Pipe Cleaner Halloween Fiinger Puppets

Pipe cleaners are twisted to create a finger puppet and then topped with pipe cleaner pumpkins, spiders, wings, tails and ears to make cats and bats.  Craft jr shares how to make them. 

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftjr.com/halloween-crafts-finger-puppets/

Halloween Candy Wreath

Candy gets ties to a cardboard circle to make a fun wreath for Halloween.  Jenni can knit shares the details.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://jennicanknit.blogspot.com/2012/05/candy-wreath.html

 Woman's day uses all candy corn.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.womansday.com/home/craft-ideas/halloween-craft-candy-corn-wreath-111103

 

 

Edible crafts makes an all red version.

 

Get the instructions here:

http://ediblecraftsonline.com/candy_bouquets/cb19/index.htm



Cardboard Monster Mask

Cardboard is cut to make a face and everything from pipe cleaners, pompoms, beads and pasta.  Crafts unleashed shares all of the details. 

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftsunleashed.com/kids-stuff/monster-masks-fun-kid-collages/

Halloween Drinks

Dry ice turns any drink spooky.  Kids activity blog adds green gatorade to make it drink and gummy worms for decorations.

Get the instructions here:
http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/7532/halloween-party-drink-spooky-fog-drinks

Pop Bottle Monster Candy Continers

2-liter pop bottle are cut and painted and turned into monster candy containers with craftberry bush.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftberrybush.com/2010/10/monster-mash.html

Orange Pumpkin Ice Cream Treats

Oranges are hallowed out and carved like a pumpkin with the hands on mom.  She then scoops in ice cream and hides them in the freezer. 

Get the instructions here:
http://thehands-onmom.blogspot.com/2011/10/navel-orange-jack-olanterns.html

Halloween Countdown

A cupcake tin doubles as a countdown chart for Halloween fun.  Tiff keetch adds a fun note listing a fun Halloween activity such as gong to a pumpkin patch or baking a Halloween treat as well as a small piece of candy.  She covers each section with Halloween scrapbooking paper and the countdown number.

Get the instructions here: 
http://tiffkeetch.blogspot.com/2010/10/12-days-of-halloween.html

Frankenstein Treat Bags

Chartreuse envelopes turn into Frankenstein treat bags to stuff with candy with summer scraps.She glues on round eyes, draws on scars and adds some construction paper blag hair.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.summerscraps.com/2012/09/frankenstein-goodie-bag.html

Me an my inklings makes treat boxes.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.meandmyinklings.com/index.php/2013/10/16/frankenstein-treat-box/ 

Clean and scentsible uses textured scrapbooking paper.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.cleanandscentsible.com/2011/09/frankenstein-treat-bags.html

Hanging Vampire Bats

Black construction paper makes this bouncing bat from baby. She then hangs them on a stretchy string so they can bounce and fly around from the ceiling.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.baby.co.uk/life_and_home/bouncing-bats-for-halloween/

Pumpkin Garland

Pumpkins are cut out of a folded orange piece of construction paper and then given faces with mama smiles to create mini Halloween garlands to hang around the house.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.mamasmiles.com/pumpkin-jack-o-lantern-chains-halloween-fun-and-emotional-intelligence/

Quirky inspired uses a printable pumpkin template and sticks washi tape on top.

Get the instructions here:
http://quirkyinspired.com/pumpkin-washi-tape-garland/

Water Bottle Mummies

Water bottles get spooky thanks to fave crafts and their gauze bandage mummification and googly eyes.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.favecrafts.com/Halloween-Crafts/Mummy-fied-Waterbottles

Halloween Paper Dolls

A skeleton boy and girl get dressed up for Halloween with peonies and poppy seeds' free printable.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the template here:
http://peoniesandpoppyseeds.com/2012/10/skeleton-paper-dolls-printable/

Sponge Print Ghosts

A sponge cut to look like a ghost makes a super fun Halloween craft for the preschool set.  Family education has the kids dip the sponge in white paint and then start stamping black construction paper.  She then adds googly eyes to make them look more ghostly. 

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://blogs.familyeducation.com/parenting/moms/allison-mcdonald/ghost-week-day-3

Coffee Filter Jack O'Lanterns

A paper cut out jack o'lantern is dressed up by pasting a colored coffee filter behind it.  Kids color the filter with markers and then the filter is spray painted with water to spread the color throughout the filter.  Visit kids activities blog for all of the details.

Good for ages 1 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/47751/halloween-art-project

Bat Silhouettes

Kids can make a bat silhouette by painting black construction paper with a bat taped to the paper.  After the paint has dried simply remove the taped on bat to make these vampire bats for Halloween.

Good for ages 1 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.artsonia.com/museum/art.asp?id=6649123&exhibit=226952&gallery=y

Chalk Dust Vampire Bats

A bat cut out, black paper and colored chalk are all that's needed to make these nifty bat silhouettes from it's all kids play.  Simply color the bat with lots of chalk.  Next place it onto a black piece of construction paper and brush the chalk from the bat tot he paper to make the outline. 

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://itsallkidsplay.ca/halloween-tracing-crafts/

Cheesecloth Ghosts

Cheesecloth is given an eerie appearance with olive and love's ghost craft.  She uses a styrofoam ball for the head and paints on black eyes.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.oliveandlove.com/2012/10/pinterest-inspired-ghosts.html

 Everyday is a crafting day has hers float on a table.

Get the instructions here:
http://everydayisacraftingday.com/2010/09/floating-ghost.html/ 

While he was napping uses a balloon to make a really shapely head.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.whilehewasnapping.com/2011/10/october-spooktacular-cheese-cloth.html 

Country living makes mini ones.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.countryliving.com/diy-crafts/g1189/best-halloween-crafts-ever/

Make it fun crafts makes a tabletop one.

Get the instructions here:
http://makeitfuncrafts.com/projects/ghost-for-the-ghouls/

Halloween Treat Containers

Toilet paper tubes are painted and given a face of a pumpkin, cat or ghost with homemade mamas.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.homemademamas.net/2010/10/recycled-favor-boxes.html

The centsible life paints egg carton pieces to look like pumpkins, ghosts and Frankensteins, and fills them with smaller candies.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.thecentsiblelife.com/2012/10/halloween-egg-carton-treat-boxes/ 

The basics magazine uses orange Chinese take out boxes and draws a jack o'lantern on the front.  She then fills them with treats.

Get the instructions here:
http://thebasicsmagazine.com/2011/04/pumpkin-chinese-to-go-containers/ 

About family crafts decorates an empty container with cut up pieces of orange magazine cut outs to make a pumpkin treat holder.

Get the instructions here:
http://aboutfamilycrafts.com/decoupage-pumpkin-treat-cup/

Pumpkin Sensory Bags

Mix clear colored hair gel and food coloring to make these fun jack o'lantern sensory bags.  Fantastic fun and learning adds in triangle eyes, nose and mouth for kids to try and place and move.  She then tapes the bag shut so none of the contents leak out.

Good for ages 1 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/jack-o-lantern-squish-bag-for-babies-and-toddlers.html

Spider Smarty Treats

Black pipe cleaners twirl around a roll of candy Smarties to make a cute Halloween treat from mommy testers.  She then adds pipe cleaner legs and googly eyes to complete the look.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.mommytesters.com/2012/10/smarties-spiders-food-allergy-safe-and.html