31 Days of Halloween Activities

I love Halloween! - all the different costumes and decorations are always so creative, and seriously who doesn't like candy???  I try to make a big deal out of any holiday since having kids.  My mom always made every holiday special, no matter how small, so I decided to create a Halloween countdown.

I made 31 fun activities for kids and adults with ideas for each one coming. (So don't forget to check back often throughout September and October) And also a printable for the count down - a Halloween bucket list.

      

1. Print out a bucket list or Halloween countdown
          - find a round-up of 10 free printable Halloween countdowns here
2. Decorate inside

          - get tons of Free Printable Decorations - like bunting, apothecary labels, book covers and more
3. Decorate outside
           - find lots of creative and inexpensive DIY Halloween Decorating ideas
           - or do something unconventional and decorate with bright colours!

4. make a Halloween craft
           - check out my round-up of free printable paper toys

5. Watch a holiday movie

6. Send Halloween cards to family friends out of town
          - you can print out these cute Halloween cards I designed for the kids to colour for free!

7. Make or buy your costume 

8. Get lost in a corn maze

9. Play Halloween Bingo
     or one of these fun Free printable Halloween Activities

10.  Visit a haunted house or turn your own home into a haunted house 

11. Make a gingerbread haunted house

12. Watch the Nightmare before Christmas and check out these free printable papercrafts, activites and games including a bingo game I created. And you can have your own Nightmare Before Christmas themed party with all these free party printables including invitations, decorations food labels and more! 

 

13. Visit a pumpkin patch and pick out a pumpkin

14. Make Halloween treats

15. Read a Halloween story - like one of our family favourites: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

16. Carve pumpkins

17. Roast pumpkin seeds 

18. Play Halloween Minute to Win It

19. Buy Candy - eat it and buy some more 

20. Go trick or treating at the mall or downtown (they usually have it a week or so before Halloween) 

21. Have a Halloween Party

22. Make Halloween drinks

23. Take Halloween photos and make your own photo cards to send to family & friends with these 4 free Halloween photo card templates

24. Make a Halloween shirt

25. Watch a Halloween special

26. Make treat bags or boxes to hand out or for children's classmate.

27. Make and decorate sugar cookies

28. Make healthy snacks

29. Have a Halloween inspired lunch or dinner 

30. Play Halloween games 

31. Go trick or treating!

You can print out the full list here:

Let me know if you had any awesome ideas that fit into the above bucket list - as I will be creating round-ups, ideas and my own printables for the above ideas. So pin it! And check back often.