Easy Halloween Crafts for Kids

Halloween Favors, Toys, and Decorations

Pumpkin Puppet (ages 7+)

For this project you will need:

- A Tennis Ball
- Orange poster paint
- A paintbrush
- A black permanent marker
- Glue
- One green pom-pom
- A sharp knife

1. With adult supervision and assistance, cut a slit in the tennis ball about halfway down from the top to form the mouth of the pumpkin.
2. Paint the tennis ball with the orange poster paint and let it dry.
3. Using the black permanent marker, draw a mouth around the slit.
4. With the black permanent marker, draw eyes and a nose on your tennis ball.
5. To make your pumpkin talk, place a finger on each side of the tennis ball and squeeze which will cause the mouth to open and close.

To use the pumpkin as a favor, fill it with candy and small prizes through the slit.

Ghostly Lollipop (ages 4+)

For this project you will need:

- Lollipops
- Tissues
- A black marker
- A rubber band

1. Place one tissue over the top of a lollipop and secure it with a rubber band.
2. With the black marker, draw a face on your ghost.

Friendly Ghost Decoration (ages 6+)

For this project you will need:

- A clear disposable plastic cup
- One Styrofoam packing worm
- Black construction paper
- A black marker
- One green pipe cleaner
- An orange marker
- One square of bath tissue
- Glue
- Scissors

1. Trace around the plastic cup on the black paper and cut it out with the scissors.
2. With the scissors, cut the Styrofoam packing worm in half.
3. Dip one piece of the packing worm and dip it in glue and cover it with the square of bath tissue.
4. Let dry.
5. Using the black marker, give your ghost a face.
6. Using the orange marker, color the other end of the packing worm.
7. Poke a small piece of green pipe cleaner on top to make the stem for the pumpkin.
8. Glue the ghost and the pumpkin to the black circle.
9. Let the ghost and pumpkin dry on the black circle completely.
10. Put glue around the edge of the cup and glue it onto the circle so the ghost and pumpkin are inside the cup.

This craft makes a fun decoration. If it is treated and stored with care, it will last you many Halloweens.

Halloween Treat Carrier (ages 6+)

For this project you will need:

- An empty half gallon milk carton
- Scissors
- Halloween Stickers
- Tape
- Glue
- A hole punch
- Yarn

1. With your scissors, cut off the top of the milk carton right below where it starts to fold and form the spout.
2. Cover the bottom piece of the carton with yellow paper. The yellow paper should exactly cover the piece of the milk carton.3. Tape the yellow paper in place.
4. With your scissors, cut a strip of brown paper that will completely cover the milk carton and wrap it around the milk carton.
5. Hold the strip in place and draw a door and a few windows.
6. Remove the paper and cut three sides of each door and window so they are still connected to the brown paper but will open and close.
7. Tape the strip of brown paper with the doors and windows on it over the yellow paper.8. With the hole punch, punch two holes, one on each side of the milk carton.
9. Knot nine or so string through one hole.10. Braid the strings together and knot them through the other hole to make a strong handle.
11. Open all of the windows and the door, and place a Halloween sticker inside each.
12. Cut a small triangle and glue the edge to the top of the carton to make a roof.

To decorate your house, you may want to draw details with a black marker. In addition, you may draw your own Halloween characters in the windows instead of using stickers.

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