🎃 Haunted Maze and Pixel Pumpkin: Screen-Free Halloween Fun for Kids
👻 Looking for a fun, screen-free Halloween activity? Moms, grab your graph paper journals and pencils, because today we’re creating spooky pixel pumpkins, a haunted maze, and even a haunted house drawing that your kids will love!
These activities are quick to set up, fun for kids of all ages, and a great way to spend creative time together this October.
🎃 Pixel Pumpkin Drawing
This is an easy way to create a jack-o-lantern face using graph paper squares.
Pixel pumpkin drawing on graph paper for Halloween kids activity
Activity 1: Pixel Art Pumpkin
- Step 1. Get your supplies
- Graph paper (journal or printable)
- Pencils / crayons (orange, black, green)
- Step 2. Draw the outline
- Mark a square block about 6–7 rows wide on your graph paper.
- Fill it in with orange squares to form the pumpkin shape.
- Step 3. Add the stem
- Color a small column of green squares above the pumpkin.
- Step 4. Add spooky details
- Fill in black squares for triangle eyes.
- Draw a triangle nose in the middle.
- Create a jack-o-lantern smile at the bottom.
- Step 5. Show it off
- Share your pixel pumpkin with family.
- Try different designs: scary face, silly face, or happy pumpkin.
🎃 Mom tip: Kids love making multiple pumpkins with different faces — scary, silly, or happy!
👻 Haunted Maze Challenge
Turn a simple grid into a spooky maze your kids can solve.
🎃 Once your kids finish solving the maze, let the fun continue! Invite them to decorate the ending with spooky surprises — draw silly ghosts peeking out of windows, bats flying across the grid, or cobwebs tangled in the corners. The maze isn’t just about escaping — it’s about making the spookiest, funniest, most creative haunted maze your family can imagine. 👻🦇🕸
- Draw a simple maze outline with pathways and dead ends.
- Add ghosts, bats, or cobwebs to the tricky spots.
- Challenge your kids (or yourself!) to escape the haunted maze.
👩👧 Mom tip: Let each child design their own maze — they’ll surprise you with how creative they can get!
🏚 Haunted House Line Drawing
Haunted house outline on graph paper for kids Halloween activity.
🎃 Mom Tip: This isn’t about being “perfect.” The more silly and spooky your haunted house looks, the more fun kids will have. Encourage them to “break the rules” and add their own scary details.
- Step 1. Gather supplies
Graph paper (or your graph paper journal)
Pencil + eraser
Optional: crayons or markers for coloringStep 2. Start with the base
Draw a big square or rectangle for the bottom of your house.
This is the “walls” where the spooky fun begins.Step 3. Add the roof
Connect the top with a triangle shape for the roof.
Tip: Let your kids choose how “pointy” or “crooked” it looks — the wonkier, the spookier!Step 4. Add doors & windows
Draw a rectangle door in the middle.
Add a few square windows — then let kids make them round, cracked, or even boarded-up.Step 5. Make it haunted
Add a tall tower or a crooked roof line.
Let your kids draw ghosts peeking out of windows, bats flying above, or cobwebs hanging in corners.
Color it in together — black roof, orange windows, green vines… whatever feels spooky!
🎃 Download our free Halloween activity pack (mazes + pixel pumpkin + haunted house template)
🖊 Or grab one of our Graph Paper Journals — perfect for year-round family creativity.