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Halloween worksheets & activities

Free, printable Halloween activities for kindergarten through 5th grade and special education. Each one opens in a worksheet maker with the Halloween theme already chosen — keep our words or type your own, then print.

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Color by word & color by number

A Halloween picture with a word or a math fact in every space. Students read each one and color it by the key, which is quick to check at a glance. Each sheet comes with an answer key.

Jack-o’-lantern color by word Halloween words in every space. Swap in your spelling list.

Sight word color by word A bat in the moonlight with Pre-Primer sight words. Pick any Dolch list.

Haunted house color by word Longer Halloween words for 2nd and 3rd grade.

Color by number: math facts Solve each fact, then color by the answer. Choose the numbers. Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division

Halloween game boards

A Halloween game board with word cards to cut apart. Roll a die, move, then read, spell or use the word you land on. A good fit for centers, small groups and a calm party-day activity.

Spelling word game board Halloween board and cards made from your spelling list.

Sight word game board The same board with Dolch sight words on the cards.

Hands-on & multisensory

Activities students touch, build and move, which help a lot of early readers and many students with disabilities. Ideas for using them are further down the page.

Letter tiles for a sensory bin Print, laminate and cut. Halloween colors, vowels in their own color.

Read it, Make it, Write it Read the word, build it with tiles or playdough, then write it.

Word scramble Unscramble each Halloween word. Cut the letters apart to build it.

Vocabulary flashcards Costume, nocturnal, cauldron and more, on Halloween-colored cards.

Halloween picture book companions

Read-aloud favorites with vocabulary and comprehension questions for the beginning, middle and end of each book.

Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson Find the book

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything book cover

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams Find the book

Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds Find the book

Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman Find the book

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Make it hands-on

Sensory bin letter hunt

Fill a bin with dried black beans, orange pom-poms or stretched-out "spider web" cotton and bury the letter tiles. Students dig out a tile, say its sound, and build a word from the Halloween list on the table. Watch closely with small items.

Build it before you write it

On a Read it, Make it, Write it sheet, students make each word with letter tiles, playdough, pipe cleaners or Wikki Stix before writing it. Building the word first gives them more ways to remember it.

A calmer Halloween

Costumes, parties and a changed schedule can be a lot. Show the day on a visual schedule ahead of time, and give students a worksheet type they already know, just with Halloween words. The familiar steps help many students, including students with autism.

Make coloring easier

Print color by word sheets at 11 x 17, use dot markers instead of crayons, or have students trace the word before coloring. A student can also point to the crayon while a partner reads the word.

Halloween word lists by grade

K–1 · 2nd–3rd grade

Ready-made lists. Click a worksheet to open it with these words, then add, remove or change any of them.

Halloween words for K–1

bat, cat, hat, web, owl, bag, moon, mask, fang, boo

Tracing Look, Cover, Write Color by word Game board Word scramble

Halloween words for 2nd–3rd grade

haunted, goblin, costume, monster, shadow, cobweb, lantern, vampire, midnight, spider, skeleton, howling

Look, Cover, Write ABC order Sentences Color by word Game board

More Halloween ideas

Halloween spelling words by grade — Six lists, kindergarten through 5th grade, each opening in the spelling worksheet maker.
Visual schedule maker — Show students how a party day or a costume parade will go, step by step.

Frequently asked questions

Are these Halloween worksheets free?

Yes. Every activity on this page is free to make and print, and you do not need an account to print.

Can I use my own spelling or sight words?

Yes. Each activity opens in a worksheet maker with Halloween words filled in. Replace them with your own list, and the sheet updates as you type.

My school does not celebrate Halloween. Is there a fall version?

Yes. The same activities come in fall colors: color by word pages of a pumpkin, a scarecrow and a turkey, and Fall game boards and letter tiles. See our Thanksgiving and fall worksheets.

Do these work for special education?

Yes. You choose how many words go on a sheet, the line size and type, and whether to print an answer key. The hands-on activities, letter tiles and game boards are built for small groups and students who learn best by doing.

Can students do them on a tablet?

Color by word, game boards and letter tiles are made for printing. Many other worksheet types on the site can be practiced digitally or assigned to students with a teacher account.