It’s hard to believe that it’s already October and Halloween is upon us! I love Halloween! I love the creativity that comes with it—the fun costumes, the sweet treats, and the spooky crafts! These easy Montessori Halloween crafts for kids are the perfect way to bring the Halloween season—and a little fun—into your classroom!
If you’re like most of us right now, Halloween snuck up on you. Its a fun busy season for everyone!
Not to worry though! I’ve rounded up some last-minute, super easy Halloween crafts you can put together for you students (or your kids at home) with stuff you likely have around the house already.
Where to Start: 5 Last-Minute, Easy Montessori Halloween Crafts
Here are some easy Montessori Halloween crafts for kids that you can pull together in just a few minutes!
1. Stamped Halloween Ghosts
If you have paper, a pencil, a pair of scissors, and some paint, you can do this project! Have your students or children draw out a ghost shape on a piece of paper, then cut it out. Place that cut out on top of another piece of paper, then dip the pencil eraser in paint and stamp along the edge of the paper. When you remove the paper, it’ll reveal spooky ghost shapes!
This is one of my favorite painting projects to do with kids any time of year! You can find rocks outside (or at a craft store), and then all you need is paint and a paintbrush. For Halloween, I like to encourage children to make spooky designs, like ghosts, monsters, jack-o’-lanterns, and even Frankenstein. For full instructions on how to set up this easy Halloween craft, click here.
3. Toilet Paper Roll Spider Stamp + Craft
You might have to dig through your recycle bin for this one, but the supplies are pretty basic! Start by making four even cuts on each side of a toilet paper roll; and then cut off a square piece on both sides, in between the sets of legs. Fold the ends back and then dip the stamp into black paint and stamp it onto paper. This will give you an outline for a spider that children can then decorate! Once they’re done using the stamps, they can then paint them, add some eyes, and now they have a spooky spider craft too!
Stores are still filled with pumpkins of all sizes, and believe it or not, they make the perfect canvas for painting projects for kids! I love this activity because kids of all ages can do it—you don’t have to worry about little hands and sharp knives like you would for carving pumpkins! If you want pumpkin painting ideas and details on how to set up a painting area, click here.
This paper bat craft is a great one to do around Halloween. You will be cutting paper, learning how to teach your students about concentric circles and splattering paint. Click here for download and video insturctions
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As you can see, all these last-minute Halloween projects involve painting. Painting is such an easy project to set up and kids love it. With just a basic tool kit of painting materials, you’ll always be ready to set up a quick painting activity for your kids. If you want a free downloadable version of the paint materials listed above (plus a few more), get my Kids Painting Materials Checklist now by clicking here.
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