Planning a Halloween party for your preschool class?
I’ve got your entire day covered with games, books, free worksheets, music, snacks, decorations… and even party favors!
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Preschool Halloween Party Game Ideas
Fun, gross-motor activities your preschool class will LOVE.
Ghost Bowling
All you’ll need are some white paper cups with silly ghost faces drawn on them (or googly eyes.)
Let the kids stack the cups into a pyramid and roll a ball at them! Count how many cups are left standing after each toss.
Pumpkin Toss
Line up pumpkin baskets in a row and take turns tossing 3 balls or bean bags.
Write a number on each pumpkin. This will be the amount of points each pumpkin is worth.
(The closest pumpkin might be worth one point. The next might be two points, and so on.)
Have your class add up the score out loud, together after each student has finished their turn! You might even write each score on the board and tally the total as part of your math lesson.
Tip: To make this toss game a little easier, group the pumpkins together in a big bunch. Let the kids get as close as they want and drop their ball inside. Then, add up the score together.
Pumpkin Tic Tac Toe
Just grab some mini pumpkins from the grocery store and tape off a Tic Tac Toe board on the desk!
“Bob” For Apples
Not the traditional bobbing for apples! This twist on the game leaves no mess and shares no germs.
Fill a tub with water and throw in some floating apples. (Either real apples or the plastic ones from your play kitchen!)
Hand out ladles to your preschool students and let them collect the apples from the water, moving them into a basket or another tub nearby.
You can turn this into a relay race by placing the two bins at opposite ends of the room.
Or, you can give instructions like, “Please collect 2 red apples, 2 green apples, and 2 yellow apples!”
Tip: Have towels or rugs beneath your tubs so the floor doesn’t get slippery!
Pumpkin Relay Race
Set two pumpkin baskets next to each other.
Use pincers to move puff balls (or candy) from one pumpkin to the next.
If you want to make it a race, set up multiple sets of buckets and have the kids count down to start!
Great for developing fine motor skills.
Spider Ring Toss
This 36 inch inflatable spider includes a ring toss game. It can double as both a fun activity and a cute piece of Halloween decor!
3 kids can play at a time (6 inflatable rings included) and each leg of the spider has a point score!
Halloween Printable Games
Print these games for FREE to play during your Preschool Halloween Party!
Free Download Below:
Spider Blow Relay Race
Download and print these spiders. (Part of the bundle above.)
Cut out one spider for each student. Give them a straw and let them blow their spider across the desk.
The first one across the desk wins!
Halloween Seek & Find Game
The cats and dogs are hiding in costumes!
Find all 5 cats and 7 dogs, circle each one, and write the number in the space below.
A fun Halloween-themed counting game for your preschoolers.
Great practice for counting and writing numbers.
Roll A Monster
Roll a dice to decide which eyes, nose, and mouth your monster will have.
Students can cut out and paste each feature to their monster mask, then take it home to show Mom and Dad!
Great practice for counting and cutting.
Monster Memory Game
Print and cut out the squares to play a monster memory game with your preschoolers!
You can break the students up into groups of 2 or 3 so they can play together.
This is also a great game for students to play one-on-one with their parents if you’ve invited families to join your preschool Halloween party!
Print as many as you need and send it home so they can continue the fun.
Great game for memory and recognition!
Build A Jack-O-Lantern
Have the kids cut out and paste the eyes, nose, and mouth to create their own unique jack-o-lantern.
Tip: If your preschoolers are too young to cut paper, you might cut these out yourself, then laminate it and use Velcro on the back of each feature to let the kids mix and match this activity over and over.
Use the finished product to decorate your bulletin board for some fun Halloween classroom decor!
Halloween Sensory Activities
Encourage your preschool class to use their senses with these not-so-creepy-crawly sensory bin ideas!
Spooky Sensory Bin
Fill a sensory bin with fun textures and have your students close their eyes while they feel around.
Or, just pop in some brightly colored items to fit your preschool party theme!
Here are some Halloween sensory bin ideas:
- Green Spaghetti
- Cotton Candy “Webs”
- Orange Rice
- Black Beans
- Green or Orange Jell-O
- Green Grapes
- Pumpkin Seeds
- Black Yarn
- Corn Kernels
- Mini Pumpkins
- Fall Leaf-Shaped Pasta
- Halloween-Shaped Pasta
PS- I love the “Five Little Pumpkins” sensory bin kit pictured above! The entire kit is available on Etsy and includes: 2lb bag of black beans, 5 mini plastic pumpkins, 1 scoop, 1 tongs, wooden fence, orange Pom-Poms, and more. (By KidsWorldUS)
No Mess Pumpkin Squish
It’s easy and mess-free!
Just fill a Ziplock back with pumpkin pulp.
Gallon-sized bags are great for this activity, or you could make individual-sized bags for each student.
It’s a great opportunity to explain what’s inside of the pumpkin. Point out the seeds and the stringy pulp.
Ask the students to describe what’s in their bag using their senses:
- What do you see?
- What do you feel?
- What do you smell?
You can also outline a pumpkin shape with Sharpie marker (like Messy Little Monster did in the photo above).
Or, draw a cute Jack-O-Lantern face on the bag to add a spooky Halloween element!
Tip: Tape the bags to a desk, door, or low window so that the bags cannot easily be opened or ripped.
No Mess Monster Squish
Again, fill a Ziplock bag with a fun, squishy monster!
I used green Jell-O to fill my bags. Then, I added googly eyes and sparkles.
But I love how these green slime bags turned out by Fun-A-Day! (photo above)
Here are some monster sensory bag ideas:
- Jell-O
- Slime
- Oil + Water
- Googly Eyes
- Sparkles
- Sequins
- Buttons
- Plastic Spiders
- Gummy Worms
- Cooked Spaghetti
Preschool Halloween Party Books
You’ve got to make sure story time is on-theme for your Preschool Halloween Party!
Here are some great books to help your students wind down after games, or read during snack time.
The Spooky Wheels On The Bus
By J. Elizabeth Mills
A spooky spin on a favorite preschool song! I love that the author not only incorporates a classic song, but she also counts what she’s seeing.
“One spooky bus goes… Two white wipers go… Three noisy cats go…”
Click here to preview it on Amazon.
Room On The Broom
By Julia Donaldson
This adorable book stars a witch- but it’s not too spooky for preschoolers! (The drawings are toddler-friendly.)
She’s enjoying a ride on her broom on a windy day and stops to pick up all sorts of animals that help her collect her lost belongings.
Click here to preview it on Amazon.
The Halloween Tree
By Susan Montanari
A grumpy, misfit Christmas tree ends up finding his place in the neighborhood as a Halloween tree!
I love this beautifully illustrated book and the message is equally as sweet.
Click here to preview it on Amazon.
Preschool Halloween Party Worksheets
Fun Halloween-themed homework or worksheets to complete your lesson plan.
Download this Halloween Worksheet bundle below:
Trick-Or-Treat Tracing
Help these trick-or-treaters find their bags of candy by tracing the lines!
Creepy Counting
Help Duke count his Halloween treats. Count each row carefully, then write the correct number inside the circle.
Letter P Writing
“P” is for pumpkin!
Trace the uppercase and lowercase Letter P, then write it on your own on the lines below.
Letter P Hunt
Find and color in all the circles with letter P. (There are six total!)
Spooky Scissor Skills
Carefully practice your scissor skills cutting from the bottom of the page, all the way up to the pumpkins.
Preschool Halloween Party Food
10 Healthy snacks for your Preschool Halloween Class Party.
Fruit Treats
Monster Fruit Slices
Little Cutie Pumpkins
Pumpkin Fruit Cups
Frankenstein Grape Cups
Ghost Banana Pops
Other Healthy Treats
Spooky Cheese Plate
Mummy Pouches
Candy Corn Popsicles
Ghost Cheese Sticks
Popcorn Hands
Vampire Juice (V8 Juice)
Preschool Halloween Party Music
Because what’s a preschool party without silly music?!
Playlists Under 30 Minutes
Count Chocula’s Halloween CD
The “Rhythm & Boos” CD was a free gift that came on the Count Chocula cereal box back in the 90’s. Talk about nostalgia!
15 minutes of kid-friendly songs, plus 15 minutes of creepy Halloween sounds. (So you might want to skip the ending!)
- Halloween Countdown
- It’s Spooky In Here
- I’m Gonna Scare You
- Big Wolf
- The Haunt Of Room 402
- Halloween Overture
- The Sounds Of Halloween
You can find the entire album on YouTube without ads to interrupt your party.
Bounce Patrol Halloween Playlist
15 minutes of adults singing fun Halloween songs for the kids.
- Halloween Rules
- Halloween Peek a Boo
- Halloween Stomp
- Everybody Loves Halloween
- Let’s Get Spooky
- Finger Family
Kidz Bop Halloween Playlist
17 minutes of dance-along songs for kids.
- Monster Mash
- Men In Black
- Disturbia
- Ghostbusters
- Witch Doctor
- Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
Playlist Over 30 Minutes
Super Simple Halloween Playlist
50+ minutes of well-known kids songs with a Halloween twist.
- Five Little Monsters
- 10 Monsters In The Bed
- Five Creepy Spiders
- Baby Shark Halloween
- …and many more!
Preschool Halloween Decorations
Easy decorations to transform your Pre-K classroom into a fiesta!
DIY Decorations
Balloon Spider
This creepy-crawly spider is easy to put together with black balloons and streamers.
Try adding a silly face that smiles down on your preschool classroom!
Ghost Streamers
Another fun project to make with the kids!
How spooky will your Halloween party look when you have these flying above the room?!
Printable Banner
Print this “Happy Halloween” banner for free at LovelyPlanner.com!
Bat Footprints
Have the preschoolers create a piece of decor for your bulletin board. Then, when it’s time to change themes, you can send it home with their proud parents!
All you need to do is print out the Halloween templates and stamp the kids’ footprints!
Your students will have fun and the parents will thank you for the adorable keepsake. 🙂
Finger Paint Table Runner
Have your toddlers paint Butcher Paper as an art project the week before your Halloween Party.
Use orange and black finger paint and let your students go wild!
It makes an adorable table runner or tablecloth for your party.
Classroom Door Decorations
I love this article by One Creative Mommy with 11 cute Halloween door decorations!
They’re not too scary for toddlers and they’re easy to DIY.
Purchase Decorations
Bulletin Board Decorations
This “Best Pumpkins In The Patch” bulletin board kit is the CUTEST. The best part is you can leave it up all Fall!
Available for sale on TeachersPayTeachers.com.
Halloween Placemats
Make each place at the snack table special with these placemats you can use year after year!
Preschool Halloween Party Favors
And finally, send your preschool kids home with a fun party favor so they can brag to Mom and Dad about how much fun they had!
Color Masks
Download and print these free Halloween masks for your class.
This could be a fun craft to make during the party. Your preschoolers can wear them all day, then take them home!
Paint Pumpkins
Pass out baby pumpkins and washable tempera paint!
Or for less mess, you can add stickers to large pumpkins with this 10-inch sticker kit available on Amazon.
Halloween Handprint Craft
Send the kids home with a handmade card for their parents!
All you need to do is print the template and stamp little handprints or footprints on the page.
Print as many as you need and let the kids choose which craft they want to take home!
Conclusion
Now that you’ve grabbed a playlist, some snacks and decorations, you’re ready to have some FUN!
I hope you enjoy these games and educational activities with your students. You deserve to have a blast right alongside the toddlers.
If there’s anything I can do to simplify your party planning, please let me know!
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