Halloween is a fun holiday filled with costumes, candy, and all things spooky! When the weather gets a little chillier and the leaves begin to turn, our thoughts turn to the spooky season.
This Halloween, make a mummy card craft that will not only delight your little ghouls and goblins but help them spread the holiday spirit to friends and family. It’s the perfect project for a not-too-spooky card that kids will absolutely love to create and share or display as a fun decoration.
The fun doesn’t stop here though! If you’re looking for more Halloween crafts for kids to make this holiday we’ve got a cauldron full of exciting ideas!
Mummy Kids Craft
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While kids are making a festive decoration or card, they’re also using their creativity, fine motor skills, and scissor skills. With a few basic materials and our easy-to-follow template, kids will be able to make their own adorable mummy card in no time.
Supplies
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Mummy template (enter your email in the form at the end of the post)
Directions
Download the mummy card craft template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
Begin by gluing the eyes to the mummy’s face. Trim off the excess paper that hangs off the face.
Next, take the face section and glue it on top of the wrapped mummy head.
Then, glue the mouth to the front of the face.
Next, glue the tongue to the bottom of the mouth.
Glue the mummy wrap to the side and back of the head.
Finally, use a marker to write a note inside your newly crafted card!
Be sure to check out all of our many fall crafts this season to keep your kids engaged in the festivities!
Ideas For Halloween
We’ve rounded up an assortment of Halloween ideas that are sure to make this holiday season a little spooky and a lot of fun for the kiddos.
Choose from a variety of books, crafts, and educational activities that mix learning with all the spooky excitement. We have several ideas to choose from, so if you’re eager to discover some of our seasonal favorites, keep reading below!
Halloween Books Ideas For 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!
Quick And Easy Halloween Crafts
Sloth Pumpkin Craft – Who says pumpkins have to be orange and round? Get ready for a fun twist on Halloween crafting as we show you how to turn a simple paper pumpkin into the cutest, most laid back sloth you’ve ever seen!
Vampire Popsicle Stick Craft – Sink your teeth into a fang-tastic craft as popsicle sticks are transformed into a vampire complete with a cape and fangs! Kids will love to add this craft to their collection of cool Halloween decorations!
Frankenstein Tissue Paper Craft – Kids can become mad scientists and create their own iconic green monster with this craft! They’ll use tissue paper to fill in the template, for a fun and easy way to celebrate Halloween! It’ll be monstrous fun your kids won’t want to miss!
Jack O’Lantern Puppet Craft – Get ready to see a spook-tacular puppet show with a Jack O’Lantern puppet! Kids will turn an ordinary paper bag into a playful pumpkin puppet that’s ready to entertain. It’s a hands-on Halloween craft that’ll have them laughing and creating memorable moments!
Halloween Activities For October
Kids can show off their inner artist this Halloween with our bat art project! This project is perfect for kids of all ages and allows them to paint a spooky scene using watercolors.
They’ll use their fine motor and cutting skills to piece together their bat masterpiece once they’re done painting. Gather up the art supplies, the template, and the family for some spooky fun and bonding as you craft together!
Use these awesome Halloween activities for kids for some holiday fun! With a whopping 23 pages to choose from, there’s something for everyone in the family.
They can use their creativity and fine motor skills with ‘finish the drawing’ printables and jumbo coloring fun, play games like Don’t Eat Pete, or complete Halloween countdown posters and spot-the-difference challenges. These activities are so entertaining that kids won’t even realize they’re learning along the way.
Turn your little ones’ handprints into adorable ghostly art with this exciting and slightly spooky handprint ghost art for kids. Transforming their handprints into friendly ghosts will bring a smile to your face.
It’s a hands-on craft that lets kids explore their artistic side and sensory play while creating a cute holiday keepsake. Grab some paint, and let’s make some ghostly handprint art that’s perfect for Halloween!
This Halloween letter hunt activity is an adventure from the catacombs for kids to learn letters! Letters from A to Z have been hidden on the friendly mummy, and it’s your kids’ job to find the matching ones.
This interactive activity is not only a blast for them but also a fantastic way to boost their letter recognition skills. Print out the activity sheets, grab the dot markers, and let the letter hunt begin for a ghoulishly great way to make learning letters fun!
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More Halloween Ideas For Kids
Mummy Card Craft For Kids
Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Mummy template
Instructions
- Download the mummy card craft template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Begin by gluing the eyes to the mummy's face. Trim off the excess paper that hangs off the face.
- Next, take the face section and glue it on top of the wrapped mummy head.
- Then, glue the mouth to the front of the face.
- Next, glue the tongue to the bottom of the mouth.
- Glue the mummy wrap to the side and back of the head.
- Finally, use a marker to write a note inside your newly crafted card!
Mummy Card Craft Template
Sam is the crafter and founder of Simple Everyday Mom. She has been featured in Oprah Mag, Good Housekeeping, The Spruce Crafts, Country Living, The Bump and more. Read more.
Norma Smith
Wednesday 11th of October 2023
I am so excited to have these to attach to the "you've been bood! treats.
Sam
Thursday 12th of October 2023
Oh, what a great idea!
Claudia
Wednesday 11th of October 2023
Thank you!
Sam
Thursday 12th of October 2023
You're very welcome! Thanks for stopping by ◡̈