This post talks about Halloween Crafts for Kids.
Halloween is the perfect excuse to pull out the glue, paint, paper, and googly eyes.
These Halloween crafts for kids are simple enough for little hands but still fun enough to keep older children entertained.
From paper ghosts and painted pumpkins to spooky spiders and monster crafts, there are plenty of ways to make Halloween feel extra special without spending a lot of money.
Many of these projects use supplies you may already have at home, making them great for a classroom activity, Halloween party, or cozy afternoon indoors.
1. Paper Plate Ghosts
Paper plate ghosts are one of the easiest Halloween crafts for younger kids.
Start with a plain white paper plate and let the kids draw or glue on black eyes and a spooky mouth. Cut strips of white tissue paper or crepe paper and attach them to the bottom so they hang like a ghost’s flowing body.
Punch a small hole at the top and add string so the ghosts can hang from ceilings, windows, or doorways.
For extra personality, let every child create a different ghost expression.
2. Toilet Paper Roll Bats
Save a few empty toilet paper rolls and turn them into adorable Halloween bats.
Paint each roll black or wrap it in black construction paper. Cut bat wings from cardstock and glue them onto the sides. Finish with googly eyes, tiny paper ears, and little white fangs.
Kids can make an entire family of bats and display them along a shelf or hang them around the house with string.
This is also a great way to reuse materials that would normally be thrown away.
3. Handprint Spiders
Handprint crafts are especially fun because they become little keepsakes.
Have your child dip their hand in washable black paint and press it onto paper. Make another handprint in the opposite direction so the fingers become eight spider legs.
Once the paint dries, add googly eyes or draw on a funny face.
You can also draw a spider web around the handprint or write your child’s name and the year underneath.
4. Popsicle Stick Monsters
Popsicle sticks can easily become colorful Halloween monsters.
Glue several sticks side by side and paint them green, purple, orange, or any color your child likes. Add googly eyes, paper teeth, yarn hair, and silly expressions.
Kids can create Frankenstein-inspired monsters, vampires, zombies, or completely imaginary creatures.
There are no strict rules with this craft, which makes it perfect for encouraging creativity.
5. Cotton Ball Ghosts
Cotton ball ghosts are soft, simple, and especially good for toddlers and preschoolers.
Draw a ghost shape on cardstock and let kids cover the entire shape with cotton balls using child-safe glue.
Add black paper circles for the eyes and mouth.
The fluffy texture makes these ghosts especially cute, and they look great displayed on the refrigerator or classroom wall.
6. Paper Pumpkin Faces
You don’t always need a real pumpkin to make jack-o’-lanterns.
Cut large pumpkin shapes from orange construction paper and prepare different eyes, noses, mouths, hats, and decorations from colored paper.
Let children mix and match the pieces to create their own pumpkin faces.
Some pumpkins can be scary, while others can be funny, surprised, sleepy, or silly.
It’s an easy Halloween activity with very little cleanup.
7. Painted Rock Monsters
If your kids enjoy collecting rocks, turn a few into Halloween characters.
Wash and dry the rocks first, then paint them in bright Halloween colors. Once dry, add faces, stripes, dots, stitches, or tiny monster details.
You can create ghosts, pumpkins, eyeballs, Frankenstein monsters, black cats, or colorful creatures covered in googly eyes.
Display the finished rocks around the porch, garden, or child’s bedroom.
8. Halloween Paper Bag Puppets
Simple brown paper bags can become fun Halloween puppets.
Use construction paper, markers, glue, yarn, and googly eyes to transform each bag into a witch, vampire, ghost, monster, pumpkin, or black cat.
Once the puppets are finished, encourage the kids to put on a Halloween puppet show.
This craft gives children something fun to make and another activity to enjoy afterward.
9. Pom-Pom Spiders
These little spiders are more cute than creepy.
Start with a black or purple pom-pom for the spider’s body. Attach pipe cleaners for the legs and finish with small googly eyes.
Kids can place the spiders around Halloween decorations or attach string and hang them from a pretend spider web.
Use larger craft pieces for younger children and supervise closely when working with small materials.
10. Paper Cup Monsters
Turn ordinary paper cups into a collection of goofy Halloween creatures.
Flip the cups upside down and paint them green, orange, purple, or black. Decorate them with paper ears, pipe-cleaner arms, googly eyes, yarn hair, and funny mouths.
Kids can make vampires, witches, Frankenstein monsters, pumpkins, or their own imaginary characters.
Line the finished monsters along a table for an easy homemade Halloween display.
11. Pumpkin Stamp Painting
Pumpkin stamping is a fun option for children who love painting.
Cut an apple in half and dip the flat side into orange washable paint. Press it onto white paper to create a pumpkin shape.
Once the paint dries, children can add green stems and draw jack-o’-lantern faces.
You can also use the stamped pumpkins to make Halloween cards or homemade wrapping paper.
12. Yarn-Wrapped Mummies
Mummy crafts look impressive but can still be surprisingly easy.
Cut a simple person-shaped figure from sturdy cardboard. Give kids white yarn and let them wrap it around the cardboard until most of the figure is covered.
Add googly eyes between the layers of yarn.
The uneven wrapping actually makes the mummy look even better, so children don’t have to worry about making it perfect.
13. Coffee Filter Spider Webs
Coffee filters can create beautiful spider-web patterns with just a few folds and cuts.
Fold a coffee filter several times and carefully cut small shapes along the edges. Open it back up to reveal a delicate web design.
Older kids may be able to handle the cutting themselves, while younger children may need help.
Add a paper or pom-pom spider to complete the look.
Hang several webs together on a wall or window for inexpensive Halloween decorations.
14. Egg Carton Bats
An empty cardboard egg carton can become a tiny bat decoration.
Cut out a section containing three connected egg cups. The center cup becomes the bat’s head while the two outer sections form its wings.
Paint everything black and add googly eyes.
Attach string to the top if you want the bats to hang around your Halloween display.
15. Tissue Paper Pumpkins
Tissue paper pumpkins are easy to customize and full of texture.
Cut a pumpkin shape from cardstock and provide small pieces of orange tissue paper. Kids can crumple the pieces and glue them all over the pumpkin.
Add a green paper stem and a jack-o’-lantern face if desired.
This is an especially good craft for younger kids practicing fine motor skills.
16. Monster Bookmarks
For kids who love reading, Halloween bookmarks make a practical craft they can keep using after October ends.
Cut strips of cardstock and decorate them with monster faces, ghosts, pumpkins, bats, or witches.
Add googly eyes, colorful paper teeth, markers, stickers, or ribbon.
Children can even make extra bookmarks to give to classmates or friends as small Halloween gifts.
17. Paper Chain Halloween Characters
Traditional paper chains can easily get a spooky makeover.
Cut strips of orange, black, green, purple, and white construction paper and connect them into loops.
Turn individual links into pumpkins, ghosts, monsters, or bats by adding faces.
Hang the finished chain across a doorway, fireplace mantel, classroom board, or party table.
The longer the chain becomes, the more exciting the project feels for kids.
18. Halloween Suncatchers
Halloween suncatchers are a colorful way to decorate windows.
Create pumpkin, ghost, bat, or candy-corn outlines from dark construction paper. Fill the inside with small pieces of colored tissue paper using clear contact paper.
When sunlight shines through, the tissue paper creates a stained-glass effect.
These decorations can make an ordinary window feel instantly ready for Halloween.
19. Footprint Ghost Art
Footprint ghosts are another cute Halloween keepsake.
Cover the bottom of your child’s foot with washable white paint and gently press it onto dark construction paper.
Once dry, turn the footprint upside down so the heel becomes the ghost’s head. Add black eyes and a mouth.
Write the child’s name and year underneath so you can remember just how tiny those Halloween feet once were.
20. DIY Halloween Masks
Finish your craft day with masks the kids can actually wear.
Cut mask shapes from cardstock or use plain craft masks as the base. Let children decorate them as cats, bats, monsters, pumpkins, superheroes, or spooky creatures.
Add feathers, glitter, stickers, paper shapes, yarn, or paint.
Attach elastic or a craft stick so children can hold or wear their creations during Halloween games and pretend play.
Make Halloween Crafting Part of the Fun
Halloween Crafts for Kids doesn’t have to be all about costumes and candy. A simple afternoon of crafting can become one of the most memorable parts of the season.
Choose projects based on your child’s age and use supplies you already have whenever possible. You can even set up a small Halloween craft station with construction paper, washable paint, glue, googly eyes, yarn, pipe cleaners, and recycled materials.
Even if you’re making fluffy ghosts, silly monsters, painted pumpkins, or creepy-cute spiders, these Halloween crafts for kids offer plenty of easy ways to celebrate spooky season together.
