10 easy Halloween crafts for kids that you can make either at home or daycare from the stuff available nowadays in the market

( Spider Webs, Spiders, Googly Eyes, Scary Pumpkins, Stickers…etc.)

Such a fun holiday because kids gets to enjoy it as well.

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1) Painting pumpkins with LEGOS

You’ll need:

• Orange Paint
• A plate
• A pumpkin Sketch
• LEGOS

Instructions:

Pour the Orange paint into the plate

Add the plate to the table with LEGOS and the Pumpkin Sketch

And enjoy the painting!

2) Q-tips Skeleton

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You’ll need:

• Skeleton faces (you’ll get them by drawing them in white paper and cutting them)
• Q-tips
• Black paper
• Glue, brushes and a plate.

Instructions:

Take the plate, add the glue and brushes to it and set it aside.

Put the Q-tips at the table with the Skeleton Heads and the black paper.

Explain to the children what they need to do but remember to let them get creative because kids learn from free play 😉

3) Fun Halloween picture with stickers

You’ll need:

• Black paper
• Different Halloween stickers ( Pumpkins, candy, dressed up kids, witches…etc.)

Instructions:

Throw in papers and stickers at the table and let them play.

4)Pumpkin Pie Art

This is a great Fall and Thanksgiving activity as well.

You’ll need:

• Cut an orange paper into triangles
• Cut small squares from brown paper.
• Glue in a cup with a brush

Instructions:

Put the pieces in the table with the triangles and the glue

Ask children to make you Pumpkin Pie pieces and let them enjoy!

5) Paper Plate Apple

This is another Fall and Thanksgiving activity as well

You’ll need:

• Red paper plates
• Cut small rectangles from brown paper
• cut leaves shapes from green paper
• Glue and brushes

Instructions:

Set up your activity table and invite the children to come join you.

Explain to them!

6) Foil printed art making a fall tree

That’s another activity for Fall and Thanksgiving as well.

You’ll need:

• Cut a tree shape from brown paper and stick it in a white paper
• A rolled aluminum foil
• Fall colors paint in a plate (red, orange , yellow and brown )

Instructions:

Set the activity at the table and explain to children that there’s no brushes for painting because they get to paint with the foil

Let them make beautiful trees.

7) Cooperative play: Halloween Canvas

This activity is meant for a group of children in the daycare or a family.

You’ll need:

• A canvas ( that has been painted in black and let to dry over the night )
• A white crayon
• Glue and brushes
• Some Halloween decorations ( Spider webs, Googly Eyes, Spiders, Felt Pumpkin, Witches…etc. )

Instructions:

Set your table with the material and invite your group.

Explain the activity and divide the tasks between the children.

Ask a child to draw a circle with the white crayon ( that will be the moon )

Another child can color inside the moon with white

Put the glue in small containers with brushes and give to each child his own.

Divide the material between the children.

A child can stick the eyes, another child can stick the pumpkins… and you can switch the roles after if they want to.

8) Hand Skeleton Art

You’ll need:

• A black paper
• Two brushes
• white paint
• Glue
• Q-tips

Instructions:

After you set up the table, ask the child to put his hand in the paper

Wish the brush, paint the shape of his hand into the paper.

After the paint dries, put the glue, the brush and Q-tips in the table and let the child stick them inside the hand.

9) Making a ghost with cotton

You’ll need:

• Cotton
• Black paper
• White crayon
• Glue, brushes and a small container

Instructions:

Start by putting the glue in the container and put the brush inside

In the paper, draw a ghost.

Set up your activity table and add the cotton.

Invite children to make Halloween ghosts.

10) Painting with Halloween cookie cutters

You’ll need:

• Halloween cookie cutters
• Your child’s favorite paint colors
• White paper
• plates

Instructions:

Start by pouring each paint color in a different plate

Give to each child a paper

Add the cookie cutters at the table and let them enjoy.

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I hope you try these easy Halloween crafts for kids. If you’re looking for more fun educational Halloween Activities, check this article.