfect for several ages or abilities to work on together.
Halloween Sensory Activities
The kids will want to make these fun Halloween glitter jars.
Grab this skeleton playdough mat.
Halloween stress balls are easy to make and great to play with.
This Halloween sensory bottle is so easy to put together.
Play with Halloween oobleck!
Make your own Halloween Bath Bombs or Halloween soap.
Check out these cute and spooky ideas for Halloween sensory bins.
Printable Halloween STEM Activities Pack
150+ Pages of Halloween-Themed Materials!
This Halloween project pack is suitable for home, school, and group use for kids in grades Kindergarten through elementary but is scaleable for many ages and abilities.
What’s Included:
- 25+ Halloween theme science and STEM activities with printable sheets, instructions, and useful information all using easy-to-source materials perfect for limited-time needs. Includes a Halloween engineering pack with fun, problem-based challenges for kids to solve!
- The skeleton activity pack includes building a skeleton challenge and a coding challenge! Try a skeleton bones bridge-building STEM challenge!
- Halloween theme brick printable activities for hands-on learning with math that is perfect for early finishers or home fun and reinforces basic math concepts.
- Bonus fun pack includes games and activities to round out your Halloween theme activities such as I Spy, bingo, matching, Would You Rather cards, scavenger hunt, word search, A-Z Halloween hunt, and a coloring page.
- Halloween STEAM Pack includes artist-inspired projects by Warhol, Lichtenstein, and more!
