Halloween Craft Ideas

On this page you will also find out more about Halloween, it's origins and why we dress up to celebrate. 

There are lots of free templates for you to download to help you get started.

You can keep the younger children occupied with my coloring pages.

A gorgeous pumpkin suncatcher, made with black card and tissue paper, will look great in any window. 

Place in front of a safe light source for a glow in the dark effect.  

Create your own Halloween bunting with our bat and stalactite template. 

Hanging in your window or across your room it makes a great addition to your spooky decorations. 

Try these two great Halloween card games with a spooky theme.

There are 12 different printable cards for you to download and the haunted house card backs too.

The kids will have loads of fun playing snap or match 2 with these spooky cards.

Make this cute Halloween spider decoration for your spooky party.

Made from pom poms and pipe cleaners it's a fun and inexpensive Halloween craft idea.

You can use any scraps of yarn, make a whole family in lots of different colors.

These spider web dreamcatcher's make a great decoration for any Halloween party.

They look great all year round too.

Traditionally they were positioned above the bed to ward away bad dreams.

Mia’s Halloween witch hat has easy to follow instructions and a free downloadable template.

This is a very simple witch hat with a circle for the brim and a cone for the body of the hat.

The same template can be used to make a wizards hat for the boys.

It's a myth that we don't celebrate Halloween here in the UK, we just love Halloween and the shops are full of costumes and decorations by the end of August.

We have had a Halloween party every year for over 20 years and make our own costumes and decorations to save money and have fun.

This pirates hat is a great alternative for Halloween.

The template is easy to adapt so you can make different styles of hat from one template.

You can use the skull and crossbones template for other Halloween craft ideas.

A great game is apple bobbing.

Half fill a large bowl with water and float some apples in it.

You have to get the apples out of the bowl using just your mouth no hands allowed.

Free Halloween Cut Outs for you to print and decorate.

There are easy to follow instructions with diagrams and photo's.

These printables are a cheap way to decorate your room and join in the fun.

Have fun with these printable Halloween decorations. 

You will find easy to follow instructions and photo's.

These bats and cats make great decorations and are really easy to make.

These printable Halloween masks are fun and easy to make. As with all our craft ideas they have step-by-step instructions and photographs.

Cats are popular with the little ones and this cool mask isn’t too scary.

There are two other mask shapes for you to try as well.

My Halloween coloring pages are a great way to keep the kids busy. There are 5 different designs to choose from.

Make your own banner, color in a friendly ghost or try your hand at the more detailed witch who is happy to be home for Halloween.

Try our friendly Jack O' Lantern or perhaps you would prefer the creepy pumpkin.