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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DIY Family Spooky Stories Book

We’ve been on a writing-kick lately, for homeschool.  Remember my A Fun Way to Encourage Handwriting post??  I’ve also raved about how great journals are for kids.  Yep, I’m still on one.  And, with Halloween coming up, my thoughts turned grim…well, gruesome.  My kids LOVE scary stories.  I think they’ve inherited my twisted mind.  So, I put all of our creepy thoughts to good use…we started a book.  Not the kind fancy kind of book that we want published, oh no.  Just the kind where we will pull it out, in a year from now, and crack up at our silly, scary stories.

I picked up a small notebook at Target, and gathered the kids in the craft room.  We decided that we would each write just one page, and then pass it to the next person.  We could only read just the page before ours, before we continued writing.  Not knowing the complete story was part of what made it so silly, in the end.  So, I went first, “Once upon a time, there was a girl who was asked to babysit three children, for a whole week.  The parents were going away on vacation…”  Then, I passed it on to Shane.  He wrote something about a stranger calling and being a total creep-face.

(There’s no Michael-Jackson-thing going on here…he’s just camera shy.)

The book was then passed on to Caden.

Caden wrote a little something about the babysitter and kids being all scared, like a bunch of sissies.  Then, I wrote about how one of the kids randomly became possessed and had blood squirting out their eyes.  (I mean, really.  If we’re going to be scary, let’s do it right.)

Whoever wasn’t writing, was creating monsters with play dough.

There was terror in the street, attacks in the dark, and zombies taking over the world.  The book took giant leaps, it was hilarious.

They gave the story a name, and we left plenty of room in the notebook for additional stories.

They fashioned a book cover…

And, here it is!  A fun, spooky/silly book that we can add to and keep for memories…plus, it was another great way to practice handwriting and encourage creative thinking.  Fun for Halloween time, or really any time of the year.

Tagged as: bookcover, books, children's books, Halloween, Storytime

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Spooky House Pop-Up Cards

We don’t do scary around our house, but my girls do enjoy a little spooky fun this time of year. We recently spent an afternoon creating spooky house pop-up cards – it was so much fun!

I chose to prep a bunch of paper houses and set them out for the girls to decorate. Older kids could certainly learn this simple technique and make their own pop-up houses.

Here’s the simple how-to:

Step 1: Start with a rectangle-size piece of card stock or watercolor paper. Fold your paper in half, like a card. Make two cuts on the fold to create a flap. This will be the base of your house.

Step 2: Give the flap a good fold to the front and back, then pop it through to the inside of the card.

Step 3: With the first flap still tucked inside, cut another smaller flap on the upper fold only. This will be the second-story of the spooky house. Fold this new flap forward for a good crease, then pop it through to the inside of the card as well.

Here are a few of our houses, ready for decorating. You can experiment with cutting straight or slanted flaps. You could even try for a three-story house by cutting another flap!

Decorate your spooky houses any way you choose. We drew details with crayons, then painted our background with watercolors. Any combination of crayons, markers, paint, or collage would be fun.

Use a glue stick to add a paper roof and attach your house to a slightly larger piece of colored card stock.

If spooky houses aren’t your thing, you could make barns, castles, or gingerbread houses. Anything goes!

We’ll be dropping a few spooky house pop-up cards in the mail and the rest are providing excellent holiday mantel decor. Have fun!

Tagged as: cards, halloween craft, kids craft

Amy is happiest surrounded by her husband, two daughters, stacks of books, and craft supplies. With a background in psychology, early childhood education, and elementary teaching, Amy is a supporter of playing dress-up, digging in the dirt, and squeezing out puddles of glue. At her blog, Let’s Explore, Amy shares her family’s experiences creating, imagining, and playing together. Read other posts by Amy. Read other posts by Amy

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