Encourage creativity with natural materials by asking students to build their own skeleton or monster using sticks, leaves, and stones. They can design individually or in pairs, then describe their creation using adjectives or write a spooky backstory.

💀 Curriculum link: Art & Design, Literacy (Descriptive Writing)

You can extend the activity by measuring limb lengths, counting bones, or mapping where each skeleton lies in your outdoor space.

For a little magical science, invite your class to mix their own nature potions. Using natural ingredients like petals, leaves, mud, and water, they can experiment with colour, scent, and texture. Provide simple containers (like jars or cups) and let imagination run wild.

👻 Add a literacy twist by having them write a recipe for their potion or describe its powers using rich vocabulary.

Download our Potion Making Instructions Lesson.

Turn your outdoor space into a creative playground with our This Is Not a Stick lesson. Using sticks as inspiration, children use their imagination to transform them into Halloween-themed objects — magic wands, broomsticks, skeleton bones, or spooky characters.

🪄 Try it here: Creative Writing: This Is Not a Stick

Once their idea is ready, they can write a short descriptive piece or story, focusing on how their object comes to life in the Halloween world. This simple but powerful activity builds creativity, imagination, and language skills outdoors.

Bring a Halloween twist to your outdoor maths lessons with the Pumpkin Math Project. Students estimate, measure, and record pumpkin weights, circumferences, and seeds — all while developing real-world numeracy skills.

🎃 Try it here: Pumpkin Math Project – Halloween Math Activity

This is a great way to link maths and science through investigation, teamwork, and a bit of messy fun! Just remember to find a farmer to donate the left-over pumpkins to after the activity!