Halloween crafts for kids

Halloween is one of the funniest days of the year. Make this season extra special by spending quality time with the kids. Halloween wooden crafts are perfect for decoration and as an activity to do with your children. Get your kids excited for Halloween this October. Weeks before trick-or-treating, start decorating the house with ghoulish decorations. Try some of these cool Halloween wooden crafts for a scary good time with the kids.

Children love ghosts and mummies. A great wooden project idea to do for Halloween is to make a spooky mummy centerpiece. All you need is a square or oval piece of plywood, a small round glass bowl, birch dowels, and wooden balls. It sounds like a lot, but you can buy all of these wood products together for less than three dollars. Wooden toy pieces are one of the cheapest items you can buy. Once you have all your supplies, including paint and a hot glue gun, assemble your mummy. Let the children have fun painting. To add some dramatic flair, take some toilet paper and wrap the mummy in it. If you prefer, you can cut the toilet paper in half lengthwise for a neater look. Set the mummy and the small glass container on the decorated plywood. Fill the container with treats or anything you like. It will seem that the mummy is taking care of her precious sweets. Kids will love it and bask in pride.

A very easy Halloween craft to make with children is refrigerator magnets. Let the children choose their own design. They can make a flying bat, a treacherous spider, an evil witch, a black cat, or a glowing pumpkin with their name engraved in the center. Children enjoy having options. It gives them a self-esteem boost so you let them decide for themselves. Remember to encourage and praise her decision when making crafts. If you like woodworking, you can shape the unfinished pieces of wood yourself. There are already many pre-cut Halloween shapes for your disposal. Once the kids have finished decorating their creepy magnets, let them dry. You can use any type of material to decorate the magnets. Glitter, paint, ribbon, markers, felt, and stickers are just a few options. Apply self-adhesive magnets to the back of your wooden pieces and hang them on the refrigerator. Children will enjoy admiring your artwork every time they enter the kitchen.

Another prized Halloween wood craft to cheer you up is a spooky ghost door sign. Kids can really get creative with this project. All you need is a thin wooden frame, black and white construction paper. Let your child draw paint or draw their version of a ghost on the white construction paper. Cut it out or around the image and glue it onto the black construction paper like a doily. Be sure to measure correctly so the image will fit in the frame. Decorate or paint the outside of the wooden frame however you like. You can be as creative as you want. If you have toy wheels or wooden toy parts, you can glue them to the corners of the frame to make the sign stand out. Frame, paint and hang your child’s door to decorate it.