Craft SuppliesNo. 5903 · The 2026 edition
Halloween Activity Supplies for Kids
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About this
A roundup of must-have Halloween activity, art, and baking supplies for toddlers and preschoolers, each with simple activities to go with them. The post organizes supplies into three lists (activity/sensory, art, and baking) and pairs each with concrete Halloween-themed activities kids can repeat year after year. It also points readers to favorite Halloween picture books and a larger collection of Halloween ideas.
The plan
- Mini mallets
- Golf tees
- Vinyl rain gutter (Home Depot or local hardware store)
- Baby pool (Target)
- Mini Plastic pumpkins with handle
- Kinetic Sand (Make sure you get BEACH sand)
- Craft trays
- Halloween cookie cutters (pumpkin, ghost, etc)
- Ping Pong ball eyeballs
- Baking soda (Buy in bulk at Costco)
- Vinegar (Buy in bulk at Costco)
- Jumbo droppers (or turkey basters work great)
- Squeeze bottles (or peri bottles work well too)
- Sensory bin
- Plastic spiders
- Playdough
- Cornstarch
- Mini/Small/Medium Pumpkins (real ones- variety of colors!)
- Ice cube tray
- Construction paper (black, orange, purple, green, white)
- Halloween stickers
- Roll of paper
- Painters tape
- Washable markers
- Googly eye stickers
- Washable paint
- Painbrushes
- Paint cups
- Brown paper lunch bags
- 6-cup Muffin tins (Dollar Store)
- Scissors for kids
- Candy googly eyes
- Kid safe knife
- Food coloring
- Brownie mix (and supplies)
- Baking tray
- White cookie frosting
- Candy corn
- Candy pumpkins/Autumn Mix
- Halloween sprinkles
- Halloween M&Ms
- Bananas
- Popsicle sticks
- Chocolate chips
- Can of Pumpkin
- Spice cake mix
Decoration ideas
- Decorate the Pumpkins
- Spooky House Craft
- Finger Painted Monsters
- Paint the Pumpkins
Food & drink
- Spooky Brownie Houses
- Brownie Monsters
- BOOnanas
- Pumpkin Cookies
Activities
- Pumpkins & Golf Tees
- Pumpkin roll (or eyeball roll)
- Halloween rice sensory bin
- Halloween kinetic sand sensory bin
- Playdough & Halloween cookie cutters
- Pumpkin Volcanoes
- Halloween Oobleck
- Monster Ice
More photos
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