Spooky Halloween Crafts
Check out our super simple, spooky halloween craft ideas that will keep your kids busy this October half term and provide a fun way for you to decorate your house.
Hanging Black Spider on Web
You will need:
Black card or paper
Paper plate
White string/wool
Googly eyes
Hole punch / scissors / glue
To make:
Cut out the centre of a paper plate.
Punch some holes around the edge of the paper plate.
Thread white string, or wool, through the holes to create a web.
Draw a spider’s body shape onto black card (or download the templated below) and cut it out, along with four thin strips.
Stick the strips onto the back of the body to make legs.
Stick on the googly eyes and glue the spider onto the web.
Cotton Bud Skeleton
You will need:
A3 black paper or card
White paper
Cotton buds
Glue / scissors
To Make:
Draw a skeleton head onto white paper (or download template below), cut it out and stick at the top of the black paper.
Colour in the eyes, nose and mouth.
Cut and stick cotton buds, below the head, in the shape of a skeleton body.
Cotton Bud Skeleton Hand
You will need:
Black card, or paper
Cotton Buds
Glue / scissors
To make:
Draw round your hand on black paper and cut out.
Cut and stick cotton buds, with craft glue, onto the hand to give an eerie bone effect.
Pumpkin and Black Cat Trick or Treat Paper Bags
You will need:
White card
Coloured card
Scissors / glue
Colouring pencils / felt tip pens
Choose from: glitter, pipe cleaners, foam shapes, sequins
To make:
Print the pumpkin bag or cat template below on white card and cut it out.
Colour the bags and decorate with glitter, foam shapes, or sequins.
Fold along the straight lines. Glue the flaps down.
Cut a long thin handle, from coloured card, and stick it on.
If you want a stronger, more durable bag, you could cut the template out of coloured felt.
Download the templates here.
Check out our other spine-tingling resources that will definitely inspire your kids during the spooky season.
Essential Writing Practice (9-13 years)
Plan, structure and organise a spooky story, called 'The Creepy House'. Take advantage of impressive vocabulary and describe the desolate, ram shackled house and it's wild, over grown garden.
Read a second story 'At The Stroke Of Midnight' and complete another spine chilling version of your own. This pack is not for the squeamish, but packed with suggestions for spooky vocabulary.
An essential series of themed prompts to help children aged 9-12 years to practise their creative writing skills. The packs include an outline to help the child plan his or her own story, article, letter or play script and examples to build on, using harder more challenging vocabulary to stretch more able pupils.
Read the prompt poem on 'Fright Night'. Write a spine chilling version to persuade your reader to join the spooky event. Next, write an article reporting on the frightful night, adding fearsome facts and odious opinions
An essential series of themed prompts to help children aged 9-12 years to practise their creative writing skills. The packs include an outline to help the child plan his or her own story, article, letter or play script and examples to build on, using harder more challenging vocabulary to stretch more able pupils.
Do you like spiders? How would you feel if a big, black spider was crawling across your bedroom floor towards you?
Read the story about the horrible, hairy spider and complete the final paragraph, winding the story up. Then, write at least three sentences to explain why you like, or don't like, spiders and snakes. Finally, imagine you are on a boat in the Everglades, Florida, and surrounded by crocodiles and alligators. Use the story planner to help you plan and structure an adventure story, in three paragraphs.
This pack includes lots of fun, themed writing prompts and activities to help children practise writing creatively. The topics appeal to all children and will encourage even the most reluctant writers.
Aimed at age 7-11.
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