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Having kids participate in decorating is a great way to get them excited for the upcoming holiday, so use this haunted house paper bag craft to get them involved.

This Halloween paper bag house is based on a plain paper lunch sack, and kids can add spooky details like ghosts, bats, spiderwebs, and jack-o-lanterns.

Once your little ghosts and goblins have their DIY haunted house complete, they can proudly display it as part of your Halloween decor. Keep the fun going with our other Halloween crafts for kids for a festive and creative holiday season.

Collage showing the final product of a Halloween haunted house paper bag craft. The top image shows hands adding a ghost to the purple roof. The bottom image shows two completed haunted houses, one with a purple roof and one with a green roof.

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Halloween Haunted House Craft

Kids will love turning an everyday paper bag into a spooky masterpiece! This Halloween paper bag craft is all about creating a festive decoration featuring plenty of spooky characters.

Projects like this also have some hidden benefits for your little ones. They can practice fine motor skills through cutting, gluing, and coloring. It also encourages their creativity, storytelling, and decision-making when they decide how they want to decorate their haunted house and arrange all the spooky details.

Find a paper bag and a few basic supplies to use along with our free haunted house printable template to have everything kids need to make their Halloween masterpiece. This easy activity will fill your afternoon with imagination and hands-on fun.

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Supplies

Colored cardstock or construction paper
Brown Paper Bag
Scissors
Glue
Marker
Tape
Small pom poms (optional)
Haunted House Paper Bag Template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)

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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 haunted house to life!

Hands holding a printable Halloween haunted house craft template with ghosts, a pumpkin, bats, and a spiderweb.

Begin by folding down the open top of the paper bag. This step gives your haunted house its base shape.

Hands folding down the top edge of a brown paper bag.

Next, take the roof piece and glue it to the top of your paper bag.

Hands gluing a green paper cutout of a roof with a spiderweb and bats onto the folded brown paper bag.

Grab the door outline and glue it near the bottom of the paper bag.

Hands adding a green arched door cutout to the brown paper bag haunted house craft.

Then glue the black door piece on top of the outline to create a spooky doorway for your haunted house. Optionally, take a small pom pom and glue it to the door, so it looks like the handle.

Hands attaching a black paper cutout inside the green arched door cutout of the haunted house craft.

Let’s give your haunted house some spooky charm! Glue the pumpkin piece right next to the door.

Hands attaching an orange paper pumpkin cutout next to the door of the haunted house craft.

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Let your child use a brown marker to draw a stem on top of the pumpkin. This little detail brings the pumpkin to life.

Hands using a red marker to draw a stem on the pumpkin cutout on the haunted house craft.

Now, take the ‘please come in’ sign and glue it on the other side of the door.

Hands gluing a brown cutout sign with the words "please come in" next to the door of the haunted house craft.

Look for the window pieces with the little ghosts peeking out and glue one on each side of the paper bag, just below the roof.

Hands attaching two light blue window cutouts with small ghosts inside to the brown paper bag haunted house.

Glue the window sills right to the bottom of each window piece. It adds a nice finishing touch to your haunted house.

Hands placing black window frame cutouts around the blue windows of the haunted house craft.

Using a black marker, draw a spiderweb on the side of your haunted house for more Halloween flair.

Hands using a black marker to draw a spiderweb on the side of the haunted house craft.

Now for the ghosts! Take the ghost pieces and glue them onto the house. One can float over the roof, and another can hover near the door, creating a truly haunted scene.

Hands gluing two ghost cutouts, one near the roof and one on the bottom left, of the haunted house craft.

Time to add the chimney! Glue it to the top and back of the roof, for that spooky, crooked-house vibe.

Hands gluing a small black rectangle cutout on the top of the haunted house craft.

Add the top of the chimney piece right above the chimney. It’s a simple step that makes the house look complete.

Hands placing a small green rectangle on top of the black rectangle to form a chimney on the haunted house craft.

Stuff a bit of crumpled paper inside the bag so your haunted house stands up nicely when you put it on display.

Hands stuffing crumpled paper inside the brown paper bag haunted house craft.

Finally, seal the folded top of the paper bag with a piece of tape. This keeps everything in place and finishes off your haunted house craft.

Hands taping the back of the paper bag to secure the ghost and chimney.

What a fun haunted house craft! Your kids will love showing off their spooky creation. While you’re here, be sure to check out more of our Halloween paper bag crafts for even more creative fun.

A completed Craft of a Halloween haunted house paper bag with a green roof, ghosts, a pumpkin, and bats.

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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!

A completed Craft of a Halloween haunted house paper bag with ghosts, a pumpkin, bats, and a purple roof.

Kids Halloween Crafts

Zombie Cat Puppet Craft – Your little ones will love making this zombie cat puppet! They’ll use a paper bag, our free template, and some imagination to bring their spooky cat to life. This festive project is sure to entertain and provide frightful fun.

Bat Paper Cup Craft – Kids will have so much fun with this spooky bat they’ll make using a paper cup and our free template. It’s an easy and fang-tastic Halloween decoration that kids will be excited to show off and play with.

Vampire Paper Bag Puppet Craft

Frankenstein Card Craft – This project filled with monster sized cheer has kids channel their energy into making a festive masterpiece they can share with others. They can send a Halloween greeting with a friend or family member, attach it to a goody bag, or display it as decor around the house.

Witch Gnome Craft – Dressing this little gnome up as a witch will be a magical time for kids! She’s wearing her tall pointy hat and holding a bubbling cauldron of potion. This fun project is sure to enchant your little ones and get them excited for Halloween celebrations.

Free Kids Halloween Printables

Start the fun off this Halloween by reading about the friendly witch and her cat’s adventures in Room on the Broom, then keep the magic going with these Room on the Broom worksheets.

Kids will enjoy practicing skills while staying connected to the story. This set includes a line tracing worksheet, label the witch worksheet, finish the pattern, letter Dd recognition sheet, and flashcards featuring the characters from the book.

These activities encourage kids to hone their fine motor skills, pattern and letter recognition, and build their vocabulary.

collage image of 4 Free Kids Halloween Printables

Keep the laughs going after storytime with our There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat activities! Kids will revisit the old lady’s silly antics through these hands-on worksheets.

This set includes a label the goblin page, finish the pattern, line tracing, letter Gg recognition page, and themed flashcards.

Each page will help kids practice fine motor skills, early literacy, and pattern recognition alongside the characters from the unforgettable book.

Halloween Cutting Practice Worksheets

Kids will love these Halloween matching worksheets that turn learning into a playful challenge. They’ll boost focus and memory skills when they match shadows to the colored image, count then match to the numbers, match colors in the cauldron to the correct bat, and connect matching pictures.

These activities make problem solving fun and help kids practice skills in a festive way. Each page is a spook-tacular way to mix learning with Halloween themes to keep kids entertained and proud of their progress!

A completed Craft of a Halloween haunted house paper bag with ghosts, a pumpkin, bats, and a chimney.

Your little ones will have a blast learning early math skills with these Halloween patterns for preschool! They’ll get to color friendly ghosts, pumpkins, and bats, then cut and paste them to complete AB patterns.

This hands-on activity makes learning feel like play and builds early math and fine motor skills while keeping the holiday fun going.

Did you make this activity with your kids or students? We’d love to feature them on our social media!

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A completed Craft of a Halloween haunted house paper bag with ghosts, a pumpkin, bats, and scissors and glue sticks nearby.

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