Halloween Activities and Craft Ideas
This post includes a collection of all of our Halloween activities, costumes, and craft ideas for kids. Also check out our Halloween science, STEM, or STEAM ideas. I get commissions for purchases made through the affiliate links in this post.
Halloween Activities: Learning Games and Sensory Bins
Halloween themed learning games and sensory bins are perfect for practicing like letter recognition, writing, and fine motor skills.
Pumpkin Rocks Alphabet Matching
Halloween Sensory Bin – Rocks, Halloween themed erasers and battery powered lights make up this sensory bin.
Pumpkin Pre-Writing Activity with Chalk Markers
Classroom Halloween Party Ideas – These ideas work great at home, too.
Flashlight Halloween Treasure Hunt
Room on the Broom Activities – Play an -at family reading game and a sensory science activity
Halloween Crafts for Kids
We love super simple Halloween crafts that kids can actually do.
Glow in the Dark Monster Shirt
15 Easy Monster Crafts for Kids
Glow in the Dark Polka Dot Painted Pumpkins
Halloween Craft: Glow in the Dark Painted Cornstarch Clay
Pumpkin Rocks – paint rocks to look like pumpkins. Use them for math manipulatives or in sensory play.
Halloween Costumes for Kids
Some years my kids choose costumes that we can buy from the store. I love buying them from Target on their 30-40% off days in the beginning of the season. Other years, I’ve tried my hand at making a costume or accessories for the costume. Here are a couple of my favorite creations.
DIY Light-Up Wizard’s Staff – Aiden requested to be Jack from The Familiars book series (Amazon affiliate link). We used a Robin Hood costume and added created a staff with a few easy to obtain supplies to complete his wizard look.
DIY R2-D2 Baby Costume – I used a freezer paper stencil and fabric paint to create this look for baby Elon.
Be sure to check out all of our Halloween Science activities, too.
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