(Spider crafts are on their own separate page.)
1. Super Squished Monster Craft (toddler and preschool)
Modified from https://raisinglittlesuperheroes.com
Materials:
1. White cardstock
2. Googly eyes
3. Tempera paint in variety of colors
4. Googly eyes
5. Black construction paper for mouth
6. White construction paper for teeth
7. Pom poms in variety of colors for spots
8. Pipe cleaners for arms
9. Glue gun
10. Liquid glue
11. Scissors to cut out mouth and teeth
Instructions:
1. Fold the piece of white cardstock in half.
2. Unfold the piece of paper, and pour a small amount of paint in the crease.
3. Fold the paper again and squish the paint around. Be careful that the paint doesn’t leak out of sides of the paper.
4. Unfold the paper and let the paint dry.
5. After the paint dries, glue on googly eyes.
6. Cut the mouth out of black construction construction paper, and glue on the monster. Cut teeth from the white construction paper, glue to the mouth.
1. White cardstock
2. Googly eyes
3. Tempera paint in variety of colors
4. Googly eyes
5. Black construction paper for mouth
6. White construction paper for teeth
7. Pom poms in variety of colors for spots
8. Pipe cleaners for arms
9. Glue gun
10. Liquid glue
11. Scissors to cut out mouth and teeth
Instructions:
1. Fold the piece of white cardstock in half.
2. Unfold the piece of paper, and pour a small amount of paint in the crease.
3. Fold the paper again and squish the paint around. Be careful that the paint doesn’t leak out of sides of the paper.
4. Unfold the paper and let the paint dry.
5. After the paint dries, glue on googly eyes.
6. Cut the mouth out of black construction construction paper, and glue on the monster. Cut teeth from the white construction paper, glue to the mouth.
7. If desired, add pipe cleaners for arms and pom poms for spots.
For books and songs that go with this craft, visit see my storytime plan here.
Modified craft found here.
For books and songs that go with this craft, visit see my storytime plan here.
2. Monster Hand Craft (toddler and preschool)
Modified craft found here.
Materials:
1. Various colors of construction paper (both for background and for hand)
2. Various colors of craft foam (for claws)
3. Various colors of yarn (for hair)
4. Beans and lentils (for warts and bumps)
5. Googly eyes
6. Scissors
7. Glue
8. Pencil for tracing hand
9. Option not shown: children could use Kraft Edgers scissors
*I let the children use any color of construction paper for the background as well as any color for the hand. They could also choose any color of yarn for hair as well as any color of craft foam for claws. The children also had the option of using Kraft Edgers scissors to cut out the hand once it was traced.
For stories and songs to go with this craft, visit https://storytimewithdanielle.blogspot.com/p/october-24-monsters.html.
Materials:
1. Paper towel tubes
2. Googly eyes
3. Construction paper in a variety of colors
4. Pipe cleaners in a variety of colors
5. Regular size hole punch
6. 1 inch hole punch
7. Skewer or pen to make a hole on each side for arms.
8. Paint in variety of colors
9. Brushes
10. Paper plates for paint
11. Scissors
12. Glue sticks
13. Glue gun
14. Permanent markers
Instructions
1. Cut paper towel tube to desired size.
2. Paint desired color. Let dry.
3 Glue on desired number of googly eyes.
4. Add a mouth. Cut out fangs or teeth from white construction paper if desired.
5. Use the hole punches to cut out warts or spots from desired color of consruction paper.
6. Create hair using either construction paper or pipe cleaners.
7. Create one or two holes on each side of the body for arms.
8. Select desired color of pipe cleaner for arms. Push the pipe cleaners through one hole, and then pull through the middle into the corresponding hole on the opposite side.
9. Bend and twist arms as desired.
Materials:
Materials:
1. Ghost template
2. Eyes and mouth templates
3. Cotton balls
4. Scissors
5. Glue
6. White cardstock (to run the ghost template on)
7. Black construction paper (for faces)
For stories and songs to go with this craft, visit https://storytimewithdanielle.blogspot.com/p/toddler-storytime-october-30-halloween.html.
For stories and songs to go with this craft, visit https://storytimewithdanielle.blogspot.com/p/october-24-monsters.html.
3. Paper Towel Tube Monster (preschool)
Modified idea from http://www.ourthriftyideas.com
Materials:
1. Paper towel tubes
2. Googly eyes
3. Construction paper in a variety of colors
4. Pipe cleaners in a variety of colors
5. Regular size hole punch
6. 1 inch hole punch
7. Skewer or pen to make a hole on each side for arms.
8. Paint in variety of colors
9. Brushes
10. Paper plates for paint
11. Scissors
12. Glue sticks
13. Glue gun
14. Permanent markers
Instructions
1. Cut paper towel tube to desired size.
2. Paint desired color. Let dry.
3 Glue on desired number of googly eyes.
4. Add a mouth. Cut out fangs or teeth from white construction paper if desired.
5. Use the hole punches to cut out warts or spots from desired color of consruction paper.
6. Create hair using either construction paper or pipe cleaners.
7. Create one or two holes on each side of the body for arms.
8. Select desired color of pipe cleaner for arms. Push the pipe cleaners through one hole, and then pull through the middle into the corresponding hole on the opposite side.
9. Bend and twist arms as desired.
4. Straw Blown Monsters (preschool)
Source: http://simplybessy.com
Materials:
1. Watercolor paints
2. Water
3. Brush
4. Plastic straw
5. Paper
6. Googly eyes
7. Black marker
8. Glue
Instructions:
1. Water down your chosen color of paint.
2. Drip a large blob of paint onto the paper.
3. Blow the paint out from the center of the blob in different directions.
4. Repeat with other colors of paint.
5. Let the paint dry.
6. Add as many eyes to each monster as you want.
7. Use the black marker to give each monster a mouth.
5. Frankenstein Paper Plate Craft (preschool)
I modified a craft from https://pjsandpaint.com
1. 9 inch paper plates
2. Green paint
3. Brushes
4. Black construction paper
5. Black marker
6. Green marker
7. Googly eyes
8. Sicssors
9. Glue stick
Instructions:
1. Paint one and a half paper plates green. Let dry.
2. Cut ears and a neck out of the second paper plate. Glue them to the first paper plate.
3. Cut black hair out of the black costruction paper. Glue to top of paper plate.
4. Cut two bolts out of black construction paper. Glue one to each side of his neck.
5. Cut a mouth of the black construction paper. Glue on to the papr plate.
6. Glue on two googly eyes.
7. Draw a nose with the green marker.
8. Draw a scar on his forehead. Draw other scars if desired.
6. Puffy Ghost Craft (toddler and preschool)
Modified from here.
1. Ghost template
2. Eyes and mouth templates
3. Cotton balls
4. Scissors
5. Glue
6. White cardstock (to run the ghost template on)
7. Black construction paper (for faces)
For stories and songs to go with this craft, visit https://storytimewithdanielle.blogspot.com/p/toddler-storytime-october-30-halloween.html.
7. Halloween Wreath (Preschool)
I modified an idea found here.
Materials:
1. Paper plate
2. Tissue paper in purple, orange, black, and green
3. Glue
4. Scissors (to cut out middle of plate)
5. Halloween foam stickers
6. Googly eyes
7. Black paint*
8. Paint brushes
If desired, the children can paint their paper plates black before covering with tissue paper.
1. Paper plate
2. Tissue paper in purple, orange, black, and green
3. Glue
4. Scissors (to cut out middle of plate)
5. Halloween foam stickers
6. Googly eyes
7. Black paint*
8. Paint brushes
If desired, the children can paint their paper plates black before covering with tissue paper.
For stories and songs to go with this craft, visit https://storytimewithdanielle.blogspot.com/p/opening-song-farmer-in-dell-tap-hola.html.
8. Q-tip Skeleton Craft (Preschool)
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Materials:
1. Skull clipart
2. Black construction paper
3. Scissors
4. Glue stick
5. Liquid glue
For stories and songs to go with this craft, visit https://storytimewithdanielle.blogspot.com/p/opening-song-farmer-in-dell-tap-hola.html
9. Masking Tape Mummy (toddler and preschool)
Materials:
1. Black cardstock
2. Masking tape
3. Googly eyes
4. White crayon
5. Scissors
Steps:
1. Print off copy of template.
2. Cut out template.
3. Trace onto black cardstock using white crayon.
4. Cut or hang strips of tape on table for child to use.
5. Allow child to place strips of tape on outline of body as desired.
6. When he or she is finished, cut out mummy on lines.
7. Glue on googly eyes.
Materials:
1. Print off copy of template.
2. Cut out template.
3. Trace onto black cardstock using white crayon.
4. Cut or hang strips of tape on table for child to use.
5. Allow child to place strips of tape on outline of body as desired.
6. When he or she is finished, cut out mummy on lines.
7. Glue on googly eyes.
10. Yarn Jack-o'-lantern Art (Preschool)
Source: http://www.housingaforest.com/yarn-pumpkins/
 
Back of pumpkin
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6. Water
7. Bowls for glue
8. Pumpkin template from onelittleproject.com
9. Black construction paper
1. Place a pumpkin template underneath a sheet of wax paper. You can tape the wax paper to the paper to keep them together.
2. Pour the glue into a shallow tray. Add a little water to the glue.
3. Roll the strand of yarn around in the glue mixture until it is fully covered.
4. Layer the yarn inside the pumpkin template until the template is completely covered.
5. Repeat process with green string for the stem. Add extra glue where the green and orange strings touch.
6. Cut out a simple face from black construction paper or use a face template. Place eyes and mouth onto the wet string.
7. Let it dry for a couple of days. Carefully peel off the wax paper.
See source for pictures of process.
Materials:
1. Blue construction paper for background
2. Various colors of construction paper for house, windows, and door (Most children chose black, brown, or purple construction paper for the house.)
3. Ghost, bats, and jack-o'-lantern template
4. Witch, mummy, and skeleton clip art
5. Markers
6. Glue stick
7. Scissors
Note*: Model and explain how to cut a triangle for the roof and rectangles for the chimney and base of house.
Instructions:
1. Cut out the pieces that make the house and glue them on the background paper. If desired, you can trace roof template included on the template with the ghosts and bats.
2. Cut out square or round windows and glue these on.
3. Choose desired color for door. Cut out and glue on.
4. Choose Halloween characters to add to house. Color, cut, and glue these on.
Material:
1. 9 inch paper plate
2. Green tempera paint
3. Paint brush
4. Googly eyes
5. Black construction paper for hat
6. Orange construction paper for hair
7. Red marker
8. Black marker
9. Scissors
10. Glue stick
11. Small paper plate or cup for paint
Instructions:
1. Paint paper plate green. Let dry.
2. Cut a nose out of a second paper plate. Paint green, and let dry.
3. Trace both hands onto orange construction paper. Cut out.
3. Cut out a three to four inch rectangle of orange construction paper. Cut slits in rectangle to create bangs.
4. Glue bangs to top of paper plate with one hand on each side for hair.
5. Cut out a pointed hat from the black construction paper. Glue rim of hat to orange hair.
6. Glue on two googly eyes.
7. Glue nose to middle of paper plate.
8. Add a red mouth.
9. Draw one or two warts on face.
7. Bowls for glue
8. Pumpkin template from onelittleproject.com
9. Black construction paper
1. Place a pumpkin template underneath a sheet of wax paper. You can tape the wax paper to the paper to keep them together.
2. Pour the glue into a shallow tray. Add a little water to the glue.
3. Roll the strand of yarn around in the glue mixture until it is fully covered.
4. Layer the yarn inside the pumpkin template until the template is completely covered.
5. Repeat process with green string for the stem. Add extra glue where the green and orange strings touch.
6. Cut out a simple face from black construction paper or use a face template. Place eyes and mouth onto the wet string.
7. Let it dry for a couple of days. Carefully peel off the wax paper.
See source for pictures of process.
11. Coffee Filter Jack-o'-Lantern (toddler and preschool)
Two ways to do it:
1. https://happyhooligans.ca (using liquid watercolors)
Materials:
1. Coffee filters
2. Green construction paper (for stem)
4. Liquid watercolors or watercolor paints in red, yellow, and orange (1st option)
5. Red, orange, and yellow watercolor markers and a spray bottle of water (2nd option)
6. Blow dryer (to quickly dry coffee filter)
7. Scissors
8. Glue stick
Note: Using watercolor paints with water works just as well as using liquid watercolors. Simply spray the coffee filter with water before starting to paint.
Instructions:
1. Decide on desired method.
2. Refer to the website that uses that method.
Materials:
12. Sponge Painted Jack-o'-lantern (toddler and preschool)
1. 9 inch by 16 inch paper
2. Orange tempera paint
3. Green tempera paint
4. Sponges
6. Plates for paints
7. Black construction paper
9. Scissors
10. Glue stick
Notes:
1. Print out copies of template.
2. Children can either cut out their own faces for their pumpkins using black construction paper or choose one from the template.
13. Easy Haunted House Craft (preschool)
1. Blue construction paper for background
2. Various colors of construction paper for house, windows, and door (Most children chose black, brown, or purple construction paper for the house.)
3. Ghost, bats, and jack-o'-lantern template
4. Witch, mummy, and skeleton clip art
5. Markers
6. Glue stick
7. Scissors
Note*: Model and explain how to cut a triangle for the roof and rectangles for the chimney and base of house.
Instructions:
1. Cut out the pieces that make the house and glue them on the background paper. If desired, you can trace roof template included on the template with the ghosts and bats.
2. Cut out square or round windows and glue these on.
3. Choose desired color for door. Cut out and glue on.
4. Choose Halloween characters to add to house. Color, cut, and glue these on.
14. Paper Plate Witch Craft (preschool)
Combined elments of a craft from https://www.craftymorning.com with one from https://iheartcraftythings.com
1. 9 inch paper plate
2. Green tempera paint
3. Paint brush
4. Googly eyes
5. Black construction paper for hat
6. Orange construction paper for hair
7. Red marker
8. Black marker
9. Scissors
10. Glue stick
11. Small paper plate or cup for paint
Instructions:
1. Paint paper plate green. Let dry.
2. Cut a nose out of a second paper plate. Paint green, and let dry.
3. Trace both hands onto orange construction paper. Cut out.
3. Cut out a three to four inch rectangle of orange construction paper. Cut slits in rectangle to create bangs.
4. Glue bangs to top of paper plate with one hand on each side for hair.
5. Cut out a pointed hat from the black construction paper. Glue rim of hat to orange hair.
6. Glue on two googly eyes.
7. Glue nose to middle of paper plate.
8. Add a red mouth.
9. Draw one or two warts on face.
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