Halloween is a fun time for all! From baking cookies in the form of little creatures to dressing up as your favorite character or person, there is a ton of fun to be had. However, when planning activities and fun for preschool age children, too much scare can lead to tears, which is not at all what you are looking for on what is supposed to be a fun night.

If you are in need of some entertainment to keep the little ones busy, the following are 10 activities for you to try with your preschooler!

1. Decorating Pumpkins

Although carving pumpkins is what is normally done during the spooky season, trusting a child with a sharp tool can get scary quickly! However, that does not mean you have to refrain from these activities; opting for a safer version will save you the fear and allow the children to still have their fun.

What You Will Need

• A couple different-sized paint brushes
• A pumpkin
• Stickers
• Googly eyes
• A few different paint color options

What To Do

Once you have all your materials, the next step is to simply have some fun! You can create faces with googly eyes or paint. Maybe you are super creative and come up with a new monster to make and display on your pumpkin. The possibilities are only limited by your imagination.

If you are running out of ideas, here are a couple you could look to for some inspiration:

• A black cat
• Spooky skeleton
• Witch’s hat or broomstick
• A monster of your own creation
• Your favorite character from a movie or show

The last step for this activity is to display your pumpkins! Show them off to all friends and family, or put them outside for the neighborhood to enjoy.

2. Toilet Roll Castle

This activity takes a little bit of planning in advance, as you will need quite a few toilet paper rolls to make your castle.

What You Will Need

• Different colored paints
• Multiple toilet paper rolls
• Glue
• Scissors
• Decorating items such as stickers or markers

What To Do

First, it may be easier to paint your toilet paper rolls before gluing, but it is up to you to decide.

After that, glue your toilet paper rolls into a castle-like shape. There is no right or wrong way to do this. Maybe your castle is as tall as possible, almost like a tower, or it could be flat and long. Whichever way you decide to build, your castle will be perfect.

Third and finally, it is time to decorate the castle with whatever supplies you have. Use markers to draw some fun shapes, or add some stickers all along the walls of the castle.

3. Coloring Sheets

This is a super easy activity to set up for kids and could be done while a Halloween movie is playing for extra fun.

What You Will Need

• Coloring pencils
• Markers
• Coloring sheets

Get your preschooler to help you choose some Halloween-themed coloring sheets to print. Their input will add to the enjoyment of the activity. Perhaps consider playing a Halloween movie in the background for some extra fun and entertainment.

4. Paper Bats

Paper bats are a fun and easy way to get your home looking ready for Halloween.

What You Will Need

• Colored paper
• Glue
• Scissors

What To Do

• Cut long, thin strips out of the paper,
• Taking a single strip, create a loop
• Thread the second piece of paper through the loop and glue each end together
• You should have two loops connected now
• Keep making the loops with the remaining strips of paper you have
• On the very last loop, create a little bat face using different colored paper
• Once your bat is done, loop a ribbon through the top to hang somewhere in your home

The number of paper rings used for the bat can serve as a way to count down to Halloween by removing one each day until you are only left with the bat’s head.

5. Handprint Ghosts

Using air-dry clay or oven-bake clay, children can press their hands, creating a mold that they can then decorate with eyes and a spooky smile. Children will love these handprint ghosts!

What You Will Need

• Air dry or bake clay
• Different color paints
• Paint brushes
• Ribbon or string
• Rolling pin

What To Do

• Roll the clay out using the rolling pin
• Press your hand into the clay, enough to have the hand print stand out
• Create a little hole in the top, big enough for a string or ribbon to go through
• Follow the instructions for the clay on how to dry and drying time
• Once dry, paint the clay hand the look like a ghost
• When done, put a string or ribbon through the hole created and hang them in your home

6. Egg Carton Spider

This is a super simple craft you can do with your preschooler involving an egg carton. Turn your recycled egg cartons into creepy little critters that your kids can have fun playing with.

What You Will Need

• A recycled egg carton
• Pipe cleaners
• Googly eyes
• Paint and paint brushes
• Scissors

What To Do

• Cut out one of the little egg holders from the carton
• Paint it black and leave to dry, this will be the spiders body
• Once dry, take eight pipe cleaners and bend them slightly at the halfway point
• Then, stick them all around the body to look like spider legs
• Once your spooky spider is assembled add googly eyes and any other decorations

7. Scary Rocks

Transform the ordinary rocks you find in your front or backyard into little monsters, scary little ghosts, or whatever your imagination can come up with.

What You Will Need

• Rocks
• Paint and paint brushes

Using the rocks you find at home or around your neighborhood, paint zombies, ghosts, witches, or any other spooky thing you can think of.

Bonus! Using the rocks created, you can make a tic-tac-toe game.

8. Halloween Tic-Tac-Toe

Use the painted rocks for more than just decoration by playing a Halloween-themed game of tic-tac-toe.

What You Will Need

• Two sets of five painted rocks
• Paper
• Marker or tape

What To Do

• Using the tape or markers, create a tic-tac-toe grid on your piece of paper
• Find a second person and begin your game using the rocks you just create

9. Slime

Making some gooey slime is a simple and super fun activity for preschoolers. Turn it into a Halloween theme by adding different colors in or some googly eyes, maybe even glitter.

What You Will Need

• Glue
• An activator such as contact solution
• Googly eyes
• Food dye

What To Do

• Pour your glue into a bowl
• Add in your food dye and mix till completely combined
• Pour in small quantities of your activator and stir until you see your glue turn to slime

10. Paper Spiderweb Decorations

This is a super fun and simple Halloween craft that can also be used at Christmas by simply swapping the paper color from black to white, and you will get a pretty snowflake.

What You Will Need

• Black Paper
• Scissors

What To Do

Fold and cut the paper to create a cool-looking spiderweb that you can put up in your home for some spooky decorations.

Combining Learn And Play At Inspiring Minds Preschool

Making and creating crafts with your preschooler is a great way to make memories and have fun this Halloween. If you would like your child to have even more hands-on learning experiences, consider enrolling them in our preschool program at Inspiring Minds Preschool. We offer creative and skill-building activities that will keep your preschooler engaged as well as prepare them to move on into formal schooling.

Give us a call at 954-933-2982 to start your application today.