Halloween Fun For Kids

Coloring with your Children:

Coloring is one of those things that is fun for all ages. Kids crave your time and attention. What better fun than to sit down with them and color these creative Halloween Coloring pages from Family Fun!

Pumpkin carving is always fun for the whole family! Children should definitely be supervised by a parent during this activity.

When my kids were very little, we would cover the table with newspapers.

They got to choose their pumpkin, many farmers will let the kids go out in the field and choose their own pumpkin, often on hay rides which is another fun day to spend at Halloween with your kids.

With small children they can draw how they wanted their lids cut and the adult can cut them off. Then let them remove the seeds, what parent doesn't mind their kids being the ones that do this! Large spoons help scrape the seeds out really well.

Let them decide what they want to carve in their pumpkin, using their own imagination they can draw the faces, or let them choose a free pumpkin carving stencil from one of the sites below.

Once they draw it on their pumpkin, using your best judgement on their age and capabilities either cut it out for them, let them remove the pieces, help them guiding their hands, or if you feel they are old enough to do it safely just supervise watching them create their own masterpieces. I loved helping them, and creating my own pumpkin carving with them.

We always saved the pumpkin seeds, washed them well, placed on a cookie sheet, added a little salt and baked them in the oven until they were roasted to perfection!