Halloween Crafts – Paper Plate Pumpkin
Paper Plate Pumpkin
This is a super easy craft for even little kids to make. All you need is a paper plate, some orange paint or an orange marker, black and green construction paper, glue, an ice cream stick (craft stick), and some string.
Take the plate and color or paint it completely orange. Let dry. At this point, there are two ways you can approach this. You can choose to make it just a hanging pumpkin or make it into a mask. If you just want a hanging decoration, cut out eyes, nose, and a mouth from the black construction and glue on the front.
You can also make it into a fun mask by cutting out the eyes. If you like, you can also cut out the nose and mouth.
Out of the green construction paper, cut out two leaf shapes to glue at the top for the stem. If you like, you can trace your child’s hand and use those as the leaves. This gives the pumpkin a personal touch and makes it really cute!
For the hanging pumpkin, punch a hole in the top, put some string through the hole, and hang! If you are making a mask you can either glue the craft stick at the bottom or punch a hole in either side of the plate and put a piece of string through each hole which you will tie at the back!
Halloween Crafts – Sheet Ghost
Sheet Ghost
This is the easiest of all ghost crafts. All you need is a white sheet, a balloon, a rubber band, and a black marker. If you want to hang your ghost, you’ll also need some string or a broken rubber band.
Blow up the balloon and place it inside the sheet. Draw a scary face on your ghost, and you are done! To insert string for hanging, just run a threaded needle through the top – don’t pop the balloon! You can also use some string at the bottom to drape him open.
And that’s it – easy as pie!
Outdoor Halloween Decorations – Ghost Bushes
Ghost Bushes
This is a very simple craft that you make from a white sheet, a black marker or black fabric paint, and clothespins. This craft will surely make you the talk of the neighborhood and it is so easy to make, but, of course, you’ll need some bushes to make it work!
Take a plain white sheet and fold it in half. The size of the sheet depends on the size of your bushes! Place newspaper in between the fold and then go to work making the face of your ghost. You can make it scary or fun – it’s all up to you!
Once everything is completely dry, just wrap the sheet around your bush and secure in the back tightly with clothespins. After that, all you have to do is enjoy your neighbor’s compliments!
Halloween Crafts – Paper Mache Ghost
Paper Mache Ghost
Many Halloween crafts can be made from paper mache. You can make pumpkins, spiders, and even bats. Everyone should know how to do paper mache, and ghosts are especially fun to make from paper and glue. So, here’s how to make a paper mache ghost. First, you’ll need the following supplies:
- A long balloon
- A bowl that the end of the balloon fits in (this is just to hold the balloon while you work)
- Newspaper
- Flour and water
- A pan and a stirrer
- Scissors
- White tempera paint
- Paint brush
- A black marker
You will first need to make a thin glue. Make a simple, thin glue from flour and water. Mix 1/2 cup of flour into 1/2 cup of water until the mixture is thin and runny. Stir into 2 cups of boiling water (the heating gives the glue a nice consistency, but is not necessary). Simmer for about 3 minutes, and then cool.
Tear the newspaper into strips about one inch wide. The length doesn’t matter. Blow up the balloon and tie in a knot. Place the balloon in a bowl so that is stable. Dip a strip of paper in the flour glue, wipe off the excess, and wrap the strip around the balloon.
Cover the entire top of the balloon. Have at least three layers surrounding the balloon. Let it dry (at least overnight) after each layer. Let the balloon dry completely (it may take a few days). Pop the balloon and separates it from the outer papier-mâché skin. Throw the torn balloon away. Trim the base of the ghost to form smooth scallops. Cut two holes in the ghost (these will be its eyes). Paint the ghost white. Let it dry.
You can either put the ghost on a table or hang it from the ceiling from fishing line to make a scary Halloween decoration.
Halloween Crafts – Spooky Spider Gloves
Spooky Spider Gloves
This is a really cute idea for some spider decorations for your next Halloween party. For this craft, you will need a pair of black gardening gloves or work gloves, a black marker, 8 ten-inch pipe cleaners, craft glue, small Styrofoam ball (3 inches in diameter), scissors, and white fun foam.
Start by placing one pipe cleaner inside each finger of both gloves. Don’t put a pipe cleaner into the thumb portion of the glove. Trim off the pipe cleaners so that they are even with the cuff. Pull the cuff of one glove halfway around the Styrofoam ball keeping the pipe cleaners on the bottom. Take the other glove and pull around the other half of the ball. Be sure both thumbs are on the same side of the ball.
Overlap the thumbs in front of the cuff and glue together. Then glue the thumbs to the cuff. When you are gluing them to the cuff, it is often easier to just pin the thumbs to the cuff before gluing and then let the glue dry and remove the pin.
Cut eyes out of fun foam and make pupils with the black marker. To make it even easier, you may want to just glue on googly eyes. Glue the eyes on just above the thumbs on the cuff. Shape the spider’s legs by bending the pipe cleaners inside the gloves until it looks the way you want it to.
Halloween Crafts – Ghost Luminaries
Ghost Luminaries
These are fun to make, and you can use them to light the way along your walkway toward your door to welcome trick or treaters. Kids can make these fun luminaries with very few supplies and plenty of imagination. Get started today!
Supplies needed are:
- clean, empty jars
- white acrylic paint
- black acrylic paint
- black Sharpie marker
- tea light candles or other illumination
If you aren’t comfortable using candles, look in discount or craft stores for glow sticks or miniature flashlights.
Paint jars with white acrylic paint. Let dry completely then add a second coat. Let dry, preferably overnight.
Use a black Sharpie marker to draw on eyes and mouths, and then fill in with black acrylic paint. Let dry completely.
Add glow lights, tea light candles, votive candles or any other illumination and line them up along your sidewalk for a fun and spooky entrance.
Halloween Crafts – Egg Carton Caterpillar
Egg Carton Caterpillar
This is not strictly a Halloween craft, but it can be made to add to the novelty of the decorations. An egg carton caterpillar is very easy to make and most kids will love making it. You will require an egg container used for a dozen eggs. Cut out the carton in half, leaving six eggcups attached together. Decorate each cup with paint, glitter or sequins in the form of a caterpillar. For the first cup, draw a caterpillar face. Insert pipe cleaners into holes cut out in the first cup, to form antennae. Your caterpillar, or rather, bookworm is ready to crawl around!
Egg carton crafts can be made very easily with a little imagination and ingenuity. It is a good way to get children interested in arts and crafts making and discover their creative talents in the process.
Halloween Crafts – Halloween Bats
Halloween Bats
This idea is quite simple. Get some simple stuff like egg cartons, a pair of scissors (safety scissors in case the child is younger), and black paint. Cut out 3 egg cups from the egg carton and ensure that they remain attached. Check that the egg carton must be clean. Now the outside cups would turn in to two bat wings – simply cut their front and back. Now paint the whole thing in black. Attach goodly eyes for the real impact or simply paint the eyes using white paint. Here, the middle cup becomes the face. Now make a hole on the top of the middle cup and pass a string through it. Make a sturdy knot so that it doesn’t slip through this hole. Now, put the string in this hole. Finally hang the bats where ever you feel like.
Try using a combination of waterproof paint and Styrofoam egg carton. These bats are perfect to decorate the trees outside the house.
Halloween Crafts – Halloween Candles
Halloween Candles
This craft requires varied materials like fruit gummies, candied corn, sequins and beads. Using the traditional white school glue, stick on these trinkets or any others that you wish to use; in order to decorate black and other dark colored candles. Use these to decorate the house for Halloween!
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Halloween Crafts – Spooky Bushes
Place this cute little ghost on your bushes. Fold a white bed sheet in half. In between the fold, place some newspapers. Using black craft paint or black permanent markers, draw a spooky ghost face on the front of the sheet. You can opt to make a funny, scary, or whimsical face. Now drape this sheet over the bushes. Pin it using clothes pins. This will make it tight enough. Now there is a ghost sitting in the bushes.
