Halloween is fast approaching, and crafts are always a popular way to celebrate with kids! This activity is a great way to bring Halloween into the classroom or home. You can decorate your classroom door with it or display this project on the refrigerator!  

This handprint witch craft is fun to make and easy enough even for young children. Kids will love to learn how to make a friendly witch from their own paper hands!

It’s a great way to introduce young children to Halloween traditions, get them excited about the holiday, and make your house or room look festive! Download the free printable template and make this witch with your kiddos this October! Also, check out our fun Halloween crafts for kids for even more ideas.

Witch Handprint Craft

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Supplies

• Colored cardstock or construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Pencil
• Witch template

Directions

Start by downloading the witch template and printing it out. Once you have the template printed, gather the materials needed for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this DIY to life!

First, encourage your child to trace your child’s left and right hand onto a piece of orange paper. Cut it out and set it aside.

If you’re using the template with the large eyes, take them and glue them onto the witch’s face, on both side of her eyes.

Next, guide your child to take the cheeks and glue them, one on each side of her mouth.

Position the two handprints so that the thumbs are facing each other, fingers pointed down, and slightly overlapping.

Place the witch’s head in the middle of the handprints and glue it in place so the handprints look like her hair.

Create the witch’s hat by gluing the hat band to the hat. Trim off any excess paper that falls off the sides.

Glue the yellow outer buckle to the middle of the hat band.

Now, help your child glue the black inner buckle in the center of the yellow rectangle.

Finally, place the hat on the top of the witch’s head and glue it in place.

Now your kiddos are done! This is a quick, fun, and festive handprint craft kids will love!

Free Printable Witch Activity Sheets

Halloween Unit Study

Create an entire Halloween-themed unit for your kids that goes perfectly with this handprint witch! We’ve got tons of fun activities and printables to keep the good times rolling this Halloween. Keep reading below for all of our ideas!

Preschool Halloween Books

Reading to your preschooler is great for their development because it increases literacy, language, and communication skills. It’s also a fun way to bond with your kids! Because of this, we always like to start our units off reading to the kids.

Below are some of the top-rated Halloween books for kids. Add them to your home collection or borrow them from your local library.

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!

Kids’ Halloween Crafts

Creating is a way for kids to develop skills such as concentration, creativity, and the ability to problem-solve. It’s also a good place where kids can explore their interests and develop new hobbies.

Cute Witch Gnome Craft Idea

Add in more creation time with these fun Halloween ideas:

Candy Corn Headband Craft – Get ready to have a blast with this candy corn idea! It’s perfect for kids of all ages and can be easily customized to their liking. Make it from colored paper or print it out in black and white to color in instead. This activity is the perfect way to say ‘Happy Halloween’ with your little ones!

Paper Bag Ghost Craft – This easy peasy ghost puppet is perfect for little kids to make. Your kids will have so much fun decorating a plain paper bag into a boo-tiful Halloween puppet! It would also be a cute activity for a kids’ Halloween party or as a boredom buster during the spooky season.

Paper Plate Witch Craft – Witches are a classic symbol of Halloween, so what better way to get into the spooky spirit than by having your kids make their own witches? This fun and creative project is perfect for kids of all ages and can be customized to your child’s favorite colors.

Mickey Mouse Pumpkin Craft – Fall is a magical time at Disneyland, so bring a little bit of that magic home by making your own Mickey Mouse pumpkin! This fun and easy project is perfect for little Disney fans of all ages!

Halloween Activities For Kids

Get your kids to work on these cute Halloween do a dot printables. They’ll have fun while they learn about numbers and letters, fine motor skills, and more. It’s easy enough even if you’re in a pinch with last-minute activities!

Get your little ghouls and goblins ready to celebrate Halloween with these fun, no prep Halloween I Spy printable sheets. There are 6 pages that work on counting skills, memory skills, visual discrimination (seeing differences), and more! Plus, kids think they’re fun!

Kids will love these Halloween pattern block mats! This is a great intro STEM activity that also helps with fine motor skills and learning shapes. It’s the perfect way to get your kids excited about October 31st! Download the printable file and let your kids get creative this Halloween season.

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Help your kids celebrate the spooky season with these free Halloween coloring pages. Just download and enjoy! These adorable sheets are perfect for young kids. They’re also great if you want to have some fun family time coloring together.

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