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Halloween

The Cutest Ghost Crafts for Kids

October 7, 2020 By Terri Thompson

Ghosts can be a scary idea, but when it comes to Halloween decorations, they’re often more friendly than they are scary.

And, that’s the case with all of these fun ghost crafts for kids.

These ghosts are fun, cute, friendly, and not the least bit spooky.

Get ready for Halloween with these ghost crafts for kids. Grab your supplies and get started creating these cute Halloween crafts.

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Ghost Crafts for Kids

These awesome ghost craft ideas are fun for kids of all ages.

Let your preschoolers try a fun printmaking project when they try a potato print banner. Or your tweens may enjoy making some no-sew ghost pencil toppers for their friends.

Are you ready to start creating? Let’s go!

Ghost Crafts for Kids

Have fun creating this Halloween when you make these fun ghost crafts for kids.

Ghost Bookmark Halloween Craft

Halloween reading is much more fun when you save your place with a cute and easy to make ghost bookmark!

No-Sew Ghost Pencil Topper

Decorate your pencils with a fun no-sew ghost pencil topper. They're so fun to create that you'll want to make one for all your friends.

Ghost Pop-Up Cards

Friendly and family will love to receive one of these fun ghost pop-up cards!

Easy Halloween Hand Puppets: No-Sew Ghost Puppet

Photo Credit: www.mamasmiles.com

This easy no-sew ghost puppet is also a fun toy and story-telling tool.

Halloween Marshmallow Ghost Craft

Photo Credit: www.coffeecupsandcrayons.com

Trim up some marshmallows to use in this fun ghost stamp craft.

Spooky Leaf Ghosts for Halloween

Photo Credit: mothernatured.com

Find some pretty leaves to paint to create these fun spooky leaf ghosts.

Fabric Ghost Craft

Photo Credit: buggyandbuddy.com

Use fabric squares to make these fun and simple fabric ghosts.

Paper Plate Ghost

Photo Credit: www.easypeasyandfun.com

Use a paper plate to create this fun bouncing ghost craft.

Pencil Eraser Ghost Craft for Halloween

Photo Credit: www.craftymorning.com

Use you pencil eraser as a stamp to create this fun ghost craft.

Cotton Ball Ghost Craft for Toddlers

Photo Credit: happyhooligans.ca

This cotton ball ghost craft is perfect for toddlers!

Straw Blown Halloween Ghost Craft

Photo Credit: rainydaymum.co.uk

Blow through straws to create this fun straw blown Halloween ghost craft.

Movable Paper Plate Ghost Craft

Photo Credit: www.craftsonsea.co.uk

This movable paper plate ghost craft is both fun to make and fun to play with.

Painted Rock Ghosts Craft

Photo Credit: www.easypeasyandfun.com

Gather a few rocks to make these awesome painted rock ghosts.

Easy Origami Ghost Garland

Photo Credit: www.redtedart.com

Get folding to create this fun origami ghost garland.

Halloween Garland - Potato Print Ghosts

Photo Credit: www.notimeforflashcards.com

This potato print ghost garland is a fun printmaking project.

Which of these fun ghost crafts for kids are you going to make?

Ghost Crafts for Toddlers

The above crafts are suitable for all ages of kids. But if you’re looking for ideas for toddlers in particular, here are the best age-appropriate ideas from thist list.

Try the Halloween Marshmallow Ghost Stamp craft. Make the stamps for your toddlers and let them stamp away! It’s great for their fine motor skills and they’ll have tons of fun creating.

Or, try the Cotton Ball Ghost Craft. Your little ones will love to pull the cotton balls apart and showing off their beautiful creation they made all by themselves.

Your toddler would also have great fun using the stamp to create the ghosts for the Potato Print Ghosts Halloween Garland. You or your older kids can then cut them and string them up.

These fun ghost crafts for kids are too cute to be scary! Have fun making these Halloween crafts.

You may also like one of these fun Halloween crafts:

Halloween Puppets from Craft Sticks

Spider Web Wreath Halloween Craft

Paper Plate Jack-O-Lantern

Halloween Black Cat Masks

Our recommended craft supplies

In addition to the supplies listed for each project, if you keep these craft supplies on hand, you’ll be ready for many craft project.

Here are some supplies we recommend:

Paper Plate Jack-O-Lantern

October 24, 2019 By Terri Thompson

We’ve done a lot of Halloween crafts over the years. I’ve been trying create projects for all age groups and today’s project is perfect for the preschool crowd. (Although my kindergartner and 2nd grader also enjoyed making these.)

We took a simple concept, the paper plate jack-o-lantern, and added a twist.

These double as a sun catcher and the yellow tissue paper helps give them a glow when they’re hanging in a sunny window.

Grab some paper plates for this simple Halloween craft for kids: Paper Plate Jack-O-Lantern. It makes a great suncatcher too!

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Let’s grab a few supplies and get started on our jack-o-lanterns.

Supplies Needed for your Paper Plate Jack-O-Lantern:

Paper plate
Pencil
Sharp Scissors (for adult use)
Orange paint
Black paint
Yellow tissue paper
Brown construction paper
Glue stick

How to Make Your Paper Plate Jack-O-Lantern

Have the kids draw a jack-o-lantern face on the bottom of the paper plate.

Use the sharp scissors to cut out the face. This is the part that a grown-up will want to help with, since it requires sharp scissors to make the cuts.

Grab some paper plates for this simple Halloween craft for kids: Paper Plate Jack-O-Lantern. It looks great hanging in a window!

Once the pieces are all cut out, paint the entire paper plate orange.

Use the black paint to outline around all the cut pieces. We found that the black outline helped our jack-o-lantern face stand out more.

Let the paint dry a bit, and then turn your paper plate jack-o-lantern over and glue down a piece of yellow tissue paper. We cut a piece that would fit inside the plate and would cover all the open spots. We used a glue stick so that it would dry quickly.

Cut a stem from your brown construction paper and glue it to the top of your jack-o-lantern.

Grab some paper plates for this simple Halloween craft for kids: Paper Plate Jack-O-Lantern. It makes a great suncatcher too!

Once they’re done (and fully dry), hang your jack-o-lanterns up in the window. The tissue paper will help give your jack-o-lantern a glow like it was lit up by a candle.

This paper plate jack-o-lantern is  fun to make and very pretty once it’s done!

Have fun crafting this Halloween season!

Grab some paper plates for this simple Halloween craft for kids: Paper Plate Jack-O-Lantern. It looks great hanging in a window!

More Fun Halloween Crafts

Cardboard Tube Halloween Mummy Craft

The Best Halloween Suncatchers for Kids

Halloween Black Cat Mask

Halloween Torn Paper Art at Easy Peasy and Fun

Recycled Snack Cup Windsock Ghost at Artsy Momma

Stock Up on Supplies

This fun Halloween craft uses supplies that you can use in many different crafts. So, why not stock up. Here are some supplies to keep on hand.

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Beginning Letter Sounds Bat Matching Activity

October 23, 2019 By Trisha

A bat themed activity is great for Halloween. You could also use it as part of a night themed unit studying nocturnal animals.

Try our beginning letter sounds bat matching activity for toddlers and preschoolers as part of your bat theme or as a stand-alone Halloween activity.

Practice the alphabet and letter sounds with this fun Halloween beginning letter sounds bat matching activity that is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

Beginning Letter Sounds Bat Matching Activity

Supplies Needed for the Bat Matching Halloween Game

Bat cutouts (or black cardstock and scissors)

Silver marker

Painterโ€™s tape (optional)

Flashlight

Practice the alphabet and letter sounds with this fun Halloween beginning letter sounds bat matching activity that is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

How to Set Up the Beginning Letter Sounds Activity

Determine what letters you want to work on. I recommend working on just a handful of letters at a time. Choose 3-4 words for each letter. I used Halloween themed words. Hereโ€™s a list of Halloween words for inspiration. (Use this same idea with older kids for spelling or sight words.)

Write your chosen letters and words on the bat cutouts. I used a combination of foam bats from Hobby Lobby and bats I cut out of cardstock. I simply traced a foam bat and cut it out. You can often find bat cutouts at Target (in the Dollar Spot) or at Michaelโ€™s as well.

I chose to write uppercase letters for my letter bats as a bonus letter matching activity. You could use lowercase letters instead.

Now you have the makings of a simple matching game.

How to Play the Beginning Letter Sounds Bat Matching Game

Place your letter bats in one location in your room. You could lay them on the floor, place them on table, or tape them to a wall. (Be sure that your tape wonโ€™t harm your wall. Painterโ€™s tape is usually safe on most painted surfaces. Just donโ€™t leave it on there for long periods of time. Take it down when your game is over.)

Now hide your bats around the room. I taped mine to the walls in my sort of dark hallway. You could also lay the bats on the floor or on different pieces of furniture if you donโ€™t want to use tape.

The goal of the game is for your child to take a word bat and match its first letter to the correct letter bat.

Hereโ€™s the extra fun part. Use a flashlight. (Talk about flashlight safety with your child and how we donโ€™t shine lights in peopleโ€™s eyes โ€“ including his/her own.)

Bat Matching Alphabet Game

Have your child shine the flashlight on a word bat. Read the word on the bat to your child. Ask him what letter it starts with. โ€œThatโ€™s the word โ€˜moon.โ€™ What letter does moon start with? What letter do you see?โ€

As youโ€™re reading the words, also practice the beginning letter sounds. Say: โ€œB says /b/. /b/ /b/ bat. Bat starts with the letter b.โ€

Have your child take the word bat and place it near the matching letter bat.

Practice the alphabet and letter sounds with this fun Halloween beginning letter sounds bat matching activity that is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

Itโ€™s not important that your toddler or even preschooler reads the words. You just want him or her to work on letter sounds and associating what that first letter looks like with its letter sound. It is important for you and your child to say the letter sounds as you’re playing.

Using the flashlight helps to highlight the letters. My toddler wanted to play this game again and again just so he could go around finding the bats with the flashlight.

More Bat Themed Halloween Activities

Bats in a Cave Sight Word Game

Halloween Bat Crafts for Kids

Bat Number Treasure Hunt at Inspiration Laboratories

Halloween Black Bat Sensory Bin at Pre-K Pages

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Fun Halloween Socks for Kids

October 21, 2019 By Terri Thompson

I love fun socks and so do my kids. It’s a fun and non-distracting way to dress up for a holiday.

So, now that Halloween is coming soon, you’ve got to make sure to have some fun Halloween socks for kids to wear leading up to October 31.

We’ve got a great tutorial to make your own glow-in-the-dark Halloween socks, but if you don’t want to DIY, here some fun choices.

Celebrate in style - on your feet - when you wear some of these cute selection of Halloween socks for kids. It's so much fun to wear cool socks!

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Fun Halloween Socks for Kids

These fun witch and haunted house socks are the perfect size for toddler feet.

These cute Halloween face socks also glow in the dark. They’d be so much fun to wear for trick-or-treating!

Let baby join in on the fun with this fun selection of spooky, tiny socks.

You little one will also look cute with these fun spider web socks.

Wear black cats on your feet with this fun choice of knee-high socks for girls.

You can dress like a skeleton with this fun pair of knee-high socks with leg and foot bones.

Check out this fun variety of Halloween knee-socks with bats and haunted houses.

Feel fun and festive with these fun orange and black striped socks.

Wear monsters on your feet with these fun monster socks.

This selection of socks is fun and colorful featuring black cats, candy, and jack-o-lanterns.

This awesome 6-pack of socks has many fun Halloween images.

Get a little spooky with these ghost and skeleton mismatched socks.

Which of these fun pairs of socks do you think your kids will like best?

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Top 10 Family Halloween Movies to Watch This Year

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Printable Halloween Charades at EDventures for Kids

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Fun Mummy Crafts for Halloween

October 14, 2019 By Terri Thompson

Mummies don’t have to be scary! They can definitely be fun and sometimes even cute. Especially when you make one of these fun mummy crafts for Halloween.

Make a fun footprint mummy or practice your fine motor skills with a yarn-wrapped mummy. No matter what you choose, you’ll have fun with your kids and create a fun Halloween craft.

Mummies don't have to be scary, especially when you're making one of these fun mummy crafts for Halloween with your kids.

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Mummy Crafts for Halloween

You’ll find fun ideas for kids of all ages in this list. Your little ones will love sticking masking tape on a mummy or your older kids may want to make a set of neon jar mummies.

No matter what you choose, you’re sure to have fun.

Which one is your favorite? I can’t decide!

Mummy Crafts for Halloween

These fun mummy crafts for kids are too cute to be spooky!

Cardboard Tube Halloween Mummy Craft

Turn an empty toilet paper tube into a cute mummy with this simple craft.

Craft Stick Mummy Puppet

It's so easy to turn a craft stick into a cute mummy.

Yarn Wrapped Mummy Craft

Photo Credit: iheartcraftythings.com

Exercise your fine motor skills with this simple and fun yarn-wrapped mummy craft.

HALLOWEEN MUMMY MASON JAR CRAFT

Photo Credit: kidscraftroom.com

Decorate a mason jar to make a fun neon mummy.

Masking Tape Mummy Halloween Craft For Kids

Photo Credit: www.notimeforflashcards.com

Kids love using tape and they'll love to stick pieces to make this fun mummy.

Create a Family of Pumpkin Mummies

Photo Credit: handsonaswegrow.com

Turn your pumpkin into a mummy with this fun Halloween decoration.

Paper Bowl Mummy Craft

Photo Credit: www.craftsonsea.co.uk

Your kids will love turning a paper bowl into a fun mummy.

Paper Strip Mummy

Photo Credit: www.housingaforest.com

Cut or tear paper strips to make a mummy with this simple paper craft.

Shaving Cream Mummy Craft for Kids

Photo Credit: www.craftymorning.com

Use DIY shaving cream paint to make this fun mummy.

Yarn Wrapped Footprint Mummy Craft

Photo Credit: www.easypeasyandfun.com

This yarn-wrapped footprint mummy makes a great keepsake craft.

Moving Eyes Paper Plate Mummy Craft

Photo Credit: kidscraftroom.com

This fun animated moving-eyes mummy is quite easy to make.

Mummies don't have to be scary, especially when you're making one of these fun mummy crafts for Halloween with your kids.

You may also like one of these fun Halloween crafts

Halloween Bat Crafts for Kids

Ghost Bookmark Halloween Craft

Halloween Candy Corn Crafts for Kids

Glittery Spider Web Mask for Kids

Read a fun mummy book with your craft

It’s always fun to read a book to go along with your craft time. If you’re making one of these fun mummy crafts, try one or all of these fun mummy books.

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