Halloween will be here before you know it! While we plan out our costumes and get ready for parties, let’s make something special with the kids, too!

Grab a few items from your stash of craft supplies, gather the kiddos, and get started on this super cute and fun monster popsicle stick craft!

Don’t worry, no scary monsters here, just cute little guys your kids will love. This project is sure to be a hit!

This is a simple activity to practice scissor skills, following directions, and creativity!

Your kids will have pride in their completed projects and will want to proudly display their work. It’s the perfect way to decorate for the holiday!

Also, be sure to browse all our Halloween crafts for kids to find more projects and activities that will keep you busy all season long!

Popsicle Stick Halloween Craft

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Supplies

• Popsicle sticks
• Permanent glue dots (or hot glue if you prefer that)
• Paint (we use acrylic paint)
• Paintbrush
• Colored cardstock or construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Monster template (enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you)

Directions

Download the monster template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.

Line up 11 popsicle sticks together. Take 3 additional popsicle sticks and stretch 2 glue dots along each of them. Glue each of these popsicle sticks to the group of 11, one on top, in the middle, and on the bottom. If you don’t want to use glue dots, replace them with hot glue and do the same steps as above.

Paint the popsicle sticks in 1-2 thin coats of paint and let dry completely before moving on.

Begin by gluing the eyes at the top of the popsicle sticks.

Take the eyebrows and glue them to the top of the eyes.

Glue the nose in the middle of the popsicle sticks, just below the eyes.

Create the mouth by gluing the teeth to the top of the mouth, then gluing the tongue to the bottom of the mouth.

Position the mouth below the nose and glue it in place.

If you’re adding horns, flip the popsicle sticks over and glue them to the top corners.

Take the wings and glue them to the middle and back of the popsicle sticks.

Now your kiddo has an adorable popsicle stick craft that’s perfect for Halloween!

Halloween Ideas for Kids

The holidays are a great time to engage kids with fun crafts and activities that keep them learning. They can create something fun and imaginative while gaining valuable skills and knowledge.

Halloween is a great time to be creative, so we gathered some of our favorite ideas that you’ll love doing with your kids. Keep reading below to choose projects and activities for your kiddos!

Halloween Children’s Books

Starting by reading books is a great way to introduce kids to a new theme! And, it’s so much fun for kids to hear a new spooky story!

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

There are many benefits for kids when they craft. Crafting builds confidence and a sense of pride when they complete a project. While they are working on a craft, they are learning about shapes, colors, counting, and patterns.

They experience new mediums, practice following directions, and gain decision-making and fine motor skills. Kids are able to express themselves in a fun and creative way when they craft!

Add some of our favorite Halloween crafts to your holiday projects list:

Vampire Paper Bag Puppet Craft – This fun and easy puppet craft is great to make with preschool, kindergarten, and elementary-aged kids. This craft will help develop important skills such as following instructions and hand-eye coordination. Get into the Halloween spirit and pretend play with this spooky vampire!

Frankenstein Headband Craft – Kids will love to dress up with this spooky Halloween character!  Develop hand-eye coordination and scissor skills when you make this with your kids. All you need to create this fun and easy craft is some paper, scissors, and glue along with the free template.

Bat Tissue Paper Craft – This tissue paper craft is a fun Halloween activity that’s easy to create and makes a cute holiday decoration for home or the classroom. Kids will hone their fine motor skills and be proud to display their finished project. Grab some paper, glue, and tissue paper to get crafting with your kids!

Mickey Mouse Pumpkin Craft – All Mickey Mouse fans will for sure want to create this craft! This free template comes with options for at home use or classroom use. The at home version has all the elements on one page to trace onto colored paper.

The classroom use version is where the individual elements are grouped together by the color paper they should be printed on, then the kids cut them out. If you love Halloween at Disney, you’ll love this pumpkin craft!

Kids’ Halloween Activities

Use pattern blocks with our Halloween pattern block mats for a no-prep math activity. This is a great STEAM activity for early learners that helps your child identify shapes and colors. Be sure to laminate the mats so you can use them again and again for some quiet learning time.

These printable Halloween activities for kids are filled with so many activities for kids and families to do together. In addition to coloring pages, you can build your own pumpkin faces, play an I spy game, pin the hat on the witch, or play Don’t eat Pete as a family. They’ll have so much fun, they won’t notice they’re learning, too!

These Halloween coloring pages are an easy, no prep activity to color at home or in the classroom! The coloring pages have a variety of cute and spooky characters your kids will love. These free coloring pages include four sheets with large spaces that are perfect for little hands to color in.

Keep kids engaged and learning with these bat worksheets. These pages are great for helping kids develop fine motor skills, handwriting, cutting with scissors, and more. These free printable pages will be good Halloween fun!

More Halloween Fun

• Kids will love this awesome Halloween potion kit!
• If your little ones love Disney, they’ll flip for this Mickey Halloween sweatshirt!
• Keep the kiddos busy for hours with this jumbo Halloween coloring poster.

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