Dinosaur Disguise A Ghost Project For Kids [Free PDF Template]
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Your little ghosts and ghouls can lend a helping hand to this friendly ghost who wants to dress up for Halloween!
This dinosaur disguise a ghost project will have kids designing a dinosaur costume for the ghost with pointy teeth, spikes, and even a tail! This project is a fun way to combine storytelling and hands-on fun while making this holiday memorable!
Parents and teachers will love how this simple idea encourages imagination in a festive way. Once the ghost has its dinosaur disguise, continue the fun with our other Halloween crafts for kids.
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Dinosaur Ghost Disguise Project
This ghost disguise project will transform a plain white ghost into a colorful dinosaur character ready for Halloween! Kids can choose their favorite color to customize the ghost’s prehistoric costume that ends up being more playful than scary.
While kids are getting creative, they’re also strengthening fine motor skills as they cut, glue, and arrange the pieces of their dinosaur ghost craft. This project also gets kids’ imaginations going and helps them feel proud and confident about their creations.
Our free printable template makes it easy to get started on the ghost disguise project. Raid your craft closet for some basic supplies, and get the kids ready to help the ghost become a cute dino this Halloween.
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Supplies
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Dinosaur Disguise A Ghost Project Template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)
Directions
Start by downloading and printing the template. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this dinosaur ghost to life!
Grab the dinosaur costume and the belly piece. Then, glue the belly onto the bottom center of the costume.
Glue the dinosaur costume to the top of the ghost body. Let the wavy edges of the ghost peek out from the bottom.
Let’s give our ghost some personality! Take the ghost face piece and glue it just under the dinosaur’s face, following the outline on the costume.
Almost done! Now, grab the smaller yellow tail spines and attach them to the tail of the dinosaur costume.
Lastly, take the larger yellow head spines and glue them on top of the dinosaur’s head.
Isn’t it fun to see the ghost all disguised as a dinosaur? Your kids will love creating this playful Halloween craft! While you’re here, check out some fun Halloween art ideas for more creative fun.
Halloween Books For Kids
Room On The Broom: This has to be one of our favorite Halloween books of all time! The story follows a witch and her cat as they happen upon some animals who help the witch. There’s danger, mystery, and friendship in this adorable children’s story.
5 Minute Spooky Stories: We love Disney’s 5-minute storybooks and this one is perfect for Halloween! See how all your favorite Disney characters celebrate this spooky holiday.
Ten Timid Ghosts: This is a fun countdown book about a witch who moves into a haunted house where 10 ghosts already live. The witch scares the ghosts out one by one until they devise a scheme to get her out of their house. This Halloween children’s book is good for kids who love rhyming stories!
Simple Halloween Crafts
Vampire Photo Craft – This fun, hands-on activity has kids use their own photo to turn themselves into a vampire for Halloween! For some extra spook-tacular fun, it also has moveable arms and legs that kids can pose. Grab our free template and a picture of your kiddo to get started!
Haunted House Craft – Kids will love building a haunted house with this fun paper project! They can make it as colorful or spooky as they choose with bright Halloween colors like lime green, purple, and orange or use blacks and grays for a mysterious look.
Mickey Mouse Paper Plate Halloween Craft – Combine Disney magic and Halloween when kids turn a plain paper plate into a Mickey Mouse jack-o-lantern! This project is a must for little Disney fans. They’ll add big round ears to a smiling pumpkin face with the help of our free template.
Witches Brew Name Craft – Let’s brew up some fun with this cauldron that’s bubbling over with your little one’s name. This fun Halloween activity mixes creativity with learning as kids practice spelling their name while making a spooky potion. They’ll be excited to decorate with their personalized creations!
Halloween Printable Activities
You can keep the silliness of the story going with these There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Ghost activities. Kids will stay engaged as they connect their favorite characters from the book to these worksheets that work on early skills.
This set includes activities where they’ll label the Old Lady, trace different paths, complete patterns, dot the letter Gg, and play a memory game with the book character flashcards.
They’ll practice early literacy, fine motor skills, and critical thinking in a way that feels more like play than learning.
These bat tracing worksheets are a fang-tastic way to mix Halloween fun with important early learning! Your little ones will trace a bat, practice writing the letter Bb, and follow lines that will strengthen their fine motor control and hand-eye coordination skills.
Each page features these amazing nocturnal creatures with activities that are a fun way to build skills. Add these bat pages to any Halloween learning unit for a batty good time!
Turn counting practice into festive fun with these Halloween dot to dot printables. Kids will connect the dots to reveal a waving ghost, a black cat with a pumpkin basket, and a jack-o-lantern wearing a witch hat.
Each picture is a way for kids to practice number recognition, counting, and fine motor skills as they draw dot to dot. Once all the dots are connected, they can add their personal touch and color it however they like!
Each activity in this set of Halloween cookie math printables serves up a sweet way to practice counting, addition, subtraction, and number order.
Children will sharpen problem solving and logical thinking skills without even realizing they’re learning with activities like count and color and spotting differences.
These worksheets mix cute cookie designs with hands-on math, so they’ll be a deliciously fun treat for your little learners this Halloween!
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Dinosaur Disguise A Ghost Project
Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Dinosaur Disguise A Ghost Project Template
Instructions
- Download the template, print it, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Begin by gluing the belly piece onto the bottom center of the dinosaur costume.
- Next, glue the dinosaur costume onto the ghost's body, letting the wavy edges show on the bottom.
- Then, glue the ghost face just under the dinosaur costume's face, following the outline on the costume.
- After that, attach the smaller tail spines to the back of the tail.
- Finally, glue the larger head spines to the back and top of the dinosaur’s head.
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