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Are you ready to start Halloween activities with your kids? Check out these 8 exciting ideas to make Halloween a blast this year for the entire family!
1. Boo Your Neighbors
Use this free Halloween boo poem which explains what being “booed” means in case they don’t know. Next, use some type of container or bag to put some fun things inside like:
- Candy
- Halloween tattoos
- A small Halloween book
- Glow sticks
- Fuzzy socks
- A Halloween coffee mug
- A Halloween coloring book with crayons
- Orange nail polish
- Some paintable Halloween-themed crafts (check out your local Dollar Tree).
2. A Halloween Pumpkin Decorating Kit
My two year old loved this pumpkin decorating activity! She was trying to put the stick-on features in the correct places on the pumpkins, and she loved seeing the animal faces as we made them.
This was a great interactive craft for toddlers, and it had no mess beside a few papers from peeling the back of the stick-on pieces!
To make this activity as interactive as possible for a toddler, I let my daughter see any of the stickers she wanted. I would ask her to show me where they should go on the pumpkin since she’s very familiar with facial features.
Unfortunately, it’s difficult to find crafts that toddlers can actually participate in, but this was a great one that we will definitely do again next year!
Each pumpkin turned out adorable, making it a perfect decoration for indoors or outdoors.
3. Making Halloween Hand/Footprint Crafts
Hand/footprint crafts are one of my favorite things to do at least once a year because they’re easy to make and turn out cute every time!
I love keeping them all in my daughter’s memory box after hanging it up on the fridge for a while.
Although if you have a baby or toddler, doing these crafts is mostly the parent’s craft to make. But I personally find it so worth it, and I have a great time making them!
4. Decorating the Inside of Your Home
I decided this year would be the best year to decorate the inside of our home for Halloween to make it more fun and festive.
I knew my daughter would appreciate having fun decorations in our home. So the first thing I decided to order were these Halloween string lights with bats, ghosts, and pumpkins to put in the living room.
My daughter (and myself) love them, so I plan to replace them with Thanksgiving or Christmas lights right after Halloween!
I also ordered these Halloween window stickers for our sliding glass back door. It came with 88 pieces, and I picked them out specifically because they looked very kid-friendly and cute.
Another decoration we have is my daughter’s adorable monogrammed pumpkin we had made from a friend last year.
I highly recommend this as a fun DIY because it’s my favorite Halloween decoration that I get to reuse and take out of storage every Autumn!
5. Painting Pumpkins
Painting pumpkins is a great sensory play activity for kids that allows them to get messy and creative!
I even loved painting pumpkins as a teenager before becoming a mother. So I find this a fun activity for kids and adults without any sharp utensils around to worry about.
And suppose you get lucky (or already live somewhere warm in October). In that case, this activity is great to move outdoors if you can to avoid too much mess inside.
This year we are using real pumpkins and washable activity paint for kids. Still, you can also buy craft pumpkins if you’d like and be able to keep small pumpkins your kids made for memory too! Just simply write their name and date on the pumpkin somewhere after your child paints it, then it’s a great memory to keep forever!
6. Decorate the Front Porch
If you’re passing out candy this year, be sure to decorate your front porch! If your little one is too young to help, try to talk to them about what you’re putting up while you’re decorating.
7. Baking Treats Together
Baking treats with kids benefits children’s learning and confidence and makes them feel helpful and involved!
You can actively interact with your kids by talking aloud about the amounts of ingredients you add to the recipe. And you can let them pour different ingredients in (for example, dry ingredients like flour are a good one).
Baking with children can improve many different skills. Including strengthening hand-eye coordination, helping them feel comfortable thinking about numbers and math, making them feel excited about helping, and boosting their creativity by creating something delicious and festive!
This year we made these dairy-free cupcakes with vegan buttercream frosting since my daughter is allergic to dairy.
I used this pack of 9 natural powdered food coloring made from fruit and vegetable extracts with no flavor when added to the vegan buttercream frosting recipe. I’m incredibly pleased with this powdered food coloring. A little powder can go a long way with the color vibrancy, which is precisely what I hoped for when buying natural food coloring!
8. Carving Halloween Pumpkins
Even if your little one is too young, carving pumpkins is a fun (yet messy!) activity.
Additionally, I bake the pumpkin seeds like my mom always did when I was a kid, and we all enjoy them.
Let me know below any other fun Halloween activities for the family! I’d love to hear other ideas. ☟
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