Easy Kids Crafts For Halloween

Zijn uw kinderen enthousiast over Halloween nog? We hebben niet een dag gaan door waar mijn dochter niet mij vragen als het is tijd om te gaan nog Trick. Houd ze bezig terwijl ze wachten met deze gemakkelijk kinderen ambachtelijke ideeën die u samen kan doen.

Ghost Hand Puppet

Kinderen zijn dol op spelen met poppen en er is nauwelijks een gemakkelijker marionet te maken dan een spook. Alles wat u nodig hebt is een witte papieren handdoek, of een witte zakdoek, een rubberen band en een zwarte marker.

Vraag uw kind om haar duim en pinky verspreid, maar de 3 andere vingers bij elkaar houden. De papieren handdoek draperen over haar hand en veilig de rubberen band rond de drie vingers. Dit zal de geest van de hoofd; de duim en Pink vormen de armen. Draw ogen en een mond op de papieren handdoek en de kleine ghost pop is voltooid.

Ghost lollies

Kleding omhoog de lollies die u voor Halloween weggeven door inwikkeling een witte weefsel of kleine stuk van stof over hen. Veilig met een stuk van string of een rubberen band. Neem een zwarte marker en tekenen van de ogen en de mond van een ronde op de geest van gezicht.

Spin Webs

Wat zou Halloween zonder spinnen en spinnenwebben? Deze schattige kleine spinnenwebben met de kinderen maken en hang ze in het venster. Allen die u wenst zijn 3 ambachtelijke of schone popsicle stokken en sommige wit of zwart garen. Nemen twee van de ambachtelijke stokken en lijm ze samen om te vormen van een kruis. Lijm de 3e een recht in het midden, die een ster vormen. Stropdas één eind van het garen rond één van de ambachtelijke stokken in het midden. Start het weven over een ambachtelijke stok en onder de andere. Houd gaand rond, vormen uw spinnenweb. Zorg ervoor dat u laat ten minste 1/4 inch van de ambachtelijke stokken uit te steken en de loose end beveiligen door koppelverkoop het aan één van de ambachtelijke stokken. Een kleine plastic spin in het midden lijm en uw spinnenweb ophangen.

Heks bezem potlood

Heks bezem potloden maken een leuke Halloween geschenk dat niet gepaard met snoep gaat. U kunt een potlood omzetten in een heksenbezem met een handvol van huishoudelijke artikelen. Alles wat u nodig hebt is een regelmatige potlood, sommige kleine takjes uit de werf, sommige string en een beetje lijm.

De twijgen breken in stukken van gelijke lengte en ze line-up rond het potlood einde van een potlood. Maken het eruit ziet als een ouderwetse bezem. De pruiken met string beveiligen en past u vervolgens een dikke laag van lijm te houden het allemaal op plaats.

Ketel Candy schotel

Te maken van deze schattige ketel snoep schotel, beginnen met een lege ronde plastic container (zoals een cool-zweep container). Schoon, droog het en dan het zwarte verf. Verf drie kleine houten ballen zwart ook. Nadat de verf droog is, lijm deze aan de onderkant van uw plastic container. Het toevoegen van een greep gemaakt van draad als u houden zou en uw snoep schotel ketel wordt gedaan. Voeg gewoon enkele van uw favoriete Halloween snoep.

Pompoen schilderij

Grappige of eng gezichten in een pompoen snijwerk is een erg leuk, maar het wordt ook heel rommelig en kleine kinderen niet echt veel doen omdat er een mes betrokken. Koop een paar kleine pompoenen in plaats daarvan, naast of in de grote snijwerk pompoen. Permanente pennen of acryl verf gebruiken om te tekenen grappige gezichten op uw mini-pompoenen.

Maak je een Halloween kostuum

Wil je snel en eenvoudig maken creatieve Halloween kostuums die u en uw kinderen zal trots zijn op--voor een fractie van de prijs van de winkel koopt? Susanne Myers heeft samengesteld een boek om u te tonen hoe--geen naaien betrokken. Bezoek http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/ebooks/halloween.html voor meer informatie.

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Halloween Crafts For the Kids

Kids love making crafts, so take the time to look around and find some easy Halloween crafts for kids. Crafting does not have to be difficult, and you can make easy Halloween crafts for kids with a little imagination, creativity, and some common household items. There is nothing more fun for kids than to decorate your home with Halloween decorations that they have made themselves. They will feel pride in what they have created and have fun doing it. Here are a couple easy Halloween crafts for kids that you may want to try.

We LOVE fun foam that can be purchased at craft stores or department stores. Buy several sheets in colors of orange, black, green, and white. Cut out some ovals and circles from various colors. Look on the Internet for Halloween images that you can print to your personal printer. Try to find witches, bats, skeletons, and black cats. You may have to reduce these images to fit onto your base. If you are especially good at drawing, you can even try to draw your own! Cut these images out of contrasting fun foam colors and glue onto the shapes you have cut out. Punch a hole in the top, draw a string through the hole and then hang these fun ornaments anywhere you can think of!

Easy Halloween crafts for kids can even be crafts that are adapted from more difficult crafts. Want to have scary ghosts hanging from your trees? Take an ordinary plastic bag you get from the grocery store and cut off the handles. Place a Styrofoam ball in the top for the head and secure with a rubber band. Then shred the bottom into strips and poke a hole above the head to insert a string for hanging. Don't forget to draw on a scary face! For extra fun, attach a bell or two to the bottom of the strips so you can hear your ghost "singing" in the wind.

Finally, one of the most easy Halloween crafts for kids might be the most fun. Buy a few dark colored candles black preferably and provide your child with various trinkets like sequins, candy corn, fun foam shapes, or whatever you can think of. Have them glue these trinkets on the outside of the candle and you have a great Halloween decoration for your home!

Easy Halloween crafts for kids are great ways to get kids interested in crafts and instill a sense of pride as visitors marvel over your great decorations.

They can proudly say, "I made that!"

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Halloween Kid Craft ideas for a haunted Halloween crafts-Spooky

Halloween is the perfect time for kid's crafting projects. There are so many projects available because there are numerous Halloween icons; witches, bats, pumpkins, candy corn, the list is endless and so are the Halloween kid crafts possibilities.

Windsock ghost

This fun vessel is usable for Halloween night and all of October. Items required preferably strips white crepe paper, 8-10 of them, or a full role of party crepe that you can cut into strips. An 18 '' x 6 '' piece of white construction paper, black construction paper, 2 long pieces of yarn, glue and scissors.

Cut 3 two-inch ovals of the black construction paper. This will represent the eyes and the mouth of the spirit. This must be glued in the center of the large sheet of white paper. Space the streamers along bottom edge of the spirit even, preferably with no spaces. The edge on the opposite side of the large piece of paper that the eyes and mouth are glued glue. Complete the body of the spirit by bringing together the ends of the white paper and glue them. Near the top, cut or punch hole, do a hole on each side of the top of the mind, the string by this to hang out!

Pumpkin paper plate

A list of Halloween jackolantern kid crafts would not be complete without a project. Items needed are equipped with a paper plate, Orange construction paper and a black marker. The construction paper in one-inch cubes cut and glue use then to place them on the plate of paper in a mosaic effect. Use the black marker to paint the eyes, nose and mouth of the jackolantern. On top of the to add some green construction paper for jackolantern leaves and glue a craft stick to the bottom makes for a perfect Halloween mask!

Ghost treat holders

Items needed for this project are empty food containers (the white box style), two pipe cleaners, black marker and 12 pony beads (black or orange). Signs of a ghost face to two sides of the container of food; the other two sides can be decorated with stickers of treats (candy corn, chewing gum, lollipops, etc.). Wrap one of the pipe cleaners around the metal handle to add the pony beads along the way. Use the second pipe cleaner if necessary to finish the handle.

Mummy bottles

Halloween kid crafts would be complete with a mummy somewhere in the mix! Items needed an empty pot, plastic bowl water, vinyl tape, wiggle eyes (35 mm or so), plaster wrap, scissors and glue gun. The first step is to hot glue the wiggly eyes to the jar, about ¾ of the way to the top of the pot. Cut ¼ '' wide strips of the plaster wrap, then these strips dip in the water and attach to the pot. Smooth strips with your fingers if you go together. Fully cover it, but make sure to leave of the wiggle eyes peeping out. Once the plaster wrap will be enough to let the light shine through. After the pot is dried up, use the vinyl tape to attach the lid to the pot. Perfect horrific!

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Marie LeBaron is the founder and managing editor of Make and Takes. Always having a love of crafts, she enjoys getting messy with glue and glitter. There’s always some sort of project going on, her kitchen counter is often cluttered with crafts. When she’s not crafting and creating with her kids, she loves to run, read, and blog! Read other posts by Marie

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Have a Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from Thor, a bumble bee, and a ladybug!

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Marie LeBaron is the founder and managing editor of make and takes. Always with a love of crafts, she enjoys getting messy with glue and glitter. There is always a kind of project going on, her kitchen sink is often cluttered with crafts. When they did not create with her kids, crafting and keeps them execute, read and blog! Reading other posts by Marie

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Balloon and Tissue Paper Halloween Pumpkin Craft

I wouldn’t classify myself as a “hoarder” per se, but I do have a weak spot for a few things.  Tissue paper is one of them.  After a birthday party or other celebration, you will find me lovingly rescuing tissue paper from gift bags (which also get reused), smoothing out the wrinkles, and folding it to go into a special drawer.  Yes, I have an entire drawer devoted to recycled tissue paper.  When I come across craft ideas like this Halloween jack-o-lantern, it makes me so happy to know that I can simply use what I have on hand.

Orange tissue paperWhite glue (watered down)PaintbrushBlack or yellow construction paperGreen ribbon (not pictured) This is a pretty easy Halloween craft for kids, too.

Start by ripping your tissue paper into small, irregular pieces, no bigger than about 2" x 2". As you can see, even the baby is "helping" with this one!

Affix the tissue paper pieces to the balloon by brushing on a layer of watered-down glue, pressing the paper on, and then covering with another layer of glue. Overlap the paper to cover all of the balloon.

Since our balloon was a pretty dark color, we did about three layers of tissue paper to make our jack-o-lantern nice and orange.

Cut the jack-o-lantern face out of construction paper and glue to your pumpkin.

Hang the craft up using green ribbon, and curl some to fall around the top like pumpkin vines.

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Fun Kids Crafts For Halloween

Remember when we where in grade school the first "holiday" we came to was to do fun kids crafts for Halloween. Yeah we know its not really a holiday but we treated it as such. Back then are crafts were made of black, orange, and white construction paper. We usually used one color as a background and cut out characters of the other colors and glued them to it. The highlight was to put the finished pieces of art taped to the windows or the wall to let others view your masterpieces.

Today the crafts are a lot more fun than yesteryear. Pumpkin carving is actually done in school with of course adult supervision. Not only do they get to design their own pumpkin but they take out the seeds and dry them to have the makings for pumpkin seed math.

Small pumpkin painting is a lot cleaner than pumpkin carving believe it or not. You can use either real paints or washable color markers. Draw a design on your pumpkin and color it in. Once done line them up on a window sill or a classroom shelf.

Toilet paper mummies is a craft as well as a game. Basic rules are there two people to a team. One is the mummy wrapper and the other is the mummy. Object of the game is the mummy wrapper tries to wrap the mummy from head to toe or toe to head with the toilet paper. First team to accomplish this and use all their toilet paper is the winner.

More fun kids crafts for Halloween include pin the nose on the pumpkin. A concept of pin the tail on the donkey but used with a pumpkin.

Egg carton bats - cut the egg carton in sections of three cups. Paint the section entirely with black paint. Let dry and turn upside down and put a hole in the top of the middle cup. Put a piece of fishing line thru the top and tie to a washer. On the middle cup glue a pair of googly eyes and tie the bat to the curtain rod in the window. This will make your bat look like it is flying right inside your window.

Egg carton spiders - same thing as your egg carton bat but on the outside cups cut out legs for the spider.

An old all-time favorite is apple bobbing. For grade school kids use a shallow container like a cat litter box, but without the cat ingredients, with enough water to barely float an apple. The kids will live this.

For a new all-time favorite is spider leg lollipops. Hold four black pipe cleaners in your hand. Center them below the pop (my favorite is a tootsie roll pop), and wrap them around the stick one time. Bend the pipe cleaners in the middle at a 90 degree angle. Ben one-half inch at the end of the pipe cleaner at a 90 degree angle to make the feet. Last glue on some googly eyes and you are finished.

Teachers, teacher aides, room mothers, room fathers, brownie leaders, cub scout leaders, girl and boy scout leaders, camp leaders need to visit http://easyhalloweenkidscrafts.blogspot.com/ for hundreds of kids crafts ideas.

Featured Spotlights: Last Minute Halloween ideas

Here are a few last minute Halloween ideas from over & on the M T Spotlight (submitting your links to be featured). Have a haunting weekend ready for parties and trick or treating!

Marie LeBaron is the founder and managing editor of make and takes. Always with a love of crafts, she enjoys getting messy with glue and glitter. There is always a kind of project going on, her kitchen sink is often cluttered with crafts. When they did not create with her kids, crafting and keeps them execute, read and blog! Reading other posts by Marie

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Pipe Cleaner Yarn Spiders to Spook for Halloween

We’ve been having a bit of fun with our cute little yarn spider.

He’s been hiding all over the house. I will place him in my son’s room under his pillow, and once he finds him, he’ll hide the spider some place else. It can be a little spooky finding a GIANT spider in your sock drawer!

In fact, this would be a fun classroom party game, a bit like “Hot or Cold”.

One child goes out of the room and another child hides the spider. The one child comes back into the room and tries to find it. All the other children in the room can say if the one child is getting “hotter” or “colder” with the hidden spider, meaning closer or farther away. Once the spider is found, play again.Kids always love this game!

Follow these instructions to make your own cute little spooky spider…

Supplies for Pipe Cleaner Yarn Spider:

 black yarn2 black pipe cleanersscissorscardboard piece 1.5 x 5 inches2 googly eyesglue

1. Bend your piece of cardboard in half lengthwise. This helps with adding pipe cleaners later.

2. Wrap your yarn around the cardboard piece 75 times. You can go more or less times around, but this is best for this size of spider. Once you’re done wrapping, cut off the yarn a few inches off of the ball. Let it hang, later it will get trimmed.

3. Cut each pipe cleaner in half, so you have 4 smaller halves. Slide them through the center of the yarn ball, while it’s still on the cardboard. You will want to thread them through one at a time.

4. Once all 4 pipe cleaner pieces are through, carefully slide it all off of the cardboard.

5. Bend 4 of the pipe cleaners to the left and 4 of the pipe cleaners to the right, top and bottom (see photo below).

6. Twist all 4 of the right side of pipe cleaners together 1-2 times. Twist all 4 of the left side of pipe cleaners together 1-2 times.

Once it is all twisted together, you can trim off the extra piece of yarn, don’t worry, it will hold.

7. Bend each of the pipe cleaner ends in half, creating it’s “legs”.

8. Glue on 2 googly eyes to one side of the spider. Let him dry for an hour or so before playing.

Have fun hiding your little spooky spider for Halloween!

Tagged as: Halloween, kids games, party games, pipe cleaners, spiders

Marie LeBaron is the founder and managing editor of Make and Takes. Always having a love of crafts, she enjoys getting messy with glue and glitter. There’s always some sort of project going on, her kitchen counter is often cluttered with crafts. When she’s not crafting and creating with her kids, she loves to run, read, and blog! Read other posts by Marie

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Halloween Lantern Pots - Kids Craft Ideas

This coming Halloween making your own jack o lantern is one of the easiest way to make your kids have fun and join some trick or treat in the neighborhood without spending anything at all. When you have old pots at home, you can use it to make a lantern pot for them where they can fill it in with candies and chocolates for the upcoming event. All you need to do is to paint the pots and design it according to what your kid wants. One of the best things you can do is to invite your kid over and join you with your lantern project. There are only few things you will need in this craft making project here are some of the things you will need:


Small pots
Paint
Paint brush
Beads
Ribbons for embellishment
Sponge for cleaning
Scissors
Glue
Marker
Paper

Kids craft ideas are not just for letting your kids join simple occasion such as Halloween parties. You can also be an organizer of a party and just the same let other kids do the lantern making using old pots at home. It is so easy to organize an event that will make the entire guests enjoy the rest of the day. First thing you need to do is to practice the kids craft ideas you have and try it first if it is truly safe for kids of any age. If you have kids as well you may try it out with them so that you will be able to know if they will enjoy it or not. There are simple ways to make the jack o lantern pot for kids. Here are some helpful ideas you can use:

You need to look for small pots at home you are not using anymore. You can also buy there are pots that are made from plastic materials so you don't have to worry about breakage while your kids carry them.

If the pot you will buy is not orange in color you can use a paint to color the pot orange. You can also use a sponge to apply it using your bare hands.

It will be best for you to look for a jack o lantern model and use it to make your own one using the pot. It should have eyes and along with it there should also be handling so small kids can carry them when it is full of candies already.

You can also decorate it with glittered glue to make it look for captivating and attractive for kids. You can do that on the rim. If you are not in favor of glitters you can also use ribbons using the color of your choice. If you want you can also use alternate colors of orange and black to make the lantern of your kids unique from the rest of the kids in the village. They will surely love the idea of being unique.

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Printable Halloween Finger Puppets

Lindi of Love the Day is back with another FREE printable just in time for Halloween. This time it’s a few cute Halloween characters ready for trick or treating!

1. Download and print out this Halloween Puppet Printable.

2. Cut out each little Halloween character.

For the circles inside the body, it’s best to punch each circle with a hole punch first, then carefully cut around the circle.

Here below, my daughter thought it was funny to put the hat on the owl, the holes match up perfectly!

3. Have children place 2 fingers inside the holes of each puppet and they are ready to play! Download this printable now.

Tagged as: class party, Halloween, halloween craft, party ideas, printables

Marie LeBaron is the founder and managing editor of Make and Takes. Always having a love of crafts, she enjoys getting messy with glue and glitter. There’s always some sort of project going on, her kitchen counter is often cluttered with crafts. When she’s not crafting and creating with her kids, she loves to run, read, and blog! Read other posts by Marie

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Saturday Spotlight: Halloween Fun

Marie LeBaron is the founder and managing editor of Make and Takes. Always having a love of crafts, she enjoys getting messy with glue and glitter. There’s always some sort of project going on, her kitchen counter is often cluttered with crafts. When she’s not crafting and creating with her kids, she loves to run, read, and blog! Read other posts by Marie

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Black, Orange & GREEN: The Primary Colors of Halloween

Remember the ‘cool house’ that gave out full-size candy bars on Hallow’s Eve? I do, and once I got married I was determined to be “that house.” My husband thought it was ridiculous we were spending so much money on Trick-or-Treaters, but I hit up Costco and rationalized it was only one time a year. 

Fast forward a few years later. Now I’ve got my own little one (see our own version of “The Great Pumpkin” to your right), and for the most part we kept him candy-free until he turned two.  So how did I justify dolling out double serving sizes of chocolate covered goodness to other people’s children, when I was trying to teach my little one that raisins and fruit leather were a special treat?

Last year I thought I had found a decent compromise – candy bars and organic vegan fruit & nut bars that were packaged so delightfully, I think a few of the kiddos took them just based on looks. Not sure what happened to the bird-food after they got home to verify their spoils and discovered my mischievousness.

But this year I’m looking for something different, especially when you consider:

This generation of kids has a life expectancy that is shorter than their parents.The EPA considers that 60% of all herbicides, 90% of all fungicides and 30% of all insecticides found in non-organically grown foods are carcinogenic.Over 6,000 synthetic chemicals are used in the processed-food industry.A 2004 study found that children’s behavior measurably improved after a one week diet without preservatives and artificial colors and dramatically worsened on the weeks they were given preservatives and artificial colors.Coco beans used for chocolate that are grown in full sun (as opposed to shade) are susceptible to disease and therefore require heavy doses of toxic pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.The chocolate industry has engaged in the use of child slaves and other unethical treatments of growers.Store-bought costumes, makeup and accessories may contain phthalates, cadmium, lead and other toxins.

-From “Green Halloween FAQ’s”

So I’ve been trying to find ways to make this year a less sugar crazed, more eco-friendly day (and month) of festivities. Fortunately I found it at Green Halloween – “a non-profit, grassroots community initiative to create healthier and more Earth-friendly holidays, starting with Halloween.” There are loads of ideas for making the holiday greener: from costume swaps and crafts, to ideas for neighborhood parties and ideas for ‘trick-or-treaters’ (yes,they mention tooth-brushes).

So in my search to still be a Cool Kid, I’m asking for your help, and offering up this month’s challenge. I’m not planning on overhauling our entire Halloween this year, but I do think a step in the right direction for our family starts at our doorstep. So what creative & GREEN treat ideas do you have for the little witches, ghosts and ghouls that visit us on the 31st?

**And if I may be so bold as to offer a “ps” since I won’t be seeing you until next month: It’s a good time to start thinking about, locating and ordering your heritage or locally raised turkeys for Thanksgiving!**

Tagged as: environment, green, Halloween, halloween treat

Sabrena is mom, yoga instructor, triathlete and barefoot runner with a passion for food and the environment. She writes the blog SuiteSpots, and resides in Salt Lake City with her husband and the master of disaster, their toddler Holden. Read other posts by Sabrena

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Aged Halloween Potion Bottle Labels

I’ve been working on spookifying my house for Halloween, and my favorite look has to be the vintage Halloween style. It’s somehow creepier if it’s old, right? Here’s how you can take ordinary household items and create vintage “potion” bottles for creepy ingredients like eye of newt and arsenic. And with a simple coat of spray paint, no one has to know the bottles are actually empty!

Supplies for Aged Potion Bottle Labels:

Glass bottles (try empty food bottles from the recycling bin, or pick something up at the thrift store for next to nothing!)Spray paint (optional)–I used Krylon’s Dual Paint + Primer in IvoryDigital Halloween labels, printed on card stock (find these all over the Internet, like here or here)ScissorsInstant coffee crystals or tea bags (coffee makes for a darker dye, and black teas work much better than herbal teas)Artist paint brushAdhesive (I used a strong double-sided tape)

1. Remove labels and wash and dry your bottles. Spray them with a coat or two of spray paint (so you don’t have to actually put anything in them!) or leave them clear.

2. Print vintage Halloween labels on card stock. There are many free images out there–try The Graphics Fairy or just search “Halloween labels” on Google images and you’ll find a ton to choose from! Some are already distressed for a vintage look. Print these for a quick and easy label. If you prefer a more realistic aged paper with some texture, continue on to the dying process.

3. To dye your labels, add a few teaspoons of instant coffee crystals or a tea bag to a small glass of hot water and allow to steep until the color is dark.
4. Cut our your vintage label image and crinkle it up in your hands. Unfold it and flatten it out.

5. Place your label on a folded paper towel to absorb any extra coffee or tea. Lightly dab your label with coffee or tea using your paint brush. Be careful not to drag the brush across the image–it may cause the ink to run or bleed. Some bleeding will probably occur, but not brushing it will provide a cleaner image. Continue dabbing label with dye until covered. Add more until it is your desired shade.

Blot with a paper towel and allow to dry. Repeat for each label.

6. Once your labels are dry, attach them to your painted bottles with a strong adhesive. I suggest a strong double-sided tape like Scor-Tape.

You might notice the “Potions” label in the picture does not look like the others. This is an example of a label that was already distressed–just print and cut! I found this one in the Silhouette store and cut it with my Silhouette machine.
Display bottles on a tray or as part of a larger display. They’re sure to add to the creepiness factor this Halloween!

Tagged as: Halloween, halloween craft, recycle

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Kids' Craft Ideas - Halloween Balloon Toys Crafts

Two free Kids' Halloween Crafts ideas!

If you can get two big balloons, one white and one black, then your kids will love these imaginative kids' Halloween crafts ideas we have for you to turn them into unusual Halloween toys or decorations.

Cute ghost kids craft idea with a white balloon

If your kids liked Casper the ghost they will enjoy this free kids' craft idea for making an adorable little ghost as a toy or a decoration for a Halloween party. It is very simple and cute.

What you need:


A big white balloon
Some white plastic grocery bags
Clear tape
A black marker
Blunt ended or rounded scissors

Give the kids some white grocery bags and ask them to cut out strips about an inch wide by about 8 inches long, avoiding any colored parts so that the strips are all white.

Blow up the balloon, tie a secure knot in the neck to prevent the air escaping, and then hang it up with string somewhere the children can reach it easily.

Draw spooky eyes and a mouth on the balloon to make a ghost. Now the kids can stick their white strips of plastic all around the bottom end of the balloon to make a floaty ghost effect. This kid's craft idea makes a great Halloween decoration!

Scary spider Kids Halloween crafts idea with a black balloon

Make a huge black spider for Halloween with this kids' craft idea.

What you need:


A big black balloon
4 long, black pipe cleaners
Some white-out (liquid paper)
A bit of string or yarn

Blow up the balloon so that it is only partially inflated, and tie a knot in it. Then make a twist in it so that you have a big ball and a little ball. The little ball will become the spider's head and should be at the end of the balloon with the opening.

Twist each pipe cleaner around the "neck" of the spider by folding it in half over the balloon and twisting tightly. (Adult help may be needed for this bit as the pipe cleaners have sharp ends that may burst the balloon!) Twist the pipe cleaner in such a way that they resemble the legs of a spider. If you have a careful look at a spider you'll notice that all legs are on the front part of the spider.

Your spider now has eight legs! Fold each leg to make it jointed. Using the white-out, paint scary eyes and fangs on the spider's face.

These balloon crafts are popular and fun free Kids' Halloween Crafts ideas for Halloween parties.

Get more Halloween Kid's Crafts when you visit Magriet's site Fun Kids Crafts