Halloween Countdown Bucket List

ByMelissa Riker
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Get ready to count down to Halloween with this printable Halloween bucket list full of fun family-friendly activities!

halloween bucket list

Can you believe tomorrow it’s October? The countdown to Halloween can begin!

It’s no secret I love Halloween and celebrating all month leading up to it!

This year, I created an October bucket list of 31 Halloween countdown activities perfect for families and a free printable Halloween Bucket list to help you keep track of all the fun ideas. (Scroll to the bottom of the blog post to print the list.)

You don’t have to do these in any particular order (except for #31!) it’s fun to cross them off as the month goes on and the kids LOVE it!

  1. Have a pumpkin carving contest
  2. Make caramel apples
  3. “Boo” a neighbor by leaving an anonymous gift on their front porch
  4. Make handprint bats
  5. Visit a pumpkin patch
  6. Go to a corn maze
  7. Take a hay ride
  8. Bake pumpkin seeds
  9. Jump in leaf piles
  10. Drink apple cider (or apple sangria for the grownups!)
  11. Collect autumn leaves
  12. Bake an apple pie
  13. Have a scavenger hunt
  14. Make leaf rubbings or other Halloween crafts
  15. Take an evening walk to admire neighborhood jack o’lanterns
  16. Put up Halloween decorations like fake cobwebs
  17. Light a fall scented candle
  18. Make coffee filter pumpkins
  19. Have an autumn photo shoot
  20. Create a spooky mantel
  21. Have a spooky movie night
  22. Attend a trunk-or-treat
  23. Participate in a Halloween costume parade
  24. Roast marshmallows
  25. Have a bonfire
  26. Eat candy corn or make Halloween snack mix
  27. Fly a kite
  28. Bob for apples
  29. Have a tailgate picnic
  30. Make a pumpkin pie
  31. Trick or treat!

To print your own pdf of this Halloween bucket list, click here. Halloween Countdown Bucket list.

Update 2024: I made this bucket list 11 years ago when my children ranged in age from 2-6 so this list is obviously geared towards Halloween fun for younger children. If yours are a little older you could switch out some of the activities for things like visiting a haunted house, do the thriller dance, sharing ghost stories, or watching horror movies instead of a more tame Halloween movie like It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (our favorite back in the day!).

You might also like to check out this You’ve Been BOOzed grownup Halloween gift, mummy truffles, Halloween snack mix, and these Halloween Strawberry Zombies!

Melissa Riker is a recipe developer and online content creator who has been sharing kitchen-tested recipes since 2011. Her passion (other than wine and cheese!) is creating reliable, no-fail recipes for home cooks.

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  1. Surely awesome stuff you have shared with your audience… I am a travel blog and follow some specifics. By the way keep working like this

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  3. Awesome list. I’ve been trying to come up with things for my kids and I to do in those long evening hours when Hubby’s out of town. It seems they stretch on forever and bedtime will never come. I’ll be using some of your ideas to help distract them (and me!) from turning on the whine before it’s time to calm down and go to bed. Thanks a ton! Came over via I Heart Naptime.

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  9. Oh I love this! I’m going to print it out for my daughter and me 🙂 So many fun things!!!

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  11. I love this bucket list! I’m going to print this one off and save it for years to come! I’m glad to say I’ve already tackled a few of the items on the list!

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    1. Thanks Courtenay! I’m so excited fall has finally arrived down here in NC, it was actually chilly this morning!

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