The spooky season is upon us and what better way to get into the Halloween spirit than to do some fun arts & crafts with the kids? We have put together a list of our favourite Halloween DIYs and know you’ll love them too!  

THAT COLLECTION OF ROCKS YOUR LITTLE ONE HAS GATHERED WILL COME IN HANDY FOR THIS ONE.

1. Rock Monsters – Rawr! 

 You will need: 

• A rock collection 
• Acrylic Paint 
• Paint Brushes 
• Googly Eyes 
• Glue 
• Black marker  

The kids can paint the rocks in all different colours and once dry, you can all glue on the googly eyes and draw on the scary funny faces. You could also pop these all around your garden to transform your yard just in time for October 31st.   
Idea from: Crafty Morning 

WAIT! DON'T PUT THE RECYCLING BIN OUT JUST YET. YOU MIGHT JUST NEED THOSE TOILET PAPER ROLLS AFTER ALL... 

 2. Cardboard Halloween Characters

You will need: 

• Toilet Paper Rolls or Coloured Paper 
• Scissors 
• Glue 
• Paint/Textas/Markers/Pencils/Crayons 
• Optional: Paint Brushes 

Make some adorably scary Halloween characters using toilet paper rolls!  (or rolled up coloured paper.)  Get creative, you can make any monster or character in the whole wide world! Or even out of this world. We love an outer space galactic alien monster! There’s also the classics like a mummy, a vampire or even Frankenstein! It’s up to you…and the kids!  
Idea from: Crafty Morning

3. Spooky Toilet Paper Rolls 

 You will need: 

• Toilet Paper Rolls 
• Scissors 
• String 
• Scissors 
• Glue 
• White Marker 
• Black Marker 
• Optional: Pink Marker 

If you wanted some simple Halloween decorations for the house, this one is just for you! Plus the kids are helping, so that’s even better right?!  
See the Tik Tok here  

HAVE A TREAT & MAKE A CRAFT!

4. Spider Webs 

You will need: 

• Icy Pole Sticks/Popsickle Sticks 
• Wool/Yarn 
• Scissors 
• Glue 
• Paint 
• Paint brushes 
• Optional: Fake spiders  

Once the kids have finished their icy-poles, dry them off and glue three icy-pole sticks together in a star-like fashion. Once dried, you can paint your sticks or you can jump start onto decorating! Cut a long piece of wool & tie to one end of a stick and start wrapping over and under each stick until it starts to form a web.

Once it looks a bit like a web, tie the other end to a stick so that everything is secure! If you have a fake spider on hand, or even a sticker spider – stick them on and your DIY spider web is finished!  
Idea from: Buggy And Buddy

EVERY FUN SEASON NEEDS A DECORATIVE GARLAND, AM I RIGHT?

5. Spooky Garlands 

 You will need: 

• Coloured Paper 
• Scissors 

This one is a super easy one and can be used to decorate the house for the spooky season. Check out this Tik Tok video to see how to fold the paper & cut the shapes!

AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE ZOMBIES AWAY - PHEW!

6. Pumpkin Apple Stamps 

You will need:  

• Apple 
• Cutting Board 
• Knife 
• Orange Paint 
• Paint Brushes 
• Black Marker + Green Marker 
• Paper 

Cut your apples in half & dry the insides with a paper towel. Dip the inside your apple into some orange paint and stamp onto a piece of paper. Once stamped, using the green paint or green marker you can draw a little leaf on top of your stamped pumpkin. Leave to dry and then using a black marker, draw on the spookiest jack-o-lantern faces you can!  
Idea from: Frugal Mom Eh 

AN OLDIE BUT A GOODIE...

7. Halloween Sponge Art 

You will need: 

• Sponges 
• Various Coloured Paint 
• Paper 
• Scissors 

You know the drill, cut the sponge into a certain shape and dip it in the paint!  

This Tik Tok will give you some fun shape fun ideas.

HEALTH & SAFETY...BUT MAKE IT FUN!

8. Spooky Soap & Sanitizer  

You will need: 

• Liquid Soap or Hand Sanitizer 
• Some scary little toys 

Let the kids choose some spooky little toys or do this one as a surprise! All you need to do is find some scary creatures, small enough to fit into a soap or sanitizer dispenser! Watch this Tik Tok to see what we’re on about! 

THIS ONES A LITTLE MESSY...BUT SO MUCH FUN!

9. Hand Print Spiders 

You will need: 

• Some little hands 
• Black Paint 
• Googly Eyes  
• White Marker/Crayon/Pencil 
• Glue 
• Paint Brush 

Using your white writing tool of choice, draw a spider web in the corner of your page. Once your web is complete, ignoring your little one's thumb, paint the little hands in black paint. Carefully place your mini's hand on the paper where it is partially covering the web.

Repeat this step and overlap part of the palm for the other set of spiders legs. Once the handprints are dry, glue on some googly eyes for your spider – as many as your kids see fit! You can also add a little smiley face if you wish! And there you have it, a little hand printed spider!  
Idea from: I Pinned It Wordpress Blog

FEELING STRESSED? WE'VE GOT JUST THE THING...

10. Moody Squeeze Face  

You will need: 

• Wool/Yarn 
• Balloons 
• Flour or corn starch 
• Black marker 
• Old bottle  
• Funnel 
• Optional: Googly eyes 

These little faces take us right back to the 90s! This craft is a little bit more complex so we’ll let the video do the talking…  

We hope you give some of these crafts a whirl and we would love to hear how you go! Fingers crossed you enjoy creating these DIYs as much as we enjoyed finding them for you.   
 
We’ll chat to you soon, of course.  
 
Sincerely,  
The G+A Team