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Classroom GamesNo. 1189 · The 2026 edition

31+ Awesome Halloween Activities for Toddlers

Discover 59 playful Halloween activities perfect for toddlers, from pumpkin baths to mummy snacks!

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31+ Awesome Halloween Activities for Toddlers
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This collection of 59 Halloween activities for toddlers includes sensory bins, crafts, games, and snacks with themes like pumpkins, monsters, spiders, ghosts, bats, witches, and mummies. Each activity is designed to be fun and engaging for little ones while developing fine motor skills and creativity.

Directions

  1. Set up a sensory bin with water and mini pumpkins for a splashy pumpkin bath.
  2. Create a paper plate pumpkin by painting a paper plate orange and adding a green stem.
  3. Hammer golf tees into a pumpkin using a toy mallet for fine motor fun.
  4. Toss numbered beanbags onto pumpkin targets to practice counting.
  5. Make a pumpkin sun catcher with tissue paper and contact paper.
  6. Fill a sealed bag with orange paint and a pumpkin shape for mess-free squishing.
  7. Play a memory game using pairs of pumpkin cards.
  8. Mix cornstarch and water with orange food coloring to make pumpkin oobleck.
  9. Paint pumpkins using a mixture of baking soda and vinegar that fizzes.
  10. Set up a pretend pumpkin patch with real or fake pumpkins for imaginative play.
  11. Design a pumpkin t-shirt using fabric paint and a sponge.
  12. Finger paint monster faces using bright colors and googly eyes.
  13. Feed a LEGO monster by dropping small objects into its mouth.
  14. Offer monster-themed playdough with googly eyes and pipe cleaners.
  15. Fill a bag with slime and plastic eyes for a gooey sensory experience.
  16. Mix potions in a cauldron using water, glitter, and food coloring.
  17. Create an edible sensory bin with gelatin eyeballs.
  18. Stomp on bubble wrap monsters to make popping sounds.
  19. Make slime monsters by adding googly eyes to homemade slime.
  20. Create monsters using the letters of your name.
  21. Cook up a monster stew with toy ingredients in a pot.
  22. Feed alphabet monsters by tossing letter cards into their mouths.
  23. Rescue toy spiders from a web of tape or string.
  24. Practice cutting skills by cutting spider shapes out of paper.
  25. Navigate a spider web obstacle course made of yarn.
  26. Stick alphabet letters onto a sticky wall shaped like a spider web.
  27. Collage a spider web using sparkly glue and sequins.
  28. Craft a spider hat using a paper plate and pipe cleaners.
  29. Provide a playdough tray with spider-themed accessories.
  30. Walk along a spider web taped to the floor without falling off.
  31. Stack plastic spider rings on top of each other.
  32. Toss spider rings into a basket for a tossing game.
  33. Play with frozen ice ghosts in a water bin.
  34. Fly paper ghosts with letters to spell names.
  35. Feed a ghost cutout using fine motor tools like tweezers.
  36. Step on ghost footprints taped to the floor.
  37. Hunt for numbered ghosts hidden around the room.
  38. Create a ghost windsock using a white cup and crepe paper.
  39. Make a paper plate ghost with googly eyes.
  40. Stick cotton balls onto a contact paper ghost shape.
  41. Fill a sensory bin with black beans and plastic bats.
  42. Assemble a simple bat craft using paper and googly eyes.
  43. Spray paint bat silhouettes using water and food coloring.
  44. Punch letters onto bat-shaped paper with a hole punch.
  45. Make bat slime by adding black food coloring and bat confetti.
  46. Craft a bat hat with felt and pipe cleaners.
  47. Decorate witch hats with stickers and glitter.
  48. Play with eyeballs in green water for witch's brew.
  49. Paint with brooms dipped in paint.
  50. Make a fizzing cauldron with baking soda and vinegar.
  51. Spray paint paper plate witch masks using spray bottles.
  52. Mix potions with herbs and water for witch sensory play.
  53. Create a witch shape craft using basic shapes.
  54. Wrap a giant cardboard tube with toilet paper to make a mummy.
  55. Marble paint a mummy by rolling a marble in white paint over paper.
  56. Make mummies from cardboard tubes and bandages.
  57. Prepare mummy pizzas with olive eyes.
  58. Craft paper plate mummies with white yarn.
  59. Assemble mummy dog snacks using hot dogs and crescent rolls.

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