10 Halloween Crafts for Preschoolers

Halloween will be here before you know it! In search of activities that will get the kids in your class excited for spooky season? Praise the great pumpkin, your wish has been granted! This list of Halloween-themed arts and crafts contains plenty of creative projects for kids aged three and up! Make kooky spiders from recycled egg cartons, create glittery pumpkin art using colored pasta, decorate a paper jack o'lantern, make a mosaic out of pumpkin seeds, and so much more. These halloween crafts are sure to get your preschoolers fired up for trick-or-treating! For even more project ideas, take a look at our seasonal Halloween crates.

  • Visual aid of how to complete Glittered, Colored Pasta Pumpkins

    These pasta wheel pumpkins are a perfect activity for preschoolers. They'll have fun working with the colored pasta to make their own unique pumpkins. This is the perfect activity for some creative fall fun!

  • Visual aid of how to complete 5 Little Pumpkins

    Recreate an image from the children's poem "Five Little Pumpkins," using construction paper and popsicle sticks.

  • Visual aid of how to complete Paper Pumpkin Decorations

    This pumpkin shape craft is a great activity for preschoolers to work on shapes and sorting while having fun!

  • Visual aid of how to complete Pumpkin Seed Mosaic

    Making a mosaic out of pumpkin seeds is a great way for your preschoolers to work their fine motor skills while expressing their creativity!

  • Visual aid of how to complete Paper Plate Halloween Crafts

    It doesn't get much simpler than this project that turns paper plates into iconic halloween monsters!

  • Visual aid of how to complete Play Dough Monsters

    To get your kids in the halloween spirit, let them make their own monsters out of play dough. Remember, not all monsters have to be scary!

  • Visual aid of how to complete Halloween Q-Tip Skeleton

    Use cotton swabs and glue to create a dramatic skeleton picture to hang on the wall for Halloween. If you have a shadow box frame, you can mount it in that and keep it year after year.

    I love how simple this craft is, yet there is so much to take away from it! Our son was fascinated with the various bone sizes and how they all connected to create our bodies.

  • Visual aid of how to complete Paper Roll Ghost Family

    Using just paper rolls and white paint, your class can create ghost families that will look great on the mantel this Halloween.

  • Visual aid of how to complete Egg Carton Spiders

    A simple spider craft that's great for Halloween, made with egg cartons, googly eyes, pipe cleaners, and paint! Note that the actual assembly time is short for this project, but you'll need to factor in time to let the paint dry.

  • Visual aid of how to complete Wooden Spoon Monsters

    Stir up some Halloween fun by transforming simple wooden spoons into silly Halloween monsters. Together, my kids came up with a whole crew of motley monsters!


Get inspired!