Here are some fun Halloween craft ideas for your kids to make this year.
1. Trick-or-Treat bucket
Supplies:ice cream bucket
construction paper
markers, crayons
glue
glitter
Directions:
Use construction paper to draw ghosts, pumpkins, scarecrows, etc. Cut out your decorations and glue them to the outside of an ice cream bucket.
2. Trick-or-Treat goody bags
Supplies:
small brown paper bags
Halloween stickers
markers
treats (candy, pencils, erasers, bubblegum, etc.)
Directions:
Decorate paper bags in Halloween themes using your art supplies. Put treats inside bags. Fold the top of the bag down and tape shut with a Halloween sticker.
3. Tiny pumpkins
Supplies:
acorns
orange paint
green paint
Directions:
Lay acorns on a sheet of newspaper. Paint the bottom of the acorns with orange paint. After the orange paint dries, paint the top of the acorns green (for the stem of the pumpkin). Allow to dry thoroughly.
4. Spooky Spiders
Supplies:
black construction paper
cotton balls or cotton stuffing
black pipe cleaners
small bowl or saucer
stapler
Directions:
Using black construction paper, trace around a small bowl or saucer. (Cut out two circles per spider.) Place stuffing or cotton balls on first circle. Lay second circle on top of cotton stuffing and staple half-way around. Insert 3-4” pipe cleaners on each side, then staple the second half of the circles together. Bend pipe cleaners to make the “legs” of the spider.
