I’m so excited about this round up! I think this is the largest round up in MJCS history! October is the beginning of some crazy months in the classroom. Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas are back to back fun, so being prepared with engaging activities is a must! These Halloween activities for the classroom will keep your month completely booked with fun, engaging, and spooky learning!
I’m glad to share with you some great bloggers from all over that created some fantastic Halloween activities. These Halloween activities range from STEM activities all the way down to crafts that you can use to decorate your learning space.
STEM Activities
STEM activities are all the rage in the classrooms, and for good reason! It provides students the opportunity to learn about different areas of learning-science, technology, engineering, (Art-if you want it to be STEAM), and math. Here are some great STEM (STEAM) activities for this Halloween season!
Pumpkin Candy Construction | Steam Powered Family
Oozing Pumpkins | Team Cartwright
Halloween Art using Pointillism | Coffee and Carpool
Inflating Balloon Ghosts | Mama Smiles
Pumpkin Life Cycle | Kelly’s Classroom Online
Spider Web Obstacle Course | Mama Smiles
How to Make a Mummy | Kelly’s Classroom Online
STEAM Halloween Art | Mrs. Jones Creation Station
Let’s add some Math and Literacy activities to this great list of Halloween activities for the classroom! What a great way to save time on your lesson planning!
Math Halloween Activities
Pumpkin Counting Activity | Mom.Wife.Busy Life
Pumpkin Sorting Activity | Darcy and Brian
Monster Match Bingo | Play Party Plan
Halloween Roll and Cover Activities | Homeschool Share
Monster Addition Games | ABC’s of Literacy
Literacy Halloween Activities
Halloween Bookmarks | Simply Bessy
Sight Word Board Games | In the Playroom
Halloween Literacy Sequencing Activity | ABC’s of Literacy
The Big Pumpkin Sequencing Activity | The Preschool Toolbox
Halloween Word Pattern Activity | Mrs. Jones Creation Station
You’ve got a huge list of educational resources for Halloween. However, we all have to take a break from learning. First, we have some sensory activities. Next, there is a great list of crafts that you can use to decorate your learning space!
Sensory Activities
Halloween Sensory Bottles | Pocket of Preschool
Edible Halloween Sensory Bin | Normal Life Mom
Halloween Crafts
Frankenstein Toilet Paper Roll | Marcie in Mommyland
Paper Halloween Topiaries | Crafts by Amanda
Candy Corn Craft | Mom.Wife.Busy Life
Coffee Filter Bats | Darcy and Brian
Well, you instantly have a month’s worth of Halloween activities! Your time just freed up and you can spend more time doing what you love rather than planning for hours!
Don’t forget to check out my Haunted Halloween Thematic Unit! You can find it in my store below!
