10 Easy Halloween Crafts for Kids and Families (Most Under $10)

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Halloween crafts are one of the best parts of October. These 10 ideas are easy enough for little hands, use supplies you probably have (or can grab at the dollar store), and most cost under $10 to make. Some become decorations you’ll pull out every year.

1. Mummy luminary jars

You’ll need: glass jars, white gauze or strips of cheesecloth, glue, candy eyes or googly eyes, battery tea lights

1. Brush the jar with glue.
2. Wrap gauze around it in crisscross strips, leaving a gap for the face.
3. Glue on eyes and add a battery tea light.

Tip: Use battery lights only; gauze is flammable.

2. Paper plate pumpkins

You’ll need: paper plates, orange paint or tissue paper, green paper, glue, black marker

1. Paint the plate orange or cover it with torn orange tissue paper.
2. Cut a green stem and leaf and glue them on top.
3. Draw a jack-o’-lantern face.

3. Ghost garland

You’ll need: white coffee filters or tissues, cotton balls, string, black marker

1. Put a cotton ball in the center of a coffee filter and twist the filter around it to make a head.
2. Tie with string, leaving a long tail.
3. Draw faces and tie each ghost onto a long string.

4. Candy corn candles

You’ll need: white pillar candles (or LED candles), yellow and orange acrylic paint, painter’s tape

1. Tape off the bottom third and paint it yellow.
2. Tape off the middle third and paint it orange.
3. Leave the top white. Peel the tape when dry.

Tip: LED pillar candles are safest around kids.

5. Spooky memory tree

You’ll need: a vase, bare branches, rocks or beans to hold them, paper bats and ghosts, string

1. Arrange the branches in the vase and weigh them down with rocks.
2. Cut out paper bats and ghosts and write a favorite fall memory on each.
3. Hang them on the branches.

6. Mummy juice boxes

You’ll need: juice boxes, white crepe paper or gauze, tape, candy eyes

1. Wrap each box in crepe paper, taping the ends.
2. Leave a gap and add eyes.

Tip: A hit at class parties!

7. Lace pumpkins

You’ll need: small faux or real pumpkins, lace scraps, Mod Podge or glue, a paintbrush

1. Brush Mod Podge on a section of the pumpkin.
2. Smooth lace on top and brush more Mod Podge over it.
3. Let dry and trim the edges.

8. Halloween candy jar

You’ll need: a glass jar with lid, black and orange paint or ribbon, a small plastic spider or pumpkin, glue

1. Paint the lid black and let it dry.
2. Glue a small spider or pumpkin on top as a handle.
3. Fill with candy corn or treats.

9. Glow-in-the-dark treat bags

You’ll need: plain canvas or paper bags, glow-in-the-dark paint, stencils

1. Stencil ghosts, bats or the child’s name onto the bag.
2. Let dry and charge in the light before trick-or-treating.

Tip: Great for safety on dark streets.

10. Rag wreath

You’ll need: a wire wreath frame, strips of orange, black and purple fabric (about 1 by 6 inches)

1. Tie fabric strips onto the frame in a double knot, pushing them close together.
2. Keep going until the frame is full and fluffy.
3. Add a bow or a small sign.

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FAQ

What age are these crafts for?

Most work for ages 3 and up with help. Older kids can do the candles, lace pumpkins and wreath on their own.

Where can I find cheap supplies?

The dollar store, the craft store’s seasonal aisle, and your recycling bin.

Which crafts make good decorations?

The mummy jars, candy corn candles, lace pumpkins and rag wreath can be used year after year.

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