The most spookiest time of the year is right around the corner. As a busy classroom teacher or homeschool parent, I bet ya probably searching for fun Halloween activities for your kiddos! Well, in today’s blog post, I will be sharing some fun Halloween activities for elementary kids that will save you time as well as keep your students engaged as they enjoy the Halloween season.
Let’s dive in!
Fun Halloween Activities For Elementary
1. Halloween Busy Activities ( FREE Download)
Inside this resource, you will receive Halloween coloring pages, drawing and writing activities as well as a critical thinking activity. These activities are designed for pre-K, Kindergarten, first, and second graders to tap into their creativity as they draw their Halloween costumes, draw a friendly ghost, and then write about it and color their little hearts away!
Go ahead and download these free worksheets using the link below.
Halloween Coloring Pages & Activities (171 downloads )
2. Activity Placemats
Unexpected things happen or sometimes it isn’t easy to keep up with all the holidays and days of the month. Halloween may be a tad different because your kiddos would be talking about it non-stop! Nevertheless, I’ve created the perfect last-minute Halloween activities designed specifically for pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade.
Inside this resource, you will receive 4 Halloween activity placemats. Each placemat contains roughly 4 to 6 activities. From solving word searches, and mazes to coloring and patterning.
Take A Peek At These Halloween Placemats.
3. Halloween Busy Pack
The activities inside this packet are designed for pre-K and kindergarten students to help them build fluency in their writing skills, fine motor skills, and critical thinking.
From number and letter tracing to I Spy, spot the differences, and coloring activities your students would immerse themselves in these worksheets.
As a parent, you can create a busy book and work alongside your kiddo days leading up to Halloween.
As a classroom teacher, these activities are ideal for your morning work, centers, Halloween class parties, or bell ringers.
You can also save 30% off when you bundle and save. So you will receive this packet, a Halloween bingo game (perfect for building your class community, class parties, or fun Friday.)
4. Fun Halloween Activity Packet For 1st and 2nd Grades
Your first and second graders would have so much fun working through these Halloween activities. With writing prompts, math activities, spot the difference, coloring, and more.
Inside this Halloween packet, you will receive:
- Halloween writing activities
- A Halloween word search
- A Halloween word scramble
- Halloween spelling activities
- Halloween math activities
- Spot the difference
- Halloween brain break
- & more.
Take A Peek At These Halloween Worksheets For 1st and 2nd Grade
5. 2nd and 3rd Grades Halloween Activities
What better way to get your 2nd or 3rd graders to write than with would you rather, writing prompts?!
Inside this activity packet you will receive 9 Halloween would you rather writing prompts that you can use as writing materials in October. Perfect for early finishers, extra writing practice, or perhaps even homework exercises.
Also included in this resource are 6 critical thinking activities such as Halloween riddles, trivia, I Spy, a word search, and a word scramble.
And, yes, answer keys for the Halloween trivia and riddles are included to save you time.
Grab This Activity Packet For Your 2nd or 3rd Graders
6. Halloween Riddles & Trivia
Test your students’ knowledge of all things Halloween with these Halloween Trivia worksheets and have them giggling with the riddles included in this resource.
This is a great resource for whole-class activities, small group work, or fun Fridays.
Take A Peek At This Halloween Resource!
7. Halloween Bingo Game
Build your classroom community this Halloween with this fun Halloween-themed bingo game. Perfect bell ringer or a fun Friday in October game.
8. Halloween Scavenger Hunt (Free Download)
Your students would enjoy searching their classroom or home trying to spot the witch’s broom or skeleton and bats, etc. Inside this resource, I’ve also included tips on how you can showcase these Halloween items for your students to find.
This scavenger hunt makes the perfect whole-class or small-group activity. Grab your free Halloween scavenger hunt below!
Halloween Scavenger Hunt (173 downloads )
Conclusion
So, there you have it! 7 fun and engaging Halloween activity ideas that you can use in your classroom or at home to make the Halloween season fun and educational for your kiddos.
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