51 Virtual & Fun Halloween Activities for Families

From pumpkins to face painting, these creative activities are fun for the whole family.

25. Halloween Drawing Class

If you’re looking for something for your younger and older kids to do as Halloween approaches, consider signing up for an interactive Drawing Class for Halloween session. Kids and teens can learn to draw classic Halloween characters and showcase their skills with others. 

This class session lasts less than half an hour, so your kids are less likely to get bored before moving on to another activity.

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26. DIY Black Cat Dolls

Are you short on ideas for homemade Halloween decorations? Spruce up your child’s bedroom or your home’s countertop by making an adorable black cat doll with black pom poms and old socks. It’s fun to do if you’re a fan of spooky crafts or cute animals.

27. Pumpkin Painting

If you don’t want to carve a jack-o-lantern, don’t let the pumpkins you pick go to waste. Instead, why not paint them like a skull, a bat, or add a silly face?. Then, you can place it on a table indoors as a centrepiece or put it on the patio once Halloween arrives.

28. Create an Ugly Halloween Sweater

Do you have any worn-out, plain sweaters you don’t wear frequently? Then, consider converting them into ugly Halloween sweaters with any leftover supplies you have at home, like ribbons or pom poms. Making these sweaters is also a great alternative if you can’t decide what costume to buy at your local store.

29. Take a Spooky Black & White Photography Class

Amphy’s Spooky Black & White Photo Photography class is an adorable interactive art class that lets your family turn any part of your home or backyard into a scene straight out of an old scary movie. It’s a great introductory class for anyone interested in photo editing. 

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30. Decorate Your Attic or Basement

Give your attic or basement a spooky touch to replicate the look and feel of a haunted house. For example, you can add fake spider webs on the walls, place skulls on tables, or place LED candles near your old books.

31. Face Painting

Face painting is a timeless Halloween classic. If you don’t know where to start, check online for advice and tutorials. Don’t forget to customize your family’s look with their favorite colors to make the skulls and animal faces (or whatever you decide on!) stand out.

32. DIY Halloween Costume Tutorial

Do you want your family’s costumes to stand out before you go trick-or-treating? Creating a costume at home is an excellent way to give your Halloween look a personal touch.

Once you have a vision of what you want your costume to look like, check your closet to mix and match clothes. You can also find a few videos offering DIY costume ideas for anyone short on time.

33. Create a Halloween Collage

Parents who love taking photos of their kids’ costumes will adore creating an inventive collage for Halloween. Upload photos onto your computer and edit them together on a photo editing program. You can spruce the pictures up with Halloween-themed clip art, stylized text, and visual filters.

34. Create a Halloween Gift Basket

Surprise your family members with a Halloween gift basket if they aren’t keen on trick-or-treating when it’s too cold. Decorate it with several Halloween-themed arts and crafts, toys, and candy to personalize one for each family member.

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35. Make Cardboard Headstones

Put your old cardboard boxes to use by crafting them into spooky headstones for your decoration collection. After drawing and carving the design, come up with a headstone message you want to put on it if you don’t want to add any of your family members’ names. 

36. Make Paper Bat Decorations

Paper bats are a perfect way to give your walls some chills. All you need are scissors and colored construction paper. Don’t forget to print a bat-shaped outline to help you shape it evenly. It’s an easy craft that your kids can complete within minutes, so they don’t have to spend much time making each one.

37. Paper Plate Halloween Decorations

Let your younger kids show off their art skills by making vibrant paper plate Halloween decorations. If you have extra construction paper, your little ones could add wings, arms, and other body parts, depending on what they want to design.

Don’t forget to stock up on green, black, and orange paint if they want to make a witch, bat, or pumpkin design.

38. Write a Halloween Song

Writing a Halloween-themed song is a great way to get into the Halloween spirit if you want to do something fun and creative with your family. If someone in your family can play an instrument, have them help you construct a melody while you write down the lyrics.

Songs could center on monsters, a full moon night, or other things related to Halloween and horror.

39. Write a Halloween Poem

Coming up with a Halloween poem could be a fun-filled way to organize a virtual writing competition. Choose a specific theme for participants to follow or let it be a free-for-all. You can also set rules for poetry style, such as haiku, freestyle, or rhyming.

Once everybody has finished writing their short poems, they can share them with the others. Then, after everyone is done reading, you can vote to decide which one was the scariest or most creative.

40. Make a Baking Soda Pumpkin Volcano

Turn your jack-o-lantern into a volcano by adding baking soda, vinegar, and dishwashing soap. Then, watch the mess pour out of its carved areas.