Halloween Crafts

The marker will wipe off with a damp paper towel so he can draw, wipe, and draw again on his pumpkin as many times as he likes.

Materials

* Small pumpkin
* Washable markers
* Damp paper towel

Have your child brush glue all over the cat shape, then press the tissue paper pieces onto the glue.

Materials

* Child's blunt-tip safety scissors
* Construction paper, poster board, or pencil and paper
* Black tissue paper
* Paintbrush
* Glue
* Googly eyes
* Black string licorice
* Pink construction paper, craft foam, or yarn (optional)
* Black yarn (optional)

Create your own black bats to hang from your ceilings for a spooky Halloween.

Materials

* Black tempera or acrylic paint
* Paintbrush
* Clothespin (not one with a spring)
* Black construction paper
* Pencil or marker
* Child's blunt-tip safety scissors
* Glue
* Red tempera or acrylic paint (optional)
* String

Don't be scared ... kids will be drawn in to the fun of creating their very own spider web. Add it to your collection of spooky Halloween decorations that everyone looks forward to seeing year after year, and you'll be reminded of the fun you had spinning this web together!

Materials

* Black tempera paint
* White paper plate
* Black marker
* Child's blunt-tip safety scissors
* Tape
* Black yarn
* Plastic insects (optional)
* Black paper plate (optional)
* White tempera paint (optional)
* White yarn (optional)

Let the kids make their own masks to wear at Halloween - or any time they want to be in disguise! (For kids under 3, let them wear the masks you make.)

Materials

* Plain masks, available at costume or party stores, or make your own with tagboard and elastic
* Decorations, such as feathers, stickers, decals, puffy paints, markers, glitter, and so on
* Non-toxic glue
* Mirror

Encourage the kids to use their imaginations when celebrating Halloween with their friends. Just provide them with dress-up selections and let them put together their own creative costumes!

Materials

* Variety of clothing articles, such as scarves, hats, gloves, shoes, vests, wraps, fancy dresses, ruffly shirts and silky pants
* Mirror

For Halloween, involve your little one in some creepy, crafty fun. Before a monster movie or for a scary celebration, you and your child can create a spooky snack. As you make it together, ask your little boy or ghoul to create the creepiest cracker they can. When they are all done with the Halloween fun, you both can enjoy a sticky, tricky treat!

Materials

* Spread (cream cheese, cheese spread, or peanut butter)
* Round crackers
* Pretzel sticks
* Raisins or chocolate chips (not for children under 3 years)

Your kids will love making this spooky skeleton out of pom poms for Halloween.

Material:

1-medium white pom-pom
2-small white pom-pom
White chenille
Black felt
2 black beads
Flat round wood shape

Kids an make their own Halloween windsock.

Material:

Sheet of foam
4 pieces of string/cord
Streamers
Decorating materials

A great craft for your children to make large foam pumpkin cutouts to hang on your door for Halloween.

Material:

2 large orange circles
1 piece of black foam to cutout the pumpkin's face
1 piece of brown foam for the stem
1 piece of green foam for the leaves
1 piece of cord to hang project

Harvest party ideas, games for church, fall craft and Halloween alternatives, for Christian families. A Halloween alternative celebration for churches and schools ... Enjoy the wonder of the harvest season with these festive and fun ideas. We've listed simple autumn activities for your family, craft ideas for fall, and fun games for your upcoming church harvest party or festival.

Plan a spooktacular Halloween party for kids with these Halloween party ideas, Halloween party games, haunting decorations, revolting recipes. Whether your hosting a Halloween party for your kids at home, or helping with a classroom party, these Halloween party ideas and kid-friendly party games will ensure your little goblins will have a frighteningly good time and the planning is so easy you won't be spooked!

This Haunted Candy House serves as a super table centerpiece for a Halloween party!

You'll Need:
Single serving milk cartons, empty and washed
Royal Decorating Icing (recipe below)
Graham Crackers
Decorations-candy corn, pumpkin candies, black licorice, "peeps" ghosts, chocolate bar miniatures, green decorating sugar, other candy suggestions....Necco Wafer Candies, Reese's Pieces, gum drops....

Spooktacular Halloween party games and frighteningly fun activities you can do with your kids. Turn this Halloween into more than just costumes and candy. Take the opportunity to share some family fun. Host a Halloween party, play Halloween games, make Halloween crafts, explore a pumpkin and play in the leaves.

Brew up some fun with these frighteningly easy Halloween recipes to add to your Halloween party.

This Halloween Pumpkin Candy Container craft makes a great container for candy. If you use the very small pots - you'll also have a super party favor! Or if you want, Make Halloween Treat bags at school or home, for children to keep their Halloween party favors and candy.

You'll need:
clay pot
clay drainage plate
wooden ball
acrylic paint
raffia

or

You'll need:
Orange tempera paint
Green tempera paint
Lunch bag
Sponge
Palm of hand, index finger
soap & water.

Halloween craft ideas for kids to make at a Halloween party, in the classroom and scout troops.

You'll Need:
black plastic spoons (sturdy plastic)
green Candy Melts (craft store) We use Wilton® brand
craft foam sheets or felt; black and green
black yarn, orange yarn optional
wax or parchment paper
clear cellophane wrap
plastic wiggle eyes
red permanent marker for her mouth
glue dots or craft glue stick

Halloween recipes, silly and easy recipes for childrens halloween parties. Marshmallow Goblin Pops -- Marshmallow Pumpkin Pops. A Halloween party treat for you and the kids to make.

You'll need:
marshmallows
4" lollipop sticks (craft store) sticks
orange and green Candy Melts ;Wilton brand
from the craft store
black decorating gel
wax or parchment paper

Halloween spider craft for kids, handprint spider. Hand Print Spiders - For the HUalloween spider craft:

You'll need:
Black Tempera or poster paint
paper
wiggly eyes

For the Spooky See Through

You'll need:
White school glue
Food color
Plastic food wrap
Paint brush or cotton swabs
Card board or paper

Kids can help make this Halloween pumpkin craft for parties and treats using these easy instructions. This unique Halloween Jack-o-Lantern is a craft and a treat in one. Perfect for Halloween parties, Scout troop meetings or as a classroom party treat!

You'll Need:
canning jars or baby food jars
green acrylic paint
black craft foam sheets or black acrylic paint
craft glue or hot glue gun
green ribbon or raffia
orange candy (we used candy pumpkins)

A fun-for-kids Halloween ghost craft made with an egg carton. This cute little Halloween ghost made from an egg carton, is a great art project for school classrooms, scout troops, or your own Halloween party.


You'll Need
Empty egg cartons
White and black Tempera or Acrylic paint
White chenille stems (pipe-cleaners)
Masking tape
Paint brush

This cute little pumpkin craft made from an egg carton, can sit on a shelf, windowsill or mantle. A great craft idea for school classrooms, scout troops or your Halloween party.

You'll Need
Empty egg cartons
Orange and black Tempera or Acrylic paint
Green chenille stems (pipe-cleaners)
Orange and black construction paper
Paint brush
Craft glue

This Halloween craft for kids is a suction cupped spooky window hanging that your kids will love creating. Halloween Window Watchers Craft for children

Ages 6 & up.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

* Craft Foam: 1 Sheet each of Orange, Green, Black, White, Purple
* Tacky Glue
* Eight 1" Suction Cups
* Stapler
* Scissors
* Black and White Enamel Paint & Paint Brush (Optional)

Make this creepy Halloween Haunted House Stained Glass Window Picture. Even the youngest will enjoy sticking the tissue paper on and seeing the finished effect, although you will obviously have to do most of the cutting out yourself.

Materials Needed:

Black construction paper or card
Scraps of tissue paper
Glue
Scissors

Hey kids, learn how to make your very own papier mache puppets that look just like your twin. A great arts and crafts project for children and kids who love playing around. These are called DoubleHeaders - The fun of making these papier-mâché puppets is twofold -- kids can decorate them to look like their very own twin and then cast their doubles as stars in a show.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

Balloon
Newspaper
Scissors
Papier-mâché
Straight pin
2-foot-long wooden dowel
Masking tape
Acrylic paints and brushes
Construction paper
Glue

Hey kids, do you want to make a spooky Halloween Goblin hand puppet? This crafts for kids project is to create Hand Puppet Goblins to make to scare people on Halloween.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:
Markers
Yarn scraps of different bright colors
2 old hankies
plain fabric scraps or felt
Beads, buttons, and other trim
Thread
Glue

Hey Kids, do you want to make a Spooky spider puppet that actually jumps? It is a very cool project that most kids, especially boys would love. This would be a good craft to make around Hallow You can make this jumping spider puppet with straws and a few other materials listed below:

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:
# 1 Large Black Pom-Pom
# 4 Black Pipe Cleaners
# 2 Small Wiggle Eyes
# Black Yarn
# Straw
# Glue
# Wax Paper

Your kids will love celebrating Halloween by creating these scary and ghoulish stick figures with the following arts and crafts activities that were created for children to create themselves. If you are looking for last minute Halloween crafts, you've come to the right place! These adorable little monsters have personality of their own. Made from simple items such as ice cream sticks and tempura paint, theyre sure to be a hit with your kids. You can make a 2 headed snake, centipede, ghostly tree, handy herman, or a ghost ...

SOME CRAFTS MATERIALS YOU NEED FOR THESE ACTIVITIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
ice cream stick with wide ends
tempura paint
glitter glue
thin red ribbon
scissors
tacky or hot glue
wiggle eyes
chenille sticks
black marker
Kleenex tissue

Halloween is a fun time for kids to give away treats and candy and to go collect them as well. This childrens' arts and crafts project is an idea to make Halloween Bags with these Crafts instructions. Your kids will learn how to use popsicle sticks to make treat holders for Halloween.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY
# 1 Tube of Elmer's Glue
# 20 Popsicle Sticks
# Paper Bag
# Navy blue or black Felt
# 1 Wiggle eye
# 1 pair of scissors
# Brown gift bag

Your children can celebrate Halloween by creating these scary ghosts made from a lid and a grocery bag. This easy to make for kids arts and crafts project is for a Cool Whip Lid / Plastic Grocery Sack Bag Ghost. Heres a fun Halloween project thats inexpensive...uses primarily recycled household items ...and the kids just love how they"fly".

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS WILL NEED FOR THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:

# Plain white lid (from a margarine container, for example)
# 3 black construction paper circles for eyes and mouth
# 2 sheer white plastic grocery sacks
# 2 white pipe cleaners
# Scotch tape
# Glue stick
# Black yarn
# Hole punch

Garbage Bag Spider - Instructions for making a LARGE spider using a garbage bag and a few other supplies. How much fun does this sound boys and girls? You're very own garbage bag spider to play with or maybe scare your brother or sister!

MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:

2 Large Black Garbage Bags
Newspaper (or balloons)
Black Yarn or String
Tape
Cardboard

Ghastly Ghosts - These home made ghosts, ranging from tiny to large, are great additions to your haunted house. Put some excitement into your scary haunted house. Great for halloween and makes fun activity to do.

MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:

Use balloons, white garbage bags (rectangle or square shaped), duct tape, and fishing line or thread.

Lawn Spider

A great kids craft to brighten up your lawn. Easy to make craft project can be added to other art activitiies to scare up a great Halloween.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDREN'S ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITIES

5 Large Black/Green plastic garbage bags
Clear packing tape (or any strong tape)
White construction paper (for eyes)
Old newspapers (for stuffing)
Scissors
General Instructions
Using one garbage bag, stuff with newspaper to make large, round shape. Close bottom using packing tape.
Take 4 garbage bags and cut in half down the middle of the long side. Tape sides cut closed. You will then have 8 strips with an open end. Stuff the open ends with newspaper half way. Twist the bag (for knee joint) then continue stuffing until full. Tape off end.
On round garbage bag, tape eyes cut from from white construction paper - or other white materials. Eyes can be decorated with permanent marker to make eyeballs or eyelashes.
Take your spider parts outside and assemble. You should have the body and 8 legs. Prop the legs up against the body, or tape to the body.

Halloween Trick or Treat Bags - Make your own Trick-or-Treat bags with Raffia or household string with this easy to make fun kid's craft idea just in time for Halloween!

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:

Raffia or household string
Markers in a variety of colors
Medium or small sized brown paper bags
Beads, buttons, glitter, spiders, and other trim items
Tape.

How to Make:

1. Decorate your bag with the markers and trim items. Faces, spiders, ghosts, jack-0-lanterns or anything else you like.

2. Open the paper bag. Wrap 2 small bunches of raffia strips from top of bag, completely around bottom and back to top leaving an additional foot of raffia to tie into knot or bow.

3. Tape the raffia all around the front, bottom and back of bag so it doesn't slip loose.

4. Tie both ends of the raffia together at top and secure with knot for carrying.

Now you are ready to go out and fill your bag with goodies.

Lollipop Halloween Ghosts - Make your own Halloween Lollipop Ghosts with this fun and easy to make craft idea for kids.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:

Tootsie Pop Lollipops
White Napkins
Black Ink Pen (markers will run)
Yarn (any Color)


1. Take your folded napkin and place over the Tootstie Pop.

2. Tie a piece of yarn under the candy part of the Tootsie Pop to keep the napkin on.

2. Draw eyes and a scary mouth with markers.

Great for Halloween party's or trick or treater's.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:

Materials Needed:: 2 Paper Plates; black and white construction paper; black marker; scissors; string; cotton balls or tissue (for stuffing); Elmer's Glue-All

Grades: K-2




Color both paper plates completely black with the marker. If you choose, you can cut two similarly sized circles out of black construction paper instead..
Make eyes out of the white construction paper and glue in place on one of the plates or circles.
Cut 8 strips of black construction paper 1" wide by 12" long. Fold each in an accordion style. These will be the legs.
Glue legs to the bottom of the plate or circle that does NOT have the eyes glued to it.
Lay the top plate or circle on top of the one with the legs and staple them together around the edges leaving an opening on one side to insert the stuffing.
Stuff the "body" of the spider with cotton balls or tissue. Staple the hole closed when finished.
Staple a string to the end of the plate opposite the eyes and you're ready to hang!

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
Jack-O-Lantern Mask -
Supplies needed: A paper plate
Crayons, markers, or tempera paint
Scissors
Hole punch
Green yarn or elastic

Draw a jack-o'-lantern's face on the back of a paper plate.
Cut out the eyes, nose, and mouth. Decorate the rest of the jack-o'lantern.
Punch a hole in each side of the mask.
Tie a length of green yarn to each side (or use elastic) of the jack-o'-lantern.