Halloween Craft Ideas for Kids

3 min read September 13, 2026 Rachel McAffee
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Create Halloween crafts with your kids to celebrate the spooky season! Have a blast crafting with your little monsters and get creative with these five Halloween craft ideas for kids. All ages will love these creepy cute crafts that are not only fun but easy too! Be sure to download the free printables to go along with these crafts too!

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Haunted Halloween Fairy Gardens

Kids can create their own mini Halloween fairy gardens by choosing their favorite colors of paint from the Apple Barrel® Assorted Colors Acrylic Paint set. Next, paint DIY Ceramic Tea Cup Planters in spooky Halloween colors and allow them to dry. Fill the planter with painted DIY Unfinished Wood Witches, DIY Ceramic Tombstones and DIY Unfinished Wood Ghost Cutouts.

 

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Halloween Gumball Machine Decorations

Little ghouls and goblins will love making these spooky Halloween gumball machines. They're perfect to give as gifts or keep as a fun Halloween decoration. Fill DIY Clear Ornaments with Gumballs or Sixlets and close the ornament using a bit of hot glue to secure. Next, Hot Glue the candy filled ornament to an upside down Paper Cup and attach the free Halloween tag to the top of the ornament using Baker's Twine. Hot glue a spooky Spider to the cup and these creepy cuties are ready to go!

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Halloween Countdown Calendar

Kids will love counting down to the big day using this Halloween countdown calendar. Fill Cat Favor Boxes and Mini Pumpkin Favor Boxes with little goodies from the Halloween Treasure Chest Toy Assortment. Attach the free tags to each box from 1 to 31 (or however many you'd like!) using Baker's Twine. The whole family will love celebrating for the whole month of October opening up this fun and easy countdown calendar! Be sure to grab the free printable tags here

 

 

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Witches Tic Tac Toe

Little ones will love playing this classic game with a fun Halloween twist! Paint DIY Unfinished Wood Witches using paint from the Apple Barrel® Assorted Colors Acrylic Paint Set.

Download and print the free tic tac toe game board onto White Cardstock and your witchy tic tac toe game is ready to play.

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Halloween Night Lights

Kids will love putting these little night lights in their windows on Halloween night or keeping them on their night stand throughout the month of October. Mod PodgePaper Streamers around Short Jars and allow the jars to dry before moving onto the next step. Using the free template provided cut out the jack o lantern face, the ghost face and the monster eyes using Cardstock . Adhere the faces to the jars using Glue Dots, pop in a Battery Operated Tea Light and the Halloween night light is ready to go.

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