5 easy Halloween crafts for kids

With Halloween right at the corner, it's time to decorate the house and/or the classroom. Here are 5 easy and school friendly crafts for your little ones. My 3 1/2 year old and I did them all on a Sunday afternoon,, it was too windy to be outside and we already watched way too much television. I decided to take out our craft supplies and decorate the house. My son loved making them and they were not too messy to clean up at the end.

 Paper Pumpkin ornament

• orange paper strips,1/2 inch wide (min. of 10)
• hole punch
• green pipe cleaner

Using the hole punch, pierce a small hole through both ends of each strip. Gently thread the pipe cleaner through one hole in each strip of paper. Once all strips have been threaded onto the pipe cleaner, begin with one END of the bottom-most strip of paper and thread it onto the top of the pipe cleaner and hold it in place. Working in a counter-clockwise direction, and always taking the bottom-most strip of paper, continue threading additional strips onto the wire and hold them in place. Work your way through all of the strip of paper. At the end, twist the top into a leaf with the pipe cleaner to hold in place the paper strips. This one was too hard for my son to do, but it's perfect for my students from grade 1 to 6.

Paper Pumpkin centerpiece

• construction paper (min. 2 different colors)
• scissor
• glue
• green pipe cleaner

Cut at least for 4 identical circles with construction paper. Fold each circle in half. Apply glue on one of its folded faces. Glue a second folded pumpkin shape on top of the first one, keeping both 1/2 circle shapes aligned at the edges. Then glue the first and last 1/2 circle shapes together. Attach the green pipe cleaner to the top and twist it to form a couple leave. This one was also a little too hard for my 3 year old, but I will be perfect for my students.

Gummed paper pumpkin (easy for young children)

• 2 sheets of construction paper (black)
• orange paper cut in small pieces and a few green pieces
• scissor

Cut a pumpkin shape on 1 sheet with the black paper. Glue the small orange pieces on the pumpkin shape and some green pieces for the stem. With the other black sheet, cut 3 triangles and a mouth for the pumpkin face. Glue them on top of the gummed orange paper. 

No mess stickers on window (easy for young children)

• All purpose clear wrap
• Halloween stickers

Cut a piece of an all purpose clear wrap and stick it to the window. Let your child put stickers on it. After Halloween, just remove the clear wrap from the window.

Very easy and fun witch hat (easy for young children)

• Black construction paper
• Glitter glue
• Halloween stickers
• Stapler 

Let your kids decorate their paper with stickers and glitter glue. When they are done, staple the paper to form a cone.

Happy Halloween everyone!