Conjure your own Halloween decorations and costume accessories with these creepy children's craft ideas
Children love crafts and they love Hallowe'en. So this is the perfect opportunity to let your child's creative side loose and conjure some homemade Halloween crafts together.
And if you're planning a party, your children's creepy creations will make the perfect decorations. Get started with some ideas from our sister publication Junior magazine...
Witches' Hats
- Draw a large circle on black cardboard for the brim of the hat.
- Cut the circle out and draw a second circle inside the first large enough to fit the wearer's head.
- Cut around this line using a craft knife.
- Measure the diameter of the brim and cut another circle of black card measuring about 15cm larger for the crown.
- Cut a slit from the edge into the centre.
- Fold this circle into a cone shape to fit inside the brim.
- Staple the cone in position where the card overlaps.
- Tape the cone to the brim on the inside.
TIP: For decoration, draw a crescent moon shape on silver wrapping paper, cut out and glue to the front of the cone.
Paper Bunting
To make home-made bunting, cut shapes such as pumpkins, ghosts or black cats from coloured A4 paper or decorate plain paper using crayons or felt-tip pens. Staple to a length of string.
Pumpkin Hat
- For the basic shell, build-up layers of papier mâché on a blown-up balloon. Do this by diluting PVA glue with water to make a milky consistency then brush on to the balloon and cover with strips of newspaper - at least six to eight layers.
- Add a stalk made from a strip of cord, rolled up and taped in place.
- Leave to dry for 24-48 hours.
- Burst the balloon and trim the edge of the shell with scissors.
TIP: For a pumpkin look, build-up ridges of tissue, then paste on 3 layers of orange, red, yellow and green tissue paper.
