Free Halloween Printables for Preschoolers: Easy, Screen-Free Halloween Fun
Halloween is such a fun time to be little. Pumpkins, friendly monsters, silly ghosts and costumes make October feel a little more magical.
But you don't need an elaborate craft setup to make Halloween special.
These free Halloween printables for preschoolers are designed to give parents, grandparents, preschool teachers, daycare providers and other caregivers an easy way to sit down with a child and create something together.
Print a page, grab some crayons, markers, scissors or glue, and you're ready for some Halloween fun.
Free Halloween Activities You Can Print at Home
Aunt Linny's free Halloween printables are made especially for preschool-age children. They're simple enough for little hands while giving children plenty of opportunities to color, cut, glue, match and create.
Choose your favorite free Halloween activity, print it at home or in the classroom, grab a few basic supplies and you're ready for some Halloween fun.
Halloween Coloring Page for Preschoolers
Grab the crayons or washable markers for this friendly Halloween coloring page featuring a silly ghost, smiling pumpkin and little bat.
Let your preschooler choose the colors and make the picture their own. A pumpkin doesn't have to be orange, and there's certainly no rule about what color a Halloween ghost should be!
Coloring is also great practice for little hands. Holding and controlling crayons and markers helps develop the fine motor skills children will eventually use for writing.
Halloween Match & Glue Activity
Turn Halloween into a simple matching game with this free Halloween Match & Glue printable.
Preschoolers cut out the Halloween pictures and glue each one onto its matching silhouette. They'll match familiar Halloween favorites including a pumpkin, ghost, bat, witch's hat, candy corn and cat.
While they're having fun, they're also practicing visual matching, fine motor skills, scissor skills and hand-eye coordination.
For younger preschoolers who aren't ready for scissors yet, an adult can cut out the pieces first and let the child do the matching and gluing.
Halloween Dot Marker Activity
Dot markers make this Halloween candy corn printable especially fun for little hands.
Children use yellow and orange dot markers to fill the circles and decorate their candy corn. It's simple, colorful and gives preschoolers another opportunity to practice hand-eye coordination and fine motor control.
And there's something especially satisfying about making those big colorful dots!
Build a Silly Monster Printable
This one is all about creativity.
With Aunt Linny's Build a Silly Monster printable, preschoolers can color, cut and glue the monster's eyes, horns, hands, feet and silly mouth wherever they'd like.
Three eyes? Absolutely. A tongue sticking out? Even better.
There's no right way to build the monster, which gives children the freedom to make something that's completely their own.
And when they're finished, ask them about their creation. Does their monster have a name? What does it eat? Is it scary or silly?
Sometimes a simple craft can turn into a pretty wonderful conversation.
Why Printable Activities Are Great for Preschoolers
Preschoolers learn by doing. Simple activities involving coloring, cutting, matching, gluing and creating can help children practice fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, early problem-solving and creativity.
But there's another benefit that's easy to overlook.
A printable gives you a reason to sit together. You can talk about the colors they're choosing, ask about the monster they're creating and laugh when something turns out completely different than expected.
At Aunt Linny, that's really the point.
The craft or activity gives you something to do. The time together is what matters.
Easy Halloween Fun for Preschool Classrooms and Daycares
These Halloween printables aren't only for home.
Preschool teachers, daycare providers and others who work with young children can use simple printable activities for quiet-time activities, classroom centers, early finishers or Halloween celebrations.
You can print the activity you need and have an easy preschool Halloween activity ready without spending your planning time searching for complicated supplies.
Keep Halloween Simple
Preschool activities don't need to look Pinterest-perfect.
Your child's pumpkin might be blue. The monster's eyes might end up where its ears should be. Someone may use far too much glue.
That's okay.
Sit beside them. Talk. Color. Cut. Glue. Laugh.
Those imperfect little projects can become some pretty wonderful memories.
Get Your Free Halloween Printables
Ready for some Halloween fun?
See all of Aunt Linny's free Halloween printables for preschoolers →
Print your favorites and enjoy some simple, screen-free time together.
And if you'd like even more easy ways to spend meaningful time with the preschooler in your life, explore Aunt Linny's Craft Vault with 99 preschool crafts and activities designed to make it easier to stop searching and start creating together.