Halloween

Looking for a fun coding activity, for your kids or classroom? Try out our spooooky new tutorial called Costume Party, available for free for a limited time.  Get creative and make your own digital costume for Halloween. Use Tynker’s AI blocks and make something totally special — and totally you. This tutorial requires a webcam.  Maybe you’ll become a cute […]

It’s almost time for Halloween, so get into the scary season by learning the programming concepts needed to complete two eerie, frightening Halloween coding projects: Spider Spin and Spooky Brew. In Spider Spin, you’ll get creative with the pen and math magic to draw your own spider web. Meanwhile, you’ll learn key coding concepts such as functions, advanced motion, simple conditionals, simple […]

Celebrate and create with code!  Holidays are wonderful occasions for encouraging kids to create. From homemade greeting cards to Halloween costumes, kids who learn to create at a young age will more likely become lifelong makers instead of passive consumers. Check out the Halloween games kids have created using Tynker — kids who have participated in our introductory programming camps, […]

Get coding with our fun Halloween programming activities! Start with a set of 20 puzzles, a music video do-it-yourself project, or a trick-or-treat storytelling project. Play Scavenger Hunt Puzzles These puzzles feature the “ghouls” (girls) of Monster High, a high school for teenage monsters. Each student has something that makes them “strange,” but it’s this difference that makes them special. Solve coding puzzles […]

Looking for a unique way for your kids to collect candy (and avoid cavities) this year? We’ve got you covered with our Halloween coding tutorial! “Spooky Treats” is a fun, educational way to get kids into the Halloween spirit. With the guidance of the tutorial, they’ll learn to program Codey to collect candy while evading a spooky ghost. They can […]

Imagine their excitement as kids create or add to the story game we’ve started (take a look!), not to mention the fun they’ll have with their friends when they collaborate and play their creations together! With just a few lessons, students can create the projects below using fun “Spooky” graphics, characters and music from our newly updated Media Library. Check out this […]

For Halloween, your students can express their creative sides by making a fun Halloween coding game from one of our Halloween coding activity templates. They’ll follow step-by-step instructions to create a personalized Halloween-themed game that they can share with their parents and friends. We have tutorials for beginner, intermediate, advanced, and expert coders. Exciting Halloween Coding Activities to Try Out Jack-O-Lantern: […]

No tricks here, just a big treat! So many of the participants of our Summer Code Jam told us they wanted to keep the fun going throughout the year. Well, we heard you loud and clear! We’re excited to announce a special Tynker Halloween Code Jam, has begun! Available until November 1st, this Code Jam’s challenge is… Spooky Soundscape! Coders will […]

7 Spooky Halloween Coding Projects Made by Kids Happy Halloween from your friends at Tynker! We’ve seen tons of awesome Halloween-themed games, trick-or-treating storytelling projects, and spooky remixes published to the Tynker community this past week. Here are some of our favorites! Make sure you turn up your sound so you don’t miss the sound effects and scary music. 2 […]