Halloween Chemistry Ideas

Discover goos, brews, potions, and other concoctions that you can whip up at home to get you and your kids in the mood for Halloween!

This post was originally published in 2014, updated with new graphics and links.

1. Open-Ended Potion Making

You don’t need much for potion making – just a few containers (fancy containers work best), food coloring, vinegar, baking soda, and imagination. My daughter went wild making potions of her choice.

2. Accessorize Your Potions

Adding Halloween accessories (think Dollar store!) will make your potions appropriately spooky. Little Bins for Little Hands packs a lot of Halloween science fun in this guest post for B-Inspired Mama

3. Make Spooky Eruptions

Good old vinegar and baking soda again, but Blog Me Mom upgraded a “spookiness factor” by adding themed containers and black tempera paint to her spooky Halloween eruptions.

4. A “Must Have” Halloween Potion

Growing a Jeweled Rose is a queen of glow play. The “magic ingredient” in most of her mixtures is glow water, which looks amazing but surprisingly easy to make.

5.Glowing Goop

Also from Growing a Jeweled Rose comes an extension of glow water – a mysterious goblin goop – perfect for Halloween!

6. Glow in the Dark Playdough

Regular play dough is too boring? Enchant your kids by this glow in the dark homemade playdough version from Sun Hats and Wellie Boots.

7. Make Use of Pumpkin Guts

Don’t throw out pumpkin guts! Make a pumpkin slime instead using this pumpkin slime recipe from Learn Play Imagine.

8. Pumpkin Oobleck

Another recipe for pumpkin guts comes from Inspiration Laboratories. This time they are mixed with water and cornstarch to make pleasantly smelling pumpkin oobleck.

9. Pumpkin Puffy Paint

There is something magical in microwaveable puffy paint. Fun At Home With Kids shares a perfect fall scented puffy paint recipe for pumpkin and apple puffy paints.

10. Gross Jell-O Play

Gross out your kids or party guests with this jelly messy play from Nurture Store.

11. Dry Ice Magic

Dry ice bubbles create a proper atmosphere and infinitely fascinating for scientists big and small. This activity from Not Just Cute is definitely on our list of things to do!

12. Fake Blood

Do not limit yourself to red paint! Steve Spangler Science offers proper fake blood recipes and discusses the differences between them. Let it flow!

13. GROSS EDIBLE BLOOD WORMS

This jell-o blood worms from The Idea Room will be a cool addition to a Halloween party or to sensory play. Don’t they look disgustingly real? I am still undecided whether I want to try them or not!

Your Turn

Do you have a favorite Halloween concoction– edible or not? Share yours here or on my Facebook page.

More Halloween Fun?

Spooky Footprint Haunted House Craft from Play Dough & Popsicles

Halloween Number Game from Adventures of Adam

Halloween Tree | A Fall Nature Craft for Kids from FrogMom

Halloween Movies Not Scary from iGameMom

Monster Learning Activities for Halloween from Books and Giggles

Halloween Board Books from The Jenny Evolution

Halloween Read and Play from My Storytime Corner

Free Tarantula and Spider Do-a-Dot Printables from Living Montessori Now

Halloween Preschool Printables from Living life and learning

Gross and Jiggly Halloween Jello Worms: A STEM Activity for Kids from Schooling a Monkey

Gruesome Nibbles from Tales of Education at Home

Halloween Phonics Worksheet -Color by Letter from Mrs. Karle's Sight and Sound Reading

Pumpkin fairy house from The Usual Mayhem

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