Halloween Activity Book for Kids: Make & Play, 80 Printable Puzzles, Paper Crafts, Ages 8-12

Make & Play! Halloween Hullabaloo: Puzzles, Games & Paper Crafts, by Brian William Skelton.

Big giggles, small spooks! A ghost with hiccups, a pumpkin missing a sock and a very well-dressed bat throw a Halloween party packed with 92 puzzles and activities. Solve crosswords, tackle Sudoku, follow maze paths, crack silly secret messages and spot the changes in picture puzzles. Then invent a goofy ghost, draw a pumpkin comic and build playful paper projects. Made for ages 8–12, for Halloween week, class parties, rainy days and homeschool. Friendly and silly, never scary.

WHAT YOU GET
• 80 original puzzles: 12 crosswords, 14 word searches, 16 Sudoku, 10 mazes, 10 secret codes, 8 logic and pattern puzzles, 6 picture puzzles and 4 picture-logic grids
• 6 drawing and design activities, including a four-panel missing-sock comic
• 6 paper crafts with step-by-step instructions and printable templates: bookmarks, a pumpkin finger puppet, a stand-up ghost cafe, a paper-chain party ghost, a peekaboo balloon card and a fold-and-giggle game
• A full answer key
• One 124-page printable PDF, US Letter size (8.5 × 11 in), single-sided with no blank pages

Puzzles go from gentle warm-ups to trickier challenges, so kids can start easy and build up.

HOW IT WORKS
This is a digital download. Nothing will be shipped. After purchase, download the PDF from your Etsy account and print at home or at a print shop. Print a craft template again whenever you want another bookmark or puppet, and a fresh puzzle page for every player.

Paper crafts need scissors, glue and paper; cardstock makes sturdier crafts. Adult help with cutting is recommended.

HOW IT WAS MADE
Created with the help of AI tools from the author's original ideas and prompts, then reviewed, refined and arranged by Skelton Publishing. The Halloween characters and scenes are make-believe.

PRINTING RIGHTS
You may print as many copies as you need for your own family, or for the students in your own classroom. Please do not resell, share, or post this file.

© 2026 Brian William Skelton. Published by Skelton Publishing.