With Halloween right around the corner, get your family together to celebrate the spooky season with these fun Halloween arts and crafts activities.
These ideas are bound to keep those little hands busy – all without a screen! Jooki is a great companion to your Halloween arts and crafts sessions: set the mood by associating one of Jooki’s most loved figurines – Alex the white ghost – to this awesome Disney Junior Halloween playlist!
Spider web plates
You’ll need:
- 5 black paper plates
- White yarn
- A hole puncher
- Foam or paper spiders
- Tape
Crafting these spider web plates will help your little ones practices their fine motor skills. Start by punching holes around the paper plates. Next, thread white yarn through the holes to make a spider web. Finish your plate by taping foam or paper spiders on to the web. You can hang these plates around your home along to turn your home into the perfect Halloween haunted house. Creepy, creepy!
Masking tape mummy
You’ll need:
- Card paper
- Masking tape
- Googly eyes
- Glue
This masking tape mummy is the Halloween version of a gingerbread man. Start by drawing the outline of a mummy onto a piece of card and cutting it out. Older children can cut it out themselves. Next, wrap layers of masking tape around the mummy and stick on two googly eyes with some glue. These cute mummies are a fun and easy craft activity for toddlers.
Clothespin bats
You’ll need:
- Clothespins
- Black card paper
- Red googly eyes
- Markers
- Glue
To make these adorable bats, start by having your child color the clothespins with the markers: great way for small hands to practice controlling writing tools. Next, cut out black card paper into the shape of a bat, including its wings and head including its two ears. Next, stick the googly eyes onto the head. After that, stick the cut-out of the bat onto the clothespin with glue. You can use silver markers to decorate the wings of the bats. Preschoolers will love transforming regular clothespins into cute Halloween bats!
Spooktacular branch forest
You’ll need:
- Twigs and branches
- Black card paper
- googly eyes
- Markers
- Glue
Enjoy Halloween at home with the spooktacular branch forest. The next time you go on a nature walk with your children, work together to collect different shapes and sizes of twigs and branches. Then, gather them all together and use glue to stick them onto black card paper. Then, stick pairs of googly eyes around the forest. You can color in the twigs with colorful markers to make a rainbow forest.
Paper plate pumpkins
You’ll need:
- Orange paper plates
- Black foam
- Glue
- Scissors
Paper plate pumpkins make for a great party or playdate craft activity for toddlers. Start by making cut-outs of the eyes, eyebrows, nose, and mouth using the black foam. You can get creative and even make glasses or a moustache. Next, stick the cut-outs onto the orange paper plates. The plates are great for decorating your porch and are bound to impress your trick-or-treaters!
Bat handprints
You’ll need:
- Black card paper
- White paper
- Googly eyes
- Glue
- Scissors
Turn your child’s handprints into spooky Halloween bats! Start making bat handprints by tracing the outline of your child’s hand onto black card paper. Cut out the handprints and make the bat head and body from the remaining card papers. Stick the head onto the body and attach the handprint wings to the side of the body. From the white paper, cut out the bat’s teeth. Then, stick the googly eyes and teeth onto the bat’s face.
