Free Halloween Printables for Preschool (21-Page PDF Pack)
21 free Halloween worksheets for preschool: coloring, tracing, cutting, counting and letter pages with friendly ghosts, bats and pumpkins. Download PDF.
A friendly ghost, a bat, a cat in a witch hat and a crooked little house: this pack keeps Halloween fun for three-year-olds. Every page practises a real skill while the characters get ready for the big night. Every page of the pack is shown below, and the whole thing comes as one free PDF by email.
Free printable pack · 21 pages · Ages 3 to 5
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Looking for Halloween printables? This free 21-page Halloween pack covers coloring pages, tracing lines, search and count, pattern completion, cutting practice and more, for children ages 3 to 5.
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What's inside the Halloween pack
Activity
Pages
Skills practised
Coloring pages
3
Fine motor control, colour names
Tracing lines
1
Pencil control, pre-writing
Search and count
2
Counting, visual scanning, focus
Pattern completion
1
Sequencing, logical thinking
Cutting practice
2
Scissor skills, hand strength
Count and trace
1
Number writing, one-to-one counting
Dot marker page
1
Hand-eye coordination
Shadow matching
1
Visual discrimination
Letter tracing
6
Letter shapes, letter sounds
Word tracing
1
Letter sequence, first words
Alphabet overview
2
Letter recognition
21 printable pages, 11 activity types, one set of Halloween characters throughout. Every page prints on US Letter with nothing but crayons, a pencil and, for two pages, safety scissors.
Halloween coloring pages
Color the witch. A single little witch with large, simple areas to fill. Coloring builds the hand strength your child needs for writing, and naming the colours as they go builds vocabulary.Color the jack-o-lantern. A single jack-o-lantern with large, simple areas to fill. Coloring builds the hand strength your child needs for writing, and naming the colours as they go builds vocabulary.Color the picture. A full scene to colour, with plenty of small details for children who are ready for more. Keep Halloween sweet and a little spooky, with no scary faces.
Halloween tracing lines
Trace the dotted lines. Start at the dot. Horizontal, vertical and diagonal dotted lines, each with a start dot and a small story: the witch reaches for her broom, the bat flies up to the moon, the cat pounces on the ball of yarn, the spider drops down onto the haunted house and the ghost floats back to its coffin before sunrise. Start with the horizontal lines at the top, then the vertical ones.
How many ghosts can you find? (Ages 3-4) Find 3 ghosts hidden in the scene, circle each one, then colour the row underneath and trace the number 3. A calm, absorbing quiet-time activity.How many spiders can you find? (Ages 4-5) Find 10 spiders hidden in the scene, circle each one, then colour the row underneath and trace the number 10. The harder version has more to find and a bigger number to write.
Complete the pattern. 6 rows of patterns that get harder as you go down: simple AB patterns first, then ABC and AAB. Your child circles what comes next from two choices. Items on this page: jack-o-lantern, bat, small ghost, spider, broom and full moon.
Cutting practice Snip lines for beginners at the top, then two bookmarks (cat with witch hat and bat) and a fold-out card with haunted house and little witch to colour and cut out. Something to keep at the end keeps motivation high.Cutting practice. Two wavy lines to cut along, then six shapes, circles, a triangle, a rectangle and a heart, each holding a Halloween picture (cute ghost, jack-o-lantern, bat and haunted house and more). Cut them out and glue them onto paper to make a scene.
Count and trace. Six boxes: count the mummy, bat and jack-o-lantern and others, then trace the number. Numbers on this page: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10. Two-digit numbers are traced at full size.
Dab the dots to fill the ghost. A big cute ghost filled with dauber-sized circles for a dot marker, bingo dabber or a fingertip of paint, then the word GHOST to trace underneath.
Match each picture to its shadow. 5 pictures along the bottom (bat, jack-o-lantern, little witch, spider and full moon) and their shadows shuffled along the top. Your child draws a line from each picture to its shadow. Visual discrimination, the skill behind telling b from d.
Trace the letter B. The letter B, big and small, in tracing rows, then the letter inside real Halloween words: bat and broom. Letters come from the pack's own pictures, so each one means something.Trace the letter C. The letter C, big and small, in tracing rows, then the letter inside real Halloween words: cat and coffin. Letters come from the pack's own pictures, so each one means something.Trace the letter G. The letter G, big and small, in tracing rows, then the letter inside real Halloween words: ghost. Letters come from the pack's own pictures, so each one means something.Trace the letter M. The letter M, big and small, in tracing rows, then the letter inside real Halloween words: moon and mummy. Letters come from the pack's own pictures, so each one means something.Trace the letter W. The letter W, big and small, in tracing rows, then the letter inside real Halloween words: witch. Letters come from the pack's own pictures, so each one means something.Trace the letter S. The letter S, big and small, in tracing rows, then the letter inside real Halloween words: spider. Letters come from the pack's own pictures, so each one means something.
Trace the words. Four short Halloween words in dotted capitals, BAT, CAT, MOON and GHOST, each with its picture and an empty line to write it once more.
All the letters, A to M. Every letter from A to M, big and small, once each, on a three-line guide. A reference page rather than a drill.All the letters, N to Z. Every letter from N to Z, big and small, once each, on a three-line guide. A reference page rather than a drill.
The first jack-o-lanterns were carved from turnips, not pumpkins.
Black cats are considered lucky in some countries.
Spiders are not insects. They have eight legs, insects have six.
Talking during the worksheet builds vocabulary and keeps a preschooler at the table longer. Ask which picture on the page is their favourite and why.
Skills your child will practise
Fine motor control, colour names
Pencil control, pre-writing
Counting, visual scanning, focus
Sequencing, logical thinking
Scissor skills, hand strength
Number writing, one-to-one counting
Hand-eye coordination
Visual discrimination
Letter shapes, letter sounds
Letter sequence, first words
Letter recognition
These are the skills children build in the years before kindergarten, each at their own pace. Curious where your child is right now? Our free five-minute check shows their current level in each area, the ones to focus on, and specific activities to help.
How to use these Halloween printables
Daily practice. One or two pages a day, rotating activity types so it stays fresh.
A themed week. Pair the pack with Halloween picture books from the library and one hands-on activity.
Quiet time. Coloring and dot marker pages work on their own once your child knows the routine.
Travel. A few pages and a pencil are all a car ride needs.
