Torn Paper Ghost Craft For Kids (Free PDF Template)

If the kids want to help decorate for spooky season or you’re simply trying to keep little hands busy, this simple torn paper ghost craft is a perfect fit! It’s a low prep activity that’s big on creativity and fun, making it ideal for home or the classroom.

Your little ones will tear and glue pieces of paper to create their own adorable ghost, complete with a witchy hat that adds some magical charm. 

Plan some more spooky fun by exploring our collection of Halloween crafts for kids. There are lots of festive ideas to get them excited and looking forward to the holiday this October.

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This torn paper craft helps kids develop fine motor skills, bilateral hand coordination, and practice patience. Plus, they’ll love seeing their ghostly friend come to life with every piece they glue!

To get this Halloween activity ready, just download and print the free template and gather your supplies. Kids will be thrilled to show off their new piece of art, whether it’s on the fridge or in the classroom!

Supplies

• Colored cardstock or construction paper
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Marker
• Ghost template (unlock the free template at the end of the post)

Directions

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

First, guide your child to spread the glue over a section of the ghost background paper.

To create the ghost, tear the white paper into small pieces and begin gluing them onto the background paper.

Next, help your child to glue the hat to the top portion of the body.

Place the hat band on the hat and glue it in place.

Now, glue the outer buckle to the center of the hat band.

Glue the inner buckle inside the outer buckle.

Position the eyes below the hat and glue them in place.

Next, glue the mouth below the eyes.

Finally, encourage your child to draw the cheeks on the side of the mouth.

Be sure to check out our torn paper crafts while you’re here! There are so many fun ideas!

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Halloween Ideas For Kids

Looking for more spooktacular ways to keep the kids entertained this October? We’ve got you covered with fun projects and educational activities that sneak in some learning. Your little ghosts and ghouls will love to get creative with hands-on DIYs and learn with engaging activities with a festive twist.

Plus, we’ve rounded up some new books perfect for cozying up with a good Halloween story! Read on below for ideas that will keep the kids excited, learning, and having fun all month long!

Halloween Books 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!

Halloween Crafts For School

Mummy Paper Cup Craft – This cute and not-too-spooky mummy made out of a paper cup is perfect for getting kids into the Halloween spirit! They’ll enjoy wrapping and designing their own mummies while sharpening fine motor skills.

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Tissue Paper Ghost – Your little ghosts and ghouls will have a blast pasting tissue paper onto our ghost template to make this friendly ghost. It’s fun and easy to make and will add a charming touch to your Halloween decor.

Bat Card Craft – Let’s spread some Halloween cheer with a bat-tastic card! Kids will love creating their own bat shaped cards that are perfect for sending spooky wishes to someone special or to use as charming decorations for the festivities.

Frankenstein Shape Craft – This monster making activity is shaping up to be a lot of fun. Kids will create Frankenstein’s monster using different shapes for a fantastic way to celebrate Halloween while sharpening shape recognition and fine motor skills.

Halloween Activities For Kids

With Halloween approaching, you may be looking for festive and fun activities for your kiddos. Start off with the festive story, then incorporate these Room on the Broom worksheets.

After enjoying the adventures of a friendly witch and her cat, keep the fun going with these engaging worksheets and flashcards! They’ll help kids develop fine motor skills, recognize patterns, practice writing and recognizing the letter D, and boost their vocabulary.

Kids will have some batty Halloween fun with this easy bat art project! They’ll love using watercolors to paint a spooky night sky, complete with a glowing moon, a haunted house, and bats flying overhead.

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After painting, they’ll cut out each piece and glue everything into place to create their very own bat-tastic masterpiece. It’s a perfect way for young artists to unleash their creativity while painting, cutting, and crafting a fun Halloween scene!

These candy corn pattern worksheets are a sweet and simple way to mix Halloween fun with learning! Preschoolers and kindergartners will love recognizing patterns and refining fine motor skills while cutting and pasting candy corn squares that are next in the pattern.

This no-prep activity also teaches kids how to use scissors and glue properly. Each time they snip and stick, they strengthen their little hands.

This creepy crawly Halloween sensory bin is perfect for some not so spooky fun! It’s filled with dried beans, glittery foam balls, googly eyes, and creepy crawlies for a hands-on delight for kids. They’ll love scooping, sorting, and exploring while building fine motor skills and sparking creativity.

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It only takes five minutes to set up, and this festive bin will have preschoolers enjoying some Halloween magic!

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