Best Halloween Yoto Cards for spooky audio fun
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Are you looking for some spooky but not scary Yoto cards to add to your Yoto library his Halloween? We’re huge fans of our Yoto Player and have amassed quite a collection of Yoto Cards over the last year. Here are our tried and tested recommendations on the best Yoto Cards you can enjoy with your kids this October.
Whether you’re looking for Halloween Yoto cards for a toddler or preschooler, Yoto Halloween Cards for a 5-year-old, or even Halloween Yoto cards for an older child. here’s our pick of the best.
Best Yoto Cards for Halloween
Picking Halloween books and Halloween Yoto cards for Halloween can be tricky. With the Yoto Player being such an important part of many children’s bedtime routine, it’s important to choose a Yoto card that is age-appropriate and will embrace the magic of Halloween without causing them any worry, anxiety or sleepless nights.
If you have a younger child, you may be better to opt for songs, stories about friendly monsters or cute rhyming tales. For older children Yoto cards filled with spooky stories filled with mystery and suspense are likely to be really engaging.
While the concept of being scared is relatively subjective and will vary from one child to the next, our helpful Yoto Card SCARE FACTOR should give you a good idea of things to watch out for, including any potentially triggering parts in the story or the Yoto Icons used.
With that in mind, here are the best Halloween Yoto Cards for children of all ages.
Best Halloween Yoto Cards for Babies and Toddlers
1. The Gruffalo
The rhyming tales of Julia Donaldson are a huge hit with toddlers and preschoolers and with good reason. The Gruffalo tells the story of a smart little mouse who outwits his enemies by describing a monster – only to discover that this beast is actually real (and surprisingly very friendly!)
“A gruffalo! Why, didn’t you know? He has terrible tusks and terrible claws, And terrible teeth in his terrible jaws.
Running time: 25 minutes | Recommended age: 0-5 years | RRP: £7.99
Scare factor: 2/5 – Best suited to daytime Yoto sessions. Some young children may find the descriptions of the Gruafflo scary, although they’ll soon learn the Gruffalo is nothing to be afraid of. You may want to avoid listening to it at bedtime in case of any overactive imaginations.
2. Room on the Broom
Another extremely popular Julia Donaldson title, this Yoto card is great to listen to or read along with the physical book thanks to the Yoto read-along track. A witch is happily flying over the forest when she starts to lose her possessions. Thankfully a friendly dog, bird and frog come to her aid, until the extra weight on her broom causes it to snap, sending the witch straight into a dragon’s lair. Can her new friends help rescue her before it’s too late?
Running time: 24 minutes | Recommended age: 0-5 years | RRP: £7.99
Scare factor: 2/5 – Best suited to daytime Yoto sessions. Some very young children may find the descriptions of the dragon at the end a little scary or find the Yoto pixel icon of the witch a bit scary in the dark. You may want to avoid listening to it at bedtime in case of any overactive imaginations.
Best Halloween books for 3 year olds
1, Meg and Mog Audio Collection
Childhood favourite’s Meg and Mog head on some magical adventures with all their friends in this brand new Yoto card full of thirteen beloved stories. Narrated by award-winning actress Samantha Bond with fun sound effects and music. Thanks to Meg’s unpredictable spells, life is never boring for this duo!
Running time: 39 minutes | Recommended age: 0-5 years | RRP: £7.99
Scare factor 2/5 – Whilst this audio includes dinosaurs, mummies and spells (and their ingredients) it’s more adventurous and amusing than scary. Whilst this audio includes dinosaurs, mummies and spells (and their ingredients) it’s more adventurous and amusing than scary.
2. My First Halloween Bedtime Storybook
Made specifically for bedtime, children will love snuggling up with their favourite Disney characters including Mickey and Winnie the Pooh – from haunted Halloween to Tricky Treats.
Running time: 22 minutes | Recommended age: 2-5 years | RRP: £5.99
Scare factor: 2/5 – Whilst the stories have Halloween themes, the familiar char characters and non threatening storylines storylines are generally non scary – even for younger children.
Best Halloween Yoto Cards for 4 year olds
1. Who’s in your Audiobook?
Tom Fletcher’s titles are an extremely popular choice in the Yoto Card library. This title is a collection of the popular picture books where your child gets really involved in a fun and interactive way. From There’s a Monster Inside your book to a Dragon, Alien, Elf, Witch and Superhero, can your child perform the actions and play along to free the character from the audiobook? We LOVE the sound effects in this Yoto Card.
Running time: 41 minutes | Recommended age: 0-5 years | RRP: £7.99
Scare factor: 1/5 – More silly than scary. High energy, interactive and a great way to spark little ones’ imaginations. If your child is particularly sensitive, you may want to avoid the alien and dragon stories, where the Yoto icon could potentially be a bit spooky at nighttime.
2. Halloween Songs
Launched in the Yoto store in September 2023, this Yoto original is sure to get kids in the Halloween party spirit. Whilst the Yoto icons do include a monster, ghost and skeleton, these ten original tracks are high energy, lots of fun and are sure to have you tapping or dancing along. We think this card would be a huge hit with 4 year olds, but also kids of all ages too. Some real High School Musical vibes here.
Running time: 30 minutes | Recommended age: 0-14 years | RRP: £7.99
Scare factor: 1/5 – Your child is likely to be too busy dancing around their bedroom to be scared with these high energy and fun tracks. Think ‘Monster party’ and great soundtrack to your Halloween gathering but with more treats rather than tricks 🙂 There are only two songs we think have slight potential to be a little spooky for younger listeners – Mr Skeleton and the Haunted House.
Best Halloween Yoto Cards for 5 year olds
1. Ladybird Spooky Stories
This selection of short stories from Ladybird is a great way to get into the Halloween party spirit – each story lasts around ten minutes and has everything from pumpkins to skeletons/
Running time: 1 hour | Recommended age: 5-8 years | RRP: £9.99
Scare factor: 2/5 – These stories are generally suspenseful and spooky rather than scary however some of the Yoto icons may look a bit scary on the Yoto player in the dark (including the spider)
2. Paw Patrol Pups Halloween
If your kids are big fans of Nickelodeon’s PAW Patrol, they’ll love these Halloween-themed adventures. They’ll join Chase, Rubble, Zuma, Skye, Rocky, Marshall and Ryder on five spooky stories including Pups Save the Werepuppy, Howl for Halloween Pups, Save the Trick or Treaters, Pups Save a Ghost, Pups and the Ghost Cabin. Each story lasts around 10-15 minutes each. We wish this card had character voices, but it introduces fun seasonal elements including trick or treating and Jack O Lanterns.
Running time: 1hour 5 minutes| Recommended age: 5-8 years| RRP: £9.99
Scare factor: 2/5 – Obviously this series is aimed at young children but this card doesfeature some spooky sound effects and music. Overactive imaginations could be triggered by the mention of ghosts but I personally think these would be absolutely fine during the day. The Yoto icons aren’t scary.
3. Enid Blyton Tricks and Treats
Tricks and Treats is a collection of short stories with a Halloween theme and in true Enid Blyton whimsical style, involves children going on adventures, solving mysteries, and encountering magic along the way. If your child’s a fan of The Magic Faraway Tree collection, this is likely to be a hit. There are 30 short stories on this card, and the vast majority are magical and entertaining rather than spooky, featuring elves, imps, goblins and fairies.
Running time: 4 hours 15 minutes | Recommended age: 5-8 years | RRP: £9.99
Scare factor: 2/5 – These stories are more about the fun and excitement of the holiday rather than inducing fear, but do include some magical and supernatural elements.
4. Funny Bones Collection
Many parents will have grown up with Funnybones as a child and will remember the opening line “On a dark dark hill there was a dark dark town. In the dark darktown there was a dark dark street“
This collection of eight short stories (lasting betweeen 4 and 7 minutes) are comical adventures of a Daddy Skelton, his son and a very clumsy dog.
Running time: 36 minutes| Recommended age: 5-8 years | RRP: £7.99
skeleton-themedScare factor: 2/5 – Lighthearted stories that tend to involve humour and pranks rather than scary tales. The opening song may be a bit scary for young children who are scared of the dark. Some icons are, not surprisingly, skeleton themed
5. Yoto originals: 5-minute Halloween Stories
A new Yoto original for September 2023, this card takes children on adventures with Ace and Erin who discover a mummy in the basement, babysit a were-puppy with Jonathan and outrun a goo monster with Jack and Ben. Weirdly – they’re not actually five minutes (more like 8!) but have fun sounds and music to bring the story to life.
Running time: 30 minutes| Recommended age: 5-6 years | RRP: £7.99
Scare factor: 2/5 – My six year old found the zombie Mom slightly sinister but these short stories are generally spooky not scary.
Best Halloween Yoto Cards for 6 year olds
1. The Worst Witch Collection
The “Worst Witch” series follows the adventures of a young witch named Mildred Hubble as she attends Miss Cackle’s Academy for Witches. Mildred is well-meaning but often clumsy and always gets herself into magical mishaps. The stories emphasize friendship, learning, and the challenges of growing up
Running time: 12 hours 9 minutes | Recommended age: 5-8 years | RRP: £39.99
Scare factor: 2/5 – If your child can see past the prospect of Mildred being a witch, these stories are generally endearing and fun rather than scary.
2. Enid Blyton Stories of Magic & Mischief
Another collection of 30 short stories from Enid Blyton, with witches, pixies, wizards and gnomes galore. With each story being 10-15 minutes long, this card can be enjoyed as single stand alone stories, or as a collection for older children with longer attention spans.
Running time: 5 hours 5 minutes | Recommended age: 5-8 years | RRP: £9.99
Scare factor: 2/5 – As per Enid Blyton’s other collection above, this book is more magical and mysterious than scary. Most icons are friendly and warm.
Best Halloween Yoto Cards for 7 year olds
1. Monsters Inc: A Junior Novel
This Disney Pixar Classic features Scarers Sulley and Mike, who work at Monsters Inc, collecting screams from children in order to power their town. When a human accidentally makes their way through a door, the duo will stop at nothing to try and return her home, but will rival monster Randall get in their way?
Running time: 1 hour 49 minutes | Recommended age: 5-8 years | RRP: £9.99
Scare factor: 3/5 – Generally this is an entertaining and heartwarming story, of friendship, adventure and fun, however some children may find the suspense and scenes involving Randall a little scary in audio form. A story about monsters coming into your room at night may be better suited to daytime listening.
2. Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest
A fun and imaginative take on classic Grimm’s fairy tales.
Set in a school, this card includes kids’ reactions to fun and imaginative takes on classic fairy tales. Think weird, random and gross rather than truly scary although there are some parts that could be a bit worry inducing for younger children. We love the interactions between the storyteller and the kids with some really funny parts that are sure to entertain and engage.
Running time: 3 hours 15 minutes | Recommended age: 5-8 years | RRP: £9.99
Scare factor – 3.5/5 Recommended for 5-8 however we do feel 5 and 6 year olds could be a little scared by some of the voices and language used. However, each story is rated at the beginning as grim, grimmer or grimmest based on their ‘spooky’ level, so children can decide how much they’re prepared to be scared before they commit.
Best Halloween Yoto Cards for 8 year olds
1. Danger Gang
Franky can’t wait to move to his new town – although he wishes he didn’t have to leave his best friend Dani behind. Then the storm comes, with strange green lightning and powerful thunder. From that night on, the kids who live on Franky’s street start to change. One by one, they become a little odd. A little unusual. A little… magical.
Running time: 4 hours 13 minutes | Recommended age: 8-12 years | RRP: £9.99
Scare factor: 3/5 – Tom Fletcher has an engaging and humorous writing style so I’d describe this card as thrilling and exciting rather than scary. The story does include elements of suspense, action, and mystery, but should be fine for the target age group.
2. Minecraft: The Island
Kids absolutely love playing Minecraft but now they can listen to this immersive world too thanks to the first-ever Minecraft novel that is a recent addition to the Yoto library.
Narrated by legend Jack Black, the story is told through the eyes of a character who has just landed on the island, requiring courage and creativity to explore, find loot, and defat undead mobs – almost like a play guide in the form of a story!
Running time: 6 hours 17 minutes | Recommended age: 8-12 years | RRP: £9.99
Scare factor – 4/5 – Creepers, suspense, tension and ‘the unknown’ best suited to older children familiar with the Minecraft series.
3. The Witches by Roald Dahl
The ultimate Halloween story, The Witches revolves around a young boy who encounters a group of witches and becomes entangled in their plot to eliminate all the children in the world. Probably the scariest Yoto card on our list, this Roald Dahl classic is a thrilling ride.
Running time: 3 hours 45 minutes| Recommended age: 8-9 years+ | RRP: £9.99
Scare factor – 4/5 – The witches does include elements that children may find unsettling – I think we can all remember the description of the witches in the great hall, removing their wigs and taking off their gloves and shoes to reveal claws and feet without toes. Young children could definitely get scared by this audio and even older children may take a little longer to get to sleep if they have a vivid imagination. Possibly better to listen to this one during the day.
4. Slime doesn’t Pay by R.L Stine
If you’re a child of the 90s, you’ll certaily recpgnise the name R.L Stine from the epic Goosebumps series – the first scary books I read when I was at school. I even remember the slighly bumpy covers – nostaglia for sure.
While the cover should give children a rough idea that this story is a little on the spooky side, this card is aimed at older chi,dren aged 9+ / middle grade readers.
Fed up of her prankster little brother, Amy decides to get her revenge and make slime to pour over his head at his birthday party. Her plan completely backfires, however, when the slime turns Archie into a monster! A gripping read with a great (albeit abrupt!) twist at the end. While I didn’t love this as much as the original Goosebumps books – my 11-year-old loved the sibling drama (and perhaps could relate a little to her little monster of a sister!)
Running time: 2 hours 56 minutes| Recommended age: 9-12 years | RRP: £9.99
Scare factor – 4.5/5 – While I think the illustration is actually far scarier than the story and is a combination of humour and horror, this card is definitely not for younger children due to the tense, claustrophobic and monster theme throughout – especially kids who tend to get a little nervous at bedtime.
Best Halloween Music Yoto Card
Halloween Howls
If you’re having a Halloween party with your little ones this Halloween, – or simply want to get into the ‘spirit’ before going trick or treating – you NEED to add this card to your collection!
A fun playlist of spooky classics that are sure to get your party started including Monster Mash, Spooky, Scary Skeletons, Ghostbusters, The Addams Family and It Must Be Halloween – this cards being playing on my daughters Yoto on repeat for the last week! (Please note, these are covers not the original tracks).
Running time: 41 minutes | Recommended age: 5-12 years | RRP: £7.99
Scare factor – 1/5 – Unless your child hates Halloween and gets put off even by the words Witch and Monster, they’re unlikely to find this card scary. There are some cackles and spooky voices but its more high energy and fun than sinister.
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