55 Free Halloween Activities (Printables for Kids)

It’s the perfect time of year to have some fun with these free Halloween activities. Kids of all ages love a fun activity and an easy Halloween craft to celebrate this favorite holiday.

These free printables are a great way to keep Halloween fun. The best part about this collection is the variety of activities for prek, kindergarten, first grade, and second graders. Throughout this blog post, you will find fun Halloween activities to help young learners build fine motor skills, math skills, and language art skills. At the end of the blog post, there will more more free Halloween printables created by teachers.

Free Halloween Poem for Kids

If you’re new around here, you’ll quickly learn my love for teaching ELA using poems for kids.

The benefits of poems and nursery rhymes for younger kids are extensive. For example, poems can help build memory, receptive and expressive language skills, concepts of print, vocabulary, creativity, and make learning to read fun!

Little kids love the rhyming and repetition of this 10 Little Witches poem, and are eager to sing and read along. Ten Little Witches is the perfect way to bridge your reading and math activities for these special days!

To get into the Halloween spirit, I’m giving away a FREE Halloween poem for the young kids to enjoy! When you sign up for the Little Learning Corner newsletter, you get the Ten Little Witches poem, free. Grab it, HERE.

Free Halloween Coloring Pages

Halloween Coloring Pages by Learning with the Owl
Halloween Color by Number by United Teaching
Halloween Coloring Pages by Rainbow Sprinkle Studio
Cat Color by Number by Fern Smith’s Classroom Ideas

Free Halloween Word Searches

Older kids love a fun word search to find all the Halloween words. Did you know word searches help develop word recognition, assist in learning context clues, help build pattern recognition, improve visual discrimination, and help with spelling? According to the Gifted Guru,

these benefits are reasons to let kids try word searches from time to time.

Halloween Word Search Printables by Games 4 Learning

Free Halloween Emergent Readers

Counting Emergent Reader for Halloween by Jennifer Hier at Early Learning Ideas
I See Halloween Emergent Reader by Fishy Robb
Halloween Costumes Emergent Reader by Miss Hellen’s Hippos
The Costume Parade Emergent Reader by Once Upon a Classroom

Free Halloween Activities for Kids (Language Arts)

These printable activities are spooky fun, and are sure to make Halloween day a fun day!

Halloween Fact of Opinion by Kaitlynn Albani
Halloween Vocabulary Words by Clearly Primary
Monster Snacks: Pronouns by Jenna Rayburn Kirk
Character Halloween Activities by Missing Tooth Grins
Treat or Healthy Halloween Food Sorting Activity by Autism Classroom Resources
Halloween ABC Order Center by The Wise Owl
Playdoh Mats by Okinawan Girl
CVC Halloween Word Match by Teacher Tam
Pumpkin Descriptive Writing by Clutter-Free Classroom
Reading Comprehension for Halloween by Teaching Biilfizzcend
Witches Brew Nouns and Adjectives by Clutter Free Classroom
Boom Cards: Halloween Costume Following Directions with Negation by Very Visual SLP
Virtual Spelling Words Halloween Scavenger Hunt by Teach and Create Today
Fall and Halloween Scavenger Hunt by Owl About Speech

Free Math Halloween Printables

Easy Addition and Subtraction Halloween Worksheets by Mary Had a Little Classroom
Measuring Bats and Spiders Printables by What I Have Learned
Going Batty for 10’s: Halloween Addition and Subtraction within 10 by Karen Jones
Count the Candy Math Center by Mrs. Jones Creation Station
Boo Bump Halloween Game by SunnyDays
My Halloween Math Book by JD’s Rockin’ Readers

Free Halloween Crafts

From black cats to ghosts, these easy crafts and craftivities add the perfect Halloween twist to a bulletin board or hallway display. Some are simple crafts, while others include a fun way to incorporate creative writing.

Skeleton Q-Tip Craft by Teaching in Tongass
Ghost Craft by Crafty Bee Creations
Halloween Costume Craft Activity by Babbling Abby
Bat Craftivity by Khrys Greco
Monster Slime by Skyler K.

Free Halloween STEM Activities

Here is a collection of some of the best ideas I could find for free Halloween science experiments. We don’t have to worry about a chemical reaction happening in the elementary classroom, but these Halloween science activities are so much fun!

Witch’s Brew STEM Challenge by Meredith Anderson
Halloween Science: Dissolving Candy Cane Experiment by The Trendy Science Teacher
Water Pumpkin Science Activity by Dr. Dave’s Science
Slime Making Recipe by Kimberly Scott Science

Candy Corn Halloween Activity

Candy Corn writing craftivity by Laugh Eat Learn
Halloween Candy Corn Writing Activity (Favorite treats, my costume, and favorite Halloween activities) by Raise the Bar Reading
Candy Corn Guy Craft by Doodle Bugs Teaching
Easy Candy Corn Craft by Crafty Bee Creations
Simply Sweet Candy Corn Authors Purpose Activity by Amy Murdock
Candy Corn Bag Craft by KatieAnne Creations

Halloween Party Games

Many of the resources above could be used during a Fall or Halloween classroom party. However, if you’re looking for more easy Halloween games, I’ve put together a list of great activities.

The following ideas for Halloween party games are not free. Most are affiliate links for Amazon. This simply means, if you purchase from this list, I will receive a very small commission. This helps pay for my time to put together this blog post full of free Halloween activities.

Pin the Eye on the Monster
Spider and Witch Hat Ring Toss
Halloween Bingo Game
Pumpkin Bean Bag Toss
Pin the Spider on the Web
Pin the Bow Tie on Mr. Bones
Halloween Dinosaur Eggs – Let the kids break open the eggs to discover a dinosaur toy
Decorate a Pumpkin Sticker Set
Large Flame Ghost Ring Toss
Halloween Sack Race, Spoon Race, and 3 legged race
Double Sided Halloween Dart Ball Game

More Free Halloween Activities for Kids

I want to give a special thank you to the following teacher authors. Together, we have collaborated to bring you a set of monthly freebies. Enjoy our freebies, and be sure to tell everyone thank you!