Get the Crowd Excited! Perfect Performance Ideas for Halloween at Daycare and Kindergarten
Here, we introduce Halloween activities you can enjoy with children! From Halloween dances to paper theater and panel theater, there are plenty of performances that kids can get excited about together.
Stories featuring ghosts and jack-o’-lanterns will have the children thrilled and delighted! By joining voices and moving their bodies, they can immerse themselves in a richly imaginative world.
These activities are perfect for nursery school birthday celebrations and Halloween parties, too.
Create special Halloween memories with the children that you can cherish together.
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Exciting! Perfect performance ideas for Halloween at daycare and kindergarten (1–10)
Guess the Pumpkin’s Weight Quiz
Let’s focus on weight! In everyday life, do you ever have chances to play games that focus only on weight? This time, in the spirit of Halloween, let’s join a game where you guess the weight of a pumpkin.
It could be a hit with a preschool class.
When hosting the game, it’s a good idea to place various objects with their weights labeled as hints.
From there, children may develop the ability to reason, like, “It’s heavier than ○○, so maybe it’s about this much!” For children who find writing numbers difficult, try having them write together with a teacher or guardian.
Perfect for Halloween! A World Ghost Quiz
When we think of ghosts and monsters in Japan, we picture things like the paper umbrella ghost (karakasa-obake) or ghosts with long hair wearing white clothes.
But in countries around the world, the most well-known ghosts and monsters can be quite different.
Take the opportunity of Halloween to learn the names of ghosts and monsters from various countries! You might even find some you already know.
At the end of the quiz, asking the kids how many they got right could really liven things up.
It’s a great chance to learn about the differences between Japan and the rest of the world!
Halloween Hand Game
This is a hand game played in pairs.
To the rhythm of an English song, you clap and press your palms together in various ways.
At the end, give your partner a high-five! It looks simple, but if children try it for the first time on Halloween day, many may feel unsure.
We recommend incorporating it into regular childcare activities leading up to Halloween.
It’s also a great way to get familiar with English.
Whether they nail it or their timing doesn’t quite match with their partner, it’s a party—so let’s put fun first and get everyone excited together!
Exciting! Perfect performance ideas for daycare and kindergarten Halloween events (11–20)
Glove Theater: The Greedy Little Ghost
If you want to enjoy Halloween with children, we recommend a guessing game where you match the contents of the refrigerator to the song “Kuishinbo Obake” (The Gluttonous Ghost).
A “glove theater,” where you stick ghosts and foods onto a glove, is fun too, but this video shows how to make a slightly larger and easier-to-use “fan theater.” This version is easier to make even if you’re not good at fine, detailed work.
Also, the “Kuishinbo Obake” song is super cute, making it a great theme even for kids who find ghosts scary.
Halloween Magic: “A Mountain of Candy Appears”
This is a magic trick perfect for Halloween where lots of candy comes out of an apparently empty tube.
In fact, there’s a simple gimmick: another tube is secretly attached behind the first one, and the candy is hidden inside it.
It’s a very famous trick, so it’s worth remembering.
You can also hide other things in the tube besides candy, such as flowers or toys.
As long as you prepare in advance, anyone can do this easy trick, making it perfect for entertainment.
Blacklight Performance
How about trying a performance using black lights? The colorful lights glowing in the dark are a perfect match for Halloween’s slightly dark vibe! You could decorate and display lights shaped like classic Halloween icons—jack-o’-lanterns, graveyards, black cats, and ghosts—or put on a puppet show or a dance under the black lights for an atmospheric and exciting effect.
The enchanting lighting, so different from the usual, is sure to captivate the kids!
A little ghost coming out of a box
Here’s an entertainment idea where you can enjoy a ghost popping out of a box.
When you place a ghost illustration inside the box, a three-dimensional ghost appears.
You can perform various tricks, such as making the ghost’s hands move or having it bring items.
Prepare a divider board and a puppet inside the box, and cut out a section on the back of the box.
From a position hidden from the audience, reach in and move the ghost freely.
Asking the children, “Where’s the ghost?” or having everyone call out to summon the ghost will get the crowd excited.
It’s a program that will build excitement for the Halloween event to come.
