Halloween Activities & Resources

Halloween Printables, Activities & More!
Explore activities, customs, and history of Halloween, using our worksheets, lesson plans, and resources for your school.
With TeacherVision's Halloween resource hub, you'll find fun Halloween activities for your school, including everything from story starters and writing prompts to math and science activities for use in your classroom Halloween celebrations. And, of course, all of the coloring pages, Halloween worksheets, cross-curricular resources, lesson plans, Halloween activities, and Halloween costume ideas and patterns you need for this exciting and spooky holiday!
The History of Halloween
Halloween is known today as a much-loved holiday for wearing costumes, going door-to-door to ask for candy, and watching scary movies, but its origins go back centuries.
The name “Halloween” originates from “All Hallows Eve”, becoming “All Hallows E’en” and later, “Hallowe’en”. This was the evening before All Hallows Day, later becoming All Saints’ Day, a Christian celebration of martyrs and saints that began in the 8th century. All Souls’ Day is celebrated the following day, November 2, and is a day that honors the dead.
Celebrated on October 31, Samhain (pronounced sah-win) is a Celtic festival that marks the end of summer and was believed to be a day when the ghosts of the dead returned. It was commemorated with bonfires and the wearing of costumes - traditions that echo into modern-day Halloween celebrations.
Teach your students about the history of this holiday, using this handy Halloween History reference, or these History of Halloween Videos and Activities for elementary, middle, and high school students.
How to Celebrate Halloween in the Classroom
Halloween is an exciting time for many students, but it also provides an opportunity for fun and engaging activities to develop students’ reading, writing, and math skills.
Choose from Halloween reading comprehension, ELA choice boards and activities, Halloween math worksheets, plus resources for science, social studies, art, and music lessons. For more laid-back, fun activities, particularly for kindergarten and lower elementary students, explore our Halloween coloring sheets, and fun arts and crafts activities.
Halloween Choice Boards and Activity Packets
Use these cross-curricular student choice activities for learning centers, extension activities, for early finishers, or as homework.
- Halloween Math and Writing Choice Board for K-4
- Halloween Writing and Math Choice Board for 5-8
- Halloween Choice Board for Middle School
- Halloween Crafts, Songs, and Stories Choice Board
- Halloween ELA Choice Board
- Halloween Math Choice Board
- Elementary ELA Halloween Activity Packet
- Elementary Math Halloween Activity Packet
Featured Halloween Worksheets & Printables
Encourage students' creativity and enhance their writing skills this Halloween with our spooktacular Halloween worksheets. These printables include fill-in stories, Halloween writing prompts, reading warm-ups, word problems, Haloween math worksheets, and much more!
- Halloween Haunted House Math and Writing Mini-Project
- Halloween Safety Tips Parent Handout
- Halloween Hink Pinks
- Fill-in Story: The Halloween Party
- Fill-in Halloween Story: A Scary Night
- Fill-in Story: Halloween Carnival
- A Note About Witches: Fill-in-the-Blanks
- More More Halloween Worksheets
Halloween Videos
Get your students up to speed on Halloween history and traditions with these videos and activities! Students can learn about the history of the spookiest holiday, and also discover interesting facts about the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead (Dia de Los Muertos) which coincides with and influences Halloween.
Halloween Collections
Keep the Halloween spirit alive with these collections of Halloween resources! The collections contain top Halloween-related activities, such as books, recipes, games, and much more!
- Favorite Halloween Activities Slideshow, Grades K-8
- Halloween Games for Grades K-8
- Top 13 Halloween Books for the Classroom
- More Slideshows
Halloween Lesson Plans
Be prepared for Halloween with these handy lesson plans, fun, creative ideas for planning a fun, Halloween-themed lesson.
- Halloween Lessons
- Which Foods Contain Sugar?
- The Witch's Wart
- Halloween Word Game
- Walk on the Witch: Musical Chairs for Halloween
- Have a Halloween Party
- Find the Pumpkins
Activities
Regardless of the subject, we have fun Halloween activities to both enhance student understanding and get them in the scary spirit. Students will strengthen their vocabulary with our review activities, learn about nutrition with our spooky recipes, and much more!
Bulletin Boards and Classroom Decorations
Reading, Language Arts, & Halloween Connected
Bring the Halloween holiday to life with these lessons, activities, Halloween reading comprehension, and reading guides that connect Language Arts, Writing, and Reading to classic Halloween tales of terror!
- Elementary ELA Halloween Activities Packet
- "Choose Your Own Adventure" Stories
- Selected Horror Stories of Stephen King
- Frankenstein Teacher's Guide
- Halloween Lessons
- Frankenstein Reading Guide
- The Graveyard Book Reading Guide
- The Pumpkin Patch
- More Halloween Reading & Language Arts Activities
Science & Halloween Connected
Celebrate the holiday of "free candy" by teaching your students the nutrition behind their tasty treats! Help them enhance their creativity, watch their candy intake, and much more with Halloween versions of these science activities.
Social Studies & Halloween Connected
Take your students through the traditions and history that made this Halloween holiday what it is today. Use our videos and activities to enhance students' knowledge about the holiday and provide them with tips on how to stay safe while trick-or-treating.
- "Choose Your Own Adventure" Stories
- History of Halloween Videos & Activities
- Halloween Safety Tips
- Gross Recipes for Halloween
- Find the Pumpkins
- Halloween Traditions
- Holiday Match
- More Social Studies & Halloween Resources
Mathematics & Halloween Connected
Add some Halloween spirit to your math lessons this year! Help students understand the concept of matching, counting, addition, subtraction, division, multiplication of candy stashes, and more, with these Halloween math worksheets.
- Elementary Mathematics Halloween Activities Packet
- An Outdoor Night Lantern Worksheet
- Pumpkin Count Worksheet
- Wilma Witch's Party Worksheet
- Match the Monsters Worksheet
- The Same: Drawing Monsters Worksheet
- More Math & Halloween Resources
Art, Music, & Halloween Connected
Spook up the classroom with these fun arts and crafts activities! This section includes printables of ghosts, pumpkins, witches, and more - perfect for hanging around your classroom. There are also quick and easy DIY costume patterns to help your students get ready for Halloween - and of course, so ready-to-print Halloween coloring sheets.
Recommended Halloween Resources
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Fall Math Activities for Middle School
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Halloween Classroom Games
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Grade 3 Holiday Math and Literacy Kit
A Complete Kit of Fun Holiday Math and Literacy Activities for Grade 3 Build your students’ math and literacy skills th... -
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Grade 1 Fall Math and Literacy Activities
A Complete Kit of Standards-Aligned Fall Math and Literacy Activities for Grade 1 Build math and literacy skills with y... -
CHOICE BOARDS
Holiday Choice Boards Essentials Kit
110-page holiday choice board bundle - student choice activities and worksheets for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas,... -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Halloween Scary Story Starter Cards Writing Prompts Activity
This Halloween Scary Story Starter writing prompts activity packet is a great way to celebrate Halloween in your classro... -
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Halloween and Fall Word Wall Decor Themed Packet
This Halloween and Fall-themed packet will help you enhance your word wall ideas while providing your students a fun way... -
CHOICE BOARDS
Halloween Writing and Math Choice Board for Grades 5-8
These Halloween student choice math and writing activities for middle school are perfect for celebrating spooky in your ... -
PROJECTS
Halloween Haunted House Math and Writing Mini-Project
This Halloween mini-project for elementary grades is perfect for helping your students apply their math and writing skil... -
CHOICE BOARDS
Halloween Math and Writing Choice Board for Grades K to 4
These Halloween student choice math and writing activities for kindergarten through 4th grade are perfect for celebratin... -
BOOK GUIDES
Selected Horror Stories of Stephen King
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LESSON PLANS
Have a Halloween Party
Celebrate the spooky side of Fall with these fun Halloween party games! Students will enjoy playing Walk on the Witch, H... -
WORKSHEETS
A Note About Witches: Fill-in-the-Blanks
Create your own silly story with this Mad-Lib type activity for The Witches by Roald Dahl. Review the parts of speech an... -
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Cat Bulletin Board
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WORKSHEETS
Fill-in Halloween Story: A Scary Night
Write creatively this Halloween with this fill-in story. Students fill in the blanks of the Halloween story with their o... -
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Halloween Games for Grades K-8
Take the fun up a notch with our Top 10 Halloween games for kids in grades K-8. Enjoy them all with your class during th... -
LESSON PLANS
Creating Halloween Word Problems
For this printable PowerPoint project, students create slides of Halloween word problems for their peers to solve. They ... -
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History of Halloween Videos & Activities
Learn about the origins of Halloween traditions through these educational videos and activities. Students will learn abo... -
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The Black Cat Vocabulary Definitions
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Elementary ELA Halloween Activities Packet
This is a jam-packed group of Halloween-themed activities to use in the elementary classroom to extend vocabulary, pract... -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Halloween Activity Packet
Make Halloween FUN again inside your school or home classroom with spooky skill-builders for a variety of age groups, in... -
WORKSHEETS
Backyardigans Pirate Eye Patch
In this take-home art activity, children decorate their own pirate eye patches to wear for storytelling or Halloween. Us... -
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Halloween Math Choice Board
This choice board is a great way for your students to practice math skills with a fun Halloween theme. They will demonst... -
BOOK GUIDES
Frankenstein Teacher's Guide
Plan a comprehensive unit on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with the instructional resources in this teacher's guide. This ...