Halloween is one of the best holidays in a child’s eye, so why not make a few fun crafts with your kids to decorate for the day. Here are a few of my favorite Halloween crafts to make with my kids.
Footprint Ghosts
What you need:
• Black construction paper
• White paint (glow in the dark paint might look cool as well)
• Scissors
• Black Marker
• Feet
To Make:
This project is so simple and fun. All you have to do is paint your child’s feet with white paint and have them step onto the black paper. Cut the foot prints out and draw eyes and a mouth on the heel of the foot. The toes are the bottom of the ghost. I like to punch a hole in the top and hang these around the house during Halloween. You could even hang them outside in one of your trees, this would look really cool if you use glow in the dark paint.
5 Little Pumpkins
One of my favorite Halloween poems is the 5 Little Pumpkins. For those that are unfamiliar with it you can find a copy here. Along with this poem there are several great crafts to make. Here is a simple one where you make the 5 pumpkins that are sitting on the gate.
What you need:
• Black construction paper
• Popsicle sticks
• Orange construction paper cut into pumpkins of different sizes. The pumpkins must be small enough to sit on the “gate” that is made from the Popsicle sticks.
• Crayons or markers
• glue
• Glitter paint (optional)
To Make:
Have your children decorate the pumpkins shapes by drawing faces on them. Next, glue the Popsicle sticks onto the black construction paper. You will want to have at least 5 posts for the pumpkins to sit on. Next, glue the pumpkins on top of each post. I like to use glitter paint for the top of the page to give the scene a starry night look. You might also use green yarn at the bottom to look like vines. Another option is to buy the Halloween bucket of foam stickers and use those for the pumpkins and the rest for decorations of the page.
Skeletons
This is another fun and easy craft to do with your kids. I still have my oldest son’s from when he made his first version at the age of 2 in preschool. We know do it every year and it is fun to see how his face has changed.
Here is what you need:
• Black construction paper
• Glue
• Q-tips
• Picture of your child’s face, just the face
What to do:
Have your child glue the Q-tips onto the black construction paper in the shape of a skeleton. You may need to break some Q-tips in order to make all of the bones. You then glue the picture of the child’s face onto the body of the skeleton. Simple, cute, and easy and something you can do every year as a Halloween tradition.
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