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Halloween Activities for Kids for After School

Are you looking for a few ways to have fun at Halloween with your kids after school this October? Grab this collection of Halloween Activities! We’ve included Halloween crafts, Halloween printables, Halloween recipes, Halloween story writing, Halloween books and MORE!

Fun and easy ideas for Halloween Arts and Crafts for After Schoolers!

Halloween Activities for After School

Get ready for tons of Halloween ideas to do with your elementary school child! You can pick a few here and there to plan to do after school with your child or even ideas if you’re hosting a Halloween Class Party at school.

Halloween Activities for Kids

Halloween Activities for School Aged Kids

  • Halloween Party Games
  • Halloween Movies for Kids (includes checklist)
  • Witch Themed Party Ideas for Kids
  • Storybook Pumpkin Ideas
  • 15 Halloween Crafts from The Taylor House
  • Flannel Pumpkin Face Match from Teach Beside Me
  • Halloween Bingo Printable from Boy Mama Teacher Mama 
Sensory Jar with Water and Ghost Confetti for early readers
Bat Themed Sensory Bottle with Sight Words
Pumpkin Sight Word Sensory Bottle Activity for Beginning Readers
  • Ghost Themed Sight Word Game
  • Bat Themed Sight Word Sensory Jar
  • Pumpkin Sight Word Game
  • Witch Books for Kids
  • Halloween Countdown List to Do from Every Star is Different 
  • Halloween Countdown Printables from Moms and Munchkins
  • Halloween Lunch Box Notes from Crystal and Co.
  • Halloween Scavenger Hunt from KC Edventures 
  • Halloween Science from Science Sparks 
Pumpkin STEM Activity inspired by Five Little Pumpkins for Preschoolers
Pumpkin STEAM Activities for Kids
STEM Activity for Five Little Pumpkins with pumpkin playdough
  • Five Little Pumpkins STEM Activity
  • Pumpkin Patch Virtual Field Trips
  • Stacking Pumpkins STEM Activity
  • Storybook Pumpkin Ideas for Decorating
  • Get started with this ultimate list of Pumpkin Books for Kids!
  • Halloween Story Writing from Here Come the Girls 
  • Halloween Word Search from Creative Family Fun
  • Halloween Printables from 3 Dinosaurs 
  • Making Halloween Luminaries with Kids from The Taylor House
  • Mystery Book List from Coffee Cups and Crayons 
  • Mystery of the Singing Ghost Game from The Educators’ Spin On It 
20 Monster Activities for Kids
  • Spider Activities for After School Fun
  • 20+ Monster Activities for Kids
  • 20+ Pumpkin Craft Ideas
  • October Table Topics {Printable} from Growing Book by Book 
  • October Themed Activities from Living Montessori Now 
  • Fall Leaf Math Printables from The Educators’ Spin On It 
  • Fine Motor Fall Activities from Laly Mom
  • Painted Acorns from Crafty Mom Share
  • Printable Skeleton Activity from Kids Activities Blog
  • Pumpkin Books for Kids from KC Edventures 
Flying Bats STEM Activity for Kids this Halloween
Spider Web Fine Motor Sensory Bottle
  • Monster Lab Halloween Science
  • Spider Web Sensory Bottle
  • Flying Bats STEM Activity
  • Pumpkin Craft and Name Activity from Funtastic Fun and Learning 
  • Salt Dough Halloween Garland from KC Edventures 
  • Spider Cutting Practice from LalyMom 
  • Spider Web Sight Word & Math Games from Boy Mama Teacher Mama
  • Tissue Paper Fall Art Trees from Funtastic Fun and Learning
  • Roundup of Halloween Homemade Costume Ideas 
Bat Chocolate Graham Crackers
Pumpkin Peanut Butter Brownie on Counter highlighting the candy toppings in yellow, orange and brown reeses pieces
Pumpkin Ice Cream Recipe Idea for Kids to Make with Friends for a Playdate or Class
  • Chocolate Graham Cracker Bats Recipe
  • Pumpkin Peanut Butter Brownies
  • Salted Carmel Pumpkin Muffins
  • Spider Meatballs
  • Spider Web Cake
  • Pumpkin Ice Cream
  • Spellbinding Recipes for Witch Party
  • Pumpkin Pizza Recipe from Here Come the Girls 
  • White Chocolate Pumpkin Cookies from B-Inspired Mama
  • You’ve Been Boo’d Neighborhood Game with Printables from The Taylor  House

Disclosure: This post contains Amazon affiliate links.

Halloween Books for After School

I put together a collection of books for you to go along with these Halloween Activities for After School. I love reading a quick story book and then doing an activity with kids when a holiday approaches. It’s so much fun to make these memories together and encourage a love of reading in your child.

Here’s my top picks of Halloween books to read. Just click on the image to learn more or buy online from Amazon.

  • Little Blue Truck’s Halloween by Alice Schertle
  • The Spooky Wheels on the Bus by J. Elizabeth Mills
  • Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell
  • Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White
  • Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
  • How to Catch a Monster by Adam Wallace
  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid Of Anything by Linda Williams
  • There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat! by Lucille Colandro
  • Fiona the Fruit Bat (A Halloween Book for Kids) by Dan Riskin
  • Bonaparte Falls Apart by Margery Cuyler
  • Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler
  • Halloween Is Coming! by Cal Everett
  • Pick a Pumpkin by Patricia Toht
  • The Little Kitten by Nicola Killen
  • There Was an Old Mummy Who Swallowed a Spider by Jennifer Ward
  • The Crayons Trick or Treat by Drew Daywalt
  • Splat the Cat and the Pumpkin-Picking Plan by Catherine Hapka
  • How to Catch a Witch by Alice Walstead
  • Ghost Afraid of the Dark by Sara Conway
  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost by Rebecca Green
  • Gustavo, the Shy Ghost by Flavia Z. Drago

You can take a look here at my favorite Pumpkin Books, Witches Books, Spider Books, Bat Books, Ghost Books, Monster Books for even more Halloween fun with books with your child.

Witch Themed Party Food Ideas for Kids for Halloween
31 Halloween Movies for Kids
40+ Best Halloween Party Games for Kids

If you’re looking for a few quick ideas for October these are my favorite posts about Halloween.

  • Halloween Party Games
  • Halloween Movies for Kids (includes checklist)
  • Witch Themed Party Ideas for Kids
Collection of Halloween Activities for After Schoolers

We’d love to see your Halloween ideas! Share a link with us in the comments below…

Literacy Pumpkin Ideas for Halloween

Storybook Pumpkin Decorating Ideas for School Ages

You may also enjoy these Halloween Activities for your child after school…

The Best List of Pumpkin Books for Kids this Halloween
31 Days of Spooktacular October Activities for Kids
Virtual Pumpkin Patch Field Trips for Kids

Want more ideas? Check out these 100+ Activities for Fall.

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About Kim Vij

Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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Comments

  1. Deb Chitwood says

    October 7, 2013 at 1:24 am

    Thanks so much for sharing my October Themed Activities post, Kim! I pinned this to my Kids' Halloween Activities Pinterest Board. 🙂

    Reply
  2. Kim Vij says

    October 7, 2013 at 6:52 am

    Thank you so much Deb for sharing so many great ideas week after week!

    Reply
  3. Laura Marschel says

    October 7, 2013 at 7:56 am

    Thanks so much for featuring two Lalymom posts, Kim! Pinning this post on my Halloween board too!

    Reply
  4. Natalie F says

    October 7, 2013 at 8:22 am

    I feel almost like Grinch, because my posts have little to do with Halloween 🙂 It's amazing how much creativity is released in our Afterschool blog hops.

    Reply
  5. Crystal says

    October 7, 2013 at 8:49 am

    You ladies are too sweet! Thank you so much for featuring my printable lunchbox note cards!

    Reply
  6. Jill EnchantedHomeschoolingMom says

    October 7, 2013 at 9:10 am

    Thank you for featuring my Color by Halloween Math printables 🙂

    Reply
  7. Kim Vij says

    October 7, 2013 at 9:48 am

    Thanks for sharing Laura each week, we really appreciate it. Your ideas are great!

    Reply
  8. Kim Vij says

    October 7, 2013 at 9:51 am

    I think after being gone for a week I'm way behind we have nothing fall or pumpkins out yet at the house so this was my way of getting myself prepared for things to do after school with my daughters. And it looks like you're schedule is pretty packed with all the fun things you're up to, love that you're sharing what you're reading too with Book of the Week!

    Reply
  9. Kim Vij says

    October 7, 2013 at 9:54 am

    Thanks Crystal for sharing on the After School LInky! I'll be sharing on your Best Mom Advice Linky this week!

    Reply
  10. Kim Vij says

    October 7, 2013 at 9:55 am

    Thanks for sharing on our linky, love when you share free printables from your amazing site Jill!

    Reply
  11. Growing Book by Book says

    October 7, 2013 at 9:55 am

    Wow, what a huge resource! Thanks so much for including Growing Book by Book's October Table Topics printable!

    Reply
  12. Missy says

    October 7, 2013 at 12:38 pm

    Hi Kim. Thank you for hosting again! I've linked up and am looking forward to seeing the other posts too 🙂 You always have such great ideas on here!

    Reply
  13. hey says

    October 7, 2013 at 4:43 pm

    My kiddos will be excited that you shared their 5 Little Pumpkins Puppet Show (and the FREE printable book). Happy Halloween everyone! 🙂

    jeannine: waddleeahchaa.com

    Reply
  14. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    October 8, 2013 at 12:15 am

    So many great Halloween-themed activities! I'm anxious to finish up unpacking so that we have more time for seasonal activities.

    Reply
  15. Jacquie Fisher says

    October 8, 2013 at 10:26 am

    What a great round-up!! So many fun things to do at this time of the year 🙂 And thanks for sharing our Halloween-themed posts too!

    Reply
  16. Carrie says

    October 8, 2013 at 4:15 pm

    Thank you for the feature!! What a great collection you have.

    Reply

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