Who’s ready for Halloween?!
We certainly are around here!
One of our favorite Halloween activities around here is making crafts with the kids.
It’s a great way to spend some time together, get their creative juices flowing, and obsess over Halloween for just a little longer!
This witch popsicle stick craft is perfect for Halloween. It’s spooky, fun, and comes with a free printable template.
Use it for a Halloween party or school Halloween project!
And, if you like this idea, be sure to look through all of our easy Halloween crafts for kids.
Witch Craft Idea
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Supplies
- Popsicle sticks
- Permanent glue dots
- Paint
- Paintbrush
- Scissors
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Glue stick
- Black marker
- Witch template (enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you)
Directions
Download the witch template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
If you don’t want to use glue dots, replace them with hot glue and do the same steps as above.
Paint the popsicles sticks in 1-2 thin coats of green paint and let dry.
Begin by taking the bangs and gluing them to the top of the popsicle sticks.
Place the eyes just below the bangs and glue them in place.
Glue the witch’s collar to the dress. Next, take the black marker and draw on 3 black buttons below the collar.
Glue this dress piece to the bottom of the popsicle sticks.
Use a black marker to draw on the nose and mouth.
Position the witch’s hat at the top of the head, on top of the bangs, and glue it down.
Finish off the witch by gluing the hair to the back, top of the popsicle sticks.
You could easily slap on some magnetic tape to the back and make it a fridge magnet! We think your kids would love their project displayed where the whole family can see.
Halloween Unit For Kids
Want to add more Halloween activities around this craft? If so, keep reading below for our favorite ideas!
Reading aloud to your child can be a great way to help them learn! It also gives them a head start on school by giving them skills in language and literacy. Reading aloud can also help kids grow up to be successful readers themselves!
Because of this, we recommend starting each new unit with books.
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!
Crafting has many benefits for kids! When your kids are crafting, they learn to follow instructions, work on fine motor skills, and strengthen creativity! Those are just some of the reasons we love doing lots of crafts.
Add in some more Halloween crafts to your studies. Below are some of our favorites:
Download these Halloween I spy printables to have a fun activity for your kids this upcoming month. These pages help with visual discrimination and memory skills while also being a lot of fun! This is an awesome way for parents to spend time with their kids, too.
Get your kids in on the fun with these free Halloween coloring pages. They’re perfect to print off and keep handy so you can grab them anytime there’s a little downtime at home or in school!
This spooktacular Halloween play dough kit has all the things kids love about Halloween! This is a great sensory activity to use with preschoolers, kindergarten, and early elementary children.
Looking for a fun, easy activity to do with your kids this Halloween? These Halloween do a dot printables are perfect! They help kids work on letter and number recognition while also incorporating fine motor skills which is great for preschool and kindergarten students.
You kids will have lots of fun practicing their handwriting and learning the letter C with these candy corn worksheets. These worksheets include a handwriting page, letter maze, line maze, and dot marker pages.
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Spooky season is here and what better way to celebrate than with this delightful candy corn headband craft! This candy corn headband craft is a wonderful way for kids to improve their fine motor skills and follow instructions. The craft is simple, engaging, and easy to make!
More Halloween Ideas For Kids
Witch Popsicle Stick Craft For Kids
Make Halloween cute, not scary with this fun witch popsicle stick craft for kids!
Materials
- Popsicle sticks
- Permanent glue dots
- Paint
- Paintbrush
- Scissors
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Glue stick
- Black marker
- Witch template
Instructions
- Download the witch template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Cut a popsicle stick into thirds with the scissors. Line up 4 popsicle sticks evenly. Stretch out three glue dots to go onto the back of each of the cut popsicle sticks. Use this to secure the 4 popsicle sticks together.
- If you don't want to use glue dots, replace them with hot glue and do the same steps as above.
- Paint the popsicles sticks in 1-2 thin coats of green paint and let dry.
- Begin by taking the bangs and gluing them to the top of the popsicle sticks.
- Place the eyes just below the bangs and glue them in place.
- Glue the witch's collar to the dress. Next, take the black marker and draw on 3 black buttons below the collar.
- Glue this dress piece to the bottom of the popsicle sticks.
- Use a black marker to draw on the nose and mouth.
- Position the witch's hat at the top of the head, on top of the bangs, and glue it down.
- Finish off the witch by gluing the hair to the back, top of the popsicle sticks.
Printable Witch Template
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