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Halloween is coming up, so it’s a great time to sneak some learning in while making something festive! This witch shape craft combines holiday fun with a lesson in geometry.

Your little witches and wizards will cut out rectangles, triangles, and circles to create this seasonal character. It’s a fun way for children to recognize and name different shapes while also learning about proportions when arranging the pieces.

Getting creative is an engaging and rewarding way for kids to learn. Be sure to check out these other Halloween crafts for kids to keep the fun going!

Collage of a Halloween witch shape craft for kids. The top image shows two finished paper witches, one with a black dress and one with a purple dress, against a white wooden background with Halloween-themed fabric. The bottom image shows a pair of hands holding up the finished witch crafts.

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Easy Witch Craft For Kids

Kids will have cauldrons of fun when they create this cute paper witch by layering basic shapes like triangles for the hat, circles for the face, and rectangles for the arms and legs. Then they’ll be so excited to proudly display their new Halloween decoration either at home or in the classroom.

This Halloween shapes lesson will also help children strengthen their fine motor skills, practice hand-eye coordination, and reinforce early math concepts. Plus they can stretch their creativity as they choose the colors and assemble their witch.

Our free printable witch template makes it easy to get started on this not-too-spooky activity. To combine a seasonal celebration with some hands-on learning, grab some colored paper, scissors, and glue. It’ll be fun to see what kids can brew up this Halloween!

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Supplies

Colored cardstock or construction paper
Scissors
Glue
Marker
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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 witch to life!

Hands holding a printable paper template for a Halloween witch craft, showing outlines for the head, dress, arms, and hat.

Grab the eye pieces and glue them onto the round green head.

Hands placing eyes on a green paper witch face on a white wooden surface.

Once the eyes are in place, you can use a green marker to draw a nose on the witch’s head to finish her face.

Hands using a green marker to draw nose on a paper cutout witch head on a white wooden background.

Now, help your kid create the witch’s hair by taking a pair of scissors and cutting fringes into the bottom of the hair piece.

Hands using scissors to cut an orange piece of paper into fringes for the paper witch's hair.

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Next, take the round head and glue it to the hair.

Hands gluing a round green paper witch face onto a rectangular orange piece of paper to create the hair.

The witch needs a hat! Glue the rectangular base of the hat to the bottom edge of the hat piece.

Hands holding a folded black paper witch hat, with a green paper witch face with orange hair to the side.

Add a pop of color to the hat by gluing the hat band to the middle of the hat. Trim off the excess paper.

Hands adding a purple paper stripe to the brim of a black paper witch hat.

Now you can glue the finished hat onto the witch’s head.

Hands placing a black paper witch hat with a purple band on top of a green paper witch head with orange hair.

Help your kids dress up the witch! Glue the finished head on top of the triangular dress.

Hands putting a black paper witch hat onto the head of the paper craft.

Now for the witch’s arm. Help your little one glue the black sleeves to the black paper dress.

Hands gluing the top of a black paper dress to the back of a green paper witch head.

Glue the green arms to the back of the black sleeves, so it peeks out from behind. This little detail makes your witch really come to life!

Hands attaching the paper arm to the black paper dress and the head to the body of a Halloween paper witch craft.

You’re almost there! Lastly, help your little one glue the green paper legs to the back and bottom of the dress. Your spooky little witch is now ready for some Halloween fun!

Hands attaching the legs to the green body of a Halloween paper witch craft.

Be sure to check out more of our favorite Halloween witch crafts for kids while you’re here.

Hands holding a finished purple Halloween witch shape craft on a white wooden surface with festive fabric.

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Halloween Books For Children

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!

Two finished paper witch crafts, one with a black dress and one with a purple dress, are displayed on a white wooden surface next to scissors, glue sticks, and colored paper.

Halloween Crafts Ideas For Kids

Bat Paper Plate Craft – Your little artists will go batty for this fun project! They’ll get to break out the paint to transform a paper plate into a flying friend. Gather up a few supplies, this common kitchen item, and the kids for some Halloween fun!

Mummy Paper Cup Craft – Get wrapped up in fun when kids make this mummy that’s a little spooky and a little cute! It takes just a few simple supplies and a leftover party cup to bring this mummy to life. Kids will be excited to show off their latest Halloween decoration when they’re done!

Frankenstein Shape Craft

Mickey Mouse Halloween Paper Plate Craft – This is the perfect project for Disney lovers! Kids will make a jack-o-lantern that looks like Mickey Mouse! It’s a nod to the famous Mickey pumpkin that welcomes guests during this time of year at Disneyland.

Tissue Paper Ghost Craft – Get your ghosts and ghouls into the Halloween spirit with this fun and easy ghost made out of tissue paper! Kids will give their little finger muscles a work out when they scrunch and glue the tissue paper to create their friendly phantom.

Fun Halloween Printables

Be sure to incorporate these There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat activities into your lessons after reading this hilarious book. Kids will giggle as they remember her different snacks with each page they complete like labeling the goblin, finishing patterns, and tracing various lines.

They’ll also recognize the letter Gg for ghost and play with flashcards inspired by the story. This blend of reading, cutting, pasting, dotting, and matching will keep little learners engaged and smiling this October.

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These Halloween theme printables turn learning into a treat! Your little learners will enjoy the spooky letter mazes, completing patterns, and sharpening their handwriting skills. They’ll also get to explore color by numbers, match Frankenstein’s emotions, and read a cute Halloween book.

The candy corn play dough mats will add some hands-on fun, and the flashcards will boost their memory and vocabulary. This 25 page set of engaging pages will help build letter recognition, fine motor skills, and critical thinking while celebrating this Halloween season.

Halloween Cutting Practice Worksheets

Bring festive fun and learning together with these Halloween matching game printables. This set features classics like a black cat, pumpkin, and a witch’s hat that kids will match up when they flip the cards over.

This matching game sharpens kids’ focus, memory, and problem solving skills while also encouraging taking turns and sharing. Just print, cut, and play!

Finished witch shape craft with a purple dress, orange hair, and a black hat is lying on a white wooden background next to Halloween fabric.

This spider counting printable book turns early math into a web of fun! Preschoolers will trace the number words, count the spiders, and color the page to make each page of the book interactive.

They’ll stay engaged while strengthening counting skills, number recognition, expanding vocabulary, and fine motor control. It’s a fun and hands-on way to make math and reading exciting!

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A completed Halloween paper witch craft with a black dress and hat is on a wooden surface surrounded by scissors, glue sticks, and different colors of paper.

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