# Easy Halloween Crafts for Kids > Three simple Halloween crafts for kids aged 3-6 who are too young for haunted houses or pumpkin carving: egg carton spiders, footprint ghosts and Picasso-style collage pumpkins. Each uses basic craft supplies and works well at home or in a classroom. - URL: https://www.funlittles.com/easy-halloween-crafts-kids/ - Ages: 3–6 yrs · Difficulty: easy · Mess: medium - Time: prep none, activity varies - Works for: one-on-one, small group, whole class - Skills: fine-motor, painting, creativity, early-writing - Cautions: ingestion-risk ## Safety - Adult helps with cutting the egg carton and poking the leg holes. Use scissors or a sharp tool only under supervision. - Googly eyes are small parts and a choking hazard. Supervise closely with young children. - For footprint ghosts, keep the child seated with a painted foot until the paint is wiped off, because painted feet are slippery. Work over newspaper or an easy-to-clean floor. - Supervise use of glue and paint, and wash hands and feet afterward. ## Before you start - For Picasso Pumpkins, rip pictures of faces out of magazines. For very small children, cut out the individual facial features ahead of time. ## Ideas - **Egg Carton Spiders**: Cut one section from a paper egg carton and paint it black, open side down. Poke four holes on each side, insert pipe cleaner legs and bend them into knees and feet. Then glue on googly eyes. - **Footprint Ghosts**: Brush white paint on a seated child's foot and have them step firmly on black paper. Once it's dry, add black eyes and a mouth to turn the footprint into a howling ghost. - **Picasso Pumpkins**: A no-carve jack-o'-lantern. Kids brush glue on the backs of magazine face features and decoupage them onto a small pumpkin, then add yarn or felt hair. ## Tips - These spiders stand nicely on their own, but they also look great in groups and arranged on yarn webs. - Any shade of paint will work for a colorful spider, but Halloween spiders look best in black. - Instead of brushing paint on the foot, have your child place his foot on a paper plate filled with white paint. ## The original post by TurkeyMom (2013) *This is a guest post by Blythe Tai from Education.com* It’s almost time for the spookiest holiday of the year: Halloween! There’s something magical about the lead-up to October 31st; While it’s a great holiday for people of all ages, young children might feel a little left out during the Halloween season. A lot are too young to go to haunted houses, watch scary movies, and carve pumpkins. But never fear; there are a lot of Halloween activities that are great for little children! We’ve selected some of the [best Halloween activities](https://www.education.com/resources/activities/?occasion=halloween) for kids aged 3-6. ### Halloween Craft for Kids 1: Spider Craft Make some leggy spiders with your child for a fun and simple Halloween craft! Take a paper egg carton, and help your child cut out one section out of the carton. Place the carton section open-side down on the workspace, and invite your child to paint it. Any shade will work for a colorful spider, but Halloween spiders look best in black. Once the paint is dry, help your child poke four holes on each side of the spider, then have him/her insert a pipe cleaner into each hole and bend to form the legs. Put the finishing touches on your spider by gluing on a pair of googly eyes and bending the pipe cleaners to give the spider knees and feet. These spiders stand nicely on their own, but they also look great in groups and arranged on yarn webs. ### Halloween Artsy Craft 2: Ghost Prints This ghost painting is fun for very small children! Over newspaper or an easy-to-clean floor, have your child sit on a chair with his clean feet planted on the ground. Explain to your child that you’re going to be making a ghost with his foot! Carefully brush white paint onto the sole of your child’s foot, or have him place his foot on a paper plate filled with white paint. Place a piece of black paper in front of your child and have him step on it firmly. Help your child wipe off the excess paint on his foot. Once the footprint dries, let your child add black eyes and a mouth to his footprint to turn it into a howling ghost! Kids that are beginning to write can trace phrases such as “Boo!” or “Happy Halloween!” on a separate strip of paper, then glue it next to the ghost on the black sheet. ### Halloween Craft for kids 3: Picasso Pumpkins A lot of kids are too young to carve their own pumpkin, but that doesn’t mean they have to miss out on making a Jack-o’-lantern! This découpage Jack-o’-lantern is inspired by the works of Picasso, and will add a unique and quirky twist to your lineup of glowing Halloween pumpkins. You can help prepare this craft for your child by ripping out pictures of faces from magazines or, for very small children, cutting out individual facial features from pictures. Give your child a small pumpkin, a paint brush, and a disposable container filled with glue. Have your child select the first feature that he wants on his pumpkin face, then show your child how to carefully brush glue onto the back of the picture before placing it on the pumpkin. Let your child continue until the pumpkin has an entire face! If desired, add a finishing touch the artistic pumpkin by placing yarn or felt on the top for hair. For more Halloween crafts for kids from Blog Me Mom [**Nature's Ghosts and Monsters**](https://www.funlittles.com/halloween-crafts-kids-leaf-ghosts/) [**Halloween Puffy Art**](https://www.funlittles.com/halloween-art-projects-puffy-halloween-art/) [**Pumpkin Silhouettes**](https://www.funlittles.com/pumpkin-crafts-for-kids-pumpkin-silhouttes/) [**Recycled Mummies Craft**](https://www.funlittles.com/halloween-crafts-kids-recycled-colorful-family-mummies/) [**Crayon Resist Spider Web**](https://www.funlittles.com/halloween-art-projects-crayon-resist-spider-web/) [**Glue Mummies**](https://www.funlittles.com/halloween-crafts-for-kids-glue-mummy-craft/) [**Paper Rolls Jack-O-Lanterns**](https://www.funlittles.com/halloween-craft-for-kids/) Thanks for reading!