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Growing Jack-o'-Lantern
Growing Jack-o'-Lantern
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Growing Jack-o'-Lantern
In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.
Preschool
Science
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Egg Carton Spiders
Egg Carton Spiders
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Egg Carton Spiders
Get into the Halloween spirit by creating creepy (but cute) spiders from paper egg cartons, paint, and pipe cleaners.
Preschool
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Candy Corn Pumpkin
Candy Corn Pumpkin
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Candy Corn Pumpkin
This Halloween, encourage your child to create a super sweet mosaic. They'll make a candy corn pumpkin and then decide if they want to eat it, or keep it!
Preschool
Math
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Make a Straw Skeleton
Make a Straw Skeleton
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Make a Straw Skeleton
This fun craft will teach your child a little bit about the human skeletal system and can be adapted to teach the biology of many different living animals.
Kindergarten
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Halloween Potions
Halloween Potions
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Halloween Potions
Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.
Preschool
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Make Pumpkin Apple Stamps
Make Pumpkin Apple Stamps
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Make Pumpkin Apple Stamps
Bring out your child’s creative side with this fun Halloween-themed craft.
Preschool
Math
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Corn Maze STEM Challenge
Corn Maze STEM Challenge
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Corn Maze STEM Challenge
Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!
Preschool
Science
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Spooky Slime
Spooky Slime
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Spooky Slime
In this fun science project your child will get practice following directions and getting messy as they learn all about slime!
Kindergarten
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Halloween Rock Painting
Halloween Rock Painting
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Halloween Rock Painting
Reinforce your child’s foundational math skills while creating small works of seasonal art with this creative Halloween rock painting activity!
Kindergarten
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Make an Exploding Pumpkin
Make an Exploding Pumpkin
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Make an Exploding Pumpkin
Learn all about cause and effect as your child experiments with an exploding pumpkin in this engaging fall activity! Get the whole family involved with this simple science experiment that is a fun and exciting way to combine Halloween and science.
Kindergarten
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Dalmatian Costume
Dalmatian Costume
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Dalmatian Costume
This dalmatian costume is simple for expert crafters and novice dog lovers alike. Make a dalmatian costume with your child for Halloween or play time.
Kindergarten
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Make a Haunted House
Make a Haunted House
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Make a Haunted House
Learn how to make a haunted house with this Halloween craft. See how to make a haunted house with a project that is fun for ghosts and ghouls alike.
3rd grade
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Make Spooky Bat Wings
Make Spooky Bat Wings
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Make Spooky Bat Wings
Here's a Halloween arts and crafts activity for your preschooler, pre-kindergartener, or kindergartener: make bat wings of poster board and ribbon.
Preschool
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Skeleton Hand Print
Skeleton Hand Print
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Skeleton Hand Print
Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws
Kindergarten
Science
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Spooky Science Experiment
Spooky Science Experiment
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Spooky Science Experiment
This easy Halloween-themed science experiment for first-graders is perfect for chilly October afternoons or great as a Halloween party activity.
1st grade
Science
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Zombie Kit
Zombie Kit
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Zombie Kit
Help your kid pack her lunch in style with a recycled show box redesigned as a zombie survival kit.
5th grade
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Reuse Markers to Create Liquid Watercolors
Reuse Markers to Create Liquid Watercolors
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Reuse Markers to Create Liquid Watercolors
Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!
Preschool
Fine arts
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Autumn More or Less
Autumn More or Less
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Autumn More or Less
Encourage your child to compare and contrast a wide variety of autumn-themed items by weighing various objects and recording their findings.
Kindergarten
Math
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Halloween STEM Building Challenge
Halloween STEM Building Challenge
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Halloween STEM Building Challenge
The possibilities are endless with this fun Halloween-themed STEM activity! With simple supplies, your child will experiment, adapt, and use their creativity while they build structures using different specifications.
2nd grade
Science
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Make a Monster Hand Print
Make a Monster Hand Print
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Make a Monster Hand Print
This activity will encourage your child to discover the scientific process, compare sizes shapes, and build shape recognition skills.
Preschool
Fine arts
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Halloween Skeleton
Halloween Skeleton
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Halloween Skeleton
How do you turn an everyday object into a scary skeleton? This project is the perfect way to practice counting while using cotton swabs to create a skeleton.
1st grade
Math
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Trick or Treat? Smell My Feet!
Trick or Treat? Smell My Feet!
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Trick or Treat? Smell My Feet!
Make sure your child is prepared for Halloween by having him create a stamp-printing that says: "Trick or treat? Smell my feet!"
2nd grade
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Halloween Eyeball Cake Pops
Halloween Eyeball Cake Pops
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Halloween Eyeball Cake Pops
Create cake pops in shaped like eyeballs in this extra sweet, gross-out Halloween baking activity!
Preschool
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Pumpkin Play Dough!
Pumpkin Play Dough!
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Pumpkin Play Dough!
What’s the best part of fall? Pumpkins! Use this easy recipe to help your child make some delicious smelling pumpkin play dough. They can use their math skills to measure and mix and then have hours of fun playing!
Kindergarten
Math
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El Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Community Altar
El Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Community Altar
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El Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Community Altar
El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days
Preschool
Social studies
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These holidays activities teach kids about cultural traditions, and can help them learn more about special occasions and the various cultural practices that define them. For example, try the dancing Chinese dragon craft to pique your kid's curiosity about Chinese New Year.