Halloween Kid Crafts - Spooky Craft Ideas For a Haunted Halloween

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.

Ghost Windsock

This fun craft is useable for Halloween night and all of October. Items needed are strips of white crepe paper, preferably 8-10 of them, or an entire role of party crepe that you can cut into strips. An 18''x6'' piece of white construction paper, black construction paper, 2 long pieces of yarn, glue and scissors.

Cut out 3 two-inch ovals from the black construction paper. This will represent the eyes and mouth of the ghost. These should be glued onto the middle of the large piece of white paper. Space the streamers along the bottom of the ghost equally, preferably with no spaces. Glue the fringe onto the opposite side of the large piece of paper that the eyes and mouth are glued onto. Complete the body of the ghost by bringing the ends of the white paper together and gluing them. Near the top, cut or punch hole one hole on each side of the top of the ghost, then run the string through these to hang!

Pumpkin Paper Plate

A list of Halloween kid crafts would not be complete without a jackolantern project. Items needed are a paper plate, orange construction paper and a black marker. Cut up the construction paper into one-inch cubes and then use glue to place them on the paper plate in a mosaic effect. Use the black marker to draw the eyes, nose and mouth of the jackolantern. Adding some green construction paper for leaves on top of the jackolantern and gluing 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 small white box style), two pipe cleaners, black marker and 12 pony beads (black or orange). Draw a ghost face on two sides of the food container; the other two sides can be decorated with stickers of treats (candy corn, bubble gum, lollipops, etc.). Wrap one of the pipe cleaners around the metal handle adding the pony beads along the way. Use the second pipe cleaner as necessary to finish the handle.

Mummy Bottles

Halloween kid crafts wouldn't be complete with a mummy somewhere in the mix! Items needed are an empty jar, plastic bowl of water, vinyl tape, wiggle eyes (35 mm or thereabouts), plaster wrap, glue gun and scissors. The first step is to hot glue the wiggly eyes to the jar, about ¾ of the way to the top of the jar. Cut ¼'' strips from the plaster wrap, then dip these strips into the water and attach to jar. Smooth strips with your fingers as you go along. Cover completely, but make sure to leave the wiggle eyes peeking out. One pass of the plaster wrap will be enough to let light shine through. After the jar has dried, use the vinyl tape to attach the lid to the jar. Perfectly gruesome!

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