12 Easy and Budget-Friendly Halloween Crafts for Kids

Here are some easy Halloween crafts that kids can do with minimal adult supervision and common materials:

1. Paper Plate Pumpkins

• Materials: Paper plates, orange paint or markers, green construction paper, glue.
• How-To: Have kids paint or color the paper plates orange. Cut out leaves and stems from green construction paper and glue them to the top of the plate. Add a face if desired.

2. Egg Carton Monsters

• Materials: Egg cartons, paint or markers, googly eyes, glue.
• How-To: Cut individual cups from the egg carton. Let kids paint them in bright colors and add googly eyes for monster faces.

3. Toilet Paper Roll Owls

• Materials: Empty toilet paper rolls, construction paper, markers or paint, glue.
• How-To: Cover the toilet paper rolls with colored construction paper. Add wings, beaks, and eyes cut from construction paper. Decorate with markers or paint.

4. Spooky Stick Puppets

• Materials: Craft sticks, construction paper, markers, glue.
• How-To: Cut out Halloween shapes (like ghosts, bats, or pumpkins) from construction paper and glue them to the craft sticks. Kids can draw faces or additional details.

5. Ghost Balloons

• Materials: White balloons, black markers, string.
• How-To: Inflate the balloons and draw ghost faces on them with markers. Kids can tie strings to the balloons and hang them around the room.

6. Handprint Spiders

• Materials: Black paint, paper, googly eyes.
• How-To: Paint kids’ hands black and press them onto paper to make spider shapes. Once dry, add googly eyes for the spider’s face.

7. Paper Bag Ghosts

• Materials: White paper bags, markers, string.
• How-To: Have kids draw ghost faces on white paper bags. They can use them to decorate or hang them around the house.

8. Mummy Jars

• Materials: Empty jars, white cheesecloth or fabric strips, glue, googly eyes.
• How-To: Wrap the jars with cheesecloth or fabric strips to make them look like mummies. Glue on googly eyes for the finishing touch.

9. Pumpkin Stamps

• Materials: Orange paint, paper, toilet paper rolls.
• How-To: Flatten the toilet paper rolls into a pumpkin shape and dip them in orange paint to stamp onto paper. Add green stems with markers.

10. Paper Plate Masks

• Materials: Paper plates, markers, scissors, string.
• How-To: Cut out eye holes in the paper plates and have kids decorate them as masks. Attach string to the sides so they can wear them.

11. Bat Finger Puppets

• Materials: Black construction paper, scissors, glue, craft sticks.
• How-To: Cut out bat shapes from black paper and glue them to craft sticks. Kids can use these as finger puppets to create their own Halloween stories.

12. Popsicle Stick Spiders

• Materials: Popsicle sticks, black paint, pipe cleaners, glue.
• How-To: Paint the popsicle sticks black and glue them in a cross shape. Attach pipe cleaners for legs and add googly eyes.

These crafts are simple, fun, and perfect for young kids to enjoy Halloween activities.