7 Easy Halloween Crafts to Make with Your Kids

Halloween is tomorrow. It’s GREAT time to make memories with your kids by making homemade Halloween crafts with the kids!

This year Halloween Trick-or-Treating may be a little different because of the pandemic.

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We put together a list of ways you can have a safe Halloween this year. One of the ways we suggested was to stay at home and watch movies and do Halloween crafts with the kids.

You may be looking for some crafts to do with the kids and probably already have a lot of the supplies to do these crafts.

Some of the supplies that will be needed for these easy Halloween crafts are:

  • Yarn;
  • finger paints;
  • construction paper;
  • scissors;
  • glue;
  • toilet paper rolls; and,
  • a mason jar.


Here are some of our favorite easy Halloween crafts to make with the kids. Have fun and make lots of crafts this Halloween!


YARN WRAPPED MUMMY CRAFT — I Heart Crafty Things

We love this one because it takes some cardboard, yarn, and some eyes to make. You can find the template and instructions to make this “scary” yarn mummy over at I Heart Crafty Things.


Fingerprint Bat Silhouette Craft for Kids — Crafty Morning

This is a GREAT craft to do with the kids. Just print out the bat pattern and let the kids have fun with finger paints making dots around the bats for the background. You can print the template out at Crafty Morning.


DIY Halloween Mini Pinata — DIY Candy

Make a Halloween pinata with the kids this year. This awesome idea by Vanessa Brady can be found over at DIY Candy!


Halloween Paper Plate Silhouette Crafts — The Pinterested Parent

You only need paper plates, paints, and some scary Halloween patterns to make this spooky craft with the kids. You can find more ideas for this plate craft over at The Pinterested Parent.


Fingerprint Art: Stamped Pumpkin Patch Craft — Fun Handprint Art

Make scary Halloween pumpkins with the fun stamped pumpkin craft! Decorate all of them or just a few to make a pumpkin patch on paper. The instructions on how to make these fun pumpkins can be found on Fun Handprint Art Blog.


Black Cat Paper Craft — Easy Peasy and Fun

This black cat will help make your Halloween decorations even scarier! You can find the instructions on how to make this turn your construction paper into this scary black cat over at Easy Peasy and Fun!


Simple Jar Lanterns for Halloween — Mum in the Madhouse

Make these cute Halloween Lanterns and turn off the lights while you are watching those scary movies this year at home. You can find the instructions on how to make them over at Mum in the Madhouse.


We hope you’ve enjoyed our list of easy Halloween crafts to make with the kids. Be sure to check our tips to have a safe Halloween this year.

Leave us a comment and let us know which craft you liked the most and which one you are going to make with the kids!

Have a safe Halloween everyone!

(This post was originally posted October 23, 2016 and was updated October 30, 2020.)


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