Keep little hands busy this October with 20 free Halloween activity sheets for kids! This printable PDF includes cute mazes, I Spy, tracing, counting, matching, word puzzles, drawing activities and more for easy Halloween fun at home or in the classroom.
Hi beauties! If you are looking for Halloween Activity Sheets for Kids that are cute, easy to print and actually give children plenty of variety, this free printable collection is ready for October. The pack includes everything from Halloween mazes and I Spy pages to tracing, matching, counting, word puzzles and creative drawing activities.
I wanted this collection to feel more like a complete Halloween activity book than a stack of repetitive worksheets. There are easier visual activities for preschoolers and kindergarteners, along with slightly trickier puzzles and word activities for elementary-aged kids, so you can simply choose the pages that work best for your child.
Below you can see all 20 printable Halloween activity sheets, find tips for printing and using them, and download the complete PDF. Print a few pages for a quiet afternoon or keep the whole pack ready for classroom centres, Halloween parties, road trips, Boo Baskets and those extra-excited days leading up to trick-or-treating.
Free Halloween Activity Sheets for Kids
This printable pack includes 20 full-page Halloween activities with a cute, friendly Halloween theme. Think smiling pumpkins, sweet little ghosts, black cats, candy corn, bats, witch hats and other seasonal favourites without anything overly frightening.
The pages are designed for standard 8.5 × 11-inch paper and are mostly black and white so kids can colour the pictures as they work. You can print the entire collection or select only the individual activity pages you want from your printer settings.
The complete printable bundle includes:
- 20 Halloween activity sheets
- A mixture of easy and moderately challenging activities
- Preschool and early elementary options
- Black-and-white printer-friendly pages
- Answer keys for activities with one correct solution
- Standard US Letter sizing
- Cute, non-scary Halloween illustrations
These printables are intended for personal, family, homeschool, daycare and classroom use. Please do not sell, redistribute, upload or claim the PDF or individual pages as your own. If someone else would enjoy them, please send them to this post so they can download their own copy.
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If your child would rather spend the afternoon colouring, I also have 25 cute Halloween coloring pages and an even simpler collection of Halloween coloring pages for toddlers.
What Is Included in the Printable Halloween Activity Pack?
The collection mixes visual activities, early learning pages and creative prompts so kids do not feel like they are doing the same worksheet over and over again.
Younger children can start with tracing, matching, counting and easy mazes. Older children can try the word search, word scramble, visual puzzles and creative drawing pages.
20 Printable Halloween Activity Sheets
1. Halloween I Spy
Search the page for pumpkins, ghosts, bats, spiders and pieces of candy, then count how many of each picture you can find. This is an easy activity to pull out when you need something children can start without much explanation.
2. Easy Pumpkin Maze
Help a friendly little ghost find its way through an easy maze to reach the pumpkin. The wide paths and simple route make this one of the better options for younger children who are just starting to enjoy mazes.
3. Haunted House Maze
This second maze has a little more challenge. Kids follow the path through the Halloween scene to reach the haunted house without getting stuck at a dead end.
4. Halloween Dot-to-Dot
Connect the numbers in order to reveal a hidden Halloween picture, then colour the finished design.
5. Trace the Halloween Lines
Follow straight, curved, zigzag and looping paths to help Halloween characters reach their matching objects. This makes a sweet first activity for preschoolers who enjoy tracing and drawing.
6. Trace the Halloween Words
Trace simple Halloween words such as pumpkin, ghost, bat, cat, witch and candy, then try writing each word independently on the blank line.
7. Count the Halloween Objects
Count each group of pumpkins, ghosts, bats and candy pieces and write the correct number in the box.
8. Halloween Number Match
Draw a line between each group of Halloween pictures and the number that matches the quantity shown.
9. Halloween Shadow Match
Look carefully at each pumpkin, ghost, bat or black cat and draw a line to its matching silhouette.
10. What Comes Next?
Each row contains a repeating Halloween picture pattern. Kids study the sequence and circle the picture that should come next.
11. Halloween Odd One Out
Most of the pictures in each row are identical, but one is slightly different. Kids will need to look closely at details such as a missing pumpkin stem, reversed bat wing or different ghost expression to find the odd picture.
12. Spot the Difference
Two Halloween scenes look almost exactly the same, but several little details have changed. Kids can circle each difference as they find it and check their answers afterward.
13. Halloween Matching Pairs
Draw lines between matching Halloween characters and objects.
14. Halloween Alphabet Hunt
Search the Halloween scene for hidden uppercase letters and circle each one as you find it. A small alphabet checklist at the bottom lets kids cross off their letters along the way.
15. Halloween Word Search
Find Halloween words hidden horizontally and vertically in a simple letter grid.
16. Halloween Word Scramble
Unscramble a list of Halloween words using the small illustrations as clues. This sheet is a better choice for readers and older elementary-aged children.
17. Pumpkin Color by Number
Follow the number key to colour a cheerful jack-o'-lantern Halloween scene. If you are printing only in black and white, children can also choose their own colours and simply use the numbers as sections.
18. Finish the Halloween Picture
One half of a pumpkin, ghost or black cat is already drawn. Kids use the opposite side as a guide to finish the missing half.
19. Design Your Own Jack-O'-Lantern
A large blank pumpkin gives kids space to draw the silliest, sweetest or spookiest face they can imagine.
20. Draw Your Halloween Costume
Kids can draw the costume they are wearing this year-or invent a completely imaginary one.
Halloween Activity Sheets by Age
Preschool and Kindergarten
For younger children, start with pages that rely more on pictures than reading. Good choices include the easy maze, tracing lines, counting, number matching, shadow matching, picture pairs and jack-o'-lantern drawing page.
Keep the activity relaxed and offer one or two pages at a time instead of putting the entire pack on the table at once. The American Academy of Pediatrics' HealthyChildren resource also lists drawing, tracing and other hands-on art activities among the ways preschool children use their developing hand and finger skills. Read the HealthyChildren preschool hand-skills guide
Early Elementary Kids
Children who are comfortable reading and writing can move on to the word search, word scramble, alphabet hunt, spot-the-difference page and harder maze.
You can still mix easier pages into the pack. Sometimes the fun creative sheets are exactly what kids want after finishing a trickier puzzle.
How to Download and Print the Halloween Activity Sheets
Click the download button above to open the printable PDF, then save the file to your computer or device.
From there:
- Open the PDF.
- Choose Print.
- Select the full document or enter only the page numbers you want.
- Choose standard US Letter 8.5 × 11-inch paper.
- Select Actual Size when your printer allows the full design to fit.
- If you are using A4 paper or your printer clips the edges, choose Fit instead.
- Print and enjoy.
Adobe's official printing guide explains the difference between Fit, Actual Size and other PDF scaling options if your printer preview does not look quite right. Adobe's PDF page-sizing instructions.
Supplies to Have on Hand
You really do not need much for these Halloween activity pages. Regular printer paper and a pencil are enough for most of them.
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For a simple Halloween activity basket, I would keep these nearby:
- Bright white printer paper
- Crayons
- Washable markers
- Pencils and erasers
- Clipboard for using the pages away from a table: kids clipboard
- Sheet protectors and dry-erase markers if you want to reuse puzzle pages: sheet protectors and dry erase markers
If younger children are helping, stick with age-appropriate supplies and supervise as needed. The American Academy of Pediatrics also has a useful guide to choosing safe arts and craft supplies for children.
Easy Ways to Use These Halloween Printables
Keep a few pages beside your crayons for an easy after-school activity, or print the whole bundle and staple it together to make a homemade Halloween activity book.
They also work well for:
- Classroom morning work
- Early finishers
- Homeschool centres
- Daycare activities
- Halloween parties
- Playdates
- Restaurant or travel activities
- Rainy October afternoons
- Quiet time before trick-or-treating
- Boo Baskets
- Halloween party favour bags
If you are putting together a Halloween basket, pair a few worksheets with my printable Boo Basket games and finish it with one of these free printable Boo Basket tags.
Make the Pages Reusable
For activities such as mazes, matching and I Spy, slide the printed page into a clear sheet protector and let kids complete it with a dry-erase marker.
Wipe the page clean when they are finished and bring it out again another day. This is especially handy for classrooms, homeschool centres and families with more than one child.
More Halloween Activities for Kids
If your kids are in a creative mood after finishing their activity sheets, print one of my 20 free printable Halloween crafts for kids. The collection includes pumpkins, ghosts, bats, spiders, bookmarks, crowns, puppets and other simple projects.
For something a little more hands-on, browse my 40 easy Halloween crafts for kids for paper crafts, toddler activities, preschool ideas and low-mess projects.
Planning pumpkin night too? My free pumpkin carving stencils for kids include 15 cute designs made with beginner-friendly shapes.
You can also add one of my Halloween lunchbox notes for kids to their lunch throughout October for another tiny Halloween surprise.
And if your family loves seasonal screen-free projects, you can browse all of my Nikki's Plate books for craft books, colouring books and other creative ideas.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. The complete set of 20 Halloween activity sheets is designed as a free printable PDF for Nikki's Plate readers.
The collection is designed mainly for children around ages 4-8, although ability varies from child to child. Younger kids will probably prefer the matching, counting, tracing and drawing pages, while stronger readers can try the word activities and harder puzzles.
Yes. Teachers, homeschool families and daycare providers may print copies for children in their own group or classroom. The digital files themselves should not be redistributed, uploaded or sold.
No. The activity pages should be designed primarily in black and white so they are easy and affordable to print. Kids can colour the Halloween illustrations themselves afterward.
Yes. Place puzzle, tracing and maze pages inside clear sheet protectors or laminate them, then use dry-erase markers so the pages can be completed more than once.
Yes. Include answer keys for activities that have one correct solution, such as the mazes, word search, word scramble, I Spy, patterns and visual puzzles. Creative pages such as drawing and jack-o'-lantern decorating do not need an answer key.
Final Thoughts on Halloween Activity Sheets for Kids
These free Halloween Activity Sheets for Kids make it easy to have a festive activity ready without a complicated setup. With 20 different pages ranging from easy tracing and counting to Halloween puzzles, mazes and word activities, you can choose something that fits your child's age and mood.
Download the complete printable PDF, add a few crayons and pencils, and keep it nearby throughout October for an easy screen-free activity whenever you need one.
Until next time,
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