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.