As Halloween approaches, most people start thinking about candy, costumes, and decorations, but there’s no need to limit the fun to offline activities. Plenty of websites offer a wide range of Halloween fun, and these thirteen sites have an interesting variety of activities sure to get you into the Halloween spirit. Some are kid-friendly sites, while others are too intense for children or the squeamish.
AdoptAFright lets you “adopt” frightful images to add to your own website. Vamprilla and Burny are just two of the choices.
Caverns of Blood is a fantastic site with a lot to offer! For starters, play the Spirit Game and see how far you can hit the pumpkin. It’s not easy! Next, play the Caverns of Blood game or take some of the horror trivia quizzes. After that, punch out a (virtual) birthday clown or smiley face and then read some selections from the nightmare and dream archive. You won’t run out of things to do!
Eternal Nights Desktop Wallpaper Gallery has some terrific Halloween wallpapers for your desktop. Check out the violet skulls and the 3D skull on red.
Are you trying to choose some movies to watch this Halloween? Fearful Films gives some great ideas, with a few TV shows and specials thrown in. Most of the recommendations are available for purchase from the site.
Fontenstein is an online collection of spooky downloadable fonts, arranged alphabetically. Click “B” for some of the best, including Buffied and Burton’s Nightmare. The collection also includes a few dingbats.
Check out Halloween Card Shop for some free e-cards. There’s a good one to send someone who likes clowns–from someone who doesn’t.
Halloween Collectables highlights creepy toys and games, many of which you might remember from the past. You won’t be able to purchase them directly from the site, but some of the items include a source.
Halloween Movies is the official site of Michael Myers. If you don’t know who that is, where have you been? This site has interviews, wallpapers, midi files, fonts, and much more.
Halloween Online Magazine has an informative article about the origins of Halloween. After reading the article, take a look around the rest of the site.
You don’t have to wait for Halloween! Stream some spooky music year-round at Halloweenradio.net.
These free kid-friendly Halloween calendar templates from Holiday Printable Templates are PDF downloads. Since there are no dates printed on the calendars, you can use them any year.
The haunted house at Jan’s Courtyard will get you into the Halloween spirit as you look for Jan’s Uncle Mortis.
The Kidz Page has lots of Halloween games for kids. Scroll to the bottom of this page to find a Halloween wallpaper available in three sizes. Several pages of clipart and both online and printable coloring pages round out the offerings.
Don’t forget that although some of these sites are intended for kids, most of them are not appropriate for children.