Room on the Broom is loved by kids all over the world. The story has fun words and bright pictures.
It starts with a witch and her cat flying on their broom. Strong wind blows away the witch’s hat, bow, and wand. Animals help find these things and ask to ride on the broom. The witch says yes, even when her cat isn’t sure.
When too many riders make the broom break, everyone falls into mud where a dragon wants to eat the witch! The animals must help save their friend.
This sweet story shows how being kind and working together makes good things happen.
Our collection of Room on the Broom activities helps young children develop essential skills while enjoying the book’s world.
Why are Room on the Broom Activities Important
First, they help children better understand the story by bringing it to life through hands-on experiences. When kids make witch hats or pretend to fly on brooms, they connect more deeply with the book.
These activities also build key early learning skills. Crafting puppets helps with fine motor skills, while acting out the story improves language and memory. Counting the characters teaches basic math concepts in a fun way.
Room on the Broom activities encourage creativity and imagination. This creative thinking is important for brain development.
The book’s themes of friendship, sharing, and teamwork come through group activities. When children work together on Room on the Broom projects, they practice the same cooperation that helped the witch and animals in the story.
Finally, these activities make reading more fun and engaging. When stories extend beyond the pages into play, children develop a lasting love of books and reading.
Room on the Broom Activities
Here are some fun and simple Room on the Broom activities to help kids enjoy the story while building reading, thinking, and creative skills.
1. Broomstick Craft
Make a fun broomstick like the one in Room on the Broom!
Gather some small sticks, brown paper, string, scissors, and glue. Put 5-10 sticks side by side. Cut a strip of brown paper and wrap it around one end of the sticks.
Glue it in place. Tie a string around the paper to hold everything together. Fan out the other end of the sticks to look like broom bristles.
Kids can add glitter or stickers to make their broom magical. This craft helps children use their hands and fingers while making something from their favorite story.
2. Witch Mask Making
Kids can become the witch from Room on the Broom with this easy mask.
You need a paper plate, green paint or paper, black paper, scissors, glue, string, and markers. Color the plate green with paint or cover it with green paper.
Cut eye holes where your child’s eyes will be. Cut a black triangle for the witch’s hat and glue it on top of the plate. Draw a nose, mouth, and warts with markers.
Add black paper for eyebrows or hair. Make holes on the sides and tie string through them so the mask can be worn. Children will love pretending to be the witch while you read the story!
3. Story Sequencing Cards
These simple cards will help kids remember the story. You will need thick paper, scissors, markers, or pictures from the book.
Make 6-8 cards showing what happens in the story: the witch flying, losing her hat, the dog finding the hat, the bird finding the bow, the frog finding the wand, the broom breaking, the dragon appearing, and everyone on the new broom.
Mix up the cards and ask your child to put them in the right order. Let them tell the story using the cards.
For younger kids, use fewer cards. For older kids, add more details. This helps children understand how stories work.
4. Character Puppets
Bring the story to life with paper bag puppets.
Get paper lunch bags, colored paper, googly eyes (if you want), markers, scissors, glue, and yarn. The bottom fold of the bag will be the face. For the witch, cut out a green face and add a black hat.
For the cat, add black ears and a face. Make the dog with brown ears and face. Give the bird a beak and wings. The frog needs big green eyes and a wide mouth.
The dragon should have red scales and a tail. With markers, add eyes, nose, and mouth. Glue on yarn for hair or whiskers. When they’re dry, kids can use these puppets to retell the story in their own words.
5. Rhyming Word Matching
This game helps kids learn about rhyming words from the book. You need cards or paper squares and markers.
Make pairs of cards with words that rhyme: cat/hat, down/frown, clean/green, found/ground, seat/neat, broom/room, fly/sky, witch/which, bird/word, and dog/log. Write one word on each card.
Mix them up and lay them face up. Ask children to find words that rhyme with each other.
For kids who can’t read yet, add small pictures to help them. You can also ask kids to think of more rhyming words. This fun game helps children get ready to read by listening to word sounds.
6. Coloring Pages
Coloring is a simple way for kids to enjoy Room on the Broom. Print pages with the witch, cat, dog, bird, frog, and dragon.
Give children crayons, markers, or colored pencils. While they color, talk about the story: “Who is your favorite character?” or “Why did the witch share her broom?”
Kids can use glitter for the magic sparks from the witch’s wand. When finished, display the pictures or staple them together to make a book.
Children can use their colored pictures to retell the story. This quiet activity helps kids think about the story while working on hand control.
7. Room on the Broom Bingo
Make a fun bingo game based on the book! You need thick paper for cards, markers, and small things like buttons to use as markers.
Make 4-6 bingo cards with a 3×3 grid on each. Fill the squares with pictures or words of things from the book: witch, cat, dog, bird, frog, dragon, broomstick, hat, bow, wand, cauldron, and cloud.
Make calling cards with the same pictures. To play, mix up the calling cards and pick one at a time. If players have that picture on their card, they put a button on it.
The first player to get three in a row wins! For children who can’t read yet, use pictures instead of words. This game helps kids learn to take turns while remembering parts of the story.
8. Character Memory Game
This memory game uses characters from Room on the Broom. You need thick paper, scissors, and markers.
Make pairs of cards with the same picture: two witches, two cats, two dogs, two birds, two frogs, two dragons, two broomsticks, and two hats.
Make sure each pair looks the same. Mix up all the cards and place them face down in rows. Players take turns flipping over two cards, trying to find matches.
If they find a match, they keep the cards and take another turn. If not, they turn the cards back over, and the next player goes.
The game ends when all pairs are found. The player with the most pairs wins! This game helps children with memory and focus.
9. Broom Ride Obstacle Course
Create a fun obstacle course based on the witch’s journey. You need a toy broomstick, pillows, hula hoops, blue fabric (for the bog), and tape.
Set up stations around a room: start at the “witch’s house” (a corner), zigzag through pillows (wind), crawl under a table (hat hunt), step through hula hoops (bow search), walk on a tape line (wand discovery), walk carefully across blue fabric (bog), and crawl through a blanket fort (dragon cave).
Children hold a broomstick between their legs as they move through each part. You can add stuffed animals at each stop to “pick up” as friends.
Time each child or let them work together. Talk about what happens in the story as they go through the course.
This active game helps kids move their bodies while thinking about the story.
10. Story Retelling Dice
Make a special die to help kids tell stories about Room on the Broom. You need thick paper, scissors, tape or glue, and markers.
Draw a cube shape that you can fold and tape together. On each side of the cube, draw a character: the witch, cat, dog, bird, frog, and dragon.
Cut out the shape, fold it into a cube, and tape or glue it together. Let children roll the die and tell part of the story about whichever character shows up on top.
Roll again to add another character. Keep rolling and adding to the story.
For more fun, make more dice with places from the book (sky, forest, bog) and things (hat, bow, wand, broom). This helps kids learn to tell stories while having fun with Room on the Broom characters.
11. Witch’s Brew Science Experiment
Make a magical bubbling brew just like a witch might use.
You need baking soda, vinegar, a large bowl or cauldron, food coloring, and glitter (optional). Put 3-4 tablespoons of baking soda in the bottom of your bowl.
Add a few drops of food coloring to make it green, purple, or orange. Sprinkle in some glitter if you want extra magic.
When you’re ready for the spell to work, pour in about 1/2 cup of vinegar and watch the mixture fizz and bubble!
The vinegar and baking soda create a chemical reaction that makes carbon dioxide bubbles – that’s what causes all the fizzing.
Talk about how the witch in the story might use potions and spells and how real science can seem magical, too.
12. “Who’s Flying on the Broom?” Game
Play this fun guessing game to help children remember the characters from Room on the Broom. One player thinks of a character from the book (witch, cat, dog, bird, frog, or dragon).
The other players try to guess who it is by asking yes or no questions like “Does this character have fur?” or “Does this character help find something?” The player can only answer “yes” or “no.”
Players keep asking questions until someone guesses correctly. That person then gets to think of the next character.
For younger children, you can give clues or limit the characters to choose from. This game helps kids think carefully about the story details and character traits while building their question-asking skills.
13. Matching Character and Animal
Create a simple matching game using cards with the characters from Room on the Broom. Make cards with pictures of the witch, cat, dog, bird, and frog.
Then make matching cards showing what each character found: the witch’s hat (dog), bow (bird), and wand (frog). Mix up the cards and place them face down in rows.
Players take turns flipping over two cards, trying to match the character with the item they found in the story. If they make a match, they keep the cards and take another turn. If not, they turn the cards back over.
For non-readers, use only pictures. For older children, add word labels to help with reading skills. This game helps children remember key parts of the story while working on memory and matching skills.
14. Broomstick Hopscotch
Turn hopscotch into a game with a Room on the Broom twist! Draw a hopscotch pattern on the ground with chalk or make one inside with masking tape.
Instead of numbers, draw or write the characters from the story in each square: witch, cat, dog, bird, frog, and dragon.
Use a small bean bag or stone as a marker. When a child throws the marker onto a square, they must hop through the pattern, saying that character’s name when they reaches the square with their marker.
For extra fun, have children act like that character when they pick up their marker (meow like a cat, bark like a dog, etc.). This game helps kids practice balance, hopping, and coordination while remembering the story characters.
15. Drawing Prompt
Let children create their own Room on the Broom art! Give them blank paper and crayons or markers. Ask them to draw their favorite part of the story or make up a new atory for the witch and her friends.
Some ideas to get them started: “Draw what happens after the end of the book,” “Draw the witch meeting a new animal friend,” or “Draw what the dragon does after the story ends.”
As they draw, ask questions about their picture to help them think about story details. When they finish, let them tell you about their drawing and write down their words at the bottom of the page.
This creative activity helps children think more deeply about the story while practicing drawing and storytelling skills.
16. Witch’s Hat Ring Toss
Make a fun ring toss game with witch hats! You need paper or plastic cups, black construction paper, tape, and plastic rings or bracelets.
Turn cups upside down and cover them with black paper rolled into cone shapes to look like witch hats.
Tape the paper in place. Set the “hats” on the floor in a group. Stand back a few feet and take turns tossing rings to land them on the hats.
Give each hat a point value – hats farther away are worth more points. Keep score to see who can get the most points.
For younger children, move the throwing line closer to the hats. This game helps children practice throwing skills, hand-eye coordination, and taking turns while enjoying a witch-themed activity.
17. Animal Sound Matching
Help children connect animal sounds to the characters in Room on the Broom. Make cards with pictures of the cat, dog, bird, and frog from the story.
Practice making each animal sound together: “meow” for the cat, “woof” for the dog, “tweet” for the bird, and “ribbit” for the frog.
Then, play a game: you make one of the animal sounds, and your child points to or holds up the matching character card. Take turns so children can make the sounds, too.
For older kids, you can blindfold them and have them guess just by listening. This fun activity helps develop listening skills and sound recognition while reinforcing the characters from the story.
18. Witch’s Potion Craft
Create a magical potion just like a witch might make! You need a clear plastic bottle with a lid, water, food coloring, glitter, small beads or buttons, and dish soap. Fill the bottle halfway with water. Add a few drops of food coloring and a squirt of dish soap.
Drop in some glitter and small objects like beads or buttons. Tightly close the lid (you might want to tape or glue it shut).
Let children shake the bottle to mix their “potion” and watch as the glitter swirls and slowly settles. Talk about what magical powers their potion might have.
This calming sensory bottle can also help children regulate their emotions while connecting to the magical elements in Room on the Broom.
19. Room on the Broom Sensory Bin
Fill a large plastic bin with items that connect to the story: twigs (for the broomstick), dried black beans (for the cat), small toy dogs and frogs, feathers (for the bird), green water beads (for the bog), and red and orange tissue paper (for the dragon’s fire).
Add small witch hats, plastic cauldrons, or other Halloween items if you have them. Let children explore the bin, touching and playing with the different textures.
Ask questions like “Can you find something soft like the cat?” or “What could we use to build a broomstick?”
This sensory play helps develop fine motor skills while encouraging creative thinking about the story.
20. Broomstick Jumping Game
Get active with a broomstick jumping game!
After everyone has jumped once, raise the broomstick a little higher by putting it on blocks or books. See how high everyone can jump! For extra fun, pretend the space under the broomstick is the “bog” from the story, and children must jump over it to avoid falling in.
You can also have children balance on the broomstick like a balance beam, walking heel-to-toe from one end to the other.
This activity helps develop gross motor skills like jumping, balancing, and coordination while connecting to the broomstick from the story.
21. Themed Snack Time
Create “witch’s broomsticks” using pretzel sticks with cheese triangles on the end. Make “dragon scales” using red apple slices.
Serve “cat’s whiskers” with straight pretzel sticks and “frog legs” using celery sticks with peanut butter. Offer “bird seed” using a small handful of sunflower seeds or granola.
Make “bog mud” by mixing chocolate pudding with crushed cookies. As children eat, talk about which character from the story would like each snack.
This activity makes healthy eating fun while reinforcing story characters and encouraging children to try different foods.
22. Halloween-Themed Word Search
Create a simple word search using words from Room on the Broom. On a piece of paper, make a grid of letters (about 10×10 squares for younger kids, larger for older ones).
Hide words like WITCH, CAT, DOG, BIRD, FROG, DRAGON, BROOM, HAT, BOW, and WAND. Words can go across, down, or diagonally.
Fill in the empty squares with random letters. Make a list of the hidden words at the bottom of the page. Children circle each word as they find it.
For pre-readers, you can draw a small picture next to each word on the list. This activity helps children recognize and spell words from the story while developing visual scanning skills and attention to detail.
23. Character Dress-Up Day
Turn storytime into a magical experience with Room on the Broom costumes!
Gather simple items to create character outfits: a black pointed hat and cape for the witch; a black shirt and pants with paper ears for the cat; brown clothing with paper ears for the dog; green clothing for the frog; and brown or gray clothing with paper wings for the bird.
A red or orange outfit can work for the dragon. Use face paint to add whiskers, noses, or scales if you want.
Have children take turns acting out their favorite parts of the story while dressed up. Take photos of your Room on the Broom cast!
Dressing up helps children connect more deeply with the characters while encouraging imaginative play and storytelling.
24. “Find the Witch” Scavenger Hunt
Create an exciting search for witch-themed items! Hide several items around your house or classroom: a toy witch, a small broom, a black hat, a toy cat, and other objects from the story.
Make a list with pictures of what the children need to find. For older children, you can write clues instead of showing images.
Examples: “I wear this on my head” (hat) or “The cat sits on this with the witch” (broom). Give each child their list and let them search for the items.
When they find something, they check it off their list. The first person to see all the items wins! You can also play as a team, working together to see everything.
This activity builds observation skills and reading comprehension while making a game out of the Room on the Broom story.
25. Room on the Broom Sensory Craft
Create a textured picture based on Room on the Broom!
You need paper, glue, and many different textured materials: cotton balls, sandpaper scraps, felt, feathers, bubble wrap, fabric scraps, and yarn.
Draw a simple outline of a scene from the book, like the witch on her broom or the dragon in the bog.
Help children glue different textures onto their picture: soft cotton for clouds, rough sandpaper for the broomstick, smooth felt for the witch’s hat, feathers for the bird, and bumpy bubble wrap for the dragon’s scales. Let the picture dry completely.
Children can then feel the different textures while talking about the story.
Conclusion
Each activity helps kids learn while they play with their favorite characters from the book.
When children make witch masks, mix bubbly potions, or jump over pretend broomsticks, they learn important skills.
Each activity uses easy-to-find items you probably already have at home or in your classroom.The best part about these activities is how they help children learn while they’re having fun.
They practice reading, counting, moving their bodies, and being creative. They also learn about being good friends and working together, just like the characters in the story.
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