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21 Easy Halloween Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Jackie Currie — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:30:00 +0000

If you're looking for easy, last-minute Halloween crafts for the kids to make this week, you'll love these easy, super-cute ideas!

I've rounded up 21 of my favourite easy Halloween crafts for toddlers and preschoolers. They're all simple and inexpensive to make, using stuff you already have around the house.

And BONUS: they're absolutely adorable! Click the link below to see them all now!

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Halloween Silhouette Art with Painted Parchment or Wax Paper

Jackie Currie — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 19:47:46 +0000

Hey Lovely!!

The spookiest day of the year is finally here, and we have one last super-cool Halloween craft for your kids today.

It's a vibrant piece of spooky Silhouette art, and all you need to make it is paint, parchment paper or wax paper, and black paper.

We've hung ours in our dining room window, and when the sun shines through it... oh my! Brilliant!!

Click the link below to check it out! Go! Go!

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Yarn and Cardboard Witch Craft for Kids

Jackie Currie — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 21:43:53 +0000

Well, hellooooo, my pretty!! Eeee-heee-hee-hee.

Ok, I'm not sure if you read that in a witch's voice, but hopefully you did because I have thee CUTEST witch craft ever to share with you today!

Seriously. So cute. So easy. All you need is some cardboard and a few scraps and odds and ends from the craft cupboard.

I'm dying for you to see them. Please let me know what you think.

Click the link below to check them out!! EEEEK! xx

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Cardboard Pumpkin String Art Craft for Kids

Jackie Currie — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 21:22:33 +0000

Hey lovely!

I have another adorable Halloween craft to share with you.

This one is super-easy and requires very little prep and clean up and just a few basic supplies.

If your kids enjoyed our Cardboard Heart String Art project last year, they'll likely love this one too!

Click the link below to check it out!

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Preschool Spider and Web Craft for Fine Motor Development

Jackie Currie — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 09:56:07 +0000

If you're looking for a cute and easy Halloween activity for toddlers and preschoolers, this web weaving activity is terrific!

It's simple to make and great for developing fine-motor skills.

Kids will love the adorable pom pom spiders, and learning basic weaving skills this way is so fun.

Click the link below to check it out.

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Easy Ghost Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Jackie Currie — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 17:23:37 +0000

Oh, the cuteness!!

I came across 3 of our favourite ghost crafts the other day, and though that those of you with toddlers and preschoolers would love them.

They're all quick and easy, and have some great sensory elements to them. The hooligans loved each of these activities, and I'll bet your kids would too!

Click the link below to check them out!

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Monster Mobile from Toilet Rolls – a Preschool Halloween Craft

Jackie Currie — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 05:00:34 +0000

Pssst!

How's the Halloween crafting going?

Only a couple days left you know!

Whether or not your little ones have been crafting up a storm in these days and weeks leading up to Halloween, I have the perfect last minute Halloween craft for you.

It's fun. It's easy. And it's super-silly.

BONUS: Even the boys who don't exactly love crafting, went bonkers for this one!

Oh, and it's great for all ages - toddlers right through to tweens.

Check it out! It's adorable!!

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{3 More} Easy Paper Plate Crafts for Halloween

Jackie Currie — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 13:10:37 +0000

3 fun, easy and adorable paper plate crafts for Halloween. Your preschoolers are going to love these! As you know, the Hooligans and I get a little excited about our holiday crafts, and Halloween is one of our favourite times of the year when it comes to crafting! There are so many fun and adorable...

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Paper Plate Spider Craft for Preschoolers

Jackie Currie — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 18:46:34 +0000

Toddlers and preschoolers will love this paper plate spider craft. It’ll have them painting, cutting, stamping and gluing… all the crafty stuff that little kids love best. We’ve been making lots of Halloween crafts this month, and I wanted to share our latest spider craft with you. I LOVE crafting with paper plates! I always have...

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Skeleton Handprint Craft

Jackie Currie — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 00:11:25 +0000

This skeleton handprint craft for toddlers and preschoolers is a fun way to explore skeletons and an easy halloween craft handprint craft too! The toddlers and preschoolers in my daycare love making handprint crafts, so this little skeleton handprint craft the perfect Halloween craft to go along with our lesson about skeletons today. I wasn’t sure if...

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Halloween Button Bracelet for Toddlers and Preschoolers to Make

Jackie Currie — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 03:54:47 +0000

This Halloween button bracelet helps kids to develop their fine motor skills. It’s a fun and easy halloween craft for toddlers and preschoolers. What do you make when the kids have jewellery making on their minds, but you had a Halloween craft in mind? ‘A Halloween button bracelet of course! It’s the perfect compromise! Our...

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Spider Handprint Craft – and a Cool Way to Paint a Spider’s Web

Jackie Currie — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:01:45 +0000

This spider handprint craft combines two of my favourite painting techniques for toddlers and preschoolers. Hand print art and painting with golf balls! My hooligans loved it, and I’ll bet yours will too! You can make this spider craft as a Halloween craft or if you’re working on a preschool spider unit, or just for...

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Spooktacular Halloween Crows Craft for Preschoolers

Jackie Currie — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 04:01:26 +0000

Spectacular Halloween Crows: toilet rolls, buttons and feathers, oh my! If you’re making some fun and easy Halloween crafts with your kids this month, put these little crows on your must-make list! I am such a sucker for a cute bird craft! I’m also a huge fan of using toilet rolls for crafting here in...

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Tissue Paper Halloween Wreaths for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Jackie Currie — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:06:16 +0000

Toddlers and preschoolers will have loads of fun making these simple spooky Halloween Wreaths to hang on the front door this October. We LOVE crafting for Halloween here in my daycare. We’ve made so many fun and spooky spiders, monsters, mummies and ghosts in the weeks leading up to Halloween. Our latest Halloween craft is one...

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Cotton Ball Ghost Craft for Toddlers to Make for Halloween

Jackie Currie — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:04:51 +0000

This cotton ball ghost craft for toddlers and preschoolers is wonderfully tactile and great for developing fine motor skills. If you’re looking for an easy Halloween craft for toddlers to do, you can’t beat this cotton ball ghost craft. Little ones will love the process of stretching cotton balls and gluing them on to black...

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Paint Print Ghosts for Toddlers and Preschoolers – Stamping with Styrofoam

Jackie Currie — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:23:27 +0000

These Paint Print Ghosts combine painting and print-making into a fun and adorable ghost craft for toddlers and preschoolers. We’ve been making loads of Halloween crafts here in the daycare these past few weeks and the kids are really enjoying making ghosts. Today’s painted ghost craft actually started out as a pre-writing activity. We weren’t...

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Painted Jack-o-Lanterns Art for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Jackie Currie — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:43:45 +0000

Easy painted Jack-o-Lanterns: if you’re looking for easy Halloween crafts for kids, this jack-o-lantern art project is great for young children. Ages: toddler, preschooler, Kindergarten, Grade 1 Skills, painting, cutting, gluing, fine-motor I love an easy art project for toddlers and preschoolers and these painted jack-o-lanterns are about as easy as it can get. This is a fun...

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Hair Gel Sun Catchers for Toddlers to Make for Fall and Halloween

Jackie Currie — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:12:17 +0000

Hair gel sun catchers are easy for toddlers and preschoolers to make, and fun to squish and look at when taped to a window. This is such an easy sensory craft for fall and an engaging halloween activity for toddlers and preschoolers. There are lots of ideas floating around these days that call for filling a ziplock...

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Painted Skull Halloween Rocks

Jackie Currie — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 01:44:51 +0000

Learn how to turn an ordinary rock into a spooky skull to decorate your front porch for Halloween. All you need is a little acrylic craft paint and your imagination. We made these spooky painted skull rocks as a Halloween craft here in my daycare years ago, The kids each painted a rock to take...

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