Halloween is an exciting time of the year. It is the perfect opportunity to combine fun and learning, spend quality time together as a family, and create Halloween traditions.
Visit a Pumpkin Patch
A fun family activity is visiting local farms, nurseries, or pumpkin patches to pick a pumpkin to carve. It is a wonderful opportunity to spend time together outdoors. You may even get a few family photos, too.
Decorate or Carve a Pumpkin
There are so many ways to decorate a pumpkin. You can do the traditional carving of a pumpkin, or if you are concerned about the safety of carving your pumpkin, you can paint the pumpkin, decorate your pumpkin with stickers, or glue buttons, feathers, googly eyes, or other artsy items onto your pumpkin. Get creative and come up with fun ways to decorate your pumpkin.
Investigate the Insides of a Pumpkin
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math opportunities are all around us. Simple items like pumpkins provide a wide range of exploration opportunities for your child to learn about the scientific method, enhance their math skills, develop engineering skills, use tools, and boost their creativity. It is simple; just use our investigation mat to explore the pumpkin with your little pumpkin!
Do Spooky Science Experiments
Bake Spooktacular Treats
Put on your apron and bake up your favorite spooktacular treats. We understand baking with your child takes a little more time, a lot more patience, and involves extra clean up, but it is worth it! Cooking boosts language development, fine motor skills, and math abilities, introduces complex scientific concepts, teaches life skills, and creates lasting memories that both you and your child will treasure.
Decorate Your House
From hanging up your Halloween decorations to creating your own, your child is sure to enjoy decorating the house for Halloween.
Get Crafty
Make paper
cup ghosts. They are an easy and family-friendly activity. Watch our
video, so that you can make your very own.
If you love bowling, try this bowling activity with a Halloween twist this October. Create ghost bowling. This fun, indoor Halloween activity doubles as a craft, as your child will use their creativity to turn toilet paper rolls into ghosts before going Halloween bowling.
Host a Family Halloween Slumber Party
Grab your favorite snacks, board game, pjs, and sleeping bags and host a fun family slumber party. Your family will have a blast and make lifelong memories.
Put on Your Dancing Shoes and Boogie
Set the stage by adding streamers, colorful lights, or other fun decorations. Dress up with special dancing clothes, props, costumes, and glow-in-dark bracelets.
Cozy Up Around the Fire and Tell Spooky Stories
Grab a few blankets, cozy up around the fire, and tell spooky or not-so-spooky stories.
We hope you use these Halloween activities to spend quality time together as a family and create family traditions that you will enjoy for many years to come.
New Horizon Academy is a family-owned and operated company that has been providing high quality care and education to young children for more than 50 years. While focusing on developing a healthy sense of self in each child, New Horizon Academy also strives to provide your child with the necessary skills to succeed not only in school, but in life.
