Halloween can be so much more than just a couple hours of going door to door for trick-or-treating. If you have time to spend with the kids before the outdoor festivities or planning a kid-friendly party, try some of these fun crafts:
Paper Plate Masks:
Supplies:
Paper plates, markers, paint, and craft materials.
Instructions:
Let kids decorate their plates as Halloween masks, adding spooky or silly faces.
Attach a craft stick to the bottom, and they can hold them up like masks.
Ghost Handprint Cards:
Supplies:
White paint, black construction paper, face stickers
Instructions:
Have kids dip their hands in white paint and make handprints on black paper.
Once dry, add eyes and a mouth to turn the handprints into adorable ghosts.
Use these as Halloween cards or decorations.
Pasta Skeletons:
Supplies:
Variety of pasta shapes (like macaroni, spaghetti, and penne) and glue.
Instructions:
Create spooky skeletons by arranging the pasta pieces on black paper.
Paper Plate Spiders:
Supplies:
Black paper plates, black pipe cleaners, googly eyes, paint
Instructions:
Have the kids add the pipe cleaners to the edges of the plate for the spider legs.
Add googly eyes and paint on a spooky face.
Pumpkin Seed Art:
Supplies:
Washed and dried pumpkin seeds, paint
Instructions:
Paint the seeds in various
Halloween colors
Use them to create seed art or jewelry.
