Cardboard Tube Monsters Halloween Craft

Warming up for Halloween with these cute little monsters :)

This Halloween is special. Why? Because my daughter is now two years old and this is the first Halloween where she can actually understand and participate in all the Halloween hoopla!

Now, she is too young for the seriously spooky things so I decided to introduce Halloween to her with these cute little cardboard tube craft monsters!

She knows that humans have two eyes, no horns, and regular teeth. So, seeing these outliers (one or three eyes, horns, saw-shaped teeth), she immediately gathered she was looking at some weird creatures that we happen to call monsters.

But, since they look funny and harmless she had a great time making this craft and then playing with these little new friends of her.

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Halloween Black Cats Craft

Cute & Harmless Black Cat Halloween Craft

Almost every culture has some evil myths associated with black cats. But, in this modern age, can one really believe these cute & harmless cats are evil? No! They are just cute cats like all cats of any color or any animal of any color.

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In fact, since they are so stunning, magnificent and awe-inspiring, especially with their glowing eyes at night, they just make a great prop to evoke feelings of mythical and supernatural. So, here's to loving black cats and enjoying their specialness this Halloween.

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HOW TO MAKE BLACK CATS CRAFT?

SUPPLIES:

• Black Cats Template
• Paper Plate (1)
• Cardstock Paper (black, gray, orange)
• Craft Stick (1)
• Paint (blue)
• Scissor
• Black Marker
• Paper cutter
• Glue
• Tape (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Paint the paper plate blue and let it dry.

2. Cut out a circle from gray paper to make the moon.

3. Cut out cat silhouettes from black paper.  You can also download and print the black cat template and then color them black.

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Pigeon Pumpkin Decoration

For a great pumpkin challenge at our daughter's school, we converted the pumpkin to our daugter's favorite book character - Pigeon from Mo. Willems book. She absolutely loved making her favorite pigeon.

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Pumpkin Emotions Halloween Craft for Kids

Nothing is more synonymous with Halloween than the super expressive pumpkins. With their cut-out eyes, nose and mouth, they convey the fun yet scary emotions understandable by even the youngest children.

We thought it would be educational to focus on how small shape variations in eyes and mouth can convey emotions as wide as smiling and scary. So, we made this Pumpkin Emotions Craft for Halloween with a twisted personality!

Be careful folks - one second it’s smiling & cute and in the other menacing & scary!

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Halloween Bat Craft

Halloween is around the corner and its time for some spooky fun. Bats are right there as one of the most popular Halloween paraphernalia and it was a blast creating these super cool bat craft with my toddler.

This easy halloween craft made using spoon will also make a fun DIY Halloween decoration.

Spooky is fine, but who said Bats can't also be cute?

RELATED >> SPOON GRINCH 

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HOW TO MAKE BAT CRAFT?

MATERIALS:
Bat Template (Optional)
Black Spoon
Wiggle Eyes
Cardstock Paper (Black, Gray)
Tissue Paper (Pink)
Glue
Scissor

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Halloween Spider Craft

"Itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the waterspout...", is one of the first poems that a baby hears and learns. Little do they know that the spiders they so love are such great spooky icons for Halloween!

Did you know that Spiders are not insects? They are their own category called arachnids. And, while they have obtained a scary reputation, they are actually really fascinating little creatures. Their magical powers include weaving spider silk, which is considered to be stronger than steel with the same dimensions.

RELATED: HALLOWEEN BAT CRAFT

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Bat Craft for Kids

Here is another cute craft added to our list of paper plate crafts. Technically, we have not used a paper plate for this craft but the paper plate scrap I have been saving after all the paper plate projects we did in the past. Do you save paper scrap for future projects?

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50+ Halloween Crafts for Kids

Halloween is a time for so much fun for kids. So many fun activities can be done, where do you start? Well, if craft decor and DIY is on your mind, we have curated 50+ best Halloween kids crafts just for you.

Halloween crafts can be made with such a great diversity, it can get overwhelming to decide. There are monsters, spiders, cats, bats, witches and pumpkins.  The best way is to just go ahead and make one of each kind!

We selected easy Halloween crafts for preschoolers and toddlers to make. We think that these are equally fun Halloween crafts for teens and tweens too! Each Halloween arts and crafts project is accompanied with detailed step-by-step instructions so you can get started straight away.

So go ahead! Browse through our selection of quick and easy DIY Halloween craft ideas and pick your favourite projects for this holiday season to make at home or classroom.

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Easy Origami Cat

Kids love animals and also animal crafts. My daughter is always ready to make her favorite animals.

We are introducing Origami to our daughter. Her grandmom is helping her make her favorite origami animals using this fun paper folding technique.

Sometime back we made this cute Origami Bunny and here is another easy origami for kids - Origami Cat Craft.

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Since Halloween is around the corner, we made this black cat origami craft too. Isn't it adorable?

If you're looking for more ideas for Halloween, do check out our 50+ Halloween Crafts for Kids.

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DIY Pete The Cat Costume For Kids

“Buttons come and buttons go. Does Pete Cry? Goodness no!”

This year our daughter was old enough to decide about her own Halloween costume. So when asked, she immediately shouted “Pete the Cat”. No surprise, Pete The Cat is one of the cooler animated characters going around in her circles. We knew she had a special affection for Pete when we visited comic con in our local library and the only masked character she clicked a photo with was Pete the Cat!

As parents, we love Pete the Cat too. His stories are funny yet all about useful life-skills such as playing with everyone, taking it easy in life and enjoying life. Those are probably the most important lessons we can impart to our children. Happiness should come first.

So, now, how do you make our kid look like Pete? We decided to get her in yellow and blue covers (jeans, cardigan and t-shirt), craft four groovy buttons and a simple mask cut-out for Pete’s face and eyes. The result turned out to be cool. This quickly became the new favorite toy for some days to go.

Enjoy making this costume craft with your little one and see them pick up some life skills on the side.

Happy Crafting!

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Scarecrow Fall and Halloween Craft

Children have a special fascination for surprise acts. Consider Peek-a-boo, such a simple surprise act but never fails to evoke a squeal of laughter - again and again.

One other such surprise act and now our tots favorite toy, is the spring-a-surprise box toy. Since making this, our toddler has sprung the surprise on us parents countless times never getting tired and laughing like a riot.

So for this Halloween, go make your own spring-a-surprise craft and watch your kids have a lot of fun. If you like the scarecrow, you can follow the instructions below to get yours made in under 30 minutes.

Happy Scare-crowing!

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Super Fun & Easy Halloween Crafts For Kids

Who said Halloween crafts have to be scary? We have cute crafts for almost all the Halloween paraphernalia popular with kids.

Here goes our spooktacular list of Halloween crafts. I am sure you will enjoy making them with your kids.

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Jack-O-Lantern Paper Pumpkins

Here's an easy and cute pumpkin craft for Halloween.. You might also like to check our fun Halloween Spider and cool Halloween Bats crafts.

A Jack-o-lantern is a carved pumpkin lantern, associated with the holiday of Halloween. 

It was amusing to see my daughter playing with these cute pumpkin lanterns as finger puppets. Aren't these fun little finger puppets for toddlers?

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HOW TO MAKE JACK-O-LANTERN PUMPKINS?

SUPPLIES:

Cardstock Paper
Stapler
Glue Stick
Scissor
Pencil
Ruler

BEHIND THE SCENE STEPS:

1. Cut out a strip of orange paper (~2.5"-3" width) and draw a line dividing the paper into 2:3 ratio. Drawn vertical lines approx 0.5" apart as shown below.

2. Cut along the vertical lines.

3. Staple or glue the vertical cutouts to the opposite end of the paper strip as shown below.

4. Cut the required paper strip to make a circular shape for pumpkin as shown below.

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Halloween Witch Craft

"When witches go riding and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and whispers, 'tis near Halloween"

These lines are so true. Halloween and witches go hand in hand. Witches are one of the most traditional mysterious creatures associated with Halloween.

So, how can we go without crafting one?

Heres witching you all a very happy Halloween in advance!

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HOW TO MAKE HALLOWEEN WITCH CRAFT?

SUPPLIES

Cardstock Paper (black, green, yellow)

Popsicle Stick (1, green)

Cupcake Liner (2)

Toothpick (1)

Thread (black, ivory)

Black Marker

Glue

Scissor

Tape

BEHIND THE SCENE STEPS

1. Cut out the shape for hat, hands, nose, face, and eyes. Make eyeballs with a black pen.

2. My daughter scribbled on white cupcake liners to make the black dress. You can also use black liners if you have them.

3. Glue eyes, nose, and hat to the face. Make mouth with a black pen.

4. Glue face to the popsicle stick. 

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