These scary, silly, and creepy-crawly Halloween activities put a ghastly spin on STEM and humanities skills. Get ready for some festive learning this October!
Pumpkin Volcano
Ages: 5-11
Have an explosive Halloween with this cool at-home chemistry experiment! We recommend stocking up on a few pumpkins – your kids will want to run this experiment again and again.
Plot in the Pumpkin Patch
Ages: 10-13
For the aspiring scary story writers! Craft 3-D paper pumpkins and then use them to break down a story into elements like plot, theme, and characters.
Creepy Density Tower
Ages: 11-14
Concoct a gooey tiered potion to tangibly demonstrate the properties of density in this creepy liquid layers challenge!
Ghastly Creative Writing
Ages: 11-15
Use one of these eerie prompts to get the creative juices flowing and write some original horror fiction! When your child becomes the next Mary Shelley, they’ll thank you.
Pumpkin Bath Bombs
Ages: 14-17
Self care? More like self-SCARE. Mix up a Halloween bath bomb with your teenager using turmeric, baking soda, and more.
Ghost Rockets
Ages: 14-17
Use a spin on the old mentos-and-Diet-Coke trick to make flying ghost rockets! You can even run several “trials” of this experiment, varying the ingredients to see how the flight patterns are affected.
Real-Life Lore
Ages: 14-17
For the budding history professor: explore the truly ghoulish history of Halloween by reading online articles or listening to an educational podcast.
Halloween may be the season of jump-scares, but the last thing you want for your child is a nasty surprise come report card season. Now is a great time to take stock of your child’s education: click here for tips on how to assess what’s working — and what isn’t working — as your child navigates the fall semester.
PS. Is your child STEM-obsessed — a science-loving Frank-Einstein? Check out this list of Scary STEM Activities from our sister company The Coding Space.
