I’ve said this so many times before, but Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year! Mainly because there are sooo many great Halloween crafts and activities for me to do with my kids. So I’ve compiled a giant list of some of the best Halloween crafts and activities out there! I hope you find some good inspiration for this spooky season.
8 Simple Halloween Handprint Crafts
These Halloween handprint crafts are a great option for young kids. They love the sensory experience of sticking their hands in paint while parents love having an adorable handprint keepsake. Win Win! Click the link below to get the full tutorial on how to make each of the 8 Halloween handprint crafts.
Supplies Needed for Halloween Handprint Crafts:
Most of the handprint crafts listed above require similar supplies, so I’ve went ahead and linked all these supplies here if you’re needing to stock up on some of my favorites!
Hanging Bat Craft from Recycled Materials
We had to share this awesome hanging bat craft! We love any craft were we can recycle or repurpose materials. So for this craft, we recycled our empty cardboard egg carton into this adorable bat craft. Click on the link below to check out the full tutorial.
Supplies Needed for the Hanging Bat Craft:
For this craft you’ll need an empty cardboard egg carton, black paint, scissors, googly eyes, and string.
Free Halloween Scavenger Hunt Bingo
This Halloween Scavenger Hunt Bingo is an awesome way for your whole family to get outside and walk the neighborhood to check out all the spooky Halloween decorations. While doing so, they can play a fun little Scavenger Hunt Bingo game. You can click the link below to check out how to play this fun game and print off your 6 FREE game cards.
Supplies You’ll Need for this Halloween Scavenger Hunt Bingo
You’ll need the free printable bingo cards linked on the blog post above. We suggest to print them out on printer safe cardstock which is linked below. You’ll also need a writing utensil and a clipboard.
Interactive Haunted House Coloring Page
You have got to check out this interactive haunted house coloring page! The windows and doors of the haunted house open and close to reveal the spooky characters inside. That’s not all – this coloring page is FREE to print off! Click the link below to get your free interactive haunted house coloring page.
Supplies Needed for the Interactive Haunted House Coloring Page:
For this craft you’ll need the free printable coloring page that we recommend to print out on printer safe cardstock which is linked below. You’ll also need scissors, markers, and a glue stick.
Pom Pom Spider
This pom pom spider is perfect as a spooky little Halloween craft for kids! Check out the tutorial by clicking the link below.
Supplies to make the pom pom spider
Witches Brew Sensory Bin
This one is an annual activity in our house! We break out all the little spooky items and cauldrons, throw them in a bin of rice, and have a blast mixing up witches brews! Check out our Instagram reel below to see all the fun we had.
Supplies needed for the witches brew sensory bin
Make a Haunted House
How cute is this DIY haunted house?! We love any type of craft that can be used as a spooky decoration. So when we found some wooden haunted house cutouts, wooden stickers, and LED lights at Dollar Tree, we knew we had to make a glowing haunted house! Check out the video below to see our final result.
Make a Spooky Fireplace Decoration
Here’s another Halloween craft that can be used as a spooky decoration. We just grabbed some wooden ghost cutouts, creepy cloth, and paint from Dollar Tree. Then each of my kids were able to paint a ghost however they liked. Once dry, we draped the cloth across our fireplace mantle and attached the ghosts to create a fun Halloween decoration. Check out our Instagram video below to see the whole process.
Witches Beauty Salon and Zombie Tattoo Parlor
Here’s another Halloween activity that’s always a hit in my house each year! After we have pizza, we use the empty pizza boxes to make a witches salon and a zombies tattoo parlor. To set up, I just draw a witches or a zombies face on the inside of the pizza box lid. Then I’ll set out markers, paints, old makeup, and nail polish and have the kids open their beauty salon and tattoo parlor. We can usually get at least on hours play out of this one! Check out our Instagram video below.
Supplies you’ll need:
For this activity, you’ll need an empty pizza box, markers, nail polish, paint, and old makeup. I’ve linked my favorite dual tip markers that have a fine tip and larger brush tip. I’ve also linked some of my girls favorite nail polish and makeup kits.
Rip and Glue Pumpkin
This one was a hit with my 2 year old. She loved ripping up a sheet of orange, black, and green construction paper (while getting in lots of fine motor exercise). Then she got some practice with a glue stick gluing the orange pieces of paper to a pumpkin shaped cutout and then adding the jack-o-lanterns face and stem. This is a great activity for destructive toddlers!
Supplies you will need:
Monster Haircuts
Monster haircuts is also another great activity for toddlers! For this one, I just drew some spooky halloween characters. For their hair, I cut even strips to make their hair fringey. Then I laid out a pair of scissors and asked my toddler to give the monsters a haircut. She had a blast while getting in lots of supervised practice with scissors.
Supplies you’ll need:
I hope you got a lot of inspiration for your next Halloween craft or activity!
