Get your art students in the spooky spirit with this set of 25 Spooktacular Drawing Prompts! Each activity is designed for 5–10 minutes of sketching, making it perfect for warm-ups, early finishers, or a festive art day celebration.
From haunted thumbnails to monster mashups, potion bottles to foggy graveyards, these prompts balance fun seasonal themes with skill-building in line, texture, shape, and silhouette. The final Halloween Night “trick-or-treat POV” prompt makes October 31st extra exciting in the classroom.
25 drawing prompts (PDF format)
Blank October Calendar for Mini-Drawings (PDF)
Mix of skill-based exercises (line practice, gesture, texture) and imaginative themes (creature redesigns, spooky silhouettes, cozy vs creepy comparisons)
Quick, no-prep format – just post and go
✔ Middle school art classes
✔ October warm-ups or sub plans
✔ Building seasonal engagement without losing skill practice
Get your art students in the spooky spirit with this set of 25 Spooktacular Drawing Prompts! Each activity is designed for 5–10 minutes of sketching, making it perfect for warm-ups, early finishers, or a festive art day celebration.
From haunted thumbnails to monster mashups, potion bottles to foggy graveyards, these prompts balance fun seasonal themes with skill-building in line, texture, shape, and silhouette. The final Halloween Night “trick-or-treat POV” prompt makes October 31st extra exciting in the classroom.
25 drawing prompts (PDF format)
Blank October Calendar for Mini-Drawings (PDF)
Mix of skill-based exercises (line practice, gesture, texture) and imaginative themes (creature redesigns, spooky silhouettes, cozy vs creepy comparisons)
Quick, no-prep format – just post and go
✔ Middle school art classes
✔ October warm-ups or sub plans
✔ Building seasonal engagement without losing skill practice
