10 Halloween themed lesson plans

Halloween is right around the corner, and what could be a more fun theme for your fall lesson plans? There are so many different ways to work Halloween into virtually every subject – pumpkins are perfect for science and nature projects; monsters add an element of fun to your creative writing projects, and concepts for interesting art projects are unlimited. Here are ten fun lessons to help you think outside the box for creative ways to work the theme into unexpected lessons. Paint pumpkins into little globes for a geography lesson. assemble a paper skeleton, or get help from your friendly neighborhood monster to learn money sorting skills. Your students will have fun and learn when things are just a little bit spooky in class!

Check out more fall fun with these roundups:

Bat Crafts and Learning Activities

Pumpkin Learning Activities

Fall Learning Activities

Apple Learning Activities

Check out these Halloween Activity Books we found on Amazon to keep the kids busy this Halloween season. The perfect grab and go books for outings, car trips and lazy afternoons.

“How to” writing and Non-fiction activities – The Lesson Plan Diva

Fall Science – Investigating Pumpkins – MPM Ideas

Día de los Muertos Calavera Collage – Modern Art 4 Kids

Eeeek Spiders! – Mrs. Petite’s Teaching Passion

Ghost Hunt: A Writing Activity with Prepositions! – Inspire Me ASAP!

Money Sorting Monsters – Halloween Coin Sorting Game! – MPM Ideas

The Skeletal System – Pinay Homeschooler

Pumpkin Geography – NEA

My Monster ~ An Informative Writing Project & Craftivity – Teachers Pay Teachers

Pumpkin Life Cycle Sequencing Activity – Printable and Lesson Plan – Printables A to Z

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Skeleton Sensory Activity

Holidays are a great time to pull in some themed STEM projects. Even kids who aren’t usually into science can get excited about making a reindeer fly or making a Christmas tree out of 3D shapes. Check out these fun Christmas STEM activities to try in your classroom or at home.

Speaking of making reindeer fly, there are lots of different takes on this engineering challenge. In the instructions from The Educator’s Spin on it, kids make a reindeer from recycled materials, then use a string to make it “fly.” You can also do this with a balloon, like in this version from Team Cartwright.

And that Christmas tree project? That one is from Steamsational, and it calls for making a bunch of 3D triangles you then assemble into a tree. The post includes all the tips you’ll need and a printable template for making the triangles.

Another cute idea from Steamsational is making Santa’s sleigh out of an egg carton. Give kids design challenges such as that Santa must stay in the sleigh, it should be able to move and pull weight. It’s so fun to see what kids come up with.

Science Sparks has a printable book full of Christmas-themed experiments with templates kids can cut out and use to make spinning sleighs, shadow puppets, a paper tube to test how much weight it can hold and more. These activities are really low prep beyond the printing, so they’re great when you need to fill a little time at home or at school.

If you have Legos and jingle bells you can make a simple engineering challenge by having kids build mazes that the bells can roll through. Get the details from Innovation Kids Lab. (And check out this fun book of Lego Christmas ornaments!)

Of course you can also put a Christmas spin on classic STEM activities, like making a baking soda volcano in a plastic or glass ball ornament (Little Bins for Little Hands), red and green magic milk (Fun Learning for Kids), Borax crystal ornaments (Go Science Kids) and more!

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