Halloween Tricks & Treats
Playful projects, ponderable puzzles, and printable pranks.
By Chris Dunmire | Posted 10/28/18 | Updated 10/20/25
"Inspiring children through play and creativity is crucial to early development…" —Margo Georgiadis
October is a glorious month for creative fun at home and in the classroom, as it ushers in the analogous holiday season spanning through the New Year. The end of October begins with Halloween, November brings Thanksgiving, December counts down to Christmas, and New Year's Day kicks off a brand new year filled with possibilities.
During these festive months, a printer, card stock, colored construction paper, markers, crayons, scissors, and glue are the tools a playful imagination can use for endless interactivity and engaging fun.
Let my Halloween Tricks & Treats help inspire some of this creative fun. It is an assortment of playful projects, ponderable puzzles, and printable pranks for the Halloween season to inspire and amuse creative writing, expressive art, and other holiday projects.
Happy creating!
Spooky Table of Contents
h4>Banana Bats: A Haunted Harvest
Halloween pick a story path.
The Cultivation of Carrotus scareotus
An unbelievable story and printable project.
Gen X and Classic Halloween Candy
A poll of the worse Halloween candy ever + find the candy puzzle.
'Take One' Halloween
Double the fun! Printable Halloween candy word search puzzle + story find.
Halloween Telltale Riddle
Story hide 'n seek.
The Cryptic Costume Contest
Help Lila Hargrave get a clue.
The Enchanted Mirror
You figure as figures emerge.
Draw a cartoony pumpkin
Shaping artistic skills.