Halloween Crafts for Toddlers

October 20, 7:14 PMSalt Lake City Parenting Toddlers ExaminerLilet Gillen

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Bat Finger Puppets

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Looking for some fun Halloween crafts to do with your toddlers? Here are some ideas for easy crafts they are sure to enjoy!

HAND PRINT GHOSTS

What You Need
White Paper
Glue
Crayons
Scissors

How To Make It
1. Trace hands on white paper and cut out hands
2. Draw a face on the ghost. The wrist part will be the ghost's head!)
You can make a chain of Ghosts, Ghosts puppets on a popsicle stick or use the Ghosts to make a Halloween Scene

WITCH HANDS

What You Need
Green Paper
Yellow Paper
Glue
Crayons or Markers
Scissors

How To Make It
1. Trace hands on Green paper and cut out hands
2. Draw and cut out Finger nails on Yellow Paper
3. Draw warts, spots, or dots on the hand.
4. Decorate the Finger nails with glitter and glue to the hands
You can make a chain of Witch hands or make Monster hands using brown papers

HAND PRINT GHOSTS and WITCH HANDS may also be made into Spooky Wreathes!

BAT FINGER PUPPETS
What You Need
Green Paper
Yellow Paper
Glue
Crayons or Markers
Scissors

How To Make It
1. Trace hands on Green paper and cut out hands
2. Draw and cut out Finger nails on Yellow Paper
3. Draw warts, spots, or dots on the hand.
4. Decorate the Finger nails with glitter and glue to the hands
You can make a chain of Witch hands or make Monster hands using brown papers

HAND PRINT GHOSTS and WITCH HANDS may also be made into Spooky Wreathes!

SPIDERS from EGG CARTONS

What You Need
Empty egg carton
Black paint
Black pipe cleaners
Googly eyes
Glue
Push pin or paper clip

How To Make It
1. Cut the cups off an empty egg carton and place them on newspaper.
2. Paint the egg carton cups, inside and out, with a coat of black paint.
3. Use the end of a paper clip or a pushpin to poke four holes along the bottom edge on one side of the cup. Poke matching holes on the opposite side of the cup. (Adults please do this!)
4. Cut four black pipe cleaners into 7-inch lengths to make the fuzzy legs,
5. Thread a pipe cleaner through one of the holes, into the cup, and out the corresponding hole on the other side. Make sure the ends protrude an equal length from both sides of the cup and bend them upward at the base of the spider's body.
6. Bend or fold the pipe cleaner legs in the opposite direction midway down the legs to create knees and bend the tips to make feet.
7. Finally, glue on googly eyes.

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