Top 10 Favorite Printable Halloween Piano Games
It’s September!! Which means most of us piano teachers are back in the swing of things, teaching out hearts out, and looking ahead at pumpkin season! While it doesn’t quite feel like fall yet where I live, I am definitely in a fall state of mind. 
While I try to do the majority of my planning during the summer, I am always looking for ways to *pumpkin* spice up my lessons (I had to do it 
) and there are SO many activities for the fall semester to add into lessons or at-home practice – including Halloween piano games!
If it’s piano related – it is probably safe to say I am going to love it and I love me some Halloween piano games!! 
And if you love printable games, you’re in the right place!
Top 10 Printable Halloween Piano Games
No tricks today – only treats! Today I am sharing with you all of my favorite printable Halloween piano games that you can use the entire month of October (or earlier if you want.
) Seasonal themed games are always some of my student’s favorites and they love getting to see our Cascade friends dressed up for each season!
I had one last vampire pun to share with you, but it sucks. 
But your piano lessons won’t!! 
Okay, I’m done. Let’s dive into these Halloween piano games shall we?
Hey Siri, can you play ‘Creepy Crawly Spiders’ for some background music 
This simple halloween themed board game will be a hit in your studio this fall! Two boards are included (treble and bass). Adapt the game to your student’s needs, whether they are just starting to read, or if they already have some experience!
Different Ways To Play :
- Name the type of note: If it’s a line or space
- Say if the note is high or low on the staff
- Name the note
- Name and play the note on the piano
- More advanced: whatever number was on the dice, student plays that interval off the note (above or below). Example: If they rolled a 3, student will play a 3rd up or down from the note they land on.
- Regular rhythm flashcards
- Sorting game
- Matching game
- Memory
- War
- Multiple Rhythm bars
- Composition opportunity
*This is a game I’ve made for in-person lessons!*
There’s a rhythm dice included, that you can cut up, and tape/glue together. However, I would personally buy a dollar store dice that has whiteboard circles on it, where you could manually draw out the rhythm you want to reinforce. Up to you
I also added a rhythm wheel or some little cards you can print double sided. It truly depends on the amount of time you have to laminate and cut! But at least you have options! If you don’t have any time, you can always download this Rhythm Potions Boom Card and use this as the “dice!”
This board can also serve to reinforce other concepts other than rhythm. If you have young beginners learning their finger numbers, you can use these “Piano Hand Cards” and move forward on the board according to the finger number the kids pull.
However, if you’re looking for LOW-PREP!?!?! Check out the Boom Deck below, that you can use with it, and never have to cut out any little cards!
Looking for a cute Halloween-Themed printable game for your beginner piano students!? Then look no further than this Pumpkin Keys game! Students will move their pawn on the board and name the piano key they land on! This is the perfect way to reinforce keyboard geography in your piano studio!
How to Play :
- Put the pawns on the Peanut the Polar Bear.
- Roll the dice and move to the correct spot.
- Student will name the piano key they landed on. They can also play it on the piano.
- If a student lands on a pumpkin with a spider, they can slide down the web to the other pumpkin.
- The first student to get to the end, wins!
Spook up your fall lessons, especially in October, with these cute Halloween inspired notes! You can have your students name notes, find lines or spaces, add game pieces on notes you call out, just to name a few ways to use these boards!
This spooky board game helps review chords, inversions, scales, and key signatures! Two boards are included (beginner & advanced). You can also include/exclude whatever concept you feel is right for your piano students.
This piano game will be a hit for your piano lessons!
Different Ways To Play :
- Start on the bottom ghost
- Roll the dice. Student draws a card from the pile and plays what the card says.
- Chord: Play the chord on the piano
- Inversion: Play through root, 1st and 2nd inversion of that chord
- Key Signature: Say how many sharps or flats are in that key signature (OR harder: have student write out the key signature)
- Scale: Student plays the scale
- Chord Progression: Student plays an easy chord progression (chose one at the beginning of the game, for example, I, IV, V, I…)
- First one to reach the top ghost wins!
Every student loves a good game of Bingo! This game will be a hit in your music studio, especially with your beginner students! Reinforce all those white piano keys!
If you have competitive students, this halloween inversions game is for them! This game will have your students excited to work on their inversions for chords from C major, to B major, and C minor to B minor (as in, all the chords that start on white keys). This game is point based, so students will need to collect and earn points as they play.
Tricky Inversions is bound to be a hit in your studio this fall!
These Pumpkin Puzzles are an amazing and fun way to teach your students notes on the grand staff! This set includes small and large puzzles so you can print the size you prefer depending on your students’ ages!
Print, laminate and cut them up into three parts and have your students put these Pumpkin Puzzles back together!
These Candy Corn Puzzles are an amazing and fun way to teach your students key signatures!
Print, laminate and cut them up into three parts and have your students put these Candy Corn Puzzles back together!
If you prefer no-prep, you can always grab our Boom Card versions!
This Halloween Themed game is a blank slate to reinforce all sorts of piano concepts (from intervals, to piano finger numbers, to rhythm). Instructions and alternative uses are included in the PDF! If you’re short on time and can’t cut out all the playing cards, grab the digital cards for free!
Depending on the concept you want to teach, or work on, you will need an additional set of cards to work with. For example, if you want to reinforce rhythm, you will need a set of rhythm cards. If you’re working on finger numbers, use a deck of finger number cards… same for chords, intervals, notes on the staff…
How To Play :
- Students place 5-10 pawns/game pieces on different Halloween elements on the board (the more pawns, the longer the game).
- Shuffle the “Halloween playing cards” and place them face down.
- Use the “other cards” (depending on the concept you’re teaching). (*see low prep option)
- Student pulls a card from the “concept” you’re trying to teach. Let’s use rhythm cards as an example. Student pull a half note. If they name it correctly, they get to pull a “Halloween Card” card and “bump” off another player’s pawn. BUT! Students can only bump off another player’s pawn that matches the “Halloween Card.” For example, if they pull a ghost, they can only bump off the other player’s pawn that’s on a ghost.
- Last player on the board to have a pawn wins!
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