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EnchantedLearning.com Halloween K-3 Theme Page Rhymes, Crafts, Quizzes, Information, and Coloring Printouts Halloween falls on the last day of October, October 31. These crafts projects are for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school children. The crafts use materials found around the house, like egg cartons, cardboard, paper, boxes, string, crayons, paint, glue, etc. See a page about color mixing to see how to combine paint to make all the colors of the rainbow.

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Balloon Ghost This ghost is easy to make from a balloon and two plastic grocery bags.	Pasta Skeleton A simple skeleton made by gluing dried pasta on black paper.	Mr. Bones A skeleton you can print and put together for a great Halloween decoration.
JACK-O'-LANTERN MASK A simple jack-o'-lantern mask you can make from a paper plate.	MAGNIFICENT MASKS Print out and decorate many masks: lion, cat, dog, pig, koala, and robot.	Ghoulish Ghost Necklace Make a scary ghost necklace from white glue!
PAPIER-MACHE JACK-O'-LANTERN Make a jack-o'-lantern from a balloon, newspaper, and flour glue.	PAPIER-MACHE GHOST CRAFT A scary ghost made from a balloon, newspaper, and flour glue.	PAPIER-MACHE SPIDER CRAFT A scary spider made from a balloon, aluminum foil, newspaper, and flour glue.
PAPER SCARECROW This easy-to-make scarecrow makes a nice autumn decoration.	String of Jack-O'-Lanterns or Ghosts Make a string of Jack-o'-lanterns or ghosts to hang around a room. These simple-to-make strings make a great Halloween decoration.
Bat Clips These great bat decorations are made from paper and a clothespin.	EGG CARTON BAT Make bats from egg cartons.	Ladybug Costume An easy-to-make ladybug costume that is made from a large paper grocery bag.
BAT CRAFTS Make bat crafts and bat letterhead.	Eerie Leaf Wreath A creepy wreath made from construction paper.	EGG CARTON SPIDER Make spiders from egg cartons.
POMPOM SPIDER A cute spider made from a yarn pompom and pipe cleaners.	SPIDER WEB CRAFT Make a dazzling, glittery spider web for a Halloween decoration.	Big Balloon Spider This huge spider is made from a balloon and pipe cleaners (can be tricky to make).

Horrible Hats (great hats for costumes):

BLACK CAT HAT A scary black cat hat made from construction paper.

DINOSAUR HATS Make papier-mâché dinosaur hats using balloons, newspaper, flour-water paste, and paint.

REALLY BIG HAT Make an incredibly huge hat from a large brown paper grocery bag. This is a nice, simple craft that works well at children's parties.

ORIGAMI SAMURAI HAT A wearable Samurai warrior hat.

MORTAR BOARD Make a great graduation hat from poster board and yarn.

Creepy Cards and Stationery:

HALLOWEEN STATIONERY Print out spooky stationery/letterhead for Halloween with bats, jack-o'-lanterns, and/or skeletons.

GHOST POP-UP CARD Make an eerie ghost pop-up card for Halloween.

SPIDER WEB CARD Make a dazzling, glittery spider web Halloween card.

BROWN PAPER AND RIBBON CARD Make a Halloween card from a brown paper grocery bag and ribbon.

SCARY SPIDER POP-UP CARD Make a spider pop-up Halloween card that will scare everyone!

BLACK CAT CARD A black cat card for Halloween.

SPOOKY POP-UP CARD Make a pop-up Halloween card that a friend will always remember!

Eerie Edibles:

CUP O' WORMS A very yucky treat made of chocolate pudding and gummy worms! Great at children's Halloween parties.

CUP O' FISH Make an edible aquarium - use gummy sharks for a scary Halloween treat.

Coloring and Drawing Activities

Halloween Follow the Instructions Draw and color Halloween items according to simple directions, such as, "Draw a black spider in the web." Or go to the answers.	Which Witch is Which: Learning Right from Left Follow the Instructions Color the witches and clouds according to simple directions, such as, "Color the witches that are facing right green." Or go to the answers.	I Can Color Halloween Words Color items of furniture, including scarecrow, witch, spider, candy, skull, bat, ghost, cat, moon, web.	I Can Draw Halloween Words Draw and color Halloween words, including scarecrow, witch, spider, candy, skull, cat, ghost, cat, moon, web.
Draw Four Halloween Items Draw four Halloween items. Below each object, write its name.	Draw and Compare Jack-o'-Lanterns Draw two jack-o'-lanterns and then answer simple questions comparing them, for example, "Which one looks scarier?"	Draw and Compare Spiders Draw two spiders and then answer simple questions comparing them, for example, "Which spider has longer legs?"	Draw and Compare Scary Animals Draw two scary animals and then answer simple questions comparing them, for example, "Which animal is scarier?"
Draw and Compare Masks Draw two masks and then answer simple questions comparing them, for example, "Which mask is scarier?"	Draw and Compare Scarecrows Draw two scarecrows and then answer simple questions comparing them, for example, "Which one would scare crows better?"	Draw and Write: A Great Halloween Costume Draw a picture of a great Halloween costume. Then describe it in words and write about why you think it is a great Halloween costume.	Draw and Write: A Scary Jack-O'-Lantern Draw a picture of a very scary Halloween jack-o'-lantern. Then describe it in words and write about why you think it would frighten people.
Draw and Write: Halloween Haunted House Draw a picture of a haunted house for Halloween and write about it. What does it look like? What makes this house so scary?	Draw and Write: A Monster Draw a picture of a very scary monster and write about it. Why is this monster so scary?	Draw and Write: A Scary Animal Draw a picture of a very scary animal and write about it. What makes this animal scary? Can it hurt people?

Spelling Worksheets:

Match Halloween Words and Pictures Match 10 Halloween words to their pictures. The words are skull, bat, web, cat, spider, witch, ghost, scarecrow, skeleton, jack-o'-lantern. Or go to the answers.	Circle the Correctly-Spelled Halloween Words Circle the correct spelling of Halloween words, and then color the picture of the words. The words are bat, spider, skull, cat, ghost, witch, scarecrow, pumpkin, skeleton, web.	Halloween Spelling Word Questions Use the list of Halloween spelling words to answer simple questions. Words: costume, spider, candy, mask, pumpkin, witch, ghost, pirate, cowboy, skeleton. Or go to the answers.	Halloween Wordsearch Puzzle Find the words in the Halloween wordsearch puzzle, then use the extra letters to find the secret message: "TREAT." Or go to the answers.
Halloween Alphabet Code Use the alphabet code to find the secret message about Halloween. Answer: "Trick or treat, give me something good to eat."	Unscramble Halloween Words Unscramble the Halloween words, and then color the picture of the words. The words are bat, cat, skull, candy, web, spider, ghost, moon, witch, scarecrow.	Missing Letters in Halloween Words Find the missing letters in Halloween words, and then color the picture of the word. The words are bat, cat, skull, candy, web, spider, ghost, moon, witch, scarecrow.	Circle the Starting Sound of Halloween Words Circle the starting sounds of Halloween words, and color the picture of the word. The words are bat, cat, skull, candy, web, spider, ghost, skeleton, witch, scarecrow. Or go to the answers.
Halloween Word Pieces Puzzle In this puzzle, combine pairs of word segments to make Halloween spelling words. Words: candy, costume, ghost, monster, pumpkin, scarecrow, skeleton, skull, spider, treat, trick, witch. Or go to the answers.	Bone Word Pieces Puzzle In this puzzle, combine pairs of word segments to make bone words. Words: carpals, clavicle, femur, mandible, pelvis, ribs, radius, scapula, skull, tibia, ulna, vertebrae. Or go to the answers.	Match the Syllables: Halloween Words Match the syllables to make 10 Halloween words. The words are candy, costume, haunted, ghostly, cobweb, pumpkin, monster, spider, phantom. Or go to the answers.	Put 10 Halloween Words in Alphabetical Order - Worksheet Put 10 Halloween words in alphabetical order. The words are: bat, boo, candy, costume, ghost, haunted, pumpkin, scary, treat, trick. Go to the answers.
Write Eight Halloween Words Find eight Halloween words. Sample answers: jack-o'-lantern, costume, candy, mask, trick or treat, ghost, scary, spider.	Match Fall Words and Pictures Match 10 Fall words to their pictures. The words are leaf, rake, scarecrow, crow, apple, web, corn, pumpkin, hay, cloud. Or go to the answers.	Find a Halloween Word for Each Letter See if you can think of and write down a Halloween word for each letter of the alphabet. Or go to a sample answer page.	A Quiz on Halloween Words: Grades 2-3 A word scavenger hunt for students in Grades 2-3, using the Little Explorers Picture Dictionary.
Halloween Words in English Label the Halloween words in English, including bat, witch, ghost, spider, web, candy, skull, skeleton, cat. Answers

Related Activities and Printables

Bat Shape Book to Printout A short book about bats to print.	Bat Printouts Learn all about bats for Halloween, and print out pictures of them. Find out what a vampire bat drinks.	Bat: Printable Read-and-Answer Worksheet A printable worksheet on bats, with a short text to read, an anatomy picture to label, and questions to answer. Or go to the answers.	Bat Anatomy: Label Me! Label the external anatomy of the bat. Answers
Bats Cloze Printout Learn the basics about these flying mammals by doing a fill-in-the-blank printout. Or go to the answers	Vampire Bat A printout on the vampire bat (just the picture).	Bat connect-the-dots printout Connect the numbers and letters to draw a bat flying under a crescent moon.	Bat Connect-the-Dots An online dot-to-dot puzzle using letters.
Spiders Read spider rhymes, print out spider coloring picture, or take a spider quiz .	Spider Shape Book Printout A short book on spiders to print out and color.	Spider Anatomy Label Me! Printout Label the spider's external anatomy diagram. Answers	Spider Connect-the-Dots Online dot-to-dot puzzle using numbers.
Bones and Skeletons Rhymes, Crafts, a Quiz, and Coloring Pages to Printout.	Human Skeleton -Labeled Human adults have 206 bones in their body - learn the names of the major bones.	Human Skeleton - Unlabeled You can label the major bones in this human skeleton printout.	Ghost Maze Printout This is a printable Halloween maze!
Jack-O'Lantern Maze Printout Print this Halloween activity on orange paper!	Jack-O'Lantern Matching Printout Draw lines between the jack-o'lanterns that are alike.	Pumpkins Rhymes and Crafts.	Pumpkin Life Cycle Printout Follow the life cycle of the pumpkin from seed to flower to mature pumpkin.
The Letter B A printout on the letter B, picturing a bat, bird, balloons, and bus.	The Letter J A printout on the letter J, picturing a jack-o'lantern, jar, jacks, and jellyfish.	Skull Connect-the-Dots Printout Connect the numbers and letters to draw a skull.	A Quiz on Bats: Grades 2-3 A word scavenger hunt for students in Grades 2-3, using the Little Explorers Picture Dictionary.
Which Senses Do You Use? Halloween Printable Worksheet A printable worksheet on which senses we use to examine objects, with a chart to fill in. Describe how you sense each object. If you don't use a sense for an object, put an "X" in that box. Objects: candy, web, jack-o'-lantern, ghost, and pick another object.

Writing Activities

Rewrite the Paragraph about Halloween Rewrite the Halloween paragraph, correcting the capitalization and adding punctuation marks. Or go to the answers.	Write a Halloween Acrostic Poem Write a poem about Halloween. Start each line with a letter from the word "HALLWOEEN."	Write a Ghost Acrostic Poem Write a poem about ghosts. Start each line with a letter from the word "ghost."	Draw and Write: A Great Halloween Costume Draw a picture of a great Halloween costume. Then describe it in words and write about why you think it is a great Halloween costume.
Draw and Write: A Scary Jack-O'-Lantern Draw a picture of a very scary Halloween jack-o'-lantern. Then describe it in words and write about why you think it would frighten people.	Draw and Write: A Monster Draw a picture of a very scary monster and write about it. Why is this monster so scary?	Draw and Write: A Scary Animal Draw a picture of a very scary animal and write about it. What makes this animal scary? Can it hurt people?	Symmetrical Halloween Pictures: Finish the Drawing Worksheet Finish each of the four drawings around the line of symmetry. The Halloween drawings are a jack-o'-lantern, bat, spider, and ghost. Or go to the answers.

Name Tags

Halloween Nametag Printable (Black-and-White) Eight Halloween nametags in black-and-white on one printable page. Pictures: jack-o'-lantern, black cat, ghost, vampire bat.

Halloween Nametag Printable (Color) Eight Halloween nametags in color on one printable page. Pictures: jack-o'-lantern, black cat, ghost, vampire bat.

Pumpkin Nametag Printable (Black-and-White) Eight pumpkin nametags in black-and-white on one printable page.

Pumpkin Nametag Printable (Color) Eight pumpkin nametags in color on one printable page.

Math, Sorting, Patterns, and Counting

Which One is Different? Halloween Words Circle the picture in each group that is different. The words are web, candy, spider, jack-o'-lantern, and ghost. Or go to the answers.	Count the Halloween Items Printout Count the jack-o'-lanterns, ghosts, webs, and spiders in this worksheet.	Count the Bats Printout Count the bats in each group.	Count the Witches Printout Count the witches in each group.
Count the Halloween Items Printout Count the jack-o'-lanterns, ghosts, webs, and spiders in this worksheet.	Jack-o'-Lanterns Counting Printout Count the jack-o'-lanterns and answer questions. Or go to the answers.	Sorting: Color and Count the Candy Color and then count the different types of candy. Go to the answers.	Sorting: Color and Count the Candy #2 Color and then count the round, triangular, heart-shape, and square candy. Go to the answers.
Patterns: What come next? Write what come next in the simple patterns.	Fall Patterns: What come next? Write what come next in the simple fall patterns.

Halloween Words in Many Languages:

Halloween in French Label the Halloween (la veille de la Tous-saint) words in French, including bat, witch, ghost, spider, web, candy, skull, skeleton, cat. Answers

Halloween in German Label the Halloween words in German, including bat, witch, ghost, spider, web, candy, skull, skeleton, cat. Answers

Halloween in Italian Label the Halloween words in Italian, including bat, witch, ghost, spider, web, candy, skull, skeleton, cat. Answers

Halloween in Spanish Label the Halloween (el día de Halloween) words in Spanish, including bat, witch, ghost, spider, web, candy, skull, skeleton, cat. Answers

Match Spanish Halloween Words and Pictures Match 10 Spanish Halloween words to their pictures. The words are: la telaraña/spider web, el fantasma/ghost, el murciélago/ghost, el cráneo/skull, el gato/cat, el bruja/witch, los caramelos/candy, araña/spider, calabaza/pumpkin, el esqueleto/skeleton. Or go to the answers.

Pumpkin Nursery Rhymes:

Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-eater Rebus rhyme

Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-eater Print out

Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-eater Online coloring page

Halloween Books to Print:

Halloween Word Mini Book A Printable Writing Book A tiny, printable book about simple words related to Halloween-- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: bat, candy, cat, spider, web, witch, and "Can you think of another Halloween word?"	Apple Shape Book A short book about apples to print, with pages on Johnny Appleseed, how to say apple in many languages, the seasons to label, apple facts, and apple questions.	Bat Shape Book to Print A short book about bats to print.	Combien? Halloween Items Printable Number Book A short, printable book for early readers in French, with a Halloween theme and the numbers from 1 to 10, with pages for the student to cut out, items to count and color, and a short phrase to copy. The pages are: Je vois ___ araignée, bonbons, squelettes, chats, crânes, sorcières, toiles d'araignée, fantômes, potirons, et chauves-souris.
Fall Colors Book A short book about fall colors to print for early readers, with pages for the student to color and write a short phrase.	Halloween Color Book A short Halloween book about colors to print for early readers, with pages for the student to color and write a short phrase.	Halloween: How Many? Printable Number Book A short, printable book for early readers, with a Halloween theme and the numbers from 1 to 10, with pages for the student to cut out, animals to color, and a short phrase to copy. The pages ask: How many spiders, jack-o'-lanterns, skeletons, cats, skulls, witches, webs, ghosts, pumpkins, and bats.	Haunted House: How Many? Printable Book A short, printable book about counting and adding Halloween items, including ghosts, bats, witches, webs, skulls, spiders, jack-o'-lanterns, scarecrows, skeletons, and cats.
Haunted House: Subtraction Printable Book A short, printable book about subtracting Halloween items, including ghosts, witches, bats, skulls, spiders, webs, cats, skeletons and jack-o'-lanterns.	How Many Apples? Printable Number Book A short, printable book for early readers, about apples and the numbers from 1 to 10, with pages for the student to cut out, items to count and color, and a short phrase to copy.	How Many Bats? Printable Number Book A short, printable book for early readers, about bats and the numbers from 1 to 10, with pages for the student to cut out, items to count and color, and short phrases to copy.	How Many Leaves? Printable Activity Book A short, printable book about the numbers from 1 to 10 for early readers, with pages for the student to cut out, items to count and color, and a short phrase to copy.
How Many Pumpkins? Printable Activity Book A short, printable book about the numbers from 1 to 10 for early readers, with pages for the student to cut out, items to count and color, and a short phrase to copy.	I See ... A Halloween Printable Activity Book A short, printable book about Halloween for early readers. The book has pages for the student to cut out, read, color and copy a short phrase. The pages are: I see a cat, bat, web, ghost, skull, witch, pumpkin, and skeleton.	Leaf Color Book A short book about colors to print for early readers, with pages for the student to color and write a short phrase.	Leaf Shape Book A short book about leaves to print, with pages on leaf anatomy, a maple maze, match the leaves, leaf facts, and leaf questions.
Pumpkin Patch: How Many? Printable Book A short, printable book about counting and adding fall items, including pumpkins, scarecrows, haystacks, leaves, apples, pies, webs and ears of corn.	Pumpkin Patch Perimeters: All Around the Farm Printable Book A short, printable book about perimeters, using pumpkin patch terms, including the perimeters of a pumpkin patch, chicken coop, pigpen, corn field, goat pen, horse corral, barnyard, and vegetable garden.	Pumpkin Patch: Subtracting Printable Book A short, printable book about subtracting fall items, including pumpkins, scarecrows, apples, ears of corn, webs, leaves, pies and haystacks.	Pumpkin Shape Book A short book about pumpkins to print, with pages on the pumpkin's life cycle, a pumpkin maze, draw a jack-o'-lantern, pumpkin facts, and pumpkin questions.

Pumpkin to Jack-O'Lantern Printable Activity Book A short, printable book about a pumpkin turning into a jack-o'lantern - for early readers. The book has pages for the student to cut out, read, color and copy a short phrase. The pages are about being big, orange, having a stem, 2 eyes, a nose, a mouth, and being a jack-o'lantern.

The Scarecrow's Clothes A short book about clothes to print for early readers. The book has pages for the student to cut out, clothes to color, and a short phrase to copy. The clothes include pants, shirt, belt, hat, gloves, scarf, and umbrella.

Witch and Wizard Words Mini Book A Printable Writing Book A tiny, printable book about simple words related to witches and wizards -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: witch, broom, wizard, ghost, web, cauldron, and "Can you think of another witch-related word?"

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