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It’s October and you know what that means—Halloween—for pre-k kids, that means so many fun Halloween activities. These don’t have to be scary or terrifying, but it can be a bit crawly, creepy…and full of learning! Here, we line up some fun Halloween activities to help develop fine motor and counting skills at the same time.
Halloween Sensory Bucket/Bin
Pre-K kids can explore a Halloween sensory bucket or bin. Fill the base with dried black beans and look for Halloween toys and stickers with numbers on them. The goal is to find the complete set for every toy.
Halloween Remembering Game with Stickers
Stickers may seem pretty straightforward, but you can get Halloween-themed stickers and use them as a memory game. This activity can be fun and at the same time help improve their cognitive abilities. Base on the stickers they have collected and leftover ones, encourage them to build a story around it, little spooky and funky related to the Halloween theme. They can even add more details to their story using coloring supplies. Then, the child can describe their story to the group. Talk about learning games for pre-k!
Halloween Separating and Counting Game
Have kids paint Lima beans white on one side and green on the other for a game. Then describe that green side would be a goblin while the white side would be a ghost. Draw a simple face with an “o” for the mouth. In order to start the game, let them pour the beans out of the tiny container and inside a tray. Ask them to separate the goblins from the ghosts and count how many they have of each kind.
Halloween Monster Faces and Shapes
Get kids to create their own monster faces using precut foam stickers. Other than creating a monster-rific face, ask them to even create shapes. They can indicate which shapes they made and count the number of shapes they actually included in the mask. This helps improve the motor skills.
Halloween Lanterns with Plastic Bottles
To create a Halloween lantern, all that are needed are: a plastic drinking bottle, acrylic paint, pipe cleaners, a black marker, and a tea light candle (use battery operated ones). Cut the bottom part of the plastic bottle with a craft knife. Then, ask the child to paint this plastic bottle using kid-friendly paint. Use white for ghost and orange for pumpkin. As soon as this is dried, put holes on the top of the lantern with a craft knife. Put a pipe cleaner through to create the handle and twist the pipe cleaner round so as to make sure the handle doesn’t move. Ask your child to draw faces on the lanterns and position the tea light candle inside. Not only is this fun, it’ll teach kids how to recycle!
Halloween Potato Prints
Now this is a simple, fun, and messy pre-k activity. For sure the pre-K kids will love it! Cut a couple of Halloween shapes using potatoes. Then squirt poster paint on paper plates. Show the child how to stamp these potatoes to make potato prints on paper. Use it as a wallpaper you can design their room with! This is definitely great for those in the pre-kindergarten age.
Halloween Pumpkin Washing
Contrary to initial notions, having a washing station for pumpkins is pretty straightforward! This can be done as a group game involving other kids as well. Use a few buckets for the water area, put together a couple of pitchers for the kids to pour water on the pumpkins, a few washcloths, a scrubber, and a drying towel. The great thing about this Halloween activity is that it teaches practical life skill sets and at the same time gets the kids involved. It helps builds up their teamwork and social skills.
Kids ‘R’ Kids Learning Academy of Circa/FishHawk entertains and amuses children but makes sure that they learn as. Leave a comment below about the fun activities that you’ve planned for your kids this Halloween.