About the projects
Check out these spooky crafts to do for Halloween from cards and
trick-or-treat dress-up, to decorations for inside or outside, and much
more!
Don't limit
your use of these projects to Halloween. The
Halloween
Cone Hats
are suitable in any season, make the
Halloween Suncatchers in different shapes for other
holidays, follow the directions in
Halloween Mobile to make mobiles for any season, and Dracula's Blood can be used anytime fake
blood is needed.
For spooky digital papers to download and print, see
Aunt Annie's Digital Papers for Halloween.
The projects range in difficulty from VERY EASY to EASY.
Browse down this page for descriptions and illustrations of the projects, then select a project and have
some crafting fun! Or jump to the category index for a listing of all crafts.
Description ↓
Make fun and festive cone hats for the whole family, or design
your own unique creation! We've got instructions for clown, wizard,
and witch hats (including baby sizes), so you can create magical
costumes for everyone on Halloween night. Just add a touch of makeup
and some old clothes, and you're all set to cast a spell!
EASY
Description ↓
Give your Halloween
trick-or-treaters a colorful and spooky handmade box filled with
treats! Each box will hold several pieces of candy or a small toy.
They are great for Halloween party favors, too!
EASY
In this project,
kids make a spook house from black construction paper with an
opening to peer inside at the ghostly residents. This craft project
is a kid version of the grown-up
Dangler Cards with jack-o'-lantern danglers for
Halloween.
EASY
Description ↓
These free-standing Halloween
cards with ghost or jack-o'-lantern danglers serve double-duty as a
greeting card and a fun decoration for Halloween. Make several for
your friends and family and some for yourself.
AVERAGE
What could
be cuter than little ghosts in a bowl? Tissue ghosts are an easy,
inexpensive way to decorate for Halloween. In this project you'll
see how to make a colorful version of the traditional tissue ghost
by adding fading color accents.
VERY EASY
Here's a recipe to make fake blood for Halloween. Drip some from the
corners of your mouth, and in your best imitation of Dracula say, "I
want your blood."
VERY EASY
Description ↓
This simple paper-chain ghost garland is a breeze to make and will
add a touch of ghoulish fun to your Halloween décor. Imagine your
guests' delight when they see this spooky ghost garland hanging in
your home!
VERY EASY
Create these
truly unique pumpkin-shaped Halloween party favors filled with candy
corn. This is an easy craft that's a twist on the traditional
Sewing Cards
craft. Great for group, family and classroom crafting!
EASY
Description ↓
Make Halloween suncatchers shaped like bats, ghosts and
jack-o'-lanterns. Hang the suncatchers in your windows and give
some as gifts. Suncatchers are easy to make and are a great vehicle
for creativity—make them in a variety of colors and add your own
special touches.
EASY
Mobiles of ghosts, jack-o'-lanterns, witches, bats and black cats make
great decorations for Halloween. Follow the instructions in this project
to make a quick and easy mobile using simple materials. After
completing this project you will be able to make mobiles for any holiday
or theme.
EASY
It's quick and easy to make trick or treat bags in any size you like
to collect treats as you go from door to
door. All it takes is a stack of books and a sheet of paper to make the
basic bag. You can also create smaller bags for Halloween party
goodies or to hand out to the trick-or-treaters who come to your
door!
EASY
Description ↓
Give your friends or family
members a little fright with these easy to make Halloween pop-up
cards! In practically no time you can make a special Halloween card
with a jack-o'-lantern pop-up inside.
EASY
Give your Halloween trick-or-treaters a colorful
handmade bag filled with treats! Each bag holds several
pieces of candy, two cookies, some caramel corn or a small toy. They are
great for Halloween party favors, too!
VERY EASY
Description ↓
Make super easy indoor and outdoor decorations for Halloween with Aunt
Annie's patterns for Halloween cutouts. The ghoulish shapes include
jack-o'-lanterns, bats, spiders, cats, and ghosts that can be used to decorate
windows, doors, bulletin boards, party rooms, porches, and more. The
jack-o'-lantern cutout can even be used as a mask!
EASY
Make a creepy, crawly
spider that can wiggle and twist about with a few movements of the
wrist. Traced fingers are the basis for this animated spider toy, and
a paper fastener allows it to swivel around. This is a fun and easy
Halloween project that is especially good for mixed-age groups of
children.
VERY EASY
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