These three Halloween activities are simple and fun for young children, offering hands-on creative experiences: Halloween Rock/Stone Painting Children paint rocks to look like spooky characters such as ghosts, witches, black cats, monsters, jack-o’-lanterns and spiders. This activity encourages creativity and is easy to set up with paint or markers. Halloween Haunted House Craft Children create their own haunted house. 3 examples are shown. Halloween Tic-Tac-Toe A Halloween-themed version of tic-tac-toe, where children use Halloween cards, counters or plastic figures to play on a grid. It’s a fun, strategic game that can be reused and enjoyed throughout the season.

This lesson plan, based on an original story: Brave Bear and Worried Bear, helps children explore emotions,explore self-regulation and behaviour management while enhancing literacy skills. Children learn to identify and express feelings, understand coping strategies, and recognize that it’s okay to feel a range of emotions. Suitable for EYFS, KS1 and SEND pupils. Lessons Include: Story Time: Share the story and discuss Brave Bear’s coping techniques. Creative Drawing: Children draw their Brave Bear, focusing on strength and colour. Reflection: Children complete prompts about bravery and Brave Bear’s powers. Exploring Worry: Draw and discuss Worried Bear’s expressions. Coping Strategies: Brainstorm ways to help Worried Bear feel better. Emotional Check-In: Identify feelings and discuss ways to improve. Drawing Skills: Drawing bears and emotions. Facial Expressions: Add expressions to Brave and Worried Bear. This kit provides everything educators need to guide EYFS and KS1 children in emotional learning through storytelling and creativity.

A fun poem for Halloween to share and recite with your children. Page 1 of the resource shows the poem with a colour illustration of the pumpkin train. Page 2 is a black and white version, where children add their own pumpkins and trace over the letters of the poem.

For EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) and KS1 (Key Stage 1) children. Four Halloween-themed colouring sheets to spark creativity and excitement about the holiday. These resources can be used to introduce children to the concept of Halloween in a fun, engaging way while also helping develop their fine motor skills.

This 6 page resource is designed for KS1 children. Each page focuses on a different autumn animal: fox, deer, mouse, owl, squirrel, and hedgehog. The idea is to break the drawing process down into 6 simple steps that children can follow easily. The resource links to Autumn, Animals, Seasons and art.

This resource is a collection of 10 worksheets designed for Key Stage 1 teachers to help children learn how to draw simple Easter-themed pictures. Each worksheet focuses on different Easter-related item, such as bunnies, chicks, a caterpillar, a ladybird, and an Easter egg. The pictures are broken down into easy-to-follow steps, guiding children from basic shapes to the completed image. For example, a worksheet for drawing an Easter bunny might include steps such as: Drawing the outline of the bunny’s head (a large circle). Adding long, floppy ears on top. Adding the bunny’s body, arms / feet. Completing the picture by colouring in the bunny. These worksheets provide a fun and engaging way for children to develop their drawing skills while celebrating the Easter holiday.

This resource is a collection of 8 worksheets designed for Key Stage 1 teachers to help children learn how to draw simple Bonfire Night-themed pictures. Each worksheet focuses on a different image from Bonfire Night, such as fireworks, a bonfire, rockets, and sparklers. The pictures are broken down into easy-to-follow steps, guiding children from basic outlines to the completed image. For example, the worksheet for drawing a firework might include steps such as: Drawing the basic outline of the firework’s body. Adding lines for the fuse and details like patterns or stars on the body. Including facial features (eyes, mouth) for a fun, cartoon-style firework. Colouring the image to match the colour version. These worksheets provide a fun way for children to develop their drawing skills while learning about Bonfire Night traditions. This resource is ideal for integrating art into Bonfire Night-themed lessons, making the festivities both educational and enjoyable!

This resource is a collection of 10 worksheets designed for Key Stage 1 teachers to help children learn how to draw simple Christmas-themed pictures. Each worksheet focuses on a different festive item, such as a snowman, reindeer, gingerbread man, Christmas star, or Father Christmas. The pictures are broken down into easy-to-follow steps, guiding children from basic shapes to the completed image. For example, the worksheet for drawing a snowman includes steps such as: Drawing the snowman’s face. Adding the body below the face. Drawing the hat on top of the snowman’s head. Adding facial features like eyes and nose (carrot). Drawing the twig arms and scarf around the neck. Finishing with a fully coloured-in snowman. These worksheets provide a fun way for children to develop their drawing skills while getting into the Christmas spirit.

This resource is a collection of 10 worksheets designed for Key Stage 1 teachers to help young children learn how to draw simple Halloween-themed pictures. Each worksheet focuses on a different Halloween item, such as a pumpkin, bat, ghost, or a spider. The pictures are broken down into easy-to-follow steps, guiding children from basic shapes to the completed image. For example, the worksheet for drawing a pumpkin includes steps such as: Drawing the outline of the pumpkin. Adding eyes and mouth. Drawing the stalk at the top. Finishing with a coloured-in version of the pumpkin. These worksheets provide a fun and engaging way for children to develop their drawing skills while embracing the Halloween spirit. The visual steps make it easy for even the youngest learners to follow along, and the completed, coloured images give a visual guide to the final product. This resource is ideal for integrating art into Halloween-themed lessons.

This resource is designed to help young children explore patterns and develop their understanding of colours. It includes: • Blank Colouring Template (Sheet 1): A simple grid template featuring blocks of 6 lines, which children are encouraged to fill in using only 3 different colours. The objective is to create unique patterns, ensuring no two blocks of lines are the same. • Example Patterns (Sheet 2 & 3): Two examples are provided to guide children in creating their own patterns. Example 1: Uses blue, red, and yellow to fill the blocks, demonstrating how the three colours can be combined in different sequences to make distinct patterns. Example 2: Uses purple, orange, and green, showing another variation of how three colours can be creatively used to fill the blocks differently. This activity encourages children to think about colour combinations and use their creativity while working within the constraint of using only three colours. It’s a fun way to reinforce their understanding of patterns and develop their fine motor skills through colouring. Children could begin the exercise by using colour blocks to create patterns or they could use gummed paper shapes to stick on the blank template. Teachers can use this template as part of a lesson on colours, patterns, or as a creative exercise in EYFS or KS1 maths lessons.

“KS1 & EYFS Halloween Expression Cards: Witches, Monsters, Red Devils, Skeletons, Spiders, Pumpkins and more (10- sets in Colour & Black-and-White, 6 Cards per Page, with 1 Blank Face per Set)” Suggested Ways to Use the Cards: Recognizing Expressions: Encourage children to identify and name the emotions on each character’s face (e.g., happy witch, scared monster). Can they make the expression? When might someone make that expression? Drawing Expressions: Use the blank-faced character card to let children draw an expression that matches the set or create their own unique emotion. Colour Matching: Have children match the coloured cards to their black-and-white counterparts to reinforce visual discrimination. Cut and Play: Cut out all cards and use them for matching pairs, encouraging memory skills by flipping them face-down for a fun matching game. Storytelling: Have children create short Halloween-themed stories based on the characters’ expressions. Sets: Children can collect sets e.g. happy characters and angry characters. This provides a versatile resource for emotional recognition, creativity, and group activities!

Dress-Up Ideas for Infants: Scarecrow, Superhero, Witch, and Easter Bunny These very simple dress-up ideas for infants are good for engaging young children in imaginative play while also supporting early literacy and numeracy. Children can follow the easy instructions with some help. Scarecrow Dress infants as a scarecrow and use it to spark farm-themed storytelling (Old MacDonald) or Autumn number rhymes like “Five Little Pumpkins.” Alternatively, children can make a scarecrow for display or adding to your outdoor pumpkin patch! Superhero Infants dressed as superheroes can engage in simple stories with repetitive phrases like “Up, up, and away!” Incorporate counting games like “One, Two, Three, Zoom!” Witch A cute witch costume works well with Halloween stories like Room on the Broom and rhymes such as “Five Little Witches” to teach counting and storytelling. Easter Bunny Bunny costumes can be paired with stories like ‘Guess How Much I Love You’ and number rhymes like “Five Little Bunnies” for fun, interactive learning.

This is Me: Creative Ideas for Introducing Ourselves is a fun, engaging resource designed for EYFS and KS1 teachers to help young children explore and express their identity. Planning, worksheets and resources are included. Through hands-on activities like drawing, writing, and sorting, children will reflect on their family, likes and dislikes, and personal facts in creative ways. The resource includes easy-to-use templates and activities that encourage self-expression, promote speaking and listening skills, and help build confidence. It’s perfect for early years classrooms and supports key learning areas such as communication, language development, and personal, social, and emotional development Teachers can easily integrate these activities into daily lessons or use them as part of transition or “getting to know you” activities.

4 bold, black and white worksheets for young children with a sweet theme. Each sheet shows a selection of sweets, cakes or ice cream. Children will have fun colouring in the treats and the surrounding decorations, whilst finding out about shape and pattern. Sheet 5 is a template for children to use to add their favourite treats!

10 pages showing animals for young children to colour in. Animals include a hedgehog, ladybird, unicorn, bear, giraffe and fish.

Make awards ceremonies extra special with this fun activity! Children can colour and cut out their own trophies, badges, and rosettes to celebrate their achievements. Whether it’s for academic accomplishments, good behaviour, sports day, effort, or special talents, this project adds a personal touch to any awards event. Let children take pride in their colourful creations and enjoy the moment of recognition in style! Teachers can also use the trophies, badges and rosettes as templates for making certificates or cards. There are 10 pages each showing 2 black and white templates. Page 11 offers a description of the resource.

This resource offers 26 engaging colouring sheets for EYFS and KS1 children, each representing a key concept or story from Christianity, from ‘A’ for Adam and Eve to ‘Z’ for Zacchaeus in the Sycamore Tree. Designed to complement RE lessons, these sheets help young learners understand Biblical stories and Christian values through interactive, creative activities. Ideal for classroom use or home learning, the colouring sheets reinforce educational content and support early literacy. They can be integrated into lesson plans, holiday projects, or Sunday Schools, providing a fun and educational way for children to explore Christianity.

This resource contains 5 worksheets linking work on Seasons, Autumn, Celebrations and Special days to Literacy. Sheet 1 A black and white labelling sheet where children overwrite the words connected to the Autumn themed pictures. Sheet 2 A black and white labelling sheet where children use the initial sounds of the words to help with spelling the words in full. Sheet 3 and 4 Colour versions of sheet 1 and 2 with colour Autumn themed pictures to label. Sheet 5 A fun Autumn colouring sheet where children can trace within outlines and be creative with their colour choices.

These activities help early years children develop skills such as colour recognition, reading, writing, and fine motor abilities through fun, hands-on tasks. Children can cut and match coloured circles, read words and draw or colour pictures, practice handwriting by tracing dotted colour words. They can also choose and represent their favourite colours and carry out a favourite colour survey. The suggested activities include colour-based games like Bingo, Colour Sorting, and Colour Picture Hunt, which encourage teamwork, observational skills, and set-making. Resources include a planning sheet showing activity ideas, instructions, skills and resources needed. There are 5 worksheets connected to the planning and 10 worksheets containing sets of colour pictures.