I’ve hunted high and low for the best Halloween activities for kids, plus creepy crafts and putrid party ideas to keep you and the family entertained over October and the school holidays.
Halloween Crafts
Halloween Craft Kits
I’ve created three boo-tiful Halloween craft kits for children aged 5-12, packed with fun crafts. Choose from the Get Spooky Box, Hocus Pocus box or the wand craft kit (suitable for aspiring witches and wizards!).
All kits come with exclusive tutorial videos for the ultimate stress-free craft experience!
You can also find some autumnal craft inspiration over on my Autumn crafts blog post. The Lego pumpkin is especially cool!
Spoooky Biscuit Decorating
My wonderful friend at Biscuits By Sarah B has made the most gorgeous Halloween biscuit decorating kits. My children and I have been lucky enough to try out a few of Sarah’s kits and they’re so much fun and delicious.
Pumpkin Pandemonium
Pumpkin picking and carving has taken off exponentially over the last few years, so why not make a day of it and take a trip to a pumpkin picking patch to choose your perfect pumpkin? If you’re local to me in Dorset, Kara and her family from Are We Nearly There Yet? went pumpkin picking at Sopley Farm in Dorset.
Pumpkin Painting
How about mixing things up this year and painting your pumpkins? This is especially good for little ones.
Turn mini pumpkins into doughnuts with this wonderful tutorial by Studio DIY
Kailo Chic has created some gorgeous 80’s inspired painted pumpkins and just look at those gold storks!
Finally, if you’re feeling brave, just let the kids go wild and do their own thing with Art Bar’s painting pumpkins with kids tutorial.
Paint pens are a great way of painting pumkins and they’re a lot less messy!
Play Dough
Play Dough is a brilliant activity to keep kids, both young and old entertained. Kids love to get involved with making the play dough as well.
Fun With Clay
If you’re local to Dorchester, Deborah at Creative Clay for All has put together some takeaway clay craft kits. She’ll walk you through adding textures and shapes to create clay creations to be proud of!
Free Halloween Colouring
You can download and print a free spooky pumpkin colouring download from By Charlie’s Hand.
Rock Painting
Fun and free is always a win, so how about doing some Halloween rock painting? Paint pens are great for this activity.
Halloween Party Games
If you’re planning a Halloween party (or just want to do something a bit silly with the kids), why not try some of these games?
- Apple bobbing.
- Hanging doughnuts on a string and eating them with no hands.
- Toilet paper mummy wrapping race.
- Bingo – I love these free Halloween themed bingo cards by Paper Trail Design.
- Spaghetti rummage (grim but fun – hide spooky feeling and looking things in cooked spaghetti).
- Pin the mouth on the pumpkin/ nose on the witch etc.
- Pumpkin treasure hunt – Samantha Prewett from Samantha Prewett Photography suggests, ‘We are doing a sweet hunt around the house. Turning off the lights and giving the kids a torch to find the sweets.’
Halloween Films
There’s bound to be a rainy day or 2 over half term, so take cover and pop on the TV, snuggle under a blanket and enjoy a Halloween favourite! Here’s some inspiration if you need it. Let me know your go-to Halloween film in the comments.
- Hocus Pocus
- Goosebumps
- Ghostbusters
- Paranorman
- Spiderwick Chronicals
Spooky Food & Treats
Keep things easy and rehash some family favourites with a Halloween twist. Try these fun food ideas;
- Worms and eyeballs (meatballs and spaghetti).
- Witch’s fingers (hot dog sausages).
- Mummy hot dogs (wrap thin puff pastry strips around sausages to look like bandages).
- Decorate your own pizza with spooky faces/mummy/spider webs (think strips of ham or cheese and use cookie cutters for food shapes).
If in doubt, add edible eyes to everything!
Do You Have Any Ideas To Add?
I hope you’ve found some Halloween activity inspiration.
Don’t forget to check out my Halloween craft kits for kids before they’re all gone!
Let me know in the comments if you know of any fun Halloween activities for kids happening this half term and of course, what your favourite film is! Let’s share the Halloween love and inspire each other. xoxo
PS Please note that this blog contains links to affiliate links. (If you click on a link and purchase something, you won’t pay a penny more, but I’ll earn a small commission.)
This post was featured by Twinkl in their Best Halloween Desserts Guide