23 Easy Halloween Crafts for Toddlers – Quick Preschooler Halloween Ideas – Country Living
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It’s never too early to show your little ones around your craft room, and with these adorable Halloween crafts for toddlers, they can actually get in on the fun too. Every one of these projects is designed for preschoolers and younger, so they’ll love getting involved in these hands-on crafts (though you’ll need to offer a little assistance). This roundup features kid-friendly crafts to make witches, ghosts, pumpkins, and other fun Halloween creatures. Your toddler will have an absolute blast making these creations, whether they decide to make a paper plate pumpkin, a coffee filter ghost, or get busy with a Halloween sensory box. They’ll love seeing their crafts displayed alongside your other fall decor throughout the house. Plus, little ones will also get to practice using pencils, paint brushes, and markers, which will come in handy for preschool. Although they’ll definitely be having the majority of the fun, it will also be so exciting for you to watch their creative little minds run wild. Of course, these tutorials will yield cute creations, but they’ll also make memories you’ll cherish forever. Pop on a kid-friendly Halloween movie, gather the supplies for the craft at hand, and get ready for some seriously cute Halloween crafts.
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Potato Stamp Ghosts
Forget a stamp and ink pad—this craft is much more creative. Simply cut a potato and have your little one apply white and black paint. Then, let them stamp to their heart’s content.
Get the tutorial at My Mommy Style.
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Spider Craft
You’re probably not too keen on the itsy-bitsy spider hanging out in your home, but you’ll likely make an exception for this cute critter. Offer children different colored popsicle sticks and different sized googly eyes to let their imaginations run wild.
Get the tutorial at My Home-Based Life.
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Halloween Toilet Paper Crafts
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Halloween Sensory Bin
After you’ve put together this interactive craft, turn off the lights to really wow your child. The eyeballs glow in the dark!
Get the tutorial at Simple Everyday Mom.
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Paper Plate Pumpkin
The options are endless with this idea. This blogger writes that you could color the plates red and add a brown pipe cleaner to turn them into apples too.
Get the tutorial at The Simple Parent.
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Make a Monster Stickers
Encourage kids to mix and match the stickers to create kooky characters. The sillier, the better!
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Ghost Coffee Filter Lollipops
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Apple Stamping Pumpkin Craft
Inside an average apple is a homemade pumpkin stamp in disguise! Simply slice the snack in half, dip in orange paint, and decorate to your heart’s content.
Get the tutorial at Made to be a Momma.
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Witch Paper Craft
A few pieces of paper are all it takes to put together this friendly witch. Make it extra fun by asking your kids to name the shapes as you assemble.
Get the tutorial at I Heart Crafty Things.
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Handprint Spiders
Molds of your children’s hands form a plaster spider that can serve as a cute keepsake for many years to come.
Get the tutorial at Fun at Home with Kids.
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Halloween Stick Puppets
Put on a Halloween puppet show after dressing up popsicle sticks as the holiday’s most notorious characters.
Get the tutorial at Mommy Moment.
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Paper Plate Dracula
Once you help your little one cut out all the pieces for this paper Dracula, let them decide if he should have a silly, spooky, or smiley facial expression.
Get the tutorial at Housing a Forest.
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Clay Handprint Halloween Keepsake
Form air-dry clay into a pumpkin shape, then press a handprint into the center. Once dry, paint the creation in whatever colors your little helper has in mind.
Get the tutorial at Non-Toy Gifts.
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Popsicle Stick Frankenstein Craft
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Gauze Mummy Craft
This DIY isn’t about being perfect, so your kiddo can cut and paste pieces of gauze however they see fit.
Get the tutorial at The Resourceful Mama.
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Paper Jack-O’-Lantern
String a group of these jack-o’-lanterns together and display the festive garland on a table, over the fireplace, or in any spot that needs a little Halloween cheer.
Get the tutorial at Easy Peasy and Fun.
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Coffee Filter Jack-O’-Lantern Sun Catcher
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Painted Rock Ghosts Craft
Collecting rocks for this painting project is almost as fun as playing with the finished product.
Get the tutorial at Easy Peasy and Fun.
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