10 Fun Halloween Ideas for Preschool

1. Make orange playdough and purchase Halloween designs in playdough cutters or cookie cutters

2. Fill a sensory table or tub with orange colored rice and black beans.

3. Place costume clothes and cameras into the drama area

4. Learn how Halloween is celebrated in different countries.

5. Bring in a pumpkin with potato head pieces and let children decorate the pumpkin with funny faces.

6. Make Halloween Jello Jigglers

7. At circle time try creative movement with Halloween Pantomime: ask the children to move their bodies as if they were carrying a pumpkin, then floating like a ghost in the sky, combing their witch hair, etc.

8. Create a Halloween story together as a class with the children drawing pictures afterwards and then place the classroom book of the Halloween story onto the book shelf.

9. Listen to Raffi's There's a Spider on the Floor while each child has a plastic spider that he/she will move up his body along with the lyrics.

10. Sing Trick or Treat to the tune of Frere Jacques:

Trick or Treat, Trick or Treat

Halloween Night, Halloween Night

In our costumes playing, you will hear us saying

Trick or Treat, Trick or Treat


For even more ideas: Check out these following articles---

Autumn Preschool Songs

Jack-O-Lantern Preschool Songs

Halloween Handprints

This activity not only creates a fun and playful Halloween craft, but the end result can be kept for a child's memory book collection. Whether with a group or just with one, crafts with older babies and toddlers can seem like a challenging feat. Yet, introducing children at a young age to art and craft activities provides them with opportunities to develop their creative selves. In addition, the sensory experience of paper and paint is greatly enjoyed by these little hands. In order to produce a finished result in this following activity, adult hands are definitely required to finish the project effectively. A good idea is to allow a toddler to have fun with the material and create his/her own masterpiece while simultaneously creating the ghosts.

Ghost Hands with White Paper

Material Needed:

• White construction paper
• Black construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Black felt pen or crayon

Fold the white construction paper into fours and trace one chosen hand from the toddler or older baby with a pencil, rounding at the top of the hand. Cut out the hands to create the ghost's body. On a black background, and with the toddler's help, glue the hands upside down onto the paper. Finish the ghost's body with two eyes and a circle for the mouth.

This song can be sung when the project is complete.

To the tune of I'm a Little Teapot

We are friendly ghosts up in the sky
All dressed in white, we fly so high.
Sometimes we call out, and say boo!
If you were a ghost, you'd say it too.

Ghost Handprints with Paint

Alternatively, this activity could be created with white finger paint. Allow the toddler to freely paint onto a separate piece of paper and during this creative process, guide their hands over to black paper and show them how to press their hands flat on the paper to create handprints. This can be tricky for the adult, and the best result requires the grown up to gently guide hand over hand. When dry, the paper can be turned around and the little ghosts completed with eyes and a mouth drawn on each handprint with black felt pen. When finger painting with toddlers, it is a great idea to be prepared for cleanup before hand with soapy water and towels. Have a painting smock for your young child to wear or make one with an old adult shirt. In addition, toddlers should be instructed to keep the paint out of their mouths, but because it will be so tempting, make sure to use finger paint that is safe for children to use.


Halloween is a memorable holiday for all children, and this craft can also be used to mark your child's handprint and perhaps store away or place into a memory book. Handprints are always amazing to look at later on for both the child and the parents and marvel at how small they once were.

Preschool Songs for Autumn: Leaves, Pumpkins and Halloween

Song #1

To the tune of London Bridge is Falling Down

Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down
Autumn leaves are falling down, red, yellow, orange and brown

Song #2

To the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

I am a pumpkin, orange and round.
You will find me on the ground.
Sometimes big, and sometimes small,
You will find me when it's fall.
I am a pumpkin, orange and round.
You will find me on the ground.

Song #3
To the tune of I'm a Little Teapot

I'm a Jack-o-lantern, look at me
I'm as happy as I can be
Put a candle in, and light the light
Don't be frightened, it's Halloween night.



Song #4

To the tune of Sing a Song of Six Pence

First you take a pumpkin, big and round and fat
Then carve the top off, and that will make the hat
Then you carve the nose out, the mouth and the eyes
Show to the children for a Halloween surprise!


Song #5

To the tune of Frere Jacques


Trick or treat, trick or treat,
Halloween night, Halloween night
In our costumes playing,
You will hear us saying
Trick or treat, trick or treat