Cute & Easy Halloween Crafts Kids Can Make 🎃

Looking for quick, low-mess, and affordable Halloween crafts for preschoolers and toddlers? This hand-picked list of 20 ideas uses simple supplies (think paper rolls, buttons, paint, and glue) and short steps little hands can follow. These are perfect for class party stations, rainy-day fun, or quiet afternoon activities at home. Tip: keep scissors and hot glue with an adult, and skim these Halloween safety tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics before you craft.

Below you’ll find 20 Halloween crafts for preschoolers that use simple supplies and quick steps, plus easy variations for toddlers.

Planning a class party? These Halloween crafts for preschoolers pair well with simple art projects for mixed-age groups.

20 Halloween Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy & Low-Mess)

1. Paper Roll Monsters

These Halloween crafts for preschoolers start with paper rolls—low prep, big creativity. Save tubes, grab construction paper, glue, and markers, and let kids design the silliest monster faces.

Supplies Needed:

• Paper rolls
• Paper or paints in assorted colors
• Wiggly eyes stickers
• Scissors (regular and decorative)
• Glue
• Markers

Get the Paper Roll Monsters tutorial

2. Halloween Styrofoam Cup Craft

Paint foam cups, add pipe cleaner legs and googly eyes for instant friendly spiders.

Supplies Needed:

• 2 Foam Cups
• Craft Paint — red, orange, black, white
• Pipe Cleaners
• 4 Googly Eyes
• Paintbrush, Glue Stick, Black Marker

Make Styrofoam Cup Spiders (step-by-step)

3. Bat Silhouette Halloween Art

Mask bat shapes and sponge bright colors for a bold silhouette effect.

Supplies Needed:

• White card stock
• Black cardstock
• Scissors, Marker, Sponge brush, Paints, Optional washi tape

How to make Bat Silhouette Art

4. Spider Craft

Paint mini pumpkins and add paper legs and goofy eyes—great porch or entryway decorations.

Supplies Needed:

• Mini pumpkin
• Black paint and paintbrush
• Black construction paper
• Scissors, Glue
• Googly eyes

DIY Mini Pumpkin Spiders tutorial

5. Handprint Spider & Footprint Halloween Ghost

Make a keepsake you’ll treasure—perfect for first Halloweens!

Supplies Needed:

• Air-dry clay, Rolling pin
• Acrylic paint, Brushes
• Mod Podge (seal)
• Craft knife
• Wiggly eyes (optional), Glue, Sharpie

Handprint/Footprint keepsake tutorial

6. Popsicle Stick Pumpkin Craft

Line up craft sticks, paint, and glue—add eyes or draw a jack-o’-lantern face.

Supplies Needed:

• Popsicle / craft sticks, Cardstock (recycled cereal box works!)
• White school glue
• Orange & green paint, Black marker/paint
• Scissors

Build a Popsicle Stick Pumpkin

7. Spider Web Art Project

This watercolor resist is one of our favorite Halloween crafts for preschoolers—salt “stars” make it extra magical.

Supplies Needed:

• Watercolor paper
• White/light oil pastels or crayons
• Watercolor paint, Salt

Spider Web Art: full tutorial

8. Masking Tape Mummy Craft

Precut a simple mummy silhouette, then let kids criss-cross strips of masking tape.

Supplies Needed:

• Black paper, Masking tape, White crayon
• Scissors, Glue
• Googly eyes

Make a Masking Tape Mummy

9. Vampire Wooden Spoons

Paint wooden spoons, add felt capes and fangs—instant puppet show!

Supplies Needed:

• Wooden spoons, wiggle eyes
• Purple/black paint, white puffy paint
• Black fabric, red fabric or ribbon
• Scissors, Paint brush, Glue, Black marker

Vampire Spoon Puppets tutorial

10. Cupcake Liner Bats

Flatten mini black cupcake liners for wings and add a coffee-filter moon—adorable and fast.

Supplies Needed:

• Gray 12×12 cardstock, Coffee filter
• Black mini cupcake liners
• Yellow paint, Paint brush
• Googly eyes, white chalk marker
• Scissors, Glue

Cupcake Liner Bats: how-to

11. Mini Ghost Piñatas

Turn a paper cup into a treat-filled ghost—fun party favors!

Supplies Needed:

• Paper cup, Tissue paper, String
• Tape & glue, Scissors
• Treats, Black pen or card, googly eyes

Mini Ghost Piñatas tutorial

12. Button Pumpkin

Use orange buttons to fill a pumpkin template—great color and counting practice.

Supplies Needed:

• Template from original post
• Black cardstock, Tape
• Orange buttons & beads; Green buttons & beads
• (Optional) Orange glitter

Button Pumpkin (with printable template)

13. Spin Art Pumpkins

Use a salad spinner for the pumpkin background, then add paper jack-o’-lantern faces.

Supplies Needed:

• Salad spinner; yellow, orange & red paint
• Paper plates; black construction paper

Spin Art Pumpkins: simple steps

14. Paper Plate Spider Web

Lace yarn through hole-punched plates to build webs—great fine motor work.

Supplies Needed:

• Small black paper plate
• White yarn, Hole punch, Tape
• Plastic spider (or ring)

Paper Plate Spider Web tutorial

15. Toilet Roll Crows

Paint and decorate toilet roll tubes to make crows or owls—your choice!

Supplies Needed:

• Toilet roll tubes; paint
• Large buttons, craft feathers
• Glue; Yellow felt or cardstock (beaks)

Toilet Roll Crows/Owls how-to

16. Painted Rock Monsters

Collect stones and paint monster faces—use a pencil eraser for dotted eyes.

Supplies Needed:

• Stones
• Acrylic paints (white, black, colors)
• Paintbrushes; Pencil with eraser

Painted Rock Monsters tutorial

17. Spider Web Halloween Craft

Paint popsicle sticks, glue into a star, and wrap with yarn to weave a web.

Supplies Needed:

• Popsicle sticks, Glue/hot glue gun
• Tempera paint in Halloween colors
• Yarn (black, white, orange)
• Scissors; Optional: Spider stickers

Yarn Spider Web craft steps

18. Pumpkin Suncatchers

Color coffee filters, mist with water to blend, then cut pumpkin shapes—so pretty on sunny windows!

Supplies Needed:

• Coffee filters, Markers, Spray bottle, Paintbrush
• Green construction paper, Scissors, Glue
• Gold glitter glue stick (optional)

Pumpkin Suncatchers tutorial

19. Cotton Ball Ghost Craft

Glue cotton balls to paper ghost shapes; add button eyes or draw spooky faces.

Supplies Needed:

• Cotton balls; construction paper
• Black buttons; Chalk; Glue; Paintbrush

Cotton Ball Ghosts: easy guide

20. Glow Stick Pumpkin Jars

Carefully crack glow sticks (adult help), pour into little jars, and add jack-o’-lantern faces—mesmerizing at night.

Supplies Needed:

• Glow sticks; Cutting board; Knife; Oven mitts; Plastic cup
• Small glass jars
• E6000 glue

Glow Stick Pumpkin Jars tutorial

Final Thoughts

These Halloween crafts for preschoolers keep the prep simple and the fun high—great for rainy afternoons, class stations, or quick weekend activities. From fine-motor web weaves to colorful spin art and keepsake handprints, you’ve got options for every age and attention span. If you try any of these, tag us and share what worked best for your preschoolers and toddlers—we love seeing your creations!

More ideas you’ll love: Try our family-friendly Halloween art projects, and don’t miss our seasonal freebie roundup for Free Photos with Santa as the holidays get closer.