Throw a PBS KIDS Halloween Party!
Get together with family and friends dressed as your favorite PBS KIDS characters and celebrate Halloween with a party. Make haunting decorations, bake terrifying treats, and scare your guests with spooky party favors!
Party Plan
Make this year’s Halloween party a huge hit — if you dare! Follow the steps below to get ideas for fang-tastic activities, spooky decorations, and boo-licious recipes to delight and mystify your guests. Get your family ready fast with easy no-sew costumes and quick favor ideas.
Party Planning Timeline
4 weeks before the party: Send invitations
3 weeks before the party: Begin collecting materials to make decorations and favors, especially for projects using recyclable materials.
2 weeks before the party: Make costumes!
1 week before the party: Prep your menu and make decorations. Confirm RSVPs.
The day before the party: Decorate and make spooky treats.
The day of the party: Finish decorating and help your child into their costume! Wait to set out food until just before the guests arrive. We suggest the following order of activities to help the day go smoothly.
Check Out the Halloween Costumes!
15 minutes minutes
As guests arrive, ask them about their costumes and have them strike a pose for your Halloween party photo album that you can share with guests digitally after the party.
Leave Fears at the Door
15 minutes minutes
Invite your guests to write down or draw pictures representing what they are afraid of and how they overcome their fears. Then, hang up the ghosts as a community decoration.
Play a Ghoulish Game
30 minutes minutes
Have each guest roll a dice to select different types of eyes, noses and mouths for a giant Jack-O’-Lantern on a wall or for their own individual Jack-O’-Lanterns.
Take a Spooky Snack Break
30 minutes minutes
Pumpkin Smoothie and other spooky treats Take a snack break to enjoy pumpkin smoothies, oatmeal spice muffins, and other party treats.
Explore a Monster Swamp Sensory Bin
30 minutes minutes
After snack and few minutes of chill time and bathroom breaks, invite your guests to check out a monster swamp sensory bin filled with green spaghetti, grapes, icy hands, and other gross goodies.
Wrap It Up
5 minutes minutes
Say good-bye to your guests with a boo-tiful bat treat holder filled with Halloween goodies.
Halloween Costume Ideas
Get a costume together in minutes with these easy, no-sew ideas of your favorite PBS KIDS characters.
Halloween Party Decorations
Get your home Halloween party ready with ghost, spider, bat, and pumpkin decorations. You can also make
a special jack-o-lantern with one of our Pumpkin Carving Templates.
Halloween Party Snacks
Make some fun and tasty treats for your guests with these fall and Halloween-inspired recipes.
Halloween Party Activities
Try these Halloween party activities — if you dare!
Halloween Party Favors
Make the day memorable with favors for your guests to take home and enjoy.