Fun October Writing Activity and Craft
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October can be a tough time in the school year. The honeymoon period has worn off and towards the end of the month students get excited about Halloween. Here’s a fun October writing activity and craft to help you enjoy the month! This craftivity is a cute classroom bulletin board or hallway display. Here’s how to make the most of this fun activity to practice clothing, colors, and descriptions with your novice students!
How To Use This Craft as Fun October Writing Activity and Craft
To use this cute skeleton craft, you will first print the templates. You can just pick one, or copy all 12 templates to give your students choice! You can do the page with the skeleton and the writing, or do the full page templates and have your students cut them out when they’re done to make a bigger display. Then, your students can color the skeletons to create their little paper friend. Next, they write a short description of their skeleton. Set the expectations based on the language they’ve learned so far in the school year. You might include personality, physical descriptions, clothing, and the colors they are wearing – all great options!
Why Skeletons?
In October, skeletons are everywhere! It’s fun to bring a little of the seasonal spirit into your classroom, but I always found it important to stay on track with the curriculum and pacing guide. Incorporating skills like clothing vocabulary, adjectives, and colors while doing a fun project like this one is a great way to get two birds with one stone.
This October Writing Activity and Craft can be used in many levels since you can tweak the writing for a little bit of differentiation. If you’d like to use this activity to bring a little of the spooky season into your classroom, you can grab it in my shop!
Extend the Fun with a Skeleton Fashion Show
Ready to take this Fun October Writing Activity and Craft to the next level? Turn your classroom into a mini catwalk with a Skeleton Fashion Show. After students finish writing about their skeletons, give them the chance to present their creations in front of the class. They can describe their skeleton’s outfit using their Spanish vocabulary like colors, clothing items, and even a little flair such as Mi esqueleto lleva una chaqueta fabulosa
You’ll be amazed at how confident your students become when they get to share something they created themselves. Plus, it feels more like a party than a presentation and it sneaks in a speaking opportunity without the stress. Bonus idea: have students vote on the Most Colorful Skeleton, Best Personality, or Spookiest Outfit and award fun titles or little prizes
This quick twist gives students a real reason to care about their writing. It also reinforces vocabulary and adjective agreement in a way that sticks.
Add Meaning with a DÃa de los Muertos Connection
Want to sprinkle in even more magic and meaning this October? Use this skeleton writing activity as a launchpad to introduce your students to DÃa de los Muertos. While the craft is perfect for Halloween vibes, it also gives you a fun and easy way to explore how skeletons show up in other cultures too
You can show a short video, use a simple infographic in Spanish, or just have a short class chat to highlight how skeletons are playful and celebratory in this tradition. It’s an awesome way to connect language learning to cultural understanding without piling on extra work. Students can even write a few extra lines imagining what their skeleton might do during DÃa de los Muertos like dancing, playing music, or enjoying pan de muerto
Tiny tweaks like these keep your lesson plans fresh and your students excited to learn and create.
Wrap It All Up with Smiles and Spanish
Teaching during October doesn’t have to be a spooky struggle. With this skeleton craft, you’re adding color, personality, and purposeful practice to your classroom. So go ahead, print those templates, grab some markers, and let the skeleton fun begin
Ready to make this your easiest and most entertaining October lesson yet? You can grab the full activity in my shop and bring the perfect mix of structure and silliness into your Spanish class today.
