🎃 Halloween projects

🎃 Halloween is on Saturday, 31 October 2026. Get making!

3 projects for age 9 · page 1 of 1

Projects

Ages 6–11⏱ 40 min

Secret Spell Scroll

Children invent a symbol code, write a hidden spell in white wax crayon and reveal it with watery paint. They learn how a substitution cipher works and why wax resists water, so the paint only soaks into the bare paper.

Art & DesignCoding & Puzzles

Ages 4–9⏱ 30 min

Glowing Jack-o'-Lantern Jar

Turns an empty jam jar into a pumpkin lantern and shows the difference between translucent materials, which let light glow through, and opaque ones, which block it and make the face shapes.

Junk ModelArt & Design

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Ages 7–12⏱ 60 min

Ghost Story Stop-Motion

Moving a model ghost a tiny bit between each photo and then playing the photos quickly creates the illusion of movement, the same trick used in animated films. Children plan a short story, practise patience and learn how frames per second work.

Art & DesignStop-Motion & Film