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45+ Best Halloween Crafts For Kids In 2023

September 4, 2019 By Laura This post may contain affiliate links. For more information please read my disclosure

45+ Best Halloween Crafts For Kids In 2023

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If you’re anything like me, then you’re always looking for new craft project ideas! These super fun Halloween crafts for kids will have them in the Fall spirit in no time… I tried to cover a wide variety of crafts with things like pumpkin slime, Frankenstein paper plate masks, monster-painted rocks, and way more!

Here are the Halloween crafts I found:

Halloween Toilet Paper Roll Crafts

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Source: The Best Ideas For Kids

You and your kids will be so “cheeky” about this easy DIY Halloween toilet paper roll craft! Monsters, superheroes, pumpkins, and even vampires… You can easily make any of these things out of just construction paper, scissors, glue, and an empty roll from the loo!

DIY Balloon Pumpkin Patch

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Source: HWTM

I love this DIY pumpkin patch balloon idea so much I could burst! Not only are these pumpkin-shaped balloons extra cute and easy to make, but you can purchase your favorite candy and put them inside for a popping candy surprise! This idea is POPPIN

Spider Headband Craft

diy spider craft ideas
Source: Fantastic Fun & Learning

My husband tells me I spend too much time on the “web”, but when I find fun crafts like this spider headband just in time for spooky season what can he expect? These are so cute and easy to make, and resemble a paper crown so you can be spider royalty!

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Halloween Window Clings For Kids

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Source: Lia Griffith

If you’ve got it, HAUNT IT!… or flaunt it on your window this Halloween season! These window clings are decorative, easy to make, a fun project for you and your kids, and will be an awesome addition to any window or slider. I love it!

Spooky Halloween Mason Jars

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Source: Two Sisters Crafting

Creep it real this spooky season with adorable and double decorated mason jars! You can use this decor idea for any type of mason jar; a flower vase, kitchen utensil jar, decoration with candy inside, jar to drink some blood (wine), etc…. How fun is this idea?

Printable Halloween Puppets

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Source: Easy Peasy and Fun

Get ready to use your “hands” with this puppet idea for Halloween! As cool as these spooky puppets are, they are created to make things easier for you. Just pick your poison. Print them out, cut along the dotted lines, and voila!

Watercolor Resist Spider Web Art

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Source: I Heart Arts n Crafts

Spiders are the only web developers that also catch bugs… Why do we hate them so much? Celebrate your favorite bug hunters with this watercolor spider web Halloween art! With a gorgeous turn out perfect for home decor, and a fun project to do, this will be a staple in your Halloween plans this year!

DIY Toilet Paper Roll Bats

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Source: Practically Functional

Enjoy “hanging out” with this FANGtastic Halloween bat project! With just a roll of toilet paper, glue, scissors, and black construction paper, you can create, and then hang your favorite friends anywhere in the house!

Ghost Pencil Toppers

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Source: Smart School House

Keeping it spooky even at school or work? That’s the SPIRIT! This ghost pencil topper is way more cute than it is scary, a fun project for a class or with your kids, and overall is a craft you won’t want to “ghost” this season!

Tin Can Ghost Halloween Gift

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Source: Eighteen 25

This DIY decor idea will be your boo this Halloween season! With a tin can, something to write on, and anything to place inside, your kitchen counter can look this faBOOlous with this on top, too!

Halloween Monster Rocks

easy painted rocks for halloween
Source: The Inspiration Edit

Where do monsters like to go swimming? In the DEAD sea! Let’s be honest… even with technology the way it is pet rocks are still, and will always be in. Why not decorate and make your newest family member spooky this season? I love this idea!

Related Craft Post: Painted Rock Ideas & Inspiration

Handprint Pumpkin Gift Bags

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Source: Glued To My Crafts

Let’s just say I’m PUMPED about this pumpkin gift bag craft! I love how the head of the pumpkin is a green handprint, and the “straw” interpretation they have too! This is so unique while being easy to make and adorably cute too!

Halloween Masks

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Source: It’s Always Autumn

Friday night plans: Getting SHEET faced with this awesome Halloween mask idea! Whether you’re using a sheet or some paper get ready for some awesome decor ideas for your kids to play pretend, for a project for your family, or to perfect a Halloween costume this year!

Paper Plate Pumpkin Craft

kids paper plate craft with pumpkins
Source: The Simple Parent

A craft you can have fun making AND use as decor this spooky season? You will love this paper plate craft! This is the perfect indoor project to do with the kids that won’t create a huge mess!

Paper Cup Ghosts

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Source: Non-Toy Gifts

Need something simple and quick yet “FULL” of spooky flavor? Keep your Halloween pizzaz cup overflowing with this paper cup ghost idea for the fall season!

Ping Pong Ball Ghost Lights

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Source: unOriginal Mom

These ping pong ball ghost lights will definitely LIGHT up the night this spooky Halloween season! Who knew you could create something so ridiculously unique with ping pong balls, sharpie, and some see-through sheets!

Mason Jar Pumpkin

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Source: Love and Marriage

I don’t think it gets easier than this super cute mason jar pumpkin craft! With some orange tissue paper, Mod Podge, a mason jar and a little bit of time… your kids will have themselves a fun Halloween decoration!

Glass Light Cover Ghosts

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Source: Sadie Season Goods

Have some old light covers leftover from a remodel?! If not you can still easily do this fun DIY project by picking some up at goodwill! Just add a silly ghost face, put a glowstick inside and you’ll have a glowing ghost to SPOOK everyone!

Frankenstein Handprints Craft

frankenstein craft example
Source: Mom Dot

Talk to the Frankenstein hand! Handprint crafts are a great way to capture your kids cute little hands before they get all old and attitude-ey…at that point catching YOUR HANDS, if you know what I mean. This is cute enough, spooky enough, and full of Halloween fun while still catching all the memories!

Easy Paper Pumpkin Craft

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Source: It’s Always Autumn

These are the type of paper pumpkins where they look modern, decorative, and store-bought. If you’re looking for a project you can actually use as a stunning decoration, then you’ve found the right craft!

Paper Plate Halloween Craft

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Source: I Heart Crafty Things

It doesn’t matter if you’re feeling like the good witch or a bad witch this Halloween season… this three-dimensional paper plate crafts will have you feeling extra witchy! I love the way it looks like she’s actually flying through the sky right on the plate!

Spider Light Up Mason Jar

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Source: Mom Dot

Mason jars are in and I am all about these Halloween craft ideas! There are so many different decoration ideas here and they are simple, cheap, easy, and ridiculously spooktacular!

Related Post: Best DIY Halloween Decor Ideas

DIY Batwings Headband Craft

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Source: Lia Griffith

This adorable bat wing headband is the perfect craft for your daughter! This would be a super easy addition to your costume for a party or Halloween evening

Halloween Paper Plate Spider Craft

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Source: Simply Today Life

My spidy senses are tingling… This is such a cute project for you and your kids, in the classroom, or for a Halloween themed party! With just a paper plate, some markers, construction paper, and glue, you can have your very own decorated and overly cute paper plate spiders this year!

Moving Eyes Paper Plate Mummy Craft

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Source: Kids Craft Room

“Eye” definitely need this awesomely mummified DIY craft in my life this season! Not only is this easy to make out of just paper plate, markers, and construction paper, but gluing the moving eyeballs give it a spooky and unique look that is just creepy enough for the Halloween season. I love it!

Beaded Pumpkin Craft for Kids

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Source: Glue Sticks and Gumdrops

To bead or not to bead, that is the question! The answer? Always yes. This beaded pumpkin craft is cute, inexpensive, takes up just the right amount of time, and has an adorable turnout. Kids love beads, and so do I!

Creative Newspaper Witch Craft

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Source: I Heart Crafty Things

I’m not upset, I just tend to have a resting witch face in October. Rest hard this Halloween season, and get your news too with this newspaper witch project! This is adorably cute, easy to create, recyclable, and full of “witchcraft” if you know what I mean. Such a cute idea!

Paper Plate Frankenstein Mask Template

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Source: Red Ted Art

Let me be completely frank with you… This Frankenstein mask template idea for Halloween is the bomb dot com. If you love crafting with your kids but you aren’t the best at drawing, this free printable mask template will come in clutch this year!

Easy Cotton Ball Ghost Craft for Preschoolers

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Source: Natural Beach Living

Don’t cotton balls just have the weirdest texture ever? I never thought of gluing them to construction paper to make a ghost during the Halloween season, but what an easy idea! This is a great project for your kids at home or your kids in the classroom!

Popsicle Stick Witch Magnet

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Source: Today’s Creative Ideas

Anything is “popsicle” with this adorable painted popsicle stick witchcraft! Plus, it’s a magnet too. So you can show it off all season long on your refrigerator too!

Eyeball Halloween Sensory Bin

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Source: Simple Everyday Mom

It’s time for summer to “bounce” because fall is here and so is this awesome spaghetti eyeball sensory bin idea! Curvy and floppy purple spaghetti mixed with eyeball bouncy balls will have you creeped out, getting your senses going, and “bouncing” off the walls this Halloween!

Pumpkin Apple Stamps

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Source: Frugal Mom Eh!

This festive fall craft will be the “apple of your eye” this season! Using some paint and paper you can create an adorable picture that looks half like a pumpkin and half like an apple. It’s so unique you’ll have to see it to believe it!

Halloween Clothespins and Pattern Sticks

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Source: Laly Mom

I can’t even handle how cute these clothespin Halloween crafts are! Hang your clothes, your coats, or your decorations on these pumpkin, bat, and ghost clothespins this season!

Easy Paper Plate Pumpkin Mask

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Source: One Creative Mommy

Need a quick and easy craft to entertain the kids for a little bit? If so, this super cute paper plate pumpkin face craft is the perfect solution!

DIY Mini Piñatas for Kids Halloween Fun

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Source: DIY Candy

What a “smashing” idea for Halloween this year! How awesome and unique is this mummy pinata? And, as if your kids didn’t need more candy… They will be so excited to smash the mummy and gather all the Halloween candy!

Halloween Marshmallow Ghost Craft

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Source: Coffee Cups and Crayons

I am obsessed with this idea for Halloween, and I’m not even being “Mallo-dramatic” about it! Who would have thought that with just a marshmallow and a toothpick you could create a ghostacular treat like this one!?

Cotton Ball Ghost Craft for Toddlers

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Source: Happy Hooligans

These cotton ball ghosties are squadGHOULS this Halloween, and they are just too perfect to pass up! I love how little you need with just cotton balls, glue, black buttons, and paint, and how BOO-tiful the turn out is. Spooktacular!

Halloween Spider Kids Craft

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Source: My Home Based Life

How cute are these little popsicle stick spiders? I love how simple they are and you probably already have most of the craft supplies needed!

Frightfully Easy No-Carve Pumpkin Monsters

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Source: Projects with Kids

As fun as carving pumpkins is, knives can be scary when there are kids involved. These no carve pumpkins is a great alternative, and a fun and festive decor idea, too! I love the neon colors involved, and how small they are so you can make a ton and place them on your front porch. Safety first this year!

Pumpkin Guts Slime Recipe

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Source: Crafty Morning

Slimes-a-wasting and this pumpkin guts slime craft is just waiting for you and your kids! Who doesn’t love slime? I know when I was little I used to beg my parents to buy me some fun slime every time we went to the store. Make your own pumpkin guts out of slime this year!

Related Craft Post: 14 Edible And Easy Slime Recipe Ideas For Kids

Tissue Paper Pumpkin Craft

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Source: Arty Crafty Kids

Grab a tissue… This pumpkin craft is so cute you might cry! Bunched up orange and green tissue glued around a traced pumpkin, it doesn’t get much better than this one for fridge decor!

Paper Witch DIY Craft

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Source: Twichetts

I’m a pretty “fly” mom if I do say so myself… So it’s no secret that I’m all about this flying witch craftivity for Halloween this year! Cutting up shapes for the witch’s body, gluing on eyes, and putting this somewhere special, this will be the perfect project for you this year!

Zombie Craft For Kids

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Source: Mess For Less

What do you do if you see a zombie? Hope it’s Halloween, that’s for sure! With all this crazy weather and natural disasters lately, you’d think there may be a zombie apocalypse on the way… Maybe this Halloween? Prepare with this awesome zombie craft for kids!

Cute Handprint Spiders In Webs

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Source: Kids Craft Room

Love the handprint crafts? These fun and easy handprint spiders are the perfect little project for your kids!

Halloween Washi Magnet Clips

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Source: Inside BruCrew Life

You will be pulled into these magnet clips for the Halloween season!

I love that that not only are there so many different ideas to choose from… bats, ghosts, little monsters, pumpkins, etc… but they look decorative and perfect for the fridge! So “ATTRACT”ive!

Pipe Cleaner Halloween Finger Puppets

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Source: One Little Project

You look like you could use a “hand” in finding the perfect puppet craft for spooky season! These are cute, these are fun, easy to create, and unbelievably useful for ultimate puppet usage. So cute!

Not So Scary Pipe Cleaner Spiders

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Source: Blissful Domestication

These super easy pipe clean spiders are too cute! They’re simple enough that your kids will be able to easily make them but they still turn out adorable… plus, they’re a great little Halloween decoration

DIY Milk Jug Ghosts

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Source: Who Needs A Cape

If you have some leftover milk jugs, this fun little craft is for you! It’s super simple and they’ll look great out on the front porch all October long

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