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Costume Accessories

How to Make a Cloak Without Sewing (No-Sew Cloak and Hooded Cape)

Make a cloak without sewing: a no-cut blanket cloak, a fleece half-circle cloak and a hood tied on with fringe knots, plus safe neck closures for kids.

Halloween Food

Edible Halloween Crafts Kids Can Make (and Eat)

Eight edible Halloween crafts kids can make and eat: banana ghosts, clementine pumpkins, cracker spiders, pretzel broomsticks and more, with safety tips.

Free Printables

Free Printable Halloween Crafts: Templates, Silhouettes and Labels

Every free printable Halloween craft on the site in one place: silhouettes, templates, banner letters, door signs and potion labels, plus printing tips.

Decorations

How to Store Halloween Decorations So They Last for Years

How to pack away Halloween decorations so they last: sorting, cleaning, the best boxes, and storage tips for wreaths, costumes, lights and crafts.

Felt and Fabric Crafts

Felt Halloween Finger Puppets: Ghost, Pumpkin, Bat and Cat

Make felt Halloween finger puppets with simple shapes: a ghost, pumpkin, bat, black cat and witch. Sewn or glued, with sizing tips and easy stitches.

Decorations

Glow-in-the-Dark Halloween Crafts: 6 Easy Projects

Six easy glow-in-the-dark Halloween crafts, from glowing ghost jars to spooky eyes in the bushes, plus tips to make glow paint shine brighter.

Crafts for Kids

Paper Plate Halloween Masks Kids Can Make

Make paper plate Halloween masks with kids: a pumpkin, black cat, bat, ghost and friendly monster, with simple steps and tips for safe eye holes.

Decorations

How to Make DIY Potion Bottles for Halloween Decor

Turn old jars and bottles into spooky potion bottles: clean them, age the glass, fill them with colored liquids or dry ingredients, then cork and label them.

Crafts for Kids

Painted Halloween Rocks: Easy Designs and Tips That Last

Paint Halloween rocks that last: how to pick and prep stones, the best paints and sealers, and easy pumpkin, ghost, monster and spider designs for all ages.

Crafts for Kids

Halloween Sensory Bin Ideas for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Seven Halloween sensory bin ideas for toddlers and preschoolers, from pumpkin oats to a spider web rescue, with fillers, safety tips and easy clean-up advice.

Crafts for Kids

Egg Carton Halloween Crafts: Bats, Spiders and Little Monsters

Turn cardboard egg cartons into bats, spiders, monsters and a pumpkin garland. Easy Halloween crafts for kids with simple steps and a supply list.

Wands

How to Make a Wizard Wand with Chopsticks and Hot Glue

Turn a wooden chopstick into a wizard wand with hot glue swirls, paint and a little dry brushing. Easy steps, design ideas and safety tips for kids.

Costume Accessories

The Best Fabric for a Cloak or Cape (and What to Avoid)

Fleece, velvet, cotton, satin or wool? Compare the best fabrics for a Halloween cloak or cape, how much you need, and which ones are easiest to sew.

Costume Accessories

How to Make a Witch's Broom from Twigs and a Stick

Make a rustic witch's broom for a costume or porch display using a garden stick, a bundle of twigs and twine. Step-by-step, with tips to make it last.

Costume Accessories

How to Make a Witch Hat from Felt or Card

Make a witch hat from felt or card with one cone and one brim. Simple measuring, a no-sew option, and ideas for bending the tip and decorating it.

Crafts for Kids

How to Make Coffee Filter Ghosts: Easy Kids Craft

Learn how to make coffee filter ghosts: an easy, low-cost Halloween craft for kids, plus ideas for ghost garlands, glowing ghosts and window decorations.

Crafts for Kids

How to Host a Halloween Craft Party for Kids

How to host a Halloween craft party for kids: planning, easy craft stations, a sample schedule, spooky snacks, safety tips and take-home favors.

Craft Tutorial

How to Make Mason Jar Halloween Lanterns

How to make mason jar Halloween lanterns step by step: painted jack-o'-lantern jars, mummy jars and tissue paper luminaries lit safely with LED tea lights.

Pumpkins

No-Carve Pumpkin Decorating Ideas for Halloween

Easy no-carve pumpkin decorating ideas for Halloween: painted faces, decoupage, push pins, yarn and foam monsters. Safe for kids and longer-lasting.

Crafts for Kids

Salt Dough Halloween Ornaments: Recipe and Ideas

Make salt dough Halloween ornaments with a simple 3-ingredient recipe. Includes baking and air-drying times, painting tips and spooky decoration ideas.

Crafts for Kids

Toilet Paper Roll Halloween Crafts for Kids

Easy toilet paper roll Halloween crafts for kids: bats, mummies, black cats, monsters, owls and glowing eyes, made from cardboard tubes and simple supplies.

Craft Tutorial

Make Your Own Halloween Fairy Door Craft

Make your own Halloween fairy door craft: turn a plain wooden fairy door into a witch house with paint and altered art techniques, step by step.

Banners and Garlands

How to Make a Spider Web Halloween Banner

How to make a spider web Halloween banner using cutting dies, spiderweb doilies or paper webs, for spooky cobweb decorations that hang well.

Craft Tutorial

Chocolate Orange Cupcakes: Halloween Treats

Chocolate orange cupcakes for Halloween: zesty orange buttercream on rich chocolate cupcakes, in classic Fall colors for party treats.

Craft Tutorial

How to Make a Perler Bead Spider Web Pattern

Make a Perler bead spider web on a hexagon pegboard: lay three spokes, add two rings of beads, then iron. Hang it as decor or use it as a cupcake topper.

Craft Tutorial

Hairy Hobbit Feet Cookies for Halloween

How to make feet cookies: cut vanilla sugar cookies with a foot cutter, pipe chocolate toenails and add grated chocolate hair. A fun Halloween bake.

Craft Tutorial

How to Make a Zombie Cookies Recipe for Halloween

A zombie cookies recipe for Halloween: gruesome zombie feet cookies with marbled fondant skin and festering sores for spooky themed parties.

Craft Tutorial

How to Make a Pumpkin Fairy House Craft

How to make a pumpkin fairy house craft for Halloween, step by step with photos, from carving windows and a door to fantasy finishing touches.

Costume Accessories

How to Make Skull Earrings With Perler Beads

How to make skull earrings with Perler beads. An easy fused bead jewelry craft for adults and older children, with pattern and finishing tips.

Craft Tutorial

How to Hollow Out a Pumpkin for Halloween

How to hollow out a pumpkin for Halloween the easy way: tools, cutting the lid, scooping and thinning the walls ready for carving or decorating.

Crafts for Kids

Pirate Origami Projects and Paper Crafts

Pirate origami projects and paper crafts for Halloween and pirate parties: fold paper ships, boats, treasure chests, parrots and more.

Halloween Food

7 Quick and Easy Halloween Cupcake Ideas

7 quick and easy Halloween cupcake ideas for Fall parties, with simple decorating techniques for eerie-looking treats anyone can make.

Free Printables

Free No Trick or Treating Signs Printable

Free printable 'No Trick or Treating' signs for Halloween. Polite, friendly signs to display when you don't want trick-or-treaters to call.

Decorations

The Princess Bride Halloween Potion Bottle Labels

Free printable Princess Bride potion bottle labels, including Iocane Powder and Miracle Max's pill, for a Halloween apothecary display.

Decorations

Free Printable You've Been Booed Poem Sign

Free printable 'You've Been Booed' poem signs for booing your neighbors at Halloween, with ideas for filling a fun Boo treat basket.

Craft Tutorial

Halloween Free Flying Lessons Witch Printable

A free 'Flying Lessons' witch printable for Halloween. Print this fun sign for your door, broomstick display or witch-themed party decor.

Craft Tutorial

Halloween Perler Bead Patterns and Ideas

Six easy Halloween Perler bead patterns: a jack-o'-lantern, an eyeball, a skull, a spider web, candy corn and a witch owl, with tips for ironing fused beads.

Craft Tutorial

How to Make Paper Spider Webs Kids Craft

How to make a paper spider web: fold a paper circle, cut narrow notches along the edges and open it out. Easy Halloween craft for kids aged 3 and up.

Crafts for Kids

Very Easy to Make Pirate Cupcakes

How to make very easy and quick pirate cupcakes for a pirate-themed Halloween party or birthday, with simple decorating ideas anyone can follow.

Crafts for Kids

Harry Potter Coloring Pages Online Free Printables

A list of websites with free Harry Potter coloring pages to print and color in: a relaxing activity for kids and Potter fans before Halloween.

Craft Kits

Halloween Foam Craft Kits for Kids

Halloween foam craft kits for kids: easy, mess-free activities for the run up to October 31st, with ideas for different ages and themes.

Decorations

Cool Ideas on Decorating a Mirror for Halloween

Cool ideas for decorating a mirror for Halloween, with DIY projects and inspiration to give mirrors a spooky makeover on a budget.

Fantasy

Luna Lovegood Quotes from the Harry Potter Books

Luna Lovegood's best quotes from Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows, with ideas for Ravenclaw-themed Halloween crafts and signs.

Craft Kits

Fun Halloween Craft Kits for Kids to Enjoy

Fun Halloween craft kits for kids to enjoy indoors, with ideas for different ages and tips on picking kits that keep children busy and creative.

Fantasy

Best Severus Snape Quotes from Harry Potter

The most famous Severus Snape quotes, book by book, from "Always" to "Turn to page 394", plus ideas for using his lines on Halloween signs and cards.

Halloween Food

Halloween Dip Bowls and Serving Dips Ideas

Halloween dip bowls and serving ideas for Fall and Thanksgiving parties, from pumpkin bowls to spooky platters for savory snacks and dips.

Costume Accessories

Mask Craft Kits for Kids this Halloween

Mask craft kits for kids this Halloween: ideas for making and decorating fun costume masks, with tips on choosing kits for different ages.

Costume Accessories

How to Make a Hood for a Cloak or Cape Tutorial

Make a hood for a cloak or cape without a pattern: take three easy measurements, draw the hood shape on folded fabric, then sew it. Photos for each step.

Craft Kits

Fun Halloween Felt Applique Kits by Bucilla

A guide to fun Halloween felt applique kits by Bucilla: designs, what each kit includes and tips for stitching them in time for October 31st.

Cutouts and Silhouettes

How to Make a Butterfly Silhouette Template

How to make a butterfly silhouette template you can trace around again and again, with tips on symmetry, card choice and cutting neatly.

Craft Kits

Felt Applique Wreath Kits for Fall and Thanksgiving

Bucilla felt applique wreath kits for Fall and Thanksgiving: what the kits include and tips for stitching a detailed seasonal door wreath.

Decorations

How to Make a Wire Wreath Frame from a Hanger

How to make a wire wreath frame from a coat hanger, step by step. A cheap, satisfying way to make your own base for DIY wreaths.

Decorations

Making Wreaths for Halloween with Mesh

Ideas for making Halloween wreaths with deco mesh to welcome trick-or-treaters, plus tips on colors, frames and spooky embellishments.

Free Printables

Free Halloween Potion Bottle Labels to Print

Free printable Halloween potion bottle labels with an aged parchment look. Print, cut and stick them on jars and bottles for a spooky apothecary shelf.

Craft Tutorial

How to Make a Cardboard Wreath Form

How to make a cardboard wreath form, frame or base for your own DIY wreath, with tips on sizing, strength and the best card to use.

Craft Tutorial

How to Tie Tulle around a Wreath Ring

How to tie tulle around a wreath ring, explained step by step. The easy knotting method for full, fluffy tulle wreaths for any season or event.

Free Printables

Halloween Book Spines Free Printables

Ten free printable Halloween book spines to give your bookcase a witch or wizard look, plus a quick how-to for covering books on show.

Craft Tutorial

How to Make a Witch Spell Book Tutorial

How to make a witch's spell book prop for Halloween, step by step: ageing the cover, adding embellishments and styling a spooky display piece.

Craft Tutorial

Bat Pom Pom Craft Tutorial and Free Template

Make a cute bat pom pom with this craft tutorial and free printable wing template. A quick and easy yarn pom pom decoration for Halloween.

Craft Tutorial

Perler Bead Witch Owl Pattern for Halloween

A cute Perler bead witch owl pattern for Halloween, topped with a pointy witch hat and buckle. Includes a bead chart and ironing tips.

Craft Tutorial

Hanging Felt Butterfly Decoration for Halloween

Make no-sew hanging felt butterflies as decorations for Halloween. A simple, pretty felt craft for gothic and Fall season displays.

Cutouts and Silhouettes

Free Printable Butterfly Silhouette Template

A large free printable half butterfly silhouette in black and white. Print it on letter or A4 paper, then flip it to trace a full butterfly stencil.

Costume Accessories

How to Sew a Cloak without a Pattern

Sew a simple unlined cloak or cape without a pattern: take two measurements, cut one piece of fabric with a curved neck, then hem it. Hooded option included.

Costume Accessories

How to Sew a Hood onto a Cape

How to sew a hood onto a cape or cloak: match the center back, pin and ease the neckline, stitch, clip the curve and finish the seam so the hood sits well.

Craft Tutorial

Easy How to Make a Tulle Wreath for Halloween

How to make an easy tulle wreath for Halloween in a few hours, with tips on choosing tulle colors, cutting strips and tying them to a wreath ring.

Craft Tutorial

Red Devil Pom Poms for Halloween

Make a little red devil pom pom for Halloween with horns, a forked tail and a trident. A cute yarn craft to display or hang as a decoration.

Costume Accessories

How to Make a Maleficent Horn Headband

How to make a Maleficent horn headband for a Halloween costume, with step-by-step photos from shaping the horns to the finished headpiece.

Costume Accessories

Very Easy Maleficent Headpiece DIY

A very easy Maleficent headpiece DIY: make quick costume horns from simple materials for a last-minute Halloween outfit or dress-up party.

Costume Accessories

Free Maleficent Horn Template to Print

A free printable Maleficent horns template for a Halloween costume. Print it, trace it onto card or craft foam and make a horn mask or headband.

Costume Accessories

How to Make a Pom Pom Wand Tutorial

A pom pom wand tutorial: top a wand with a satin fabric or tulle pom pom in witch colors, or style it for fairies and princesses.

Craft Tutorial

Eyeball and Skull Paper Fans for Halloween

Make eyeball and skull paper fans for Halloween: round paper fan decorations to hang from ceilings or walls, with easy spooky embellishment ideas.

Craft Tutorial

How to Make Paper Fans for Decorations

How to make round paper fans for hanging decorations. An easy paper craft for kids and adults, from small fans to large party backdrops.

Halloween Food

How to Decorate Spider Cupcakes for Halloween

How to decorate spider cupcakes for Halloween: quick vanilla cupcakes in orange cases topped with chocolate spider web designs.

Banners and Garlands

Easy Halloween Tissue Paper Garland Tutorial

A quick and easy tissue paper garland tutorial for Halloween. Simple enough for kids to make, with tips for colors, folding and hanging your garland.

Halloween Food

Savory Halloween Appetizers and Party Snacks

Easy savory Halloween snacks and appetizers: carved orange dip bowls, eyeball tomatoes, stuffed dates, mummy sausages and more spooky party food ideas.

Costume Accessories

Maleficent Rainbow Loom Bands Bracelet Tutorial

Photo tutorial: make a Maleficent bracelet from Rainbow Loom bands with a fused Perler bead charm. A fun villain craft for kids and adults.

Craft Tutorial

Magnificent Maleficent Perler Bead Pattern

A Maleficent Perler bead pattern inspired by Sleeping Beauty's famous villain, with a chart and tips for making fused bead keyrings, magnets and decor.

Craft Tutorial

DIY Mini Pumpkin Halloween Dip Bowl

Turn a mini pumpkin into a DIY Halloween dip bowl. Simple steps to hollow, clean and serve party dips in a natural, perfectly sized pumpkin container.

Costume Accessories

How to Make a Princess Wand Craft Easy

How to make an easy yarn-wrapped princess wand for dress-up and Halloween, customized in colors that match a little girl's costume.

Halloween Food

How to Make Halloween Eyeball Cupcakes

How to make Halloween eyeball cupcakes that give guests the evil eye. Easy decorating steps for creepy, bloodshot eyeball toppers on frosted cupcakes.

Costume Accessories

Pumpkin Trick or Treat Bag Felt Pattern

Sew a cute pumpkin trick or treat bag from felt with this free pattern and tutorial. A simple Fall sewing project for kids' Halloween candy collecting.

Halloween Food

Zombie Cupcake Ideas and Inspiration

Zombie cupcake ideas and inspiration for Halloween: gory decorating techniques, toppers and frosting tips for hauntingly good undead treats.

Craft Tutorial

How to Make Spider Pom Poms

How to make a large freestanding yarn pom pom spider for Halloween: a cute, furry tarantula-style plush pet that kids can help to make.

Craft Tutorial

Zombie Brain Jello Trifle

A gruesome zombie brain Jello trifle for Halloween: classic English trifle layers of jello, thick custard and cream with a creepy jelly brain.

Banners and Garlands

Halloween Boo Banner Craft Tutorial

A quick and easy DIY BOO banner craft tutorial for Halloween, made from card and paper with just three pennant flags. Great for kids and beginners.

Craft Tutorial

Jello Brain Mold Recipe for Halloween

Make a gory Jello brain mold for Halloween parties. A quick and easy jelly brain recipe for a creepy dessert centerpiece kids and adults enjoy.

Craft Tutorial

Spiderweb Paper Craft for Young Kids

An easy spiderweb paper craft for young kids: cut, fold and decorate paper cobwebs to make fun, creepy Halloween decorations at home or in class.

Halloween Food

Make Scary Halloween Cupcakes with Toppers

Make scary Halloween cupcakes the easy way with printable or bought cupcake toppers. Simple decorating ideas for spooky party treats, no piping skills needed.

Craft Tutorial

Black Crow Craft Cutouts for Halloween

Make creepy, realistic black crow cutouts and bird silhouettes for Halloween decorations, using simple templates, black card and easy cutting tips.

Cutouts and Silhouettes

Free Printable Crow Silhouettes

Free printable crow and raven silhouettes to print and trace for Halloween stencils, window decorations, cards and gothic party displays.

Craft Tutorial

Halloween Tissue Paper Pom Poms Instructions

How to make tissue paper pom poms for Halloween: cheap, fast and easy hanging decorations you can make at the last minute in orange, black and purple.

Craft Tutorial

How to Make a Chocolate Spiders Web

How to make chocolate spider webs for Halloween parties: quick, fun edible decorations to use as creepy toppers on cakes, cupcakes and desserts.

Craft Tutorial

Sugar Skull Perler Beads Pattern

A colorful Sugar Skull Perler bead pattern for Halloween and Day of the Dead, with a pattern chart and tips for ironing fused bead designs neatly.

Banners and Garlands

DIY Happy Halloween Banner and Free Printables

Make a vintage-style DIY Happy Halloween banner from paper and card to hang across your walls, with step-by-step photos and matching free printables.

Decorations

Free Halloween Printable Sheets to Make a Banner

Free printable Halloween letter sheets that work with the DIY Happy Halloween banner craft. Print, cut out and string up a spooky banner in minutes.

Quotations

25 Halloween Quotes to Spook You Out!

25 spooky but family-friendly Halloween quotes and sayings to use on cards, banners, party invitations, signs and your own DIY Halloween craft projects.

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