A Halloween cartoon is the easiest treat you can give a class: ten minutes of pumpkins, witches and friendly ghosts, and the new words stick without anyone noticing. Here are 62 Halloween episodes, specials and films for children – sorted by age, so you can pick one that is fun rather than frightening.
Almost every cartoon plays right on this page. Below the list you will find tips for using a cartoon in an English lesson and the cartoons that come with tasks on English Task.
🎈 For the little ones (ages 2–5)
Gentle Halloween stories – costumes, pumpkins and friendly ghosts, nothing really scary.
Peppa Pig: Peppa’s Pumpkin PartyPractise: 8 Pumpkin Party tasks →
Peppa Pig: Pumpkin Competition
Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom: Mrs Witch
Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom: Which Witch
Max & Ruby: Halloween House and Max’s Trick or Treat
Max & Ruby: Perfect Pumpkin and Max’s Jack-o’-Lantern
Toopy and Binoo: Toopy’s Halloween
Little Bear: Goblin Night
Booba: HalloweenNo words at all – children tell the story themselves.
Caillou: Halloween episodes
Clifford the Big Red Dog: Boo!
Winnie the Pooh: Boo to You Too!
Laura’s Star: Halloween
Super Why! The Ghost Who Was Afraid of Halloween
Sofia the First: The Little Witch
Angelina Ballerina: Henry’s Halloween
Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest
Richard Scarry: The First Halloween Ever
📚 Picture books on screen
Stories children may already know from the page – great for reading and watching side by side.
Room on the BroomJulia Donaldson’s story of a kind witch and her friends.Practise: 10 book companion tasks →
Winnie the WitchAn animated read-aloud of the picture book.Practise: worksheets and listening tests →
Meg and Mog
Lumpkin the Pumpkin
Raggedy Ann and Andy: The Pumpkin Who Couldn’t Smile
Franklin: Franklin’s Pumpkin
Franklin and Friends: It’s Halloween, Franklin!
The Berenstain Bears: Trick or TreatPractise: Berenstain Bears worksheets →
The Berenstain Bears: The Prize Pumpkin
Little Witch
🎒 For primary school (ages 6–10)
A little spookier, a little funnier – and a science lesson in a haunted house.
The Magic School Bus: In the Haunted HouseA science episode about sound.
Madeline: The Haunted Castle
Madeline’s Halloween
Horrid Henry: Trick or Treat
Horrid Henry’s Haunted House
Little Dracula: Little D’s Halloween
Witches in Stitches
The Haunted Pumpkin of Sleepy Hollow
📺 Classic Halloween TV specials
The cartoons parents grew up with – nice for a family evening or a whole-school screening.
Garfield’s Halloween Adventure
Halloween Is Grinch Night
Casper’s Halloween Special
Bugs Bunny’s Howl-oween Special
Looney Tunes: Happy Hare-lloween
Donald Duck: Trick or Treat
Chip ’n’ Dale: A Nutty Halloween
Bobby’s World: Night of the Living Pumpkin
The Smurfs: All Hallows’ Eve
🦇 For older kids and teens (10+)
Faster dialogue and real jokes – good listening practice for A2–B1 students.
Over the Garden Wall: Tome of the Unknown
Life with Louie: Louie’s Harrowing HalloweenPractise: Life with Louie listening (B2) →
Brandy & Mr. Whiskers: The Curse of the Vampire Bat
SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween Spooktacular
🎬 Halloween films for a family night
Full-length films – too long for a lesson, just right for a Halloween evening at home or a school movie night.
Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween Movie2005A gentle first “scary” film for the youngest.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit2005A clay-animation mystery with very British humour.
Coraline2009Beautiful but genuinely creepy – best for 9+.
Hotel Transylvania2012Dracula runs a hotel for monsters – lots of laughs.
Spookley the Square Pumpkin2004A short film about being different, perfect for little ones.
Monsters, Inc.2001Monsters who are scared of children.
James and the Giant Peach1996Roald Dahl’s story, partly in stop-motion.
Monster Family2017A family turned into monsters on the night of a costume party.
Dear Dracula2012A boy writes his letter to Dracula instead of Santa.
🔎 Not on YouTube, but worth finding
- It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. The 1966 Peanuts classic – look for it on streaming services.
- Doug’s Halloween Adventure. Only short clips are on YouTube.
- Mickey’s House of Villains. Disney villains take over the House of Mouse on Halloween night.
💡 How to use a Halloween cartoon in an English lesson
Five steps that turn “let’s watch a cartoon” into a real lesson.
- Keep it shortFor young learners 5–10 minutes of video is plenty. Stop at a natural break and keep the rest for next time.
- Give them the words firstPre-teach five or six words with pictures – pumpkin, costume, witch, ghost, trick or treat. The Halloween words page has pictures and sound.
- Watch once for funNo questions yet. Afterwards ask just two: who was in it, and what happened?
- Watch again with pausesPause at key moments: “What is she wearing? What will happen next?” Children answer with the words they learnt.
- Do something with itRetell the story in pictures, act out one scene, or draw a favourite moment and label it. Older students can write a short review.
📝 Watch, then practise on English Task
- Peppa Pig’s Pumpkin Party – 8 listening and speaking tasks on the episode
- Room on the Broom – a book companion with 10 activities
- Pete the Cat: Happy Halloween – watch the story and answer 15 questions
- Winnie the Witch – worksheets and 9 Flyers listening tests
- Arthur – a worksheet on Arthur’s Halloween
- The Berenstain Bears – worksheets and Flyers listening tests
- Halloween games – 22 online games and two ready-made lessons