Children of all ages love making crafts and homemade decorations for the holidays. With just a little time, items you can find around the house, and some patience you can not only make a beautiful memory with your child, but have some fun and easy Halloween crafts you can both be proud of! First, there are some handy items you should try to save for crafts. These are items that are very commonly used in crafts and decorations. Glass jars of all sizes, clean and empty milk cartons and jugs, tin cans, empty tissue boxes, toilet paper tubes, and Popsicle sticks. Having a good supply of these items will help when you are looking for activities for children. Three easy Halloween crafts that can be thrown together quickly include: Halloween toilet paper tube wreath, Bat Milk Carton treat holder, and Halloween luminaries.
The Halloween paper roll wreath is made from 14-16 toilet paper or kitchen towel cardboard tubes, a wire coat hanger, and orange and white construction paper. This is one of the simplest easy Halloween crafts available and children are proud to hang it on their doors! Bend the wire coat hanger into a circle. Oriented vertically, make a horizontal slit in the back of each card tube. Slide each onto the coat hanger. Then, cut pumpkin and ghost shapes from the construction paper and draw faces on them. Glue onto the toilet paper tubes, covering them completely and hang!
Cardboard Halloween Decorations
The Bat milk carton treat holder is for children to carry around during trick or treating. They will be especially pleased to use it if they make it themselves! Take a clean and dry half gallon milk carton and cut off the top. Cover it completely with black construction paper using tape or glue. Draw a pair of wings and cut them out, also from black construction paper. Tape to the back of the treat holder. Draw eyes, fangs, and a mouth from white construction paper and glue to the front of the "bat". Use a long strip of cardboard as a handle. These are easy Halloween crafts that are sure to make an impression!
One of the simplest easy Halloween crafts are the Halloween luminaries. Take several empty gallon milk jugs and draw pumpkin faces on the front with permanent marker. Then, take a strand of Christmas lights and stuff several bulbs in each. Plug in, and you have a nice decoration for your front yard or porch!
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