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    Home » Theme Based Learning Activities

    Published: Oct 5, 2018 · Modified: Oct 27, 2021 by Fynn · All activities should be supervised by an adult. This post may contain affiliate links.

    15+ Halloween Activities for Preschoolers

    Inside: Spooky fun Halloween activities for preschoolers

    We need an entire month for Halloween, who's with me on this?

    There are so many fun Halloween activities for kids, every year we run out of time to complete all the things on our Halloween to-do list!

    Scroll down to check out all the Halloween fun we had last year!

    Halloween activities for preschoolers

    Halloween Activities for Preschoolers

    1) Halloween Touch Point Counting Activity

    This is a simple counting activity to practise 1 to 1 correspondence with the preschoolers, an important prerequisite skill for counting. For younger toddlers, this is a great fine motor activity to place the mini erasers on the circles. You can also use orange dot stickers and draw the Jack-o-lantern faces on them. (numeracy, motor skills)

    Halloween theme counting activity

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    2) Color Matching Ghost Sticks

    What you need: an empty tissue box and some popsicle sticks. Since it’s Halloween theme, I drew some ghost faces. Make slits on the box and invite your child to push the popsicle sticks into the holes. (motor skills, numeracy)

    Optional: Add some colored circles (that matched the colors of the ghost faces) on the box and this becomes a color matching activity too.

    Halloween theme color matching for toddlers
    Halloween theme popsicle ghost stick box

    3) Monster Hands Craft and Counting

    Read more about this fun art and math 2 in 1 activity here. (arts & creative expression, numeracy)

    4) Popsicle Stick Color Matching Spider

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    5) Sticky Note Halloween Puzzle

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    6) Color Matching Broomsticks

    Attaching the clothespin is a wonderful fine motor skill activity for young kids. We did this as a follow up activity after reading the book Room on the Broom. 

    This activity is made in just 3 minutes if you already have these colored clothespin. Alternatively, color code the handle of the wooden clothespin with markers, marker or paint. (numeracy, motor skills)

    Broomstick color matching activity for toddlers

    7) Peg on Spider Legs

    Another fine motor activity to learn simple 1 to 1 corresponding counting and parts of a spider (2 body parts and 8 legs). (discovery of the world, numeracy, motor skills)

    Parts of a spider learning activity for kids

    8) Paper Plate Spider Web Weaving

    Cut out the centre of a paper plate and punch holes all around. Attach white yarn to a kids safe needle (plastic yarn needles, pipe cleaners or hair pins work well). Invite your child to weave the yarn through the holes to create a spider web. This is a perfect chance to talk to your child about spiders weaving webs to catch their preys. (motor skills, discovery of the world)

    Paper plate spider web weaving
    Paper plate spider web weaving

    9) Spider Puppets

    Watch this video tutorial to learn to make these fun spider finder puppets. (arts & creative expression)

    Spider finger puppet

    10) Potion Making

    A Halloween twist (think: purple food coloring and creepy spiders) to this classic baking soda and vinegar Science experiment. Use a mason jar or a dug out pumpkin as the cauldron. Add some baking soda into the 'cauldron'. Give your child a bottle of diluted vinegar (half water, half vinegar) and invite them to make some 'magic potion'. (discovery of the world)

    Halloween theme Science experiment
    Halloween theme Science experiment

    11) Monster Playdough Invitation to Play

    Make these cutest monster play dough by sticking some goggly eyes on orange and purple playdough (we made our playdough with this recipe). For more halloween fun, I hid some spiders inside! (arts & creative expression)

    Halloween theme playdough invitation to create

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    12) TP Roll Mummy

    Stick strips of masking tapes all over the TP roll to make this simple TP roll Mummy craft. Idea from Raising.Kinley. (arts & creative expression)

    TP roll mummy craft for kids
    TP roll mummy craft for kids

    13) Fill the Pumpkin Bottles/Cups

    Grab some bottles or cups, a tub of orange water (a few drops of orange water color paint does the trick) and some scoops/squeeze bottles. Invite your child to fill the 'pumpkin bottles/cups'. This is a great practical life skill and sensory activity with a Halloween twist! (motor skills, discovery of the world)

    Fill the pumpkin bottle

    14) Halloween Water Sensory Bin

    Set up this Halloween water sensory bin by adding water, green food coloring and any little Halloween toys your children collected during Trick or Treat. (arts & creative expression)

    Halloween theme water sensory bin

    15) Halloween Rice Sensory Bin

    Using green rice as the fillers, make this Halloween Rice Sensory Bin with some plastic spiders and Jack-o-lantern containers. Children will love picking out spiders and scooping rice. (motor skills, creative expression)

    16) Pompom Monster Wreath

    This is a fun Halloween craft for children. Gather some pompoms in Halloween colors (orange, black, green and purple) and loads of googly eyes. Cut out a circle from a cardboard and invite your children to stick away!

    17) Spider Symmetry Printing

    Read more about this 3 in 1 Science, Math and Art activity here. (discovery of the world, numeracy, arts and creative expression)

    Spider symmetry painting activity for kids

    18) Monster Eyes Stick and Count

    Read more about this fun hands on way to learn 1 to 1 corresponding activity here. (numeracy, motor skills)

    Counting monster eyes

    19) Plastic Bag Blow Up Ghost

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    20) Make your Halloween Costumes together!

    Instead of going to the store, try making your Halloween costumes from recycled materials. Here's our rocket and sun costumes made entirely from cardboard.

     Cardboard Rocket and sun halloween costumes

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    More Halloween theme resources for you!

    • Our unique hashtag on Instagram: #halloweenHTS
    • Our Pinterest board: HALLOWEEN theme
    • Halloween theme books for preschoolers: Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler, Little Blue Truck's Halloween by Alice Schertle & Jill McElmurry
    • Favorite Books about Monsters book list by Happily Ever Elephant.
    • 31 Days of Halloween Activities for the whole month at Days with Grey
    • 70+ Halloween Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers by Active Littles

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