If you have young children, or you work with preschoolers, the start of fall probably makes you think of fall crafts and activities you can do with the kids. Pumpkins, ghosts, and spider crafts are perfect for the season. When it comes to preschool Halloween crafts, these are three of our favorites.
3 Preschool Halloween Crafts
Skip the scary crafts. These Halloween crafts are perfect for preschoolers.
Funny Faced Pumpkins
Materials Needed:
- Orange Construction Paper
- Old Magazines
- Scissors and Gluesticks
This one is so simple. Cut a variety of pumpkin shapes from orange construction paper. Then add eyes, noses, and mouths that you’ve cut out from magazines. For toddlers and preschoolers I recommend cutting out eyes, noses, and mouths ahead of time so they have a selection to choose from. Older kids can flip through magazine pages and cut out their own items.
Related Post: Jack O’ Lantern Collages at Reading Confetti
Pop Up Pumpkin
Materials Needed:
- Craft Sticks
- Orange Construction Paper
- Paper Cups
- Halloween Stickers
- Scissors and Gluesticks
This preschool Halloween craft is one of our favorites.
To begin with, cut a small slit (large enough to slide the craft stick through) at the bottom of your paper cup. This is a step for the adult to do.
Cut out a small pumpkin shape from the orange construction paper. This can be decorated with a Jack’O Lantern face if desired. Glue the pumpkin to one end of the craft stick.
Use stickers to decorate the paper cup. Stick the end of the craft stick into the paper cup’s slit, and pull the pumpkin down into the cup. Your child can pull the pumpkin up and down with the stick so it hides in the cup and then pops up. So fun!
Purple People Eater Puppet
Materials Needed:
- Craft Sticks
- Purple Construction Paper
- Other Colors of Construction Paper
- Wiggly Eyes
- Markers
- Scissors and Gluestick
After listening to the Kidz Bop Halloween CD
Just like in the song, you need one eye, one horn and wings (from construction paper) for your flying purple people eater. Cut simple monster shapes from purple construction paper. Have your child glue on wings, horn, wiggly eye and use the markers to add a face to their monster.
To turn it into a puppet, glue it onto a craft stick. It’s perfect for acting out the classic song.
We had so much fun with these preschool Halloween crafts. I hope you will, too.
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Jaimi@The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide says
Those pumpkin faces are so funny! What a nice and simple but fun activity!
Natalie F says
This is a great series of party crafts for kindergarteners. I hope you party was a success. Thanks for sharing with Afterschool – I will be adding this post to my host round up next Monday
OneMommy says
Thank you!
Hope it inspires a few fun crafts at other kindergarten parties this year!
OneMommy says
I bet she’d love picking her own facial features out of the magazine to use!
Anna@The Measured Mom says
Love those pumpkin faces!! Thanks for sharing with the After School crowd. 🙂
Ginny Marie says
Cute! The pop-up pumpkin reminds me of a groundhog project we do. And I love those jack-o-lanterns!
OneMommy says
Love the idea of a ground hog one for Ground Hog’s Day! I’ll have to remember that!
Pinkoddy says
It’s great having an October baby isn’t it – some great creations there.
OneMommy says
Love my October girl! 🙂
Karen @ Raising Little Superheroes says
Those pumpkin faces are so funny! I would have never thought about cutting faces out of old magazines but that is such a great idea. Thank you for sharing at the #Made4Kids Link Party!
Kim says
Love the idea of using old magazines to make faces! It makes for some interesting faces 🙂 Thanks for sharing at Made for Kids!
OneMommy says
So simple and the kids love how they turn out!