Are you scrambling to pull some off some kid-friendly Halloween magic? Here are some simple Halloween ideas to help you move gracefully through the next few days.
Simple Halloween Ideas: Science Experiments
Dry Ice Experiment, Tinkerlab
5 Fun Science Experiements, Science Sparks
Elephant Toothpaste, Preschool Powel Packets
Erupting Pumpkin Experiment, Growing a Jeweled Rose
20 Best Halloween Science Ideas from Kid Bloggers, Steve Spangler Science
Glowing Mad Science Jars, Growing a Jeweled Rose
How to Make Slime, Tinkerlab, and watch our video tutorial…
Simple Halloween Ideas: Sensory Activities (Great for Toddlers)
Pumpkin Pie Play Dough, Tinkerlab
Pumpkin Scented Cloud Dough, Growing a Jeweled Rose
Halloween Sensory Bin, Here Come the Girls
Pumpkin Oobleck, Train Up A Child
13 Halloween Sensory Ideas, Creative Playhouse
Pumpkin Guts (one of my favorite simple Halloween ideas, since you know you have to cut the pumpkin up anyway), Creative Connections for Kids
Touch and Feel Scarecrows, Teach Preschool
Simple Halloween Ideas: Arts and Crafts
Organic Shape Monsters (this simple Halloween idea is a year-round hit in my house), Tinkerlab
Spiderweb Printmaking, Tinkerlab
Printing with Pumpkins, Putti’s World
Coffee Filter Spiderwebs, The Artful Parent
Handprint Pumpkins, Putti’s World
Spin Art Pumpkins, Rainy Day Mum
Pumpkin Scented Painting, Growing a Jeweled Rose
Halloween Countdown Paper Chain, Tinkerlab
Rolling Pumpkin Painting, Putti’s World
Simple Halloween Ideas: Games and Activities
Halloween Felt Board Game, Kitchen Counter Chronicles
Halloween Crafts and Ideas for Toddlers, Rainy Day Mum
31 Ideas for an Active October, Toddler Approved
Dress in Costume and Write a Story, Here Come the Girls
Witch Pitch (toss candy corn into cauldron game), Chica and Jo
Halloween Word Search, No Time for Flash Cards
Simple Halloween Ideas: Food
Baked Pumpkin Seeds, Tinkerlab
21 Recipes Inspired by Scary Movies, Babble
4 (not so scary) Food and Snack Ideas, Kids Activities Blog
Pumpkin Jack-o-lantern Pancakes, The Artful Parent
Easy Frankenstein Cookie Pops, Life at the Zoo
Simple Halloween Ideas: Jack-O-Lanterns
No-carve Halloween Pumpkins, Tinkerlab
Decorate Monster Pumpkins, Hands on as we Grow
Last-minute Pumpkin Carving and Decorating, The Artful Parent
Toddler-friendly Jack-O-Lanterns, Modern Parent Messy Kids
Puffy Paint Jack-o-lanterns, Train Up a Child
Button and Ribbon Pumpkins, Toddler Approved
Chalkboard Pumpkins, Small & Friendly
Simple Halloween Ideas: Decorations
Felt Bat Garland, The Artful Parent
Little Fabric Ghosts, Tinkerlab
10 Simple Halloween Decorations, Babble
How to Make a Halloween Bunting (Quick and Cheap), The Artful Parent
Make the Spookiest Scarecrow Ever + 10 more Outdoor Decorating Ideas, Babble
Simple Halloween Ideas: Costumes
39 Last minute Costume Ideas for Kids, Family Fun
Last minute Halloween Costumes, Babble
Last-minute Pirate Costume, Red Ted Art (I also love the last-minute skeleton costume)
50 No-sew Costumes for Halloween, No Twiddle Twaddle
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What a fun round-up! Thanks for including our pumpkin guts.
Kristi
You’re welcome, Kristi! My kids love the process of opening pumpkins and digging the seeds out — I think it’s a seasonal ritual!
~Rachelle
Great round up filled with so many fun ideas! Thank you so much for including our posts.
Thanks Roopa! I love your blog — it’s not get to find great ideas from you
xo, Rachelle
Wonderful set of activities, crafts and ideas, Rachelle! They are all fabulous. Thank you so much for the Pirate (& Skeleton) Costume mention
always appreciated!!!
Maggy
You’re welcome Maggy! You’re so talented and I always get great ideas from you. ~rachelle
What a great selection of activities, we’re still crafting for Halloween all the way up to the day as it’s keeping us in the mood.
Thank you so much for including our spin art pumpkins and roundup of activities and crafts for toddlers
Of course, Cerys! I love these ideas. xo
Thanks for mentioning Science Sparks! x
My pleasure, Emma.
This is a great list….and love seeing you in action on the video. Is there a Tinkerlab channel coming soon?
You’re so kind, Melissa
Hmmm, I’m not sure about that. You’re really good at planting ideas in my head, though, so maybe sometime next year?
Wow! What a great round-up of ideas
Thanks for including our tie dye pumpkins!
You’re welcome
WOW! What a great round up! Thanks so much for including us!
WOW! What a great round up! Thanks so much for including us! Always grateful!
Thanks so much for featuring my costume list. I love your new web design!
You’re so sweet, Bethany! It’s a great list, and I’m sure you’re getting a lot of traffic from it this week.
Love this round-up! Shared everywhere!
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