Halloween Music Color by Note Mystery Picture Worksheets give elementary music teachers a ready-to-print Halloween activity that combines note recognition, rhythm symbols, and coloring. Students identify notes and rests, match them to the color key, and reveal hidden Halloween pictures. Use it with grades 1–5 for music centers, sub plans, early finishers, October lessons, or a quiet review activity after singing, movement, or rhythm practice.
This digital resource includes 6 Halloween mystery picture designs in 2 formats, so you can use the same concept with younger and older students. Younger students match music symbols to the symbols in the picture. Older students read the music symbol names in the color key, then find and color the matching symbols.
--- WHAT IS INCLUDED? ---
6 designs in this set in 2 different formats (12 pages in total).
- 1 format ~ for younger students – music symbols match the music symbols in the picture.
- 2 format ~ for older students – music symbols' names are given in the color keys.
➤ + 6 pages with answers.
✨ Each set contains:
- 1 page – (cauldron - 4 colors) quarter note, 2 eighth notes, quarter rest, half note.
- 2 page – (grave - 4 colors) eighth note, half rest, quarter note, 2 eighth notes.
- 3 page – (spider - 4 colors) 4 sixteenth notes, half note, whole note, whole rest.
- 4 page – (cat - 5 colors) half note, half note, eighth note, quarter rest, eighth notes.
- 5 page – (pumpkin with face - 5 colors) eighth notes, half note, eighth note, quarter rest, eighth rest.
- 6 page – (ghost- 5 colors) beamed eighth notes, half rest, whole rest, quarter rest, whole note.
The set works well when students need independent practice with music symbols. You can print one page for a single lesson, use the full set across October, or place the pages in a music center with crayons and answer keys for checking.