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Halloween Book Activities For Kids

By Jen

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I love searching through the stacks at our library and pulling out Halloween books. And I love having fun with Halloween crafts and activities. What I love even more are the creative ways that we can use books to inspire craft activities. This is why I've gathered together all of these awesome Halloween book activities - our favourite Halloween books with activities that bring them to life.

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I've gathered an awesome collection of Halloween book activities for kids. You'll find STEM activities, sequencing activities, free printables and more. I've also included a full Halloween book list too. So, grab a good book and have some fun (educational fun) with the kids this Halloween season.

Halloween Book Activities for Kids

Halloween Book Activities for Kids

Fun Halloween books and activities for kids.

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Room On The Broom Activity

Read Room on the Broom and fill up your "broom" with all kinds of funny items inspired by the book.

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The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything

Build your own scarecrow with these printable pieces.

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Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything Pack

70 pages of printable activities that go along with this classic Halloween book.

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Five Little Pumpkins STEM Activity

A creative and educational Halloween STEM challenge kids have to solve.

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Make a 5 Little Pumpkins Felt Play Mat

Bring the 5 Little Pumpkin story to life with your own felt board.

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Five Little Pumpkins Finger Puppet Fun

Make your own 5 Little Pumpkin finger puppets and play along with the book.

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Five Little Pumpkins Inspired Activities

A collection of 5 Little Pumpkin inspired activities for preschoolers.

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Five Little Pumpkins Sequencing Activity

Kids will learn about number sequencing with a few simple stickers and the 5 Little Pumpkins book.

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Boo to You: Textured Pumpkin Patch Art

Celebrate the textured collage art found in Boo to You with this creative art project.

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There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Bat Printables

Kids love the "Old Lady" book series and this collection of printable activities will keep kids busy all Halloween season.

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Duck and Goose Find A Pumpkin: Pumpkin Hunt and Matching Game

The kids will search for pumpkins, just like Duck and Goose!

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DIY Charlie Brown's Great Pumpkin Bowling Game

Grab that little pumpkin and have a bowling match with Charlie Brown and all of his friends. Good thing it isn't the GREAT pumpkin.

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Halloween Sequencing Activity for "Big Pumpkin"

This sequencing activity is a fun expansion of the book Big Pumpkin.

Halloween Books for Kids

These are all the books that inspired these activities, plus a few more great Halloween books your kids will love.

Room on the Broom by Julia Davidson

Big Pumpkin Book by Erica Silverman

It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown by Charles Schultz

Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin by Tad Hills

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat by Lucille Colandro

Boo to You by Lois Ehlert

5 Little Pumpkins by Dan Yaccarino

The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams

The Crayons Trick or Treat by Drew Daywalt

Happy Halloween from the Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle


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About Jen

Jen Farr is a mother living in Toronto, Canada. She has been sharing her DIY crafts, recipes, activities and parenting advice for over 15 years on her blog Kitchen Counter Chronicle. Jen is the mom of 2 lovely daughters. She believes in the power of taking small steps that can make big impacts on the world.

Comments

  1. Terri Thompson says

    October 02, 2012 at 9:27 am

    Love this roundup! Thanks for including our post!

  2. Jacquie F. says

    October 02, 2012 at 10:00 am

    I love your oven! So creative 🙂 and great looking pie (yum). Thanks for including us in this wonderful round-up!

  3. Katie says

    October 02, 2012 at 1:04 pm

    FANTASTIC roundup! I just shared it on my Facebook page! Thanks so much for featuring our posts! 🙂

  4. alldonemonkey.com says

    October 04, 2012 at 1:18 am

    I love the fly pie! And I can't wait to try the other activities! Thanks for including us! Will be sharing on FB tomorrow.

  5. Esther CraftoArt says

    October 04, 2012 at 8:48 am

    I like the idea of using a cardboard box as oven! and the fly pie sounds fun! Thank you for including us in the roundup!

  6. Carolyn Elbert says

    October 04, 2012 at 11:19 pm

    We love activities based on books. Thank you for this round up full of great ideas to try. And for including our Halloween parade.

  7. Personal Trainer Guy Putney says

    January 20, 2015 at 1:17 pm

    Great stuff, I'll keep this in mind for next Halloween!

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