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Halloween Sudoku for Kids (free printable!)

October 19, 2020 by Meg 2 Comments

Need a no-prep Halloween activity to entertain your little goblins this Halloween? Challenge them to solve one of these free printable Halloween sudoku puzzles for kids!

Halloween is approaching, and my kids are getting excited! We’re doing all the pumpkin activities and listening to Monster Mash on repeat.

In the name of combining learning with fun fall festivities, I created this simple Halloween printable activity that my kids loved!

Are you familiar with sudoku? They are number puzzles that challenge puzzlers to fill in the blank squares of a partially filled grid so that each row, column, and section each have each number only once. It’s a fun logic puzzle and sometimes really challenging!

After my 8-year-old discovered the fun of sudokus in a children’s magazine we get, I thought…huh, I could totally make something like that.

So I took the basic concept of a picture-based sudoku and created a fun Halloween activity!

I gave them to my kids as a playful challenge one day while they ate their afternoon snack to kick off the Halloween season, and they dove right in! I was surprised at how well my six-year-old was able to reason through the logic of the puzzle…moral: don’t underestimate kids!

So many possible uses…

These puzzles would also be perfect for a class party, a fun homeschool activity, or to keep the kids entertained on Halloween day while they wait for the main festivities to begin.

Something for everyone…

There are several different versions of the puzzles, some easier for younger kids and some more challenging for older kids. My six- and eight-year-old boys were both able to figure them out without any help from me!

What we’re learning…

Not that every activity has to be educational, but isn’t it great when games can also serve a higher purpose? Sudoku helps kids develop the following valuable skills:

  • Recognizing patterns
  • Understanding logic
  • Counting
  • Sorting items
  • Developing fine motor skills (through drawing)

Want to print the Halloween sudoku puzzles?

Click HERE to get the free Halloween sudoku puzzles

Happy Halloween!

Need a no-prep Halloween activity to entertain your little goblins this Halloween? Challenge them to solve one of these free printable Halloween sudoku puzzles for kids!

WANT MORE HALLOWEEN FUN FOR KIDS?

Check out the Halloween Activity Bundle! It’s everything you need for festive family fun and super-simple party planning. Includes 12 different activities with more than 50 pages of fun!

Click the image below to download yours!

Or get inspired by one of these Halloween ideas…

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  • DIY Halloween Slime Kit
  • Silly Jack-o-lantern felt board

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  1. Andrea

    October 30, 2020 at 2:38 pm

    Hi Megan! Andrea from the yurt here. 🙂 I was online looking for fun halloween sudokus for my son and found these! They are perfect and just what I was looking for! So fun to discover that I found them on your site. Thank you! I’ll be checking out your site for more fun things to do!

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    • Meg

      November 2, 2020 at 9:03 pm

      I’m so glad you found me here, and I hope you guys enjoyed the sudokus!

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