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50+ Fun Kids Halloween Party Crafts & Activities

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A collage of 5 photos of cute Halloween party crafts for kids including a girls blowing through the straw of a flying bat Halloween craft, paper chain pumpkin and witch garlands, plastic cups of green slime decorated to look like Frankenstein, creative cardboard zombies, and a cute white handprint ghost craft on a purple background.
A collage of 5 photos of fun and cute Halloween party crafts for kids including a smiling child wearing a black paper spider headband, plastic cups decorated to look like Jack-O-Lanterns filled with orange soda ice cream floats, a cute fluffy ghost Halloween craft with cotton balls, plastic cups of glowing green and orange slime decorated to look like pumpkins, and a hanging paper roll bat craft.
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The silliness and creativity of the costumes make Halloween one of my very favorite holidays. (The Halloween candy doesn’t hurt, either!) So this year, I’d like to put together a fun little Halloween party for the kids complete with creative Halloween party crafts and activities, too.

So Many Fun Halloween Party Crafts and Activities!

While planning, I gathered up all of my favorite creative Halloween party ideas for kids — from easy Halloween party crafts to fun Halloween activities for kids, DIY Halloween party games to spooky snack recipes, and more! Let’s check ’em out…

A collage of 5 photos of fun and cute Halloween party crafts for kids including a smiling child wearing a black paper spider headband, plastic cups decorated to look like Jack-O-Lanterns filled with orange soda ice cream floats, a cute fluffy ghost Halloween craft with cotton balls, plastic cups of glowing green and orange slime decorated to look like pumpkins, and a hanging paper roll bat craft.

50+ Fun Halloween Party Ideas for Kids — Halloween Party Crafts, Activities, Treats, and More!


Easy Halloween Party Crafts for Kids

1. Simple Stick Monsters Halloween Craft

You only need three things for this simple kids Halloween party craft: colorful craft sticks, black markers, and self-adhesive googly eyes.

A photo of a smiling young girl wearing a spider headband craft for Halloween that she made out of black paper, accordion-folded black paper legs, and lots of googly eyes.

2. Silly Spider Headband Halloween Party Craft

Help kids turn black construction paper and googly eyes into adorable spider hats perfect for a preschool or Kindergarten Halloween party.

3. DIY Magical Pumpkin Wands

Read Pippa the Pumpkin Fairy at your Halloween party, then turn a pool noodle slices and dowel rods into your own magical pumpkin fairy wands.

4. DIY Halloween Bat Treat Bag

Help little party guests turn paper plates into cute bat-shaped treat bags to carry their Halloween treats home.

A photo of a child's hand using a cute homemade spider finger puppet made out of black cardstock, big googly eyes, and black pipe cleaner legs.

5. Cute Spider Finger Puppet Craft

Transform black craft foam, pipe cleaners, and googly eyes into adorable spider finger puppets at your child’s next Halloween party.

6. Easy Paper Plate Spider Halloween Craft

Help your kids or students add fuzzy pipe cleaner legs and googly eyes to paper plates for a super easy spider Halloween party craft.

7. Spooky 3D Tree Halloween Craft

Paint recycled TP tubes black, then cut them into spooky trees that are perfect for a Halloween party.

A photo of 4 spooky cardboard zombie crafts made by kids for Halloween.

8. Creative Zombie Craft for Halloween

Invite your kids or students to get creative with paint and cardboard making spooky Halloween zombies.


Kids Footprint & Handprint Halloween Crafts

A photo of cute handprint spider crafts made using kids' black paint handprints.

9. Cute Handprint Spiders Craft

Help little ones make handprints using black paint. Then, turn then into cute keepsake spider crafts for Halloween.

10. Halloween Handprint Witch’s Broom Craft

Have kids cut their handprints out of construction paper for this cute witch’s broom Halloween party craft.

11. Handprint Pumpkin Halloween Craft

Or, have kids cut handprints out of orange construction paper to craft some adorable keepsake pumpkins.

A photo of a kids Halloween footprint witch craft.

12. Kids Footprint Witch Craft for Halloween

Help little Halloween party guests turn their painted footprints into cute and friendly Halloween witches.

13. Halloween Handprint Black Cat Craft

Black construction paper handprints become cute black cat crafts perfect for a kid’s Halloween party.

14. Easy Ghost Halloween Handprint Craft

Easy Halloween crafts don’t get much easier than turning a white paper handprint into a cute ghost.

A photo of a kids skeleton handprint Halloween party craft featuring a black paper handprint on white paper with white cotton swabs glued onto it to look like bones.

15. Kids Q-Tip Skeleton Handprint Craft

Invite the kids to glue cotton swabs onto black paper handprints to turn them into spooky Halloween skeleton hands.

16. “Trick of Treat, Smell My Feet” Footprint Ghosts Sign

Trick or treaters will love turning their white paint footprints into ghosts on this adorable keepsake Halloween sign.


Printable Halloween Party Crafts

A photo of a child blowing through the straw of a printable flying bat Halloween craft.

17. Printable Flying Bat Halloween Craft

Your kids will love making their bats fly off the straws after making this easy printable Halloween party craft.

18. Printable Build a Frankenstein Craft

Kids get great fine motor skill and scissors practice with this free printable Halloween craft that challenges them to build their own Frankenstein.

19. Frankenstein Suncatcher Craft for Halloween

Use the free templates, some construction paper, and clear contact paper to set up this tissue paper Halloween craft that’s easy enough for toddlers.

A photo of printable Halloween bat headband crafts made out of black and purple construction paper and printable face features.

20. Printable Bat Hat Craft for Kids

A free printable makes this paper Halloween party craft easy peasy and successful for kids of all ages.

21. Magnetic Spider Web Craft for Kids

Kids love using craft sticks with magnets to move printable spiders and flies across homemade paper plate spider webs.

22. Yarn-Wrapped Mummy Craft for Halloween

Use the free printable template to make cute cardboard mummies for preschoolers to wrap with white yarn. Bonus points for the fine motor skills practice!

A photo of free printable Halloween craft puppets with articulated arms and legs held together with brads.

23. Printable Halloween Puppets Craft

Have the kids color or paint the free printable. Then, use brads to combine the parts and build neat Halloween monster puppets.

24. Easy Puffy Ghosts Craft for Preschoolers

Little ones will love gluing soft, puffy cotton balls onto cardstock ghosts that you pre-cut using the free template.

25. Moon & Bat Mobile Halloween Craft

Printable bats to color and cut out make this paper plate Halloween craft super cute and easy for kids of all ages.


Halloween Party Decoration Crafts

26. Spider Web Frame Halloween Craft

Help older kids transform plain old picture frames into creepy Halloween decor using a hot-glue gun and some fake spiders and spider webs.

A photo of 3 easy mummy lantern crafts for Halloween.

27. Mummy Lantern Mason Jar Craft

Wrap glass jars in white gauze to upcycle them into cute mummy lanterns that double as DIY Halloween party decorations.

28. DIY Cereal Box Halloween Mummies

Use old white t-shirts to turn recycled cereal boxes into cute mummy Halloween party decorations.

29. DIY Spooky Floating Ghosts

White plastic garbage bags and glow sticks turn green balloons into spooky floating ghosts that make perfect Halloween party decor.

A photo of a hanging bat Halloween party craft for kids using a toilet paper tube, construction paper wings, and pipe cleaner legs.

30. Cute Hanging Bat Halloween Craft

Glue pipe cleaner legs and construction paper wings onto toilet paper rolls to make cute hanging bat Halloween decorations.

31. Cute Paper Cup Halloween Crafts

Basic craft supplies like paint, pipe cleaners, and hot glue transform paper cups into vampires, a black cat, jack-o-lanterns, and more. Add flameless candle noses for adorable Halloween luminaries.

32. DIY Paper Roll Ghost Halloween Decorations

Use white paint and white crepe paper streamers to turn recycled paper rolls into spooky hanging ghosts for a kid’s Halloween party.

A photo of paper chain witch and pumpkin Halloween garlands perfect for a Halloween party.

33. Witch & Pumpkin Paper Chain Garlands

Have the kids help make these cute Halloween-themed witch and pumpkin paper chain garlands to hang at the class Halloween party.

34. Halloween Black Cat Wreath Craft

Invite the kids to use black cardstock to turn a black paper plate into a cute Halloween wreath that doubles as Halloween party decor.

A photo of a DIY twig spider web Halloween party craft using real twigs, white string, and a fake spider.

35. DIY Twig Spider Web Decor

Little ones will love helping to wrap string spiderwebs around natural twigs for cool DIY Halloween party decorations. If you don’t want to craft a spider, add some fake spiders instead!


DIY Halloween Party Favors

A photo of 3 DIY Franken-Slime Halloween party favors with light green slime inside clear plastic jars decorated with black cupcake liners cut into hair, googly eyes, and marker smiles and stitch marks.

36. Homemade Franken-Slime Halloween Favor

Add homemade green slime to little jars. Then, invite the kids to add marker details, googly eyes, and black cupcake liner hair to turn them into Frankenstein.

37. Glow-in-the-Dark Pumpkin Slime Favors

Or, make some glow-in-the-dark slime for these cute little Jack-o-lantern Halloween favors the kids will love.

38. Easy DIY Halloween Glitter Jars

Kids will love adding the clear glue, water, food coloring, and glitter to their calming sensory glitter jars and then taking them home after the Halloween party.

A photo of spooky ghost lollipops hanging from tree branches, a Halloween Party Craft for kids to make.

39. Simple DIY Ghost Lollipops

Use a black marker, plain white tissues, and dental floss to transform lollipops into cute but spooky Halloween treats.

40. Easy DIY Lollipop Spiders

Or, turn your lollipops into cute little spider treats using a black trash bag, pipe cleaner legs, and googly eyes.

41. Homemade Halloween Bubble Wands

Bend wire into Halloween shapes, then add cinnamon stick handles for cute Halloween bubble wands.

A photo of 4 DIY Jack-O-Lantern stress balls made out of orange balloons filled with a sensory material like flour and decorated with a black marker face.

42. DIY Jack O Lantern Stress Balls

Make calming Halloween stress balls by filling orange balloons with a sensory filler, like corn starch, dried beans, or dried rice.

43. Easy Halloween Treat Bags Craft

Use permanent markers to add details to clear plastic treat bags. Then, fill them with treats and tie with some Halloween ribbon.

44. Simple Halloween Popsicle Stick Bookmarks

Invite the kids to make their own Halloween bookmarks by adding cute Halloween stickers to colorful craft sticks.


Crafty Halloween Party Snacks & Treats

A photo of 2 small Spider Bites, a fun Halloween snack for kids consisting of Little Bites Pumpkin Muffins decorated with white frosting, Halloween sprinkles, candy eyeballs, and pretzel spider legs.

45. Cute Spider Bites Halloween Snacks

Turn Little Bites Pumpkin Muffins into creepy but cute Halloween snacks with just some frosting, sprinkles, candy eyeballs, and pretzel legs.

46. Easy Halloween Monster Treats

Your kids will love adding the candy eyes while making these cute candy-coated pretzel treats for their school Halloween party.

47. DIY Halloween Cupcake Picks

Have the kids help make spooky Halloween cupcake picks using toothpicks and construction paper. Then, use them along with sprinkles to decorate homemade cupcakes.

48. Candy Corn Flower Treats for Halloween

Press mellowcreme pumpkins and candy corn into white chocolate candy melts to make cute flower treats for your Halloween party.

A photo of a whimsical Halloween treat consisting of a waffle cut into the shape of a Haunted house that is decorated with Halloween candy including candy corn roof tiles, chocolate bar door and window, yellow and orange M&Ms, green-dyed shredded coconut grass, and Jack-O-Lantern and ghost-shaped marshmallow Peeps.

49. Halloween Treat Haunted House Waffle

Cut waffles into basic house shapes, then let the kids decorate them with Halloween treats to turn them into yummy haunted houses.

A photo of creepy donut eyeballs Halloween treats for kids consisting of white powder mini donuts with blue and green Lifesavers Gummies and chocolate chips in the center along with red gel icing veins.

50. Spooky Eyeball Donuts for Halloween

Have the kids help make spooky eyeball treats using mini white powdered donuts, Lifesavers Gummies, chocolate chips, and some red gel icing.

51. Pretzel Spider Web Treats

Form pretzel sticks and white chocolate candy melt into spider web treats. Then, add cute little spider sprinkles!

52. Easy Jelly Bean Pumpkin Treats

Make cute pumpkin treats for the classroom Halloween party by wrapping pumpkin pie flavored jelly beans in orange tulle and securing them with green pipe cleaner stems.

A photo of multiple Jack-O-Lantern Halloween Party Floats consisting of orange soda and vanilla ice cream inside clear plastic party cups decorated with black marker to look like Jack-O-Lanterns.

53. Jack-O-Lantern Halloween Party Floats

Add Jack-o-lantern faces to clear plastic cups with a black marker. Then, fill them with yummy orange soda floats and Halloween straws.

54. Rice Krispie Pumpkin Treat Pops

Orange food coloring, black gel icing, green jelly beans, and lollipop sticks turns Rice Krispie treats into cute pumpkin pops perfect for a kids’ Halloween party.


Halloween Party Crafts, Games, and Supplies on Amazon:

Not feeling up to the above Halloween craft ideas or DIY Halloween party ideas for kids? Then, check out these fun Halloween party craft kits, party games, and party supplies you can purchase right from Amazon…

Easy Playhouse Haunted Castle to ColorEasy Playhouse Haunted Castle to ColorColonel Pickles Novelties Create A Pumpkin StickersColonel Pickles Novelties Create A Pumpkin StickersJoyousa Halloween Bingo Game SetJoyousa Halloween Bingo Game SetCreativity for Kids Halloween Window Art KitCreativity for Kids Halloween Window Art KitHalloween Suncatchers Craft SetHalloween Suncatchers Craft SetPin The Eyeball on Mr.Bone Halloween Party Game for KidsPin The Eyeball on Mr.Bone Halloween Party Game for KidsHalloween Wreath Decorations Craft SetHalloween Wreath Decorations Craft SetMax Fun Halloween Ring Toss GameMax Fun Halloween Ring Toss GameJOYIN 60 Pcs Halloween Wooden DIY Arts & Crafts KitJOYIN 60 Pcs Halloween Wooden DIY Arts & Crafts KitJOYIN Halloween Carnival Can Bean Bag Toss GameJOYIN Halloween Carnival Can Bean Bag Toss GameDIY Halloween Witches' Potions Kit for KidsDIY Halloween Witches’ Potions Kit for Kids8 Pack Halloween Craft Stick Crafts Kit8 Pack Halloween Craft Stick Crafts KitKid Made Modern Halloween Craft Party KitKid Made Modern Halloween Craft Party KitPin The Spider on The Web Halloween Party GamePin The Spider on The Web Halloween Party GameLaevo Spooky Slime Kit for KidsLaevo Spooky Slime Kit for KidsHalloween Egg and Spoon Race Game SetHalloween Egg and Spoon Race Game SetPaint by Sticker Kids: HalloweenPaint by Sticker Kids: Halloweenjackinthebox Halloween Dress-Up Projects for Kidsjackinthebox Halloween Dress-Up Projects for KidsHalloween Ring Toss GameHalloween Ring Toss Game24 Pack Halloween Coloring Books for Kids24 Pack Halloween Coloring Books for Kids

 


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More Halloween Activities for Kids from B-Inspired Mama:

  • 24 Creative Halloween Crafts for Kids
  • Monster Eyes Sensory Play — That’s Fun and Not Spooky!
  • The Best of The Best Halloween Activities for Kids

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About Krissy of B-Inspired Mama

Former M.Ed Art Teacher. Current Blogger & Social Media Influencer. Always Crazy & Creative Mama of 3.

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  1. Pinkoddy says

    October 14, 2014 at 6:33 PM

    Some great ideas there- thank you for featuring my cones.

    Reply
    • Krissy @ B-Inspired Mama says

      October 15, 2014 at 8:49 AM

      You’re so welcome. Love them!

      Reply
  2. shelah@mosswoodconnections.com says

    October 9, 2014 at 4:15 PM

    So many great Halloween activities. It’s hard to choose a favorite but I really like the spider hat.

    Reply
  3. Nicola says

    October 9, 2014 at 6:37 AM

    Thanks for including a few of my projects ftom over at Multicraftingmummy!

    Reply
    • Krissy @ B-Inspired Mama says

      October 9, 2014 at 11:48 AM

      You’re so welcome!

      Reply

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