Looking for Halloween crafts for kids?

Halloween crafts for kids are great ways to get kids learning and doing! Here’s some suggestions for crafts you can do with kids of different ages.
If you have pre-schoolers, then perhaps Little Kid Crafts for all seasons might interest you. This huge collection of craft and project ideas are sure to spark your child’s imagination!




For kids in their middle years, there’s a number of Spooky Crafts books available. For example, Halloween Crafts contains fun holiday crafts kids can do and provides ten simple projects that use easily-found items. With clear instructions and full-color photographs, this is a great book for adults who need a quick craft idea. Another good book is Fun-to-make Crafts for Halloween. A collection of 149 crafts for Halloween and fall with step-by-step directions, simple supply list, and color photo for each finished product, the book will encourage kids to gather materials and start crafting.

If the kids are old enough to sew, pillowcase kits make great projects. Here’s a site
with a great selection of precut pillowcase kits so you don’t need to worry about the kids cutting them wrong. Just iron a couple strips of fabric and sew a straight stitch along the seam – nice and simple!

For a large selection of activities for various ages, check out the Disney Halloween Family Fun site for Halloween crafts for kids, including great recipes, costumes, and party ideas. The site is an online supplement to their Family Fun magazine and contains lots of activities for both day-to-day and holiday fun.




Are you planning a Halloween party as well? The furry fellow on the right came from the Halloween Tricks and Treats book from Better Homes & Gardens Crafts. This book is a treasure-trove of spooky ideas and how-tos for throwing Halloween parties for the whole family. The book includes DIY (Do it Yourself) Halloween decorations and costumes, craft projects, even recipes! Besides, you get this adorable…oops, scary!…spider project!

For another party-planner option, check out Kid Party Crafts & Games, which includes a wide selection of scalable projects for kids’ parties.

How about making masks for their costumes? Or costumes to go with their masks? The Biggest Ever Mask Making Book For Kids provides a fun guide to making all sorts of masks and is written as a guide for kids’ parents.




Since you’re planning a party and the kids are making masks, why not go all out and make the costume too? The Quick Costumes for Kids book contains thirty costume ideas designed for younger children that require little or no sewing, little time to create, and the kids can participate in the making of their costume. What more could you ask for?

OK, OK, you had to ask, didn’t you? How about a Family Faces Makeup Kit with washable makeup, just in case the mask idea didn’t work.

And if those options still aren’t cool enough, how about one last try…




The Haunted Pirate Ship model kit contains instructions, ideas, and all the materials needed to make the finished 14″ model…and it glows in the dark! Now be honest, how cool is that?!

Halloween is such a fun holiday and Halloween crafts for kids are a great way to get creative. As an added bonus, if you can add something scary or gooey to the craft projects, it’ll really make it memorable!

At the end of the day, when everyone’s worn out from the play, there’ll be just one thing left to do. Settle down at a table and play a round or two of Mummy Rummy just to relax and unwind! Another game the kids might enjoy is the I-Spy: Spooky Mansion game. Or for a little more challenging hidden object searching, you could try the Haunted Hotel game.

Halloween Crafts For Kids

These Halloween crafts for kids are cute and so easy it’s scary!

Halloween falls at the beginning of the holiday and winter season. The days when you could banish your children’s boredom by sending them outside to play are, or soon will be, a memory until next spring. This in and of itself is more frightening to the heart of many parents than the ghosties and zombies that will soon accost the front porch seeking candy. Don’t worry, with a little preparation and creativity you may soon delight in the long cold days of winter so you can craft with your kids.
Ready? Get Set...Craft!

A few ground rules and basic supplies will make all the difference in the world between a successful crafting session, and a nightmare.

One crafts are messy. Children are also messy. Putting the two together is a perfect storm of paste, paint, miniscule pieces of paper and glitter that will soon be permanently adhered to your dining room table unless you take the necessary evasive action. You will find that an investment in disposable plastic table coverings, or a big stack of news print will be worth its weight in gold not only for mess prevention but also for easy clean up: just roll plastic table cloth up mess and all then toss it in the waste bin. Done. Other mess and stress savers include aprons, old t-shirts and in some cases latex gloves.

Now that the scary mess is tamed, basic supplies are the next items on the crafts list. Having a well stocked crafts box means that even if you don’t have a specific craft planned you can get out the supplies and let the kid’s imaginations take flight. Must have items are: crayons, pencils, rulers, glue or paste and lots of paper both in plain white and colored varieties. Items that are not a must, but are certainly fun include: glitter, colored and plain craft pasta, markers, colored pencils, paint, mixed variety of beans, felt, lace, ribbon, scraps of material and stickers. This may seem like a lot of stuff, but it comes together naturally over time as you craft and is not expensive.

Let’s Make Mine Halloween
You can craft any time of the year, but Halloween crafts for kids are so fun and with the advent of poorer weather there is never a better time to start.

Pumpkin Crafts
The orange gourd that graces the front porch of most homes this time of year has so much craft potential. This year try painting your faces. Use stencils and tape to cover spots that are to remain orange and paint the rest. This is an easy way for a child to create their own Jack-o-lantern from start to finish without having to use a knife.

Other pumpkin fun includes decorating them with glow in the dark paint. You can paint faces, stars or hand prints. Turn out the lights and watch them glow. You can also use paints to draw faces then top them with yarn for hair, sturdy construction paper for ears, ties, collars and ribbons.

Beyond faces, there is still more pumpkin fun. When you haven’t polluted the pumpkin’s flesh by burning a candle in it you can use it in your holiday baking. Pumpkin is fabulous and nutritious. Kids will love helping you use their creations to make pies or roasted seeds.