Halloween 2026 Teaching Resources

Celebrate Halloween 2026 in your classroom with Halloween activities, classroom decorations, craft projects for students and more ways to have a spooky good time this Australian October!

This Halloween teaching collection includes activity ideas for teachers from kindergarten and prep, through to year six, with options for literacy and maths rotations, colouring pages, word search printables and more!

Looking for more ideas to get ready for Halloween with your students this school year? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!

When Is Halloween 2026?

Halloween is celebrated on 31 October every year. In 2026, Halloween will be celebrated on a Saturday. Halloween in Australia falls in Spring.

How Do People Celebrate Halloween in the Classroom? Fun Activities for Kids!

Maybe it's your first Halloween as a teacher, or you're looking for some new ways to celebrate at school! From carving pumpkins with our students to handing out treats to costumed kids, our teacher team has pulled out all the stops for this holiday over the years. Here are a few tips from their years in the classroom to try with your class.
Try some of the best fun Halloween activities to celebrate in the classroom with these not-so-scary ideas for teachers from our teacher team:
  • Make Halloween slime (it's green) in your science classes to explore chemical reactions and the relationship between liquids and solids
  • Make Halloween Page Biter bookmarks in the school library to keep the pages of books safe!
  • Print Halloween bookmarks to hand out to trick-or-treaters in your school.
  • Use prep and foundation students' hands and feet to create fun Halloween characters (think vampires, monsters, ghosts and pumpkins) with green and orange paint, googly eyes and more.
  • Learn about nocturnal animals by studying bats.
  • Dive into the skeletal system with an exploration of bones — and some spooky skeletons!
  • Explore our entire Halloween collection for more teacher-created Halloween ideas!

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