This article is FULL of fun and easy toddler Halloween activities that are perfect for your littles, preschoolers, and big kids, too! You’ll find sensory activities, free printables, craft activities using household items, fine motor activities, and more.
Here are 43 ideas for fun things to do with your kids to make Halloween special and full of memorable activities! (Be sure to save this post on Pinterest so you can keep coming back to it for ideas!
Pumpkin Apple Stamping
This fun activity from In the Kids Kitchen is perfect to use up those bruised apples you aren’t sure what to do with! If you’re anything like me, you have a few less than perfect apples hiding in the back of your produce drawer that would be perfect for this. The shape of the apples makes a perfect pumpkin stamp!
Mix & Match Pumpkin Faces Craft
This darling craft over on The Soccer Mom Blog uses popsicle sticks and craft paint to make pumpkin faces that your kids can mix and match to their heart’s content. This activity is sure to be a fun project to make AND a great activity for your kids to use throughout the month. It would make a great morning basket or busy bucket task!
Monster Eyes Sensory Bottle
Another cute activity idea from The Soccer Mom Blog is creating Halloween sensory bottles! These come in so handy when you need your kids to regulate themselves a little, have some quiet time, or even help keep their hands busy in the car.
Easy Black Cat Halloween Craft for Kids
This tissue paper/craft paper craft over on Raise Curious Kids is a great way for your kids to work on their gluing and fine motor skills! Click on the photo to get the free printable so this becomes a very low prep and easy activity!
Easy Ghost Handprint Craft for Kids
Another cute option from Raise Curious Minds is this ghost handprint craft. Your kids will LOVE seeing their own handprints as ghosts and finger-painting the faces. This is one you’ll love displaying in your house because it is so cute!
Easy Halloween Paper Plate Spider Craft
Another fun activity to work on painting and fine motor skills is this lacing spider craft from Honey and Lime Co. Your kids will love working their little fingers to lace the spider legs onto the paper plates! Plus the kids can customize and decorate the spiders for a good process art project!
Spiderific Halloween Garland
This adorable handmade garland from Sustain My Craft Habit doubles as a fun craft project AND a Halloween decoration! This is such cute way to use up egg cartons and your kids will love customizing each little character!
Candy Corn Tissue Paper Stained Glass Craft
This is a great fine motor task using contact paper and tissue paper by Three Little Ferns! Your littles will love sticking the orange, white, and yellow tissue paper on the cute free printable included in the link above and then admiring their art work as the light shines through them!
Bat Shape Matching Printable
Little Ladoo has a great free printable for working on matching shapes AND getting into the Halloween spirit. How cute are those bats! Your littles will love learning with this fun shape matching activity.
Halloween Beginning Sound Clip Cards
Here is another great educational printable from Little Ladoo! This free printable is perfect for working on those early literacy skills of identifying the beginning sounds of fun Halloween pictures. This is one I’ll definitely be using this year!
Simple Skeleton Craft for Toddlers
Over on Rainy Day Mum, you’ll find a fun and simple craft that is perfect for toddlers. It uses construction paper, white paint, a gingerbread cookie cutter as a template, and some black markers to create these cute skeletons!
Spin Art Pumpkins for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Another fun pumpkin craft for Toddlers over at Rainy Day Mum is this spin art pumpkin! If you have a salad spinner, this is a easy hands-on craft for your preschoolers to engage in.
Toilet Paper Roll Monsters Craft for Kids
With easy to find supplies like pipe cleaners, pom poms, and googley eyes, these toilet paper roll monsters are equal parts cute and spooky! Your toddler will love being able to make their own unique monsters – find instructions over at Fox Farmhouse!
Acorn Craft for Kids with Free Printable Template
Another fun option from Fox Farmhouse is this adorable acorn craft! I love that this is a great option for a toddler activity any time in the fall season. Plus, this is a great activity to help little hands develop fine motor skills!
Mess Free Pumpkin Painting in a Bag for Kids
I know some days I feel up to a messy activity, and some days I just don’t want to be scrubbing paint off of anything! I love this mess-free pumpkin painting activity from Life Over C’s. Plus this is a great sensory activity for your babies and preschoolers!
Erase Floating Ink Experiment
This activity is a great way to get STEM learning incorporated into your toddler’s learning activities! Living Life and Learning has all the instructions on how to make these neat floating dry erase ink experiments come to life -make any spooky shape you’d like!
Coffee Filter Jack-O-Lanterns
Coffee filter crafts are a favorite for crafts with toddlers! This is a great activity to work fine motor skills and discuss colors as they make these darling pumpkins. See instructions and lots of great tips over at Fun-A-Day!
Coffee Filter Bats Craft
Here is another cute coffee filter activity making these adorable bats! This one calls for using markers and your little ones will love creating their own bats. I think this one would double as cute Halloween decor! All the details can be found over at Darcy and Brian.
Blow Painted Ghosts Preschool Halloween Craft
This is a fun and different ghost craft that you can find instructions for over at Homeschool Preschool. This activity is great for developing coordination and your littles will love using a straw to blow the white paint to create these ghosts!
Leaves and Seeds Halloween Art
This is a fun and creative way to incorporate leaves and seeds into Halloween artwork! If you have lots of these fall tidbits in your yard or neighborhood, your kids will love collecting them and using them in this sweet Halloween craft! Find more information over at Homan at Home.
Free Halloween I Spy Printable
My toddler has been OBSESSED with playing I spy lately (she is still figuring out how to follow the rules on this fun game, ha!) and I know she will love doing this free printable Halloween-themed I Spy from over at Homemade Heather!
Free Halloween Puppet Printables
Here is another fun (and free!) printable from Homemade Heather! Your kids will love making and customizing these hand puppets in all the different Halloween creatures.
13 Cute Halloween Coloring Pages for Kids and Adults
This free printable over at Two Kids and a Coupon is fun for your littles, big kids, AND for adults. I don’t know about you, but I find there is something cathartic about coloring even as an adult. Find 13 different fun options that are printable for free!
Easy Halloween Paper Ghost Craft for Kids
This simple ghost craft (see instructions over at Two Kids and a Coupon) is perfect for when you’re a little short on time, but still want to fit in a fun Halloween themed craft!
Creepy Crawly Halloween Sensory Play Tray
This sensory bin tray over at Finding Myself Young is the perfect addition to your Halloween line up this year! This activity is sure to buy you lots of independent play time as your kids search through the rice for all the bugs and bats!
Free Printable Halloween Playdough Mats
Another great find from Finding Myself Young, these playdough mats are a perfect open ended play option for your toddlers and preschoolers! They will love adding legs to the spider and a face to the jack-o-lantern!
Handprint and Footprint Halloween Ghost Craft for Kids
Over at A Little Pinch of Perfect, you’ll find instructions on how to make these cute hand and footprint ghosts! These would look great on a black canvas as a keepsake to bring out year after year as well!
Glowing Ghost Craft with Free Template for Kids
Another great option over at A Little Pinch of Perfect is these glow-in-the-dark ghosts, using glow-in-the-dark puffy paint! Your kids will love seeing their ghosts glow when they turn the lights out!
Halloween Paper Plate Masks Tutorial
These paper plate masks are sure to be a hit all month long! These are soo cute and a great low mess option. Just pick up colored paper plates and then this will be an easy craft option. See tips and instructions over at Family Focus Blog.
Cute Halloween Painting with Cookie Cutters
You probably already have some Halloween themed cookie cutters (or you can find them inexpensive at Walmart or on Amazon!) and they can double as a stamp for easy painting – win-win! Find the instructions over at Two Kids and a Coupon.
Pumpkin Painting with a Pumpkin Hunt
Check out this cute idea for painting your pumpkins (a nice alternative to carving) PLUS a printable to turn your painted pumpkins into a scavenger hunt. Hands On Teaching Ideas has lots of creative ideas for your pumpkins.
Dreadful Starespheres: Halloween Marble Art
This fun eyeball project is a great way to paint in a low mess way – rolling a marble inside a container! These are a little on the spooky side and so fun. See all the tips and instructions over at DIY Family Time.
Witch’s Brew Sensory Play
A fun open ended sensory activity is this Witch’s Brew made from dish soap, cornstarch, food coloring, and water. Your kids will love playing with this fun frothy texture and filling their cauldrons! See measurements and instructions over at DIY Family Time.
Free Printable Halloween Color by Number
These darling color by number free printables from The Best Ideas for Kids will be a hit this year! These will help your littles with number recognition and fine motor skills plus they are so cute. They’ll love displaying their artwork from these printables.
Free Printable Halloween Memory Matching Game for Kids
This sweet and spooky free printable is fun memory game from Marley Doodle Digital! This is a fun way to add in some memory work with the adorable graphics. Your littles will love playing this game.
Halloween Handprint Craft with Free Printable
These free printables turn your standard hand and footprint activity into a darling keepsake! These would be perfect for giving away to grandparents for a little Halloween treat. Find the free printable over at Crafting Jeannie.
Puffy Paint Spider Web Craft
This DIY puffy paint (recipe included at Busy Blooming Joy) is a great option for working those fine motor and pre-writing skills. Your kids will love making their own 3D spider webs!
Pipe Cleaner Spider Craft for Toddlers
This is a great mess free craft activity from Busy Blooming Joy, perfect for those days where you don’t want to deal with the clean up! Playdough, google-y eyes, and pipecleaners make these adorable spiders that your kids will love! The ones with the big eyes are my favorite.
Halloween Dot Marker Printables
I don’t know about you, but my toddler LOVES dot markers. They’re a great way to work fine motor and pre-writing skills and they’re so much easier for them to use on their own and control! These free printables can be found over at Two Pink Peonies.
Pumpkin Sensory Bin
This sensory bin idea is quick and easy to put together – you likely already have the supplies at home. Your kids will love filling and emptying out their cute pumpkin cups and the beans make for a great sensory base you can use year after year! See instructions over at Two Pink Peonies.
DIY Felt Board Halloween Pumpkin Faces
This felt craft idea is one you can create and then use year after year! Your kids will love making different jack-o-lantern faces on the felt pumpkin. Find a free pattern over at Fun Cloth Crafts.
Handprint Bat Craft with Toilet Paper Roll
I’m definitely going to be doing this craft with my toddler this year! How cute are these bats – I love being able to see how little their handprints are and the bats are adorable. Start saving toilet paper rolls now! See instructions over at The Mindful Toddler.
Candy Corn Pom Pom Craft for Toddlers
I love this pom pom craft idea! Your little ones will love gluing the orange, yellow, and white poms onto the paper plate in this fun fine motor activity. Plus you end up with a super cute candy corn! Perfect for those kiddos who like to keep things a little less spooky – this ones is all fun! See instructions over at The Mindful Toddler.
There you have it! Here are 43 fun and easy toddler Halloween activities perfect for keeping your toddler busy and entertained for all of spooky season! Save this post on Pinterest for later so you can come back to it each time you need ideas for your next Halloween activity.
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