DIY These Easy Halloween Crafts for Spooky Good Fun (2024)

This Halloween project couldn't be easier. Just upcycle some toilet paper rolls and add paint, colorful paper, googly eyes, and other details to give your Halloween characters major personality as pumpkins, mummies, Frankenstein monsters, or vampires.

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Cut off the bottom part of a potato to make a flat edge, then slice the potato to create a stamp. Dip in white paint, and press your ghost-shaped stamp onto black paper. Little fingerprints coated in in black paint make the perfect tools to add on the ghosts’ eyes and mouths.

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Hang these bats all around your house during the month of October for an easy and creepy look.

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Turn an ordinary white paper plate into a jack-o'-lantern with orange and black markers or crayons. Punch a hole at the top to thread through a green pipe cleaner for your stem, and you’re all done!

Get Jack-o-Lantern Paper Plate Craft tutorial at The Simple Parent.

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If you are looking for a non-candy treat to hand out in the classroom, these Black Cat-themed notepads are the perfect festive surprise kids will not only use on the day-to-day, but also love toting around in their backpack thanks to the fun details.

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Cover an ordinary paper plate with black tissue paper scraps to make the bat’s body. Coat little feet in black paint, stepping footprints onto white paper to serve as the wings.

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First make the slime in the color (or colors!) of your choice — an easy project in itself that kids love to make. Then, decorate the jars as the finishing touch: Googly eyes, felt, and glue dots give your slime jars personality as ghosts, monsters, and jack-o'-lanterns.

Get the Halloween Slime Jars tutorial at The Best Ideas for Kids.

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You can't get simpler than this Halloween craft. But the spooky results are so aesthetically pleasing guests and trick-or-treaters will think it took hours to complete.

Get the Positive and Negative Space Paper Jack-O-Lantern Craft tutorial at Buggy and Buddy.

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Carrying around old pillow cases on Halloween night to use as your treat bag is a quick solution when you are in a pinch. But if you are looking to upgrade your kid's Halloween accessory game this year, DIY this Black Cat bag that can match their costume.

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Make peg doll versions of the iconic Sanderson sisters if Hocus Pocus is on repeat in your house during October.

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In just four steps you can DIY your very own pom poms out of yarn using these affordable pom pom makers.

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Simple shapes form the building blocks for this witch paper craft, making it easy for little kids to handle. Fringed hair and a broom add texture, and a hand-drawn face adds personality,

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When is an easy Halloween craft more than just an easy Halloween craft? When it’s also a keepsake to cherish forever as a reminder of the time when those hands were oh-so-little, of course! Use homemade play dough and plaster to create these spiders from your kiddo’s own handprints.

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Arrange craft sticks like an asterisk, and glue to secure in place. Top with a black pom pom to serve as your spider’s body. Glue two googly eyes on each to finish the project, which would look adorable clustered on a mantle or holiday tabletop.

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This may be the most economical Halloween craft on our list, but with some flashy inexpensive stickers, you can bring this haunted house up a notch.

Get the Free Printable Haunted House Craft tutorial at Made with Happy.

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If you already need to buy paper plates for your Halloween party, set aside a few for a haunting craft the kids can complete while you prepare for the gathering.

Get the Haunted House Paper Plate Halloween Craft tutorial at Made with Happy.

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Start with ordinary craft sticks. Apply two coats of paint to each. Next, kids can transform their little puppets into spooky-cute Halloween creatures using markets, pipe cleaners, and googly eyes.

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Cut mummy shapes out of black paper. Next, use glue to cover your mummy with strips of gauze. Finish with googly eyes and any other details to make whatever unique faces or accessories you can dream up.

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While this craft has over a dozen steps to complete until your doll is dressed and ready to go, the end result is too adorable to resist. After all, you need some inhabitants for that haunted house.

Get the Halloween Peg Dolls tutorial at Lia Griffith.

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Although you will need to become a member ($9.99/month or $99/year) to gain access to all of Lia Griffith's SVG files and templates, the membership could be worth it if you and the kids tend to craft on rainy days and during the holidays. And just look at these adorable finger puppets!

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