Simple Halloween Crafts

One of the best things about Halloween is that you can decorate your house with the most scary objects. Although Halloween decorations can be purchased from a store, making them is more fun. Have your kids involved in these simple and easy Halloween crafts making project and see how much they love it. Since Halloween crafts are all about the scare factor, they are pretty simple to make, once you have all the required materials in hand. All the materials required for making Halloween crafts can be found in your home or any craft store.

Simple Halloween Craft Ideas

Here is a selection of Halloween crafts that are also easy to make. All these crafts can also be made by kids for Halloween decorations.

Spider Web Balloon

Material required

• 1 big balloon
• Newspaper
• Clear glue
• Tweezers
• Thin black yarn
• String
• Orange plastic spiders
• Water
• Quick dry adhesive

Method

To make this spider web balloon craft, you need to first blow up the balloon and tie it with a secure knot. Now cut the thin black yarn into 20 sections, each section should be around 6 foot in measurement. In a small bowl or plastic container, mix the glue with a bit of water. Place the cut off tarns into the glue and water mixture, making sure that the yarns do not get tangled. Now take out each yarn and wrap it around the balloon in an irregular way. Make sure that some of the yarn overlap each other to give a cob web like effect. Now tie a long string at the end of the balloon and hand it from the ceiling. Place a newspaper under the balloon, so that it can soak up any drippings. When the glue in the yarn has completely dried, burst the balloon with a needle and carefully remove the deflated balloon piece and discard. Now place the orange plastic spiders on the yarn and glue them together with quick dry adhesive. Your spooky spider web with spiders is ready.

Egyptian Mummy Candy Holder

Material required

• 4-ounce plastic water bottle
• Black buttons
• Medium plastic container
• Strong glue
• Utility knife
• Scissors
• Small cotton balls
• Cheesecloth

Method

To make these mummy candy holders, first cut off the top of the 4-ounce plastic water bottle with a utility knife. To make the larger mummy, just use the medium-sized empty plastic container. Now glue a cotton ball to the middle of the small water bottle for the nose, then glue on a pair of black buttons for the eyes. Allow the cotton ball and buttons to dry completely. Next cut long strips of cheesecloth and glue one end of cloth to the plastic container and the water bottle. Start wrapping the cheesecloth around the plastic container and bottle, make sure that you cover the nose but not the eyes. When you reach the end of a strip of cheesecloth, glue down the edge of the strip and start with another strip. Continue in this way, until the water bottle and plastic container is fully wrapped with cheesecloth and looks like an Egyptian mummy. After the glue dries, you can use these containers for holding candies and sweets. This is one of the most simple Halloween crafts for kids.

Paper Plate Ghost

Material required

• 9 inch paper plate
• Black construction paper
• Strong glue
• White construction paper
• White crepe paper streamers
• Scissors
• Black markers
• White yarn
• Cello tape

Method

First cut out two large ovals from black construction paper, approximately 2 inches in diameter. Now cut out two small ovals about ½ inches from white construction paper. Use a bit of glue to attach the two small white ovals over the black ovals. With the black marker, draw the pupils on the white ovals. Cut out another 3 inch oval from the black construction paper, making it a little asymmetrical to make the mouth of the ghost. In the white construction paper, draw two individual arms then cut them out. Now attach these two arms at the back of the paper plate on both sides with strong glue. Attach the mouth, and both the eyes that you have cut out. Cut the white crepe paper into five equal 7 inch long pieces and glue them to the back of the paper plate, so that they hang down from the bottom. With the cello tape, glue a piece of yarn to the back of the paper plate so that you can hang this cute ghost.

These crafts are very easy to make and kids will really love to decorate the house with these homemade Halloween crafts.