10 Easy Halloween Crafts For Kids
Halloween
A time for ghosts, goblins, pumpkins, trick or treating and fun. Halloween is also a great time for DIY and kids crafts.
Halloween Crafts
Halloween is a great time for imagination creation in the form of Halloween crafts, homemade costumes and carved pumpkins.
Kids Crafts
Break out the glitter and the glue it’s time to create. The simplest items can become some of the greatest forms of art. Crayons, pencils, clay, cardboard tubes, pipe cleaners and felt.
Children’s Halloween Crafts
Let your child’s imagination run wild. Can a brown paper bag become a broom stick or a trick or treat bag? Or will your pumpkin be painted or carved?
Carving Pumpkins
Traditionally carving pumpkins has to be the top Halloween craft of all time. Now you can paint your pumpkin, design your pumpkin and sculpt the Halloween gourd.
Pumpkin Carving
Out with the spoon and knife for carving and in with the power tools and sculpting knives. I have seen some pretty cool pumpkin carvings.
Halloween DIY
Whether you are sewing a Halloween costume, creating a fall wreath or helping your child make DIY slime Halloween is the season of do it yourself crafts. Below you will find a great list of easy to follow kids crafts including a recipe for slime.
Halloween Costumes
Searching and buying a Halloween costume is great there are many choices. But there is something uniquely creative and frugal in making your own Halloween costume.
Homemade Halloween
Making your children’s Halloween costume can be as simple and easy as a visit to the thrifty store for fabric and old clothes plus a trip or online order of art supplies.
Halloween DIY
Start with something simple and build from there. A cardboard box could be the base of a rocket ship or robot. A white sheet could become a ghost or mummy. Creativity and imagination is the key.
Easy Halloween Crafts For Kids
1. Vampire Corner Book Marks – Easy Peasy and Fun
You will need:
2. Clothespin Button Bats – I Heart Crafty Things
You will need:
- Clothespins
- Black buttons
3. Halloween Broom Bags – Women’s Day
You will need:
- Brown paper bags
- Twine
4. Ghost Lollipops – A Beautiful Mess
You will need:
- Mason Jar
- Lollipops
- Spray Paint
5. Eyeball Door Garland – Paging SuperMom
You will need:
- Paper plates
- Red Yarn
6. Spooky Spider Soap – Happiness is Homemade
You will need:
- Soap mold
- Clear glycerin soap base
7. Halloween Spider Slime – The Tiptoe Fairy
You will need:
- Clear school glue
- Plastic Spiders
8. Glittery Trick Or Treat Bags – HGTV
You will need:
- Canvas Tote Bag
- Craft Paint
9. Peak A Boo Pumpkins – HGTV
You will need:
- Googly eyes
- Miniature pumpkins
10. Painted Ghost Rocks – Easy Peasy Fun
You will need:
- Stones
- Craft paint
All of these crafts are great and to be honest spider slime and spooky soap are on our Halloween bucket list.
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Updated July 8, 2021