Halloween is a holiday celebrated each year on October 31, and Halloween 2024 will occur on Thursday, October 31. The tradition originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honour all saints. Soon, All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain.
The evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a day of activities like trick-or-treating, carving jack-o-lanterns, festive gatherings, donning costumes and eating treats.
This makes it the perfect theme for some great craft activities that you can do at home. Whether you want to create the perfect pumpkin, create some homemade costumes or just do some simple paper crafts we have some great ideas to get you started.
Just starting?
If you need to get some supplies then there are a few options available where you can get the craft ideas but also order everything that you need from one place. Hobby Craft and Baker Ross offer some great ideas and also provide you with everything that you need.
Pinterest is another great place to start for those who want some simple ideas and downloadable resources. This short video will show you how to make a fantastic Paper Pumpkin, or you could try this simple Flying Bat with flapping wings!
This one will take you back to childhood as you create a simple Paper craft with a Halloween twist! If you want something really easy then utilise the many clipart images that you can download and utilise them to make cards, mobiles, other hanging decorations and cards.
Paper Crafts For Kids (and adults who are young at heart!)
How to make 6 easy crafts for Halloween with kids or is a simple way to get creative as a family and create some homemade decorations for the house. This video includes:
- paper spider craft
- moving spider craft
- pompom spider craft
- Halloween paper lantern
- paper bat craft
- paper Jack O'Lantern
Educational Links
If you are looking for something for the classroom, an educational project to do at home or just some simple home decorations then Twinkl have some great ideas for you in this video.
Follow up with the following resources:
Witch's Brew Maths Activity 👉 https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/120rvf
Halloween-themed activities for kids 👉 https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/bg33s
Something More Traditional
10 Awesome Halloween Pumpkin Carving Ideas is a compilation video of some great design ideas that you could try to create the perfect pumpkin design.
Something a bit more challenging?
60 cool Halloween crafts that are easy all of the way up to special skills (like quilting) required can be found at Dream A Little Bigger. Ideas include this complex Punch Needle Spiders Web and this decorative Haunted Mansion Wreath. There are videos for each craft as well as a list of all the materials you need and some handy images that you can use to copy or inspire your own design.
Whatever you try and do, have fun and remember everyone’s craft is completely unique to them. Don’t worry if your craft is not ‘perfect’. It doesn’t have to look exactly like the ones in the videos or images posted online. In fact it’s probably better if it looks completely different and therefore creates your own great design!
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