Halloween is creeping around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than by incorporating some easy Halloween drawings into your classroom planning? Looking for fresh — and not too scary — ideas for your class to try their hands at drawing something simple this season?
Get those pencils ready, because the Teach Starter teacher team has created the ultimate list of spooktacular but simple drawing ideas that will have your students bubbling with excitement.
Whether you’re an art teacher or just want to add some Halloween flair to your lessons, let’s dive into some eerie artistic fun!
Easy Halloween Drawing Ideas for Kids
1. Candy Cornucopia
Did you know Australians spend around $430 million stocking up on costumes and candy for trick-or-treaters every year? Your students will likely all agree that candy is dandy, so let’s start off with an easy activity that puts the focus on the star of the show.
Explain what a cornucopia is — a horn-shaped basket that is used to hold food — and invite your little artists to draw a cornucopia that’s overflowing with their favourite Halloween treats. This colourful and imaginative drawing will have them dreaming of candy all day long!
2. Frightening Franken-Teacher
Lean into the silly of the season with a drawing idea that lets kids make (gentle) fun of their teacher. This is the perfect drawing activity to pair up with a reading of the classic Miss Nelson is Missing.
Give kids a fun twist on the classic Frankenstein’s monster by having them create their own Franken-doodle teacher characters this Halloween. They can mix and match body parts, creating the quirkiest and most spine-tingling creatures.
Want to extend the fun into your writing centres? Introduce your students to the Substitute Monster!
3. Wickedly Witty Witches
Let those broomsticks soar as your students design their very own witches this holiday. Will their drawings be spooky or silly?
Don’t have time to draw their witches from start to finish? Sub in this fun (printable) witch art activity template. Students can show off their creativity by adding patterns and colouring in their magical holiday characters.
After designing their witches, extend the activity into a creative writing lesson. Encourage your class to give their own witch a unique personality and backstory in a creative and spooky Halloween story.
4. Ghoulish Gravestones
Challenge your students to illustrate spooky gravestones with humorous epitaphs. You can use this list to inspire your class and get them thinking:
- RIP. Rest In Pumpkins
- Here Lies Mr. Head. He Lost His.
- I Used to Be Allergic to Grass. Now It’s Growing on Me!
This activity not only hones your students’ drawing skills but also gets those creative writing juices flowing.
5. Mystical Monster Mash-up
Challenge students to sharpen their pencils and draw unlikely monsters to create the ultimate mash-up — think a vampire-werewolf combo or a zombie-ghost duo.
With this creative thinking activity, the more unexpected, the better!
Need a monstrously good drawing tutorial to get kids started? Try this how to draw a monster video for kids!
6. Haunted House Portraits
Have your students draw haunted houses from different angles – front, side, or even from a bird’s-eye view. Let their imaginations run wild with spooky details like creaky doors and foggy windows, spiderwebs and … wait … what’s that hiding in that shadow?
7. Pumpkin Picasso Party
It’s time for a pumpkin Picasso party! Bring fresh gourds to school, and pull out the art supplies so kids can draw on their pumpkins with marker, add glitter and sequins and more. Encourage your artists to give pumpkins unique personalities by drawing funny faces, wild expressions and even costumes on these festive gourds.
8. Bat-tastically Boo-tiful Collages
Combine the art of drawing with poetry by having your students create blackout poetry on bat-shaped templates.
For those who aren’t familiar with this fun art form, blackout poetry — or maybe you call it erasure poetry — is a great way to encourage kids to think outside the box. Allow your students to select pages from a newspaper or magazine (or even an old book if you have some that are missing pages) and selectively blackout or erase words and phrases to create a poem.
They’ll be amazed at how their words and drawings merge to create something truly extraordinary.
9. Skeleton Scenarios
Challenge your students to draw skeletons engaged in everyday activities, like playing basketball, riding a bike or even doing yoga. This fun drawing activity is a playful way to learn about the human body’s structure while celebrating the classic Halloween symbol.
10. Mummified Masterpieces
Unravel the mystery of mummies with this easy drawing activity for kids — Students can draw mummies wrapped in bandages.
After their drawings are complete, instruct students to let their creativity shine by imagining what these mummies might be up to in the modern world. Hang the completed stories on your Halloween classroom display to showcase your students’ creative writing skills.
11. Eerie Eye Emotions
Invite your students to draw a series of eyes, each portraying a different emotion. From spooky and surprised to mischievous and mysterious, these eyes will capture the spirit of Halloween.
12. Potion Label Designs
Tap into your students’ inner potion masters by having them design labels for spooky elixirs. What would a ‘Bewitched Bubbly Brew’ or a ‘Ghastly Growth Serum’ look like on a bottle?
This isn’t just a simple drawing idea for Halloween. It’s also a great way for your students to practise using descriptive adjectives in fun ways.
So, there you have it, a bewitching array of Halloween drawing ideas to cast a creative spell on your classroom. Remember, the key is to let your students’ imaginations run wild and encourage them to think outside the coffin… we mean, box.
Have a spooktacular time bringing these ideas to life. Happy drawing, and have a hauntingly happy Halloween! 🎨👻
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