Halloween is one of our favourite times of year in the Mad House – a chance to get creative, decorate the house, bake spooky treats, and enjoy some family fun together. Over the years, we’ve shared so many Halloween ideas that it can be tricky to find them all, so I’ve pulled everything into one place.
This Halloween Hub is your go-to guide for all things spooky, crafty, and fun. Whether you’re looking for a quick printable activity, a DIY costume, or an easy recipe to make with the kids, you’ll find it here.
🎨 Halloween Crafts
Get hands-on with these fun and creative Halloween craft projects:
- Make Ghosts in a Jar for an easy decoration that glows with spooky charm.
- Create glowing Jam Jar Halloween Lanterns from recycled jars and tissue paper.
- Craft Clay Ghost Tealights that are perfect as little Halloween night-lights.
- Kids will love making a Pom Pom Spider that’s cute rather than creepy.
- Try Glue Resist Pumpkin Art for a fun and colourful seasonal artwork.
- Make keepsakes with Salt Dough Halloween Decorations you can hang up year after year.
- Decorate the house with Ghastly Ghosts Halloween Crafts that children will enjoy making.
- Add a festive touch with BOO Ghost Bunting to string up around the house.
- Surprise everyone with a cheeky Toilet Monster to add spooky fun to the bathroom.
- Use nature to inspire creativity with this Spider Web Craft made from sticks and string.
- Make a standout DIY Halloween Mummy Trick or Treat Bowl to serve sweets in style.
🖍️ Free Halloween Printables
Perfect for rainy days or party activities, these printables are ready to download and enjoy:
- Colour and display Printable Halloween Candle Holders with safe battery tealights.
- This Spooky printable haunted house and village is perfect to make with the whole family.
- Relax with Halloween Mandala Colouring Sheets that suit both kids and adults.
- Challenge your children with Free Halloween Maze Printables that come in different levels.
- Keep kids busy with Printable Halloween Word Searches featuring spooky-themed words.
- Brighten windows or parties with DIY Paper Halloween Lanterns in seven different designs.
- Hand out treats in a Printable Coffin Halloween Box – fun and functional.
- Let kids design their own cards with Printable Halloween Cards to Colour.
- Display Free No Trick-or-Treaters Posters if you want a quiet Halloween night.
- Download Cute Halloween Colouring Pages with pumpkins, ghosts and more.
- Encourage reading with Kids Halloween Colouring Bookmarks that double as craft activities.
- Share a laugh with Free Printable “Run Out of Treats” Posters to put up when the sweets are gone.
- Dress up characters with Printable Halloween Paper Dolls that kids can colour and play with.
- Explore letters with Printable Halloween Alphabet Puppets from A–Z.
🍪 Halloween Recipes & Treats
Tasty and fun recipes to make with the kids:
- Bake Vampire Bite Cupcakes complete with red “fang marks” for a spooky surprise.
- Create Spider Web Cupcakes decorated with chocolate webs.
- Build your own Haunted Gingerbread House for the ultimate Halloween centrepiece.
🧛 Costumes & Dressing Up
Last-minute costumes don’t have to be stressful:
- Try one of our 5 DIY Halloween Outfits that can be made from everyday items at home.
- Repurpose ideas from our DIY World Book Day Costume Ideas – many of them double up brilliantly for Halloween.
🎉 Family Halloween Activities
Enjoy Halloween together with fun family ideas:
- Our Spooktacular Halloween Activities for Half Term round-up is packed with fun things to do.
👻 Why We Love Halloween
For us, Halloween isn’t about being scary – it’s about being silly, creative, and spending time together as a family. Whether it’s carving pumpkins, colouring in a printable, or baking cupcakes, these little traditions are the things our boys remember most.
So dive into the hub, pick a craft, print an activity, or whip up a spooky snack – and have a fang-tastic Halloween!