Halloween Poems For Kids
Make Halloween Celebrations More Fun With Some Spooky, Halloween-themed Poems For Kids
October is here and Halloween is just around the corner. Kids will be busy planning their trick or treating costumes and counting the candies they’ll collect. This Halloween, add a poetic twist to the celebrations by teaching your little ones some Halloween poems for kids. So, instead of just screaming “Trick or treat” they can recite a cute little poem and wow the neighborhood.
Poems for kids are wonderful tools to boost a child’s literacy skills. Poems use word play, metaphors, imagery and other symbolic language to evoke the reader’s imagination and emotions. The rhyme and rhythm of poems and nursery rhymes are especially helpful in teaching young children how to read. As they listen to poems, they understand and learn about sounds and words, which also helps them learn to speak. These funny Halloween poems for kids will help children build a whole new vocabulary.
List Of Halloween Poems For Kids
- Flutter Flutter Little Bat
- I’m A Little Scarecrow
- Mystic Magination Night
- Witch, Witch
- Werewolf
- The Halloween Night
- The Witch
- Happy Halloween
- Trick Or Treat
- Three Little Ghosts
- Five Little Pumpkins
- Could Be Halloween
12 Spooky And Funny Halloween Poems For Kids
Turn your tiny tots into poets with this list of Halloween-themed poems for kids.
- Flutter Flutter Little Bat
- I’m A Little Scarecrow
- Mystic Magination Night
- Witch, Witch
- Werewolf
- The Halloween Night
- The Witch
- Happy Halloween
- Trick Or Treat
- Three Little Ghosts
- Five Little Pumpkins
- Could Be Halloween
By Leanne Guenther
Flutter, flutter little bat,
How I wonder where you’re at.
Swooping through the darkest night –
You find your way without a light.
Flutter, flutter little bat,
How I wonder where you’re at!
By Unknown
I’m a little scarecrow,
Raggedy and worn
I wear a hat,
And a shirt that’s torn
When the crows come,
I wave and shout,
“Away from my garden-get on out!”
By Patricia L. Cisco
On one mystic, magic night,
Jack O Lanterns glowing bright,
kids with bags of candy sweet,
roam door to door and street to street,
all dressed up for trick or treat!
Wizards with wands, pirates with hooks,
monsters and clowns with spooky looks,
kings and queens with capes and crowns,
a princess in her royal gown,
witches with warts and fairies with wings
movies stars with sparkling rings,
vampires with fangs that bite,
ghost that boo all dressed in white.
Imaginations taken flight,
on that one mystic, magic night.
Oh, the fun of Halloween,
be young or old or in between!
By Rose Fyleman
Witch, witch, where do you fly?
Under the clouds and over the sky.
Witch, witch, what do you eat?
Little black apples from Hurricane Street.
Witch, witch, what do you drink?
Vinegar and good red ink.
Witch, witch, where do you sleep?
Up in the clouds where the pillows are cheap.
By Paul Perro
The sun is going down,
It will be night time soon.
The werewolf will be coming out
And howling at the moon.
By Sandi VanderSluis/ Corky Ferguson
The Harvest moon fills the sky
A wicked witch goes flying by
Ghosts and goblins..skeleton’s too.
Moaning and groaning, waiting for you
Black cats prowl the graveyard plots
Witches cook in cauldron pots
Cemetery ghouls roam the ground
Not one unopened grave is found
Tombstones are an eerie sight
Shadows dance in full moon light
The haunted house on the hill
Walk in there and you get a chill
Jack-o-lanterns eyes so bright
Trick or Treaters scream in fright
It’s a time like you’ve never seen
Tonight’s the night of Halloween.
By Elizabeth F Guptill
A witch went forth last Halloween
The awfullest witch that was ever seen
She had an old broom on which there sat
A humpbacked, green eyed, cross old cat.
She had a dress of black with scarlet cloak,
A tall pointed hat. She spoke with a croak.
This story is true, for the witch was me.
I went to a Halloween party, you see!
By Unknown
It’s late and we are sleepy,
The air is cold and still.
Our jack-o-lantern grins at us
Upon the window sill.
We`re stuffed with cake and candy
And we`ve had a lot of fun,
But now it’s time to go to bed
And dream of all we’ve done.
We`ll dream of ghosts and goblins
And of witches that we`ve seen,
And we`ll dream of trick-or-treating
On this happy Halloween.
By Unknown
Trick or Treat! Trick or Treat!
Give me something good to eat.
Give me candy. Give me cake.
Give me something good to take.
By Unknown
Three little ghosts on Halloween night
Saw a witch and shrieked in fright
The witch just laughed and shouted, “Boo!”
One ghost ran home and then there were two.
Two little ghosts who shiver and shook
With every single step they took.
When the door opened wide
One little ghost said to the other…
I’m going home to stay with my mother.
One little ghost can’t have much fun,
so he ran home, and then there were none.
By Dan Yaccarino
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate
The first one said, “Oh my, it’s getting late”
The second one said, “There are witches in the air”
The third one said,”But we don’t care!”
The fourth one said, “Let’s run and run and run”
The fifth one said, “I’m ready for some fun!”
Wooooo, went the wind
And out went the light
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight!
By Unknown
Yowling, prowling, growling cat
Why do you switch your tail like that?
Why do your eyes flash gold and green?
Could be–must be–Halloween!
Slinky, inky, blinky cat,
Why do you arch your back like that?
What scary creatures have you seen?
Could be–must be- Halloween!
We hope you and your child had fun reciting these Halloween poems for kids. For more Halloween fun and learning, check out Halloween words and Halloween activity sheets. For more poems, worksheets and learning materials for kids, check our kids learning section.