Halloween Crafts for Kids: Easy and Fun

Halloween is our favorite holiday, and these days it’s more like a whole season! Which means we’ve got more time to celebrate it.

We like to stretch it out as long as possible, making sure to have fun longer than just on October 31st. So we’ve gathered lots of fun craft ideas from around the Internet. Some of the best Craft bloggers have shared their favorite Halloween Crafts for Kids with us – and we’re sharing them with you!

What we love about these crafts is that they’re easy enough to make with even the youngest kids, and even if you’re not that crafty yourself.

And if you are a crafter, you can always take them up a notch and get super fancy. Why not? Have fun!

Pumpkins, Witches, Spiders, Oh My!

These crafts cover all the kid-safe Halloween themes, more spooky than scary, which make them ideal for even young kids. You’ll find pumpkin decoration ideas, pumpkin shapes, ghost-y shapes, witches, frankensteins, spiders and their webs, even some dreaded slime!

No matter what you and your kids like best about Halloween, you’ll find a fun craft in this list. Enjoy!

Craft Supplies

Many of these crafts can be made with household items and things you already have around the house, but if you need some glue, paint, construction paper, or even some googly eyes, feel free to check out our Amazon shop to stock up and be ready.

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Halloween Party Activity

Hosting a Halloween Party for the kids? Choose a couple of these crafts as a fun activity. Set up a table and cover it with plastic to keep the mess at bay. Then lay out all the supplies for the kids, maybe even with a photo to show them what it will look like, or make one ahead as an example.

These crafts would be fun as an after-school activity, too, with just you and your kids. Just imagine filling a wall with all these special Halloween Crafts you and your kids can make together. Have fun!

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Fun Halloween Crafts to Make with your Kids

These terrific craft ideas come to us from the most creative and crafty bloggers on the internet! All are shared with permission. Enjoy and get crafty!

Get Specific! Try these fun Halloween Pumpkin Crafts for Kids!

Disney Junior Bluey No-Carve Pumpkin for Halloween
From The Savvy Mama Lifestyle

Your kids will love making this No-Carve Bluey Pumpkin that’s inspired by the Disney Junior show! Although younger children may need help with cutting, older children should be able to make this fun Halloween craft on their own.

Perfect Halloween Paper Plate Pumpkin Craft for Kids
From Two Kids and a Coupon

Have some haunted holiday fun with this Halloween paper plate pumpkin craft for kids. Your kids can make this Halloween craft project using just a few supplies, but little ones may need you to cut or hot glue for them.

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DIY Toilet Paper Roll Ghosts
From Drugstore Divas

These toilet paper roll ghosts are so much fun the kids will want to play with them all night after they make them! You may have most of the supplies in your home already and you can recycle as many toilet paper tubes as you want to make a whole host of ghosts.

Dollar Tree Halloween Crafts for Kids
From Jordan’s Easy Entertaining

These Dollar Tree Halloween crafts for kids are so adorable, easy, and inexpensive — and they’re a great family activity! This is a good project choice if your time is limited because the pieces are already cut to the correct shapes. All your children have to do is punch them out and glue everything together.

Crafting Decorative Halloween Burlap Characters
From Sustain My Craft Habit

You’ll love how easy and fun it is to make these burlap cuties just in time for Halloween. These somewhat rustic decorations don’t require perfection to be adorable.

Paper Cup Monster Craft for Preschoolers: Fun and Easy Halloween Craft
From Beth Ann Averill

Learn how to make a seriously adorable little monster out of things you have around the house right now! You can engage toddlers, preschoolers, and even young school-age kids with this fun activity.

Halloween Handprints Craft to Spread Kindness This Fall
From Coffee and Carpool

Use these Halloween Handprints Crafts as a way to celebrate Halloween and spread some kindness in your community or home. Best of all, you can set them out year after year and see how much your kids have grown.

Adorable Halloween Footprint Ghosts to Celebrate Halloween
From Coffee and Carpool

Celebrate Halloween with these Halloween Footprint Ghosts crafts you can make with your kids to showcase just how small their feet are this year. Make them each year, along with the Halloween Handprints Crafts, to decorate and at the same time have a snapshot of both their hand and foot sizes as they grow.

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Frankenstein Pumpkin Craft For Kids [Free Template]
From Simple Everyday Mom

If you’re looking for something to keep the kids busy, why not try this Frankenstein pumpkin craft? It only takes a few supplies plus the free template to create this cute and fun Halloween craft.

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Mickey Mouse Pumpkin Craft For Kids [Free Template]
From Simple Everyday Mom

If your family loves all things Disney, they’ll love making this fun Disney Halloween craft. The supplies you’ll need are pretty basic and you may already have them all, aside from the free template.

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Halloween Craft: Eggplant Witch
From Plate in 28

Eggplant is a great base for a witch craft (get it, witchcraft?!). Your kids can learn about this vegetable while decorating it for Halloween.

Rice Ghost Craft
From Plate in 28

Kids will love “painting” their rice ghosts with glue and watching as the rice sticks to the glue with such ease. Smaller children may need help with this project, but it can still be a little messy, so make sure you use a plate or tray to contain the stray rice!

Glowing Jack-o’-Lantern Craft for Kids
From Raise Curious Kids

Who doesn’t love Jack-o’-lanterns? These cute pumpkins are sure to get you in the spirit of Halloween! They don’t take a lot of odd or expensive supplies and they’re easy to make.

DIY Oogie Boogie Ornament — Nightmare Before Christmas Craft
From Movie Nights at Home

This DIY Oogie Boogie Nightmare Before Christmas ornament craft is perfect for Halloween or a themed Christmas tree! And, you don’t have to be a sewer — there’s a no-sew version too that’s just as cute.

Popsicle Stick Pumpkins for a Fall-Inspired Kid Craft
From Crafting with Kids

Kids will love to learn how to make these fun popsicle stick pumpkins for a fun fall kid craft. It isn’t necessary to be perfect when you make them and you can change up the supplies depending on what you have on hand.

DIY Toilet Paper Roll Spiders; Easy Halloween Craft for Kids
From Crafting with Kids

Learn how to make these simple but creative DIY toilet paper roll spiders. Children will need to cut, paint, and glue, so you may have to help little ones to complete this fun Halloween craft. It can also get a bit messy, so protect clothes and work surfaces before getting started.

Tape Resist Painted Pumpkins
From Mama of Minis

These tape-resist painted pumpkins are the perfect fall or Halloween craft for kids to make. There’s no cutting which makes this a good project for toddlers and older kids alike.

Halloween Monster Slime
From Ottawa Mommy Club

Your children will love making this ooey-gooey Halloween Monster Slime! You’ll probably want to help them with this activity and disposable gloves are helpful.

DIY Easy Jack-O’-Lantern Felt Plush Craft With Printable Template
From Ottawa Mommy Club

This DIY Easy Jack-O’-Lantern Felt Plush is perfect for making and sharing. You can pop it in a Halloween basket, use it as a stand-alone decoration, make several into a garland, or add it to other seasonal items to create a vignette.

Halloween Coloring Page: Witch Haunted House
From Finding Zest

This free printable features two coloring sheets that kids can color and then cut out to create their own 3-D haunted house! Kids can add stickers or an LED candle to put the spotlight on their artwork.

Halloween Skeleton Hair Clips DIY
From Finding Zest

Skeleton Halloween Hair Clips are a fun Halloween craft that you can easily create with just a few affordable materials! You can also clip them into a wreath or use them in other creative ways.

How to Make a Witch Hat Headband
From Simply full of Delight

Kids love making things they can wear and as a bonus, this Halloween activity provides a great opportunity for little ones to practice their scissor skills! And it only takes a few basic supplies, no matter which version of the witch hat your child makes.

Easy Preschool Bat Craft
From Simply full of Delight

Check out this Marble Painting Preschool Bat Craft! The pattern is an easy one for little hands to practice using scissors on. It’s also a fun craft for kids to create using the marbling effect in the instructions.

Halloween Activities for Preschool
From The Primary Parade

You can use the magic of Halloween to help your preschoolers build early learning skills in math, literacy, and science. There are a variety of season crafts here to keep your kids busy.

Spooky Flower Craft for Halloween
From Taming Little Monsters

When I began thinking about Halloween craft ideas to do with my kids this year, this Flower Craft for Halloween was the one I got the most excited about. It’s a less traditional, fun Halloween craft that’s easy for younger kids to create.

Spooky Tree Halloween Craft for Kids
From Taming Little Monsters

I couldn’t resist making this Spooky Tree Halloween Craft for Kids. You’ll need empty toilet paper tubes, along with a few other basic supplies, to make this fun decoration. After it’s done you could add plastic spiders, spiderwebs, or other items to dress it up before placing it with your other Halloween decor.

Cute Paper Plate Witch Hat Craft (Super Easy!)
From Mommy Made That

Do you love all things witchy when it comes to Halloween? With just a paper plate and a few craft supplies, you can create your own fun Witch’s hat in no time!

Super Cute Paper Plate Spider Craft
From Mommy Made That

Check out the cute, easy, and fun Halloween crafts you can make with your kids. We turned paper plates into spider webs and created cute fluffy spider puppets out of pom poms!

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