Easy Halloween Crafts for Kids

September 25, 2023 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

These easy Halloween crafts are great for decorating the classroom or using around the house in the fall.

Ghosts are a fun and easy shape to make in lots of different ways, but I like the way this one allows kids to make unique ghost shapes with blow painting. Learn how with this tutorial from Crafty Morning.

Finger-painted monsters are another fun craft for younger kiddos, which can turn into a mixed-media project with the addition of googly eyes, yarn, paper hair, whatever your kids want to add. See how to do this at Toddler Approved.

Or how about a shape monster? Live Well Play Together has this cute idea that helps kids learn shapes while making funny monsters to decorate for Halloween.

Little kids might need help with the cutting on this paper plate jack o’lantern project, but even little ones can do most of the work of painting and drawing the face. I love the idea of adding an LED candle; you could have a whole jack o’lantern display right in your classroom! This DIY is from Easy Peasy and Fun.

It doesn’t get any easier that these paper plate wreaths kids help make by adding holiday stickers. This idea would work for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, or really any time of year with any theme of stickers you have handy. Check it out at My Bored Toddler.

Paper snowflakes are a classic winter craft, but why not make paper spider webs, too? The method is similar, you’re just cutting out chunks in lines instead of making other shapes. Get the instructions from One Little Project.

Speaking of spiderwebs, you can also make them with craft sticks and yarn. This might be easier for little kids without the scissors skills, and it’s a great fine motor activity. Find this one at Buggy and Buddy.

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Learning about Snow

Not all of us live where there is a lot of snow in the winter (or even where it is winter as I write this, but it can still be fun to learn about snow, what it is and why it falls, so let’s get into it!

First, let’s talk snowflake science with The Homeschool Scientist. They have a free prinatble snowflake science less that’s more than 60 pages long and good for multiple grade levels. The blog post linked here includes some fun snow facts, information about how snowflakes form and why they are both six-sided and (probably) all different.

Expressive Monkey has a great post about how snowflakes are formed and why they have six arms, and also shows some of the pictures taken by W. A. Bentley in the 1920s (more on him below).

You can also grab a free snow facts worksheet with space for kids to draw their own unique snowflakes from Education.com. Simple Living Creative Learning also has a paid snow study resource set that includes things like different types of snowflakes, the snow cycle, symmetry drawing with snowflakes, tips for snow safety, snow-related vocabulary and more.

Homeschool Superfreak has another great page for learning about snowflakes, which includes information about Snowflake Bentley, a great book to read (and person to learn about). It includes lesson plan ideas and links to activities.

Speaking of activities, if you happen to have snow around you can make snow ice cream or maple candy, paint on snow or with snow, or do some snow science experiments. If you get a ton of snow you could maybe even build an igloo or snow structure.

If you don’t get snow you can learn about how animals keep warm in the snow and cold temperatures with this experiment from I Can Teach My Child. Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls can help you learn why big paws (or snowshoes) make it easier to walk in the snow. Or make a snowstorm in a jar like this one from MomBrite.

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