Halloween Crafts

Putting together Halloween crafts with the kids is a fun and inexpensive way to help decorate your home! You know it’s Halloween when black paper is turned into bats and empty plastic milk jugs become ghoulish lanterns! These fun and imaginative Halloween crafts also happen to be terrific Halloween party decorations—so you can check that off your Halloween party-planning list! Now all that’s left is finding giggle-inducing games and dreaming up a monstrously delicious Halloween menu. And if it all this Halloween party planning makes you thirsty—you guessed it: we have Halloween drinks, too! Try these Halloween crafts to delight your little ghouls and goblins.

Friendly Ghost Greeter

Easy Halloween crafts can be as sweet as treats. Our little ghost is so easy to make. Download the pattern here.

What you need:

• 8½×11" card stock
• Markers

Make it

1. Cut out the ghost pattern and trace it on the card stock.
2. Cut out ghost and fill in eyes. Use markers to add Boo! Or personalize.

Always supervise and assist young children when they are working with scissors or small pieces of craft materials.

Get Batty

Halloween decorating ideas can be as simple as this: cut out lots of black paper bats and let them fly. Download the pattern here.

What you need:

• Black paper or card stock
• Tape
• Fishing line

Make it

1. Cut out bat patterns.
2. Trace and cut as many bats as you need.
3. Tape bats to fishing line and string around the house to create the impression of flight.

Always supervise and assist young children when they are working with scissors or small pieces of craft materials.

The Munchies Mummy

Mummies always want kids to have yummy snacks, and this Halloween craft for kids is a great way to provide them.

 

What you need:

• Black box or bowl
• 2 small white vitamin bottle caps or paper circles
• 2 blue paper circles
• 2 black buttons
• Glue
• 1 roll of gauze bandage

Make it

1. Glue pieces of eyes together as shown in picture.
2. Glue eyes to box or bowl.
3. Wrap "face" with gauze to create Mummy.
4. Fill with treats.

Always supervise and assist young children when they are working with scissors or small pieces of craft materials.

Ghouls Light the Way

Let Halloween decorations light the way with eerie lanterns made from plastic gallon milk cartons.

What you need:

• Empty plastic gallon milk jugs, washed and dried
• Small paintbrush
• Glue
• Tissue paper
• Construction paper
• Markers
• Sand
• Tea lights or small flashlights

Make it

1. Cut the tops off of the milk jugs.
2. Paint the jug with glue.
3. Cover the jug with tissue paper, let dry overnight.
4. Using images here, decorate jugs with markers, extra pieces of paper for ears, etc.
5. Fill bottom with sand, light with tea lights outside, or flashlights inside.

Always supervise and assist young children when they are working with scissors or small pieces of craft materials.

The Plate Monster

Kids will love making their very own creation of a Plate Monster. He's the perfect place to stash wrapped treats for later.

What you need:

• Colorful paper plates
• Card stock or construction paper
• Doublestick tape or glue
• Googley eyes

Make it

1. Cut 1 paper plate in half with a curve as seen in photo.
2. Glue or tape the half plate to a whole plate to create monster's head.
3. Cut four strips of paper and fold accordion style for arms and legs.
4. Add hands and feet using a different color of paper.
5. Cut various face parts from other papers and attach to face with tape or glue.
6. Attach eyes with tape or glue.

Always supervise and assist young children when they are working with scissors or small pieces of craft materials.