Haunted House of Helpful Habits – Halloween Wellbeing Colouring and Discussion Activity

Haunted House of Helpful Habits – Printable Wellbeing Colouring and Discussion Activity

Explore a spooky haunted house and discover 10 helpful habits for looking after your mind and body! 

About This Resource

Welcome to the Haunted House of Helpful Habits! A fun, Halloween-themed activity designed to help children explore everyday habits that support their mental and physical wellbeing.

Around the haunted house are 10 friendly ghosts, each demonstrating a helpful habit. From getting enough sleep and moving our bodies to spending time with friends and practising mindfulness, children are challenged to explore the illustration and identify all 10 habits!

This activity combines colouring, observation and discussion, making it a fun and engaging way to introduce conversations about looking after our minds and bodies.

What's Included?

This two-page printable PDF includes:

• Haunted House Search-and-Find Activity: A detailed, black-and-white haunted house illustration featuring 10 hidden helpful habits for children to discover and colour.
• Discussion & Answer Guide: An illustrated guide identifying all 10 habits, with simple explanations of how each can support wellbeing.
• Discussion Questions: Six prompts to encourage children to reflect on their own habits, explore different ways of looking after themselves and consider what works for different people.
• Further Activity Ideas: Two additional activity ideas to extend the learning beyond the worksheet.

What Helpful Habits Will Children Discover?

There are 10 habits hidden around the haunted house:

1. Moving our bodies
2. Getting enough sleep
3. Doing something creative
4. Spending time outside
5. Practising mindfulness
6. Taking time to relax
7. Spending time with friends
8. Eating healthily
9. Talking about our feelings
10. Doing things we enjoy

Each habit is represented by a friendly ghost enjoying an everyday activity, giving children a visual way to explore the different things we can do to support our wellbeing.

How to Use This Resource

1. Explore the Haunted House! Give children a copy of the haunted house illustration and challenge them to find all 10 helpful habits. They can colour the picture, circle the habits they discover or simply point them out.

2. Discuss What They Find: Use the accompanying Discussion & Answer Guide to explore each habit and why it might be helpful. Children don't need to identify the habits using the exact wording in the guide. For example, they might say gardeninginstead of spending time outside, or feeling calm instead of practising mindfulness. The important part is recognising and exploring the activities.

3. Make It Personal: Encourage children to think about which habits they already practise, which ones they enjoy and whether there are any they'd like to try.

4. Extend the Learning: Invite children to design their own Haunted House of Helpful Habits, filling the rooms with activities that support their own wellbeing. Alternatively, encourage them to try different habits and discover what works best for them!

Features & Benefits

• Fun Halloween theme: Combines spooky illustrations with meaningful wellbeing learning.
• Search-and-find format: Encourages observation, curiosity and engagement.
• Creative and interactive: Children can colour, identify, discuss and reflect.
• Introduces 10 wellbeing habits: Explores a range of physical, emotional and social wellbeing activities.
• Encourages personal reflection: Helps children recognise the habits they already enjoy and discover new ones.
• Promotes discussion: Includes a ready-to-use guide with explanations and conversation prompts.
• Flexible and accessible: Suitable for individual activities, small groups or whole-class discussions.
• Low preparation: Simply download, print and explore!

What Skills Does This Resource Support?

This activity can help children develop:

• Awareness of everyday wellbeing habits
• Emotional literacy and self-awareness
• Understanding of physical and mental wellbeing
• Recognition of personal preferences and needs
• Communication and discussion skills
• Observation and attention to detail
• Reflection and decision-making

Perfect For

• Primary school PSHE lessons
• ELSA sessions
• Pastoral and nurture groups
• Mental health and wellbeing activities
• Halloween classroom activities
• One-to-one support sessions
• Home learning and family discussions

One of the most important messages behind this activity is that different things work for different people.

Some children might enjoy moving their bodies, while others prefer reading, being creative or spending time with friends. What helps us can also change depending on how we're feeling and what we need.

The Haunted House of Helpful Habits encourages children to explore these differences and discover that looking after our wellbeing can involve lots of different activities, big and small!