Ghost Toast

Rl burns has the cute idea for a Halloween breakfast using just a piece of bread and jelly although not intentionally. It's actually accompanied by a really sad poem. 

See her post here:
http://rlburns.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/the-little-girls-screams/

Marshmallow Pretzes Bones

Inspired co offers up a treat of marshmallows and pretzels covered in white chocolate to make delicious skeleton bones. 

Get the instructions here:
http://inspireco.blogspot.com/2011/10/dem-bones.html

Healthy Halloween Treats

Oranges make great jack o'lanterns with with these ideas to turn them into a fun Halloween snack.

Pimp my dinner has a very cute and healthy idea for Halloween treats to hand out.  She takes containers of mandarin oranges and draws on fun  jackolantern faces with a black marker.

Get the instructions here:
http://pimpmydinner.blogspot.com/2011/10/spooky-healthy-snack.html 

Under construction blog has a very similar idea but draws the faces right on the oranges.

Get the instructions here:
http://underconstructionblog.typepad.com/under_construction/2010/10/halloween-fruit.html

Danya banya offers more ideas for faces options.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.danyabanya.com/2013/10/spooky-orange-faces.html 

Half hour meals simply sticks a small piece of celery into a peeled orange fruit and voila a pumpkin.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.halfhourmeals.com/food-for-thought/thanksgiving-snacks-for-kids-6-fun-and-healthy-recipes/6/ 

Momtastic adds green yarn for pumpkin hair.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.momtastic.com/diy/170104-diy-last-minute-pumpkin-decor-from-oranges/

One hundred dollars a month uses celery for the stem.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.onehundreddollarsamonth.com/healthy-halloween-treats-easy-orange-pumpkins/ 

Meet the dubiens uses black tape.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.meetthedubiens.com/2010/10/clementine-jack-o-lanterns.html

How to Grow a Pumpkin Plant

Growing in pre k shows how to make a pumpkin grow using it's own seeds.  All you need to do is cut it open and add dirt and water.  You could also draw faces on the pumpkin beforehand to give them a personality. 

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.growinginprek.com/apps/blog/show/9483735

Frankenstein Pudding Cups

A turtles life for me has a really cute idea for creating Frankenstein monster treats for Halloween.  She takes vanilla pudding and adds green food coloring tops it with crushed chocolate crumbly cookies and put it in a clear plastic cup and then draws a monster face on the cup.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.aturtleslifeforme.com/2011/10/halloween-pudding-cups.html

How I keep sane uses oreos for the hair.

Get the instructions here:
http://howikeepsane.blogspot.com/2011/09/frankenstein-halloween-treat.html

Halloween Spider Lollipop Holders

House of baby piranha has a cute idea for halloween treats using black pipe cleaners and lollipops and red tape.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.houseofbabypiranha.com/2010/05/spider-pops.html

Glittery Glue Spider Web

Glitter glue makes a really neat spider web in fun colors.

Red book has a fun idea for how to make some halloween decorations using wax paper and glitter glue.  Kids can create their own version of a spider web.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.redbookmag.com/recipes-home/tips-advice/bootiful-home-ideas#slide-5

Happy clippings uses purple glitter glue for their version and hangs them from some pretty purple ribbon, sticking on some spider stickers.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.happyclippings.com/2013/09/glitter-spider-webs.html

 Tutus and tea parties places her version on paper adding yarn to make the web more thick and solid.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.tutusteaparties.com/2013/10/halloween-art-project-glow-in-dark-yarn.html

Formula mom uses black paper for her version.

Get the instructions here:
http://formulamom.com/very-busy-spider-web-craft/ 

My very educated mother uses black glue.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.myveryeducatedmother.com/2011/10/spider-web-window-clings.html

Ghost Balloons

 
Martha Stewart shares a spooky way to turn a balloon into a ghost using a black marker and a glow stick.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.marthastewart.com/275513/indoor-halloween-decorations/@center/276965/halloween?xsc=eml_hws_2011_10_05#/854108

Pumpkin Bowling

Be different act normal has a very cute activity using toilet paper rolls, black felt stickers and a pumpkin for bowling.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.bedifferentactnormal.com/2010/10/halloween-party-games.html

A girl and a glue gun decorates cans for the bowling pins with Halloween cut outs.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.agirlandagluegun.com/2010/10/pumpkin-bowling.html

Ghost Eyes

Thrifty craft girl has a cute idea for making ghost eyes popping out of the bushes using toilet paper rolls and Christmas lights.  You could also use glow sticks.  Kids will have fun creating all of the different eye shapes.

Good for ages six and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.thriftycraftygirl.com/2011/10/31-days-of-halloween-eyes-in-bushes.html

Rust sunshine has more eye shape ideas at their blog.

Get the instructions here:
http://rustsunshine.blogspot.com/2012/10/glowing-eyes.html

Halloween Thumbprint Creatures

Disney's family fun shares a cute idea for kids to use their thumbprints and turn them into bats and spiders using just black ink and a black pen.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/spooky-thumbprints-669195/ 

Tinker lab also makes spiders.

Get the instructions here:
http://tinkerlab.com/fingerprint-spiders-for-halloween/

Spider Lights

Budget wise ho has a cute way to turn mini pumpkins into spiders with pipe cleaners and a candle.  To make this craft child friendly use flickering battery powered tea lights 

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://budgetwisehome.com/halloween-decorating-5/

Origami Halloween Boxes

Mom o mushy has a free template to create cute origami boxes to hold halloween treats.

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the template here:
http://momomushy.blogspot.com/2010/10/printable-halloween-origami-box.html

Nina seven shares a free printable Halloween box template featuring all of the favorite Halloween characters such as a witch, Frankenstein, a ghost, Dracula and a skeleton.

Get the template here:
http://ninaseven.blogspot.com/2010/10/free-printable-halloween-treat-boxes_26.html

Print this today has a variety of printable Halloween treat boxes including ghosts and spider webs, jack-o-lanterns, and a haunted house.

Get the templates here:
http://printthistoday.com/free-printable-halloween-favor-box-templates/

Lollipop Ghosts

 

An easy and fun idea to pass out on Halloween night.  Kids will love these lollipop ghosts.

Disney mike shares a great idea for dressing up lollipops for halloween using white cloth, a marker and some orange and black ribbon.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/disneymike/2989670716/

Fellowfellow gives the ghosts paper outfits.  They also have a skeleton outfit to use with black tissue paper. 

Get the instructions here:
http://fellowfellow.com/diy-spook-pops/ 

The decorated cookie makes her own lollipops using trix treats formed into circles and wrapped up as ghosts.

Get the instructions here:
http://thedecoratedcookie.com/2013/10/cereal-box-haunted-house-and-ghost-treat-pops 

The pink doormat uses googly eyes for her version.

Get the instructions here:
 http://thepinkdoormat.blogspot.com/2013/10/googly-eyed-ghost-lollies.html

Lollipop Witch Broom Sticks

A little more involved but following the same concept of the ghost lollipops are witch broom sticks made out of tissue paper and string.

Get the instructions here:
http://scrapbookgirl.typepad.com/paper_scissors_and_superh/2012/09/quick-favors-wraps.html

We made that makes a similar version.

Get the instructions here:
http://we-made-that.com/witches-broom-lollipops/

Jack O Lantern Playdough Treats

Blue bird lucy's has a very cute idea for a halloween treat using a recipe for orange playdough which she then rolls into a ball, a sharpie marker to draw on the face, cellophane to wrap it up and a green string to seal it.  She even ads pumpkin pie spice to the dough to give it a yummy scent.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://bluebirdlucys.blogspot.com/2011/11/pumpkin-pie-playdough.html

Glittery Pumpkins

HGTV shares a fun and easy way to dress up pumpkins using just glitter and adhesive spray.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.hgtv.com/handmade/how-to-make-glittered-pumpkins/index.html

Tissue Paper Pumpkin

Activity village shares an easy pumpkin craft for halloween using tissue paper and a paper plate and glue.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/paper_plate_pumpkin.htm

Smashed peas and carrots has a tissue paper pumpkin sun catcher.

Get the instructions here:
http://smashedpeasandcarrots.blogspot.com/2011/10/tissue-paper-pumpkins-tutorial.html 

Two daloo gives kids a bunch of different kinds of tissue paper with patterns.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.two-daloo.com/halloween-play-jack-olantern-collage/

Paper Pumpkin Craft

Little family fun has a cute pumpkin craft for the preschool age kids.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.littlefamilyfun.com/search/label/Halloween%20Countdown

Kaboose has the same craft just curling the paper a few more times.

Get the instructions here:
http://crafts.kaboose.com/curled-paper-pumpkin.html

Meaningful mama uses strips of paper and connects them at the bottom and top, hanging them from a string.

Get the instructions here:
http://meaningfulmama.com/2012/10/day-276-paper-pumpkin-craft-tutorial.html

3D Paper Pumpkin

 

Paper pumpkins take on three dimensions with these Halloween pumpkin ideas.

Mrs. jackson takes strips of orange paper and turns them into circles to make a round pumpkin.  She then adds eyes and mouths with black cutout shapes.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://mrsjacksonsclasswebsiteblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/halloween-arts-and-crafts.html

First palette makes a pumpkin paper fan using a green pipe cleaner for the stem.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.firstpalette.com/Craft_themes/Special_Occassions/Halloween/threedpaperpumpkin/threedpaperpumpkin.html

One good thing by jillee shows the same same craft using different color paper and bows on the stems.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/2011/09/paper-pumpkins-quick-and-easy-autumn.html 

Craftsaholic anonymous uses patterned orange craft paper for her version.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net/thanksgiving-day-centerpiece-idea

Whipperberry twists scrapbook paper and gives her pumpkins a more rustic effect.

Get the instructions here:
http://whipperberry.com/2010/10/tutorial-paper-pumpkins.html

Jellyfishjelly makes a really full bright orange vesion.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.jellyfishjelly.com/?p=3685 

Crafts by amanda uses thick scrapbooking paper.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftsbyamanda.com/2013/09/3d-paper-pumpkin.html 

Scrapbooks etc uses ribbons and buttons to embellish the stems.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.scrapbooksetc.com/blogs/iscrapuscrap/2011/08/17/paper-pumpkins/ 

Art projects for kids makes a more kid friendly version.

Get the instructions here:
http://artprojectsforkids.org/make-a-paper-pumpkin/ 

Simple as that blog uses scrapbooking paper and attaches it to twine so it can twirl in the breeze.

Get the instructions here:
http://simpleasthatblog.com/2011/09/friday-craft-day-pumpkin-whirligigs.html