Not so scary virtual social distance Halloween ideas for you!

Maybe you’re in a classroom, homeschool, virtual or distance learning when Halloween comes around this year….how to celebrate Halloween virtual or have a social distance Halloween.

Holidays and celebrations are cornerstones of the year in the classroom or at home. They give students something to look forward to.

Social distance or virtual Halloween student ideas are not too tough as this holiday usually has wearing masks involved anyway!

If you love these ideas to keep students engaged you HAVE to grab this student engagement calendar with TONS more at your fingertips!

What are some virtual Halloween celebration ideas for social distancing?

Halloween game ideas don’t have to be virtual to be boring.

Virtual Pumpkin Carving Classroom Activity

A fun social distance Halloween idea or game is carving virtual pumpkins.

This website works on desktops (not mobile devices!)

Some ways to use it in school are:

• carve book characters
• make symbols or puzzles for class
• carve math problems for a fun Halloween review
• carve shapes, letters, or numbers for young learners!

I love that this virtual Halloween class game can be turned from light to dark at the click of a button – a fun touch! (and WAY less messy)

Student social distance Halloween party ideas to get moving

Virtual Halloween Brain breaks can be done in class – social distanced or via computer class meeting.

This Halloween brain break video list has great easy options at the click of a button!

Virtual Halloween Escape Rooms

A Virtual distance learning Halloween escape room is perfect for students.

This student Halloween idea is great for upper elementary and requires clicking and solving puzzles to “unlock” all the clues!

A twist on this virtual Halloween escape room would be working in breakout rooms, solving together as a class or designing your own!

Distance Learning Virtual Halloween Costume Contest

Come up with some fun costume categories together for a virtual Halloween costume contest.

Come to class for this social distanced Halloween idea and vote together for awards!

Don’t forget to set a fun Zoom background to accompany your costume contest – that can be an award itself!

I once dressed up as “Smarty Pants” and literally taped smarties to my pants for a last minute Halloween costume.

I LOVE this list of fun Halloween costume puns that would be great for students to guess!

Social Distance Halloween Games and Ideas

What if you are in school what are some fun ways to keep socially distant and still celebrate Halloween?

A couple options for social distance Halloween are:

• do a drive through trunk or treat.

Keep cars spaced out and still connect with teachers and staff while celebrating.

• at home or school do a candy hunt by flashlight. Wear costumes with masks and use flashlights to hunt for candy.

the Flashlights are $1 and perfect to use ALL. YEAR. This was always my beginning of the year gift!

Hiding candy in specific places where they won’t be getting too close to each other is a great option.

Surprising virtual Halloween Game

Cake or No Cake is fun and probably not one your students have heard of before.

Really just a quiz with pictures and students decide if the picture is of cake or is actually the object.

This Cake or No Cake Quiz is easy to screen share and do distance learning Halloween or in person on a Smartboard.