Easy Halloween Crafts for Kids

Whether you’re looking for a craft for the classroom or a Halloween craft you can do at home even if you’re not crafty, these easy Halloween crafts for kids offer some great options.

If you want to keep it super simple, print out and color these Halloween masks from It’s Always Autumn. Options include a cat, pumpkin, Frankenstein’s monster and a dia de los muertos style sugar skull. Just print, color, cut out and you’re ready for a Halloween parade.

Or do some cute color by number printables like these from Tot Schooling. Color a pumpkin, witch, Frankenstein’s monster or bats and use them to decorate the classroom.

Crafts by Amanda has this cute and classic paper plate black cat project, which comes with a printable template. Older kids can be shown the shape you’re going for and cut out their own if you’d rather.

Also in the category of crafts you can make with things you probably already have in the house are these cute paper bag monsters from I Heart Crafty Things. If you give kids paint, paper and eyes they are sure to come up with fun versions of these all on their own, which would make a great classroom display.

Easy Peasy and Fun has another take on Halloween puppets with these printable puppets for a skeleton, witch, pumpkin and vampire. Print, color and cut out for some easy fun.

If you want a slightly more involved but still pretty easy fall or Halloween craft, check out these Popsicle stick creations from Life Beyond Laundry. Her post shows a witch, scarecrow and pumpkin, but you could make other things like a cat, Frankenstein’s monster or whatever characters the kids like.

Speaking of Frankenstein’s monster, I love these monster luminaries from Crafts by Amanda. They’re so easy to make and a little creepy cute. This one, too, could be remixed a bunch of different ways to make a pumpkin, witch or something else cute. These could also be used as vases or for storage if you don’t want to light them up.

Or try painting rocks to look like monsters or other Halloween creatures with this craft idea from The Inspiration Edit. All you need is rocks, paint, googly eyes and glue to make a bunch of fun and funny monsters.

When my daughter was younger I would spend a lot of time trying to come up with activities she could do in the car on long road trips and things to entertain her when we were waiting at restaurants and things that didn’t involve screens.

But it turns out there are a lot of great activities you can do with just a piece of paper and a pen.

What Do We Do All Day has a great collection of pen and paper games, including some that can be done with just one person, though they’re all more fun if you have at least two.

There are some classics on here like hangman and dots and boxes, but there are also quite a few I hadn’t heard of before.

I don’t want to spoil the whole list for you because you should definitely click over there and look around, but I will share about the one that you see pictured above.

This game is called Bridges, and you start by making the big random shape and the dividing it into a bunch of sections (the post says 30-50 sections is ideal but I think this one is smaller than that).

Each player gets their own color marker and you take turns drawing bridges from one space to another, crossing a third. Once there’s a bridge, no other bridges can start, end or cross in those spaces. Keep going until no more bridges can be built, and the person who makes the last bridge wins.

Check out the post over at What We Do All Day for more great ideas for no or almost-no prep games you can play with your kids or that kids can play together. I’d love to know if you have a favorite paper and pen game, whether it’s on this list or a different one.

[Photo: What We Do All Day]

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