Halloween 2024 Teaching Resources
Looking for Halloween classroom decorations, elementary student activities, holiday-themed art projects for students and more ways to have a spooky good time this October? From printable worksheets to hands-on activities, the teachers of Teach Starter have created everything you need to make this fall holiday one to remember!
Created by teachers for teachers, this teaching resource collection includes Halloween ideas for teachers from pre-school to kindergarten, first grade to sixth grade, with options for reading center activities and math center activities, Halloween coloring pages, curriculum-aligned games and more!
This teaching resource collection was designed to provide you with a mix of holiday-specific activities and curriculum-aligned resources that bring a little bit of the spooky theme to your traditional teaching (spider symmetry, anyone?).
Thinking about celebrating for the first time in your classroom this year or just need a few fresh ideas? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
When Is Halloween 2024?
We know teachers have a lot on their plate, so just a reminder: Halloween is celebrated on October 31 in 2024 (and every year). This year, Halloween will be celebrated on a Thursday, so Friday may bring tired students and a whole lot of candy into your classroom!
How Do People Celebrate Halloween in the Classroom? Fun Activities for Kids!
- Make Halloween slime (it's green) in your science classes to explore chemical reactions and the relationship between liquids and solids
- Make Halloween Page Biter bookmarks in the school library to keep the pages of books safe!
- Print Halloween bookmarks to hand out to trick-or-treaters in your school.
- Use pre-K and kindergarten students' hands and feet to create fun Halloween characters (think vampires, monsters, ghosts, and pumpkins) with green and orange paint, googly eyes, and more.
- Learn about nocturnal animals with a study of bats.
- Dive into the skeletal system with an exploration of bones — and some spooky skeletons!
- Explore our entire Halloween collection for more teacher-created Halloween ideas!
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Funky Bat Halloween Craft
Create a classroom colony of adorable Funky Bats with a Halloween craft for kids!
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Halloween Directed Drawing Worksheets
Encourage creativity and boost fine motor skills with a series of How to Draw Halloween worksheets.
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Paper Spiderweb Template
Build scissor skills and create creepy crawly Halloween classroom decorations with a printable paper spiderweb template.
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My Little Halloween Color Book
Brighten your Halloween lesson plans with a printable Halloween color book for Preschool and Kindergarten.
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Halloween Shapes Worksheet - Batty for 2D Shapes
Go batty and identify the 2D shapes with a printable Halloween Shapes worksheet.
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Halloween Activity Mat - Lower Grades
Give your students a fun warm-up this October with a printable Halloween activity mat .
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Funky Cat - Halloween Paper Craft
Print this fun Halloween craft activity and use Zentangle pattern art to create a cat with funky accessories.
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Funky Fox Craft Activity
Create a funky fall fox with our printable paper crafts!
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Search and Find – Halloween Math Worksheet
Get your students in the mood for Halloween with this fun search and find activity.
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Roll to Create a Halloween Writing Prompt
Inspire some spooktacular Halloween writing with a roll-to-create Halloween Writing Prompt creator.
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Haunted Preposition House - Halloween Worksheet
Practice using prepositions and prepositional phrases with a a fun and spooky Halloween worksheet!
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Symmetry Worksheets
Use this set of eight symmetry worksheets to help students understand symmetry, the line of symmetry, and symmetrical objects.
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Red Ribbon Week Door Decor - No Bones About It! Halloween Bulletin Board
Decorate for Halloween and Red Ribbon Week at the same time with our skeleton-themed Red Ribbon Week door decorations.
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Roll to Create a Haunted House Halloween Activity
Have some spooky Halloween fun with a Roll-to-Create Halloween Art activity.
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Fox Craft Template
Craft a fun Pine Cone Fox with a printable fox template.
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Roll to Create a Spooky Halloween Scene
Create a spooky scene to include in a narrative text using a die and a chart with this fun, hands-on Halloween activity.
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Fang-Tastic Halloween Door Decoration Kit
Decorate for Halloween and boost self-confidence with a “fang-tastic” Halloween Door Decorating Kit.
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Spider Outline Template
Create creepy eight-legged arachnids with a printable spider outline template.
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Halloween Shape Poem Templates
Inspire spook-tacular writing this Halloween with a variety of printable Halloween Shape Poem templates.
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Halloween Silhouette Templates
Use your teacher tricks to make some Halloween treats with a set of printable Halloween Silhouettes.
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Making Monsters Subtraction - Halloween Math Worksheet
Have some spooky subtraction fun with three differentiated Halloween subtraction worksheets.
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Subtraction Stew - Halloween Math Worksheet
Have some spooky subtraction fun with a Halloween picture-model subtraction worksheet.
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Bar Model Subtraction - Math Color By Number Worksheet
Bring a bit of spooky math fun into the classroom with a Halloween color by number worksheet focused on subtraction using a bar model.
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The Substitute Monster - Halloween Craft and Write
This Halloween, inspire your struggling writers to write toe-curling tales using our Halloween writing prompts and craft templates.
- Halloween 2024 Worksheets
- Halloween 2024 Templates
- Halloween 2024 Craft Activities
- Halloween 2024 Games
- Halloween 2024 Writing Templates
- Halloween 2024 Labels Signs Decorations
- Halloween 2024 Bulletin Board Displays
- Halloween 2024 Color by Code
- Halloween 2024 Cut and Paste Worksheets
- Halloween 2024 Puzzles
- Halloween 2024 Interactive Activities
- Halloween 2024 Task Cards
- Halloween 2024 Coloring Pages
- Halloween 2024 Mini Book
- Halloween 2024 Dice Games
- Halloween 2024 Escape Room Games
- Halloween 2024 Classroom Door Decorations
- Halloween 2024 Word Searches
- Halloween 2024 Logic Puzzles
- Halloween 2024 Word Walls
- Halloween 2024 Bookmarks
- Halloween 2024 Tracing Worksheets
- Halloween 2024 Sorting Activities
- Halloween 2024 Mazes
- Halloween 2024 Banner Display Letter Sets
- Halloween 2024 Fortune Teller Templates
- Halloween 2024 Book Review Templates
- Halloween 2024 Crossword Puzzles
- Halloween 2024 Posters
- Halloween 2024 Pennant Flags
- Halloween 2024 for Pre-K
- Halloween 2024 for Kindergarten
- Halloween 2024 for 1st Grade
- Halloween 2024 for 2nd Grade
- Halloween 2024 for 3rd Grade
- Halloween 2024 for 4th Grade
- Halloween 2024 for 5th Grade
- Halloween 2024 for 6th Grade
- Halloween 2024 for 7th Grade