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👻 Ghost and Pumpkin

Help the friendly ghost find the pumpkin

12 printable mazes with a friendly ghost floating towards a glowing jack-o'-lantern. Numbers 1 to 4 are the easiest; the last few are the trickiest.

Puzzle guide

About ghost and pumpkin mazes

What they are

Ghost and Pumpkin mazes guide a friendly little ghost through a spooky corridor maze to a glowing pumpkin. The twelve puzzles are more fun than frightening, rising from easy small grids to a large hard maze for brave older solvers.

How to play

Float the ghost from Start to the pumpkin by drawing through the open corridors. If the ghost meets a wall, it backs up to the last junction and floats down the other path.

Tips

Turn the lights down and solve by torchlight for extra atmosphere. Dead ends can be 'haunted corridors' that the ghost refuses to enter twice, which helps children remember where they have been.

Who they suit

These mazes suit children aged three to nine, October classrooms, Halloween parties and families looking for a seasonal activity that thrills without being too scary.

Printing

Print on orange paper for instant Halloween decorations, or one per page in the Kids version. Each maze has a solution sheet.

Good to know

Ghost and Pumpkin maze questions

No. The ghost is friendly and the art is cheerful, so they suit young children.

Twelve, from small and easy up to large and hard.

Yes. Our Halloween mazes page and Halloween word searches have plenty more.

Finished the maze?

Try a easy riddle

Mazes and riddles both reward patience and spotting the way through. Here are a few easy riddles with answers.

I have hands but I cannot clap. What am I?

Reveal answer

The answer is

A clock

Hints and details

What has many keys but cannot open a single lock?

Reveal answer

The answer is

A piano

Answer and details

What gets wetter the more it dries?

Reveal answer

The answer is

A towel

Hints and details