Are you on the hunt for fun and engaging play-based Halloween activities? This Halloween Investigations Pack has a selection of hands-on activities that your students will love. The best part? They are educational and super easy to set up!

I know this time of year is hectic, so I wanted some simple but effective Halloween-themed activities for my students.

Every year Halloween gets more and more popular, so if you want to follow your students’ interests like I do, this pack could be just what you are looking for.

What's Included in this Halloween Investigations Play Pack?

A Halloween Learning Centre Banner

This can be used at any investigation area to highlight the Halloween theme. It helps to instantly set the stage for some Halloween-inspired explorations.

Two Procedural Writing Activities

Encourage your students to explore procedural writing with these two Halloween-themed learning provocations. There are printables to help you set up a space where your students can create and write about their own spooky recipes or potions.

These writing activities align with the curriculum learning intentions on procedure writing. Your students will be encouraged to use the language of First, Next, Then and Finally.

There’s also a handy little procedural text poster to remind students what a procedural text is.

Halloween Writing Vocabulary Cards

I love using illustrated vocabulary cards to motivate my students to write. These Halloween vocabulary cards feature Halloween-themed words and phrases kindergarten and grade one students use in their writing.

Use these age-appropriate Halloween vocabulary cards:

• to create a word wall

• for explicit teaching of writing and spelling lessons

• in writing centres

• at free writing time

• as part of a Halloween-themed investigation area

Halloween Writing Book Covers and Paper

Motivate even the most reluctant writers with these Halloween-themed book covers and writing paper templates. There are six printable book covers so your students can make their own Halloween stories and books, along with three Halloween-themed writing pages to spark their imagination.

Halloween Pattern Blocks Activity

My students love using pattern blocks to create the Halloween pictures on the cards in this resource. They don’t even realise they are developing their spatial awareness skills, learning to problem-solve, and working on their fine motor skills with this engaging math activity.

This is super easy to set up.

Simply provide a basket of pattern blocks and the printed Halloween task cards for a captivating math exploration.

Playdough Number Mats

Make math so much fun with my Halloween playdough number mats. Your students will work on representing numbers and develop their fine motor skills with this simple math activity.

Just print, laminate, and add playdough for instant Halloween-themed maths fun. If you want to use this activity at your playdough table, there’s a learning prompt to print as well.

Homemade Playdough Recipe

I included my tried and tested homemade playdough recipe to accompany the playdough mats in this resource. I love this easy recipe. It makes soft playdough that lasts for the whole term!

Halloween Math Tower Games

Keep your students excited about maths with these 12 Halloween counting games.

My students love these games. They like the challenge of building number towers on the Halloween mats.

These math games develop counting skills, numeral recognition, and basic addition problem-solving.

There are six mats for numbers 1 to 6 and another six mats for numbers 2 to 12. There is a learning prompt and simple rules to print too.

Mindful Colouring Pages

Halloween is so exciting!!

It can be hard to find a calming Halloween activity, so I included a couple of mindful colouring sheets in this pack too. Just print and cut for some delightful mindfulness moments.

Bonus Halloween Themed A5 Recording Sheets

I always include recording sheets in every investigation area because they prompt students to record their thoughts.

The 6 bonus Halloween-themed recording sheets in this pack can be used at any investigation area.

These sheets are also great for prompting discussions at reflection time. You can even collect them up and use them as evidence of learning.

How to Use These Hands-on Halloween Activities?

This pack isn’t just for investigation areas. I have used the activities in:

• Math and Literacy Learning Centres

• Small group lessons

• Busy bags

• Choice bins

• Early finisher activities

• Tabletop morning work

• Outdoor play

Sometimes it is nice just to do something that is purely for the joy of learning. Halloween is a great time to just have fun with your students.

With my Halloween Investigations Pack, you will be able to easily capture the Halloween excitement and turn it into some educational experiences.

Celebrating Halloween in the classroom can be stress-free with this resource. Instantly download it and make this Halloween season educational, engaging, and absolutely spooktacular!