Preschool Halloween Theme Activities
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Below you can find tons of fun and engaging Halloween Activities! Pick and choose the activities for your lesson or download a free copy of our Halloween Preschool Lesson Plan to save you time!
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Halloween Theme Planning Map
Do you need helping planning your Halloween theme? Use the suggested learning objectives and vocabulary ideas found on our Theme Map to help you plan your own Halloween Lessons.
Free Halloween Preschool Lesson Plan
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Paper Plate WitchesThese paper plate witches from reader Valerie W. are adorable and great for building fine motor skills
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*Skeleton Craft
Free Storytime Skeleton Craft Activity from PKPF to compliment Dem Bones by Bob Barner
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*Ghost Cookie Cutter Stamping
Use cookie cutters, dipped in white paint, to stamp on black paper.
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Paper Plate Monsters
Give each child a paper plate, and provide different color paints, invite them to paint with their chosen color, once it's dry you can add googly eyes, and mouths to finish creating the monster.
5 Little Pumpkins
Sing the five little pumpkins song using either Popsicle stick pumpkins or mini candy pumpkins
More Art & Craft Ideas from Around the Web:
These Licorice and Pumpkin Scented play dough recipes
from One Time Through make the perfect addition to your Art Space for Halloween week!
from One Time Through make the perfect addition to your Art Space for Halloween week!
These Handprint Vampires were featured on Crafty Morning.
They also feature a lot of Triangles for some added shape fun.
They also feature a lot of Triangles for some added shape fun.
Another fun craft from No Time for Flash Cards. This Messy Monster craft is so adorable!
*Costume Shop Dramatic Play
Add assorted costumes, and clothing racks to your dramatic play space to create a costume shop this week
For added fun you can also add other costume accessories flashlights, and a pails. It's a great opportunity to talk about how to be safe on the sidewalk, and how to safely cross the street. |
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*Let them decorate
Add a box of assorted Halloween decor to your dramatic play space this week, and let your students decorate their housekeeping space. Provide them with pretend candy and a bowl, and they can practice answering the door and passing out candy.
Pumpkin Patch
For a less spooky dramatic play area try turning your area into a pumpkin patch.
More from our Readers
Here are some fun ways our readers have transformed their spaces for Halloween:
*Victoria S. has provided a large assortment of costumes for pretend trick-or-treat play
Jen H. transformed her loft into an amazing haunted house
Amanda W. provided the children with Halloween decorations to decorate their play space
Tara N added some fun Halloween touches to her outdoor playhouse
Jen K. provided a variety of Halloween props for her children to use in their dramatic play area
Check out this Halloween Playhouse Makeover created by member Ellie B.
Jen H. transformed her loft into an amazing haunted house
Amanda W. provided the children with Halloween decorations to decorate their play space
Tara N added some fun Halloween touches to her outdoor playhouse
Jen K. provided a variety of Halloween props for her children to use in their dramatic play area
Check out this Halloween Playhouse Makeover created by member Ellie B.
*Add Halloween Decor
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Construction Area: Add items to the construction space to allow the children to decorate their "Block" homes.
Add Pretend houses, and play people. Incorporate the Halloween theme by adding different characters to represent people in costumes. Mary Beth F. transformed this small world play castle into a haunted house |
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*Add Material to your space
Add materials for students to design costumes for their small world play figures.
Create Halloween BlocksSusan L. created these DIY Halloween character blocks for her space
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Halloween Small World PlayPam W. created this fun Halloween small world play set using Halloween images/stickers
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Increase vocabulary with Halloween word wall cards from the PKPF Halloween Preschool Activity Pack use these cards in your writing center or with fun games.
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*Trick or Treat Bag Letter Match-up
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Practice matching uppercase and lowercase letters with this candy bag match up game!
Halloween Preschool Activity Pack |
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Halloween Writing Tray
Create a Halloween writing tray, display letters and have the child construct the letter out of an item of your choice such as gummy pumpkins, candy corn or Halloween erasers.
My Halloween Book Picks
Spooky Pookie by Sandra Boynton
*The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams
Moonlight the Halloween Cat by Cynthia Rylant
Click Clack Boo by Doreen Cronin
Scaredy Cat Splat by Rob Scotton
Dem Bones by Bob Barner
*The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams
Moonlight the Halloween Cat by Cynthia Rylant
Click Clack Boo by Doreen Cronin
Scaredy Cat Splat by Rob Scotton
Dem Bones by Bob Barner
Preschool Halloween Math Activities
Halloween Candy Bucket Counting Cards
Practice counting 1-10 with this set of candy counting mats, pair with the included printables or your own fun manipulatives.
Halloween Preschool Activity Pack |
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*Freebie: Bat Counting Mats
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Download this 10-frame bat counting mat (A free Sample) from our Halloween Preschool Activity Pack to practice counting from 1-10.
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Halloween Graphing: Trick or Treat Sceneinvite your preschooler to explore a fun Halloween Trick or Treat scene, the find and graph objects in the scene for some math fun this week! This fun Halloween scene and graphing activity is included in the Halloween Measure Graph & Compare Pack
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Bat Shape Clip Cards
Practice matching 2D Shapes with bat shape clip cards from the Halloween Preschool Activity Pack
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Candy Corn Number Word Clip Cards
Practice counting and clipping number words with this candy corn number word match up set from the PKPF Halloween Preschool Activity Pack
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Pumpkin Number Scoop
Have a bucket of mini pumpkins labeled with numbers 1-10 and a piece of paper with spots 1-10 for matching purposes. Invite the child to scoop up a pumpkin and have them match it with the correct number.
*Weigh and Measure Candy Bucket MathProvide your students with assorted candy, and a scale to weigh and measure candy. Before the activity encourage your preschoolers to make predictions using this Candy Bucket Math page. For added math fun you can also sort, graph, and measure the length of your students with candy.
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*Halloween Sensory Bin
There are so many fun ways to make Halloween sensory bins! Check out some of the images our readers shared:
Reader Becky O. shared this amazing light table display
This sensory bin that reader Stacy L. shared adds just the right amount of creepy with it's black beans, rubber insects, and google eyes.
Love how easy this creepy crawly sensory bin is to create that Kathy M. shared
Naomi G. shared these Halloween inspired DIY sensory bottles
I love the contrast of these fun Halloween items against the black bean base in Holly J's sensory bin
Love the fall colors in this Halloween inspired sensory bin shared by Erica's Educare Learning Center
Halloween Sink/FloatHolly J. shared this easy DIY sink or float activity using a variety of Halloween items
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Dyed Rice Sensory BinErica's Educare Learning Center shared this dyed rice Halloween sensory bin-what a fun hands on way to learn about the color orange!
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*Halloween Slime
Follow this easy recipe to make your own Halloween Slime! Members can find download this recipe card for free!
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Pumpkin Slime
Find your favorite slime recipe and make it pumpkin themed by adding in orange food coloring and some pumpkin seeds. It will definitely be a hit.
More from around the Web:
I love this googly eye soup from Fun at Home with Kids. It's fun for Halloween-but not too scary for the littles.
Check out this fun way to incorporate your light table into your Halloween week
from Where Imagination Grows.
from Where Imagination Grows.
Halloween Around The World
Research how Halloween is celebrated around the world, and talk about different traditions your children may have with their family and friends.
Halloween Candy Vote
Create a bar graph with different candy, and take a vote to determine what the class favorite is.
Halloween Safety Parade
Go on a parade around the block to practice Halloween safety! Bring along flashlights (even if it's daylight) and other safety gear. Read the On Halloween Night book from the Halloween Preschool Activity Pack before heading out to guide this activity.
*Halloween Gross Motor Movement Cube |
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Holly J. created these creepy ice hands by filling up plastic gloves and adding items to chip away! This is a great fine motor workout.
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Work on fine motor skills with this Halloween cutting sheet found inside the PKPF Halloween Preschool Activity Pack
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Halloween Cut and PasteColor, Cut, and Paste activities are a favorite of many preschoolers! This Halloween House is included in my Color, Cut, and Paste activity pack. This pack has a variety of pages to add to any theme throughout the year.
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*Halloween Inspired Play Dough Mats
Make some Halloween inspired play dough and add some fall fun to your dough center this month with these Fall Dough Mats. These mats work great with many different fall themes including Halloween! Make a spooky spider or add pumpkins to a pumpkin patch!
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*Trick or Treat Game
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This Trick-or-Treat game is a great game to play with your preschoolers this week!
While playing this game children will practice turn taking and moving their bodies in a variety of ways. |
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Halloween Freeze Dance
Freeze dance is always a great way to get the kids moving, try using Halloween themed music for the kids to dance to.
Feed the Ghost
Create a ghost with an open mouth, you can use a plastic egg, an empty water bottle or even a cup with a hole cut out. Using pompoms and tongs have the children feed the ghost.
Halloween SnackFun Halloween snacks shared by Julie K.
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Read Aloud Actvity
If you haven't read the book The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams, then speed over to our bookshop to pick up your copy or watch a read aloud on youtube. This is a super fun book that is bound to be a yearly read aloud with your kiddos (of any age).
While reading this book with your group encourage them to move along with the objects in the book.
After this read aloud use the phrases from the book during transitions "Two hands go clap-clap while lining up to play"
After this read aloud use the phrases from the book during transitions "Two hands go clap-clap while lining up to play"
Reward Positive BehaviorLet your kids know you recognized their hard work this week with these fun themed Positive Student Notes!
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