Fun Family Halloween Activities

It’s October and Halloween is right around the corner. Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays and now that I’m a mom I get to do all the fun family Halloween activities again, like trick or treating! This year I thought it would be fun to create a list to help my family countdown to Halloween.

Fun Family Halloween Activities

Decorate your home

It wouldn’t be Halloween if your home is decorated with spiders, spider webs, pumpkins, and bats. Visit the Dollar store, Spirit Halloween store or DIY your decorations.

Make a Halloween Craft

Making crafts are always fun especially when it’s holiday-themed. You can go to Pinterest to get some inspiration for a DIY Halloween craft or visit a craft store like Michaels or JoAnn’s. The Dollar store is another good place to find crafts to make.

Make or Buy Halloween costumes

Going shopping for the right costume is always exciting but making your own can be fun too.

Go to a Pumpkin Patch

We visit the same pumpkin patch every year. We pick pumpkins, ride the cow train and eat delicious treats. When the kids are a little older we will attempt the corn maze. Right now we would end up carrying them before we ever made it to the end!

Make Clementine Pumpkins

Clementine Pumpkins are such an easy and simple idea. We always stock up on Clementines this time of year. Since it’s orange why not decorate them like jack o’ lanterns.

Make Goulish Slime

Slime is really fun to make and it’s easy too. You only need a few ingredients and your good to go. Try this homemade slime recipe.

Trash Bag Spider Webs

This is an easy DIY Halloween decoration for your kids to do. It’s similar to making snowflakes except your using a plastic garbage bag. Here’s an easy step by step tutorial to make Easy DIY Trash Bag Spiderwebs.

Bake Halloween Cookies

Break out the Halloween Cookie cutters and decorate these easy to make sugar cookies.

Read Halloween Stories

Some of our favorites are Arthur’s Halloween and Scaredy Squirrel Prepares for Halloween

Turn out the lights and Tell Halloween Stories

Grab a flashlight. Turn out the lights and take turns telling spooky Halloween stories.

Paint Pumpkins

For those who can’t wait to carve their pumpkins try painting your pumpkin.

Drink a Spooky Drink

Jack O’Lantern floats are delicious and easy to make. Not exactly a spooky drink but fun for Halloween.

Eat Eyeballs (peeled grapes)

It’s not easy pealing grapes but it makes for a creepy healthy treat.

Make a Halloween playlist

Make sure to add Thriller and Monster Mash to your playlist. Otherwise, it’s not a Halloween playlist!

Go to a Haunted House

I have found a few “Haunted Houses” in my area that are kid-friendly. Requirements for my kids are nothing that jumps out and no gore.

Go to a Halloween Event

Attend a Halloween event in your city. Check out the local libraries and schools for special Halloween events.

Make a Gingerbread Haunted House

You don’t have to wait until Christmas to make a Gingerbread House. We like picking up a Haunted House cookie kit from Trader Joe’s.

*Click here for a PDF version of this list. And make sure to pin this image for later.

Halloween themed Scavenger Hunt

Create a list of Halloween decorations. For example:

• ghosts
• tombstone
• pumpkins
• spider webs

Take a walk through your neighborhood and do a scavenger hunt with the kids. The first one to find everything on the list wins.

Make Mummy Wrapped Hot Dogs

These are made with two of my Kid’s favorite foods, hot dogs and crescent rolls. You can check out how to make the Mummies here.

Make Caramel Apples

Who doesn’t like caramel apples? Instead of dipping the apple whole, I like to cut up the apple into slices then dip the slices. It”s a lot easier to eat and a lot less messy!

Buy Dry ice and make a DIY fog machine

Put dry ice in a bowl and pour water over it to create an instant fog machine.

Have a Halloween Movie Marathon

We watch It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and Hocus Pocus every year. Here is a Top 10 Family Halloween Movie List for more movies to watch.

Carve Pumpkins

Make sure to get a pumpkin carving kit. The kits make carving, cleaning and designing so much easier!

Roast Pumpkin Seeds

Don’t forget to clean and roast your pumpkin seeds. They make a delicious non-sugary treat.

Trick or Treat!

Try not to eat all the candy in one night!

It always seems like the holidays pass by too quickly. So maybe if we make an effort to celebrate Halloween every day it will make it last a little longer. Happy Halloween!