30+ Easy Ghost Crafts for Kids to Make This Halloween

This is an easy craft made with cardstock, cotton balls, glue, and black construction paper. Kids cut out a ghost shape using the included free template, then cover it with fluffy cotton balls and add a face. The project is especially simple for toddlers and preschoolers. You can attach yarn or string to the back to turn it into a hanging decoration.

Create a glowing ghost decoration with air-dry clay and a battery-operated tea light. The clay is rolled out, draped over a simple cup-and-Styrofoam-ball form, and shaped into flowing folds before a straw is used to make the eyes and mouth. Once the clay has completely dried, place it over a flameless tea light for a spooky little decoration that lights up from within.

These turn a simple treat into a fun, easy craft kids can make themselves. Three coffee filters are wrapped around a rounded lollipop, secured with a small rubber band, and tied with ribbon or baker’s twine before kids fluff the layers and draw on a face with a black marker. It works especially well as classroom Halloween treats, party favors, or a fun alternative to traditional tissue ghosts.

All you need is white paper and colored markers to transform a simple square into this cute origami ghost. Kids follow a series of folds to form the head, arms, and the little tail, then draw on their favorite facial expression to give it some personality. It's easy enough for kids of all ages, and the finished ones can even be added to Halloween cards or turned into bookmarks.

Add an easy printable activity to your Halloween festivities with these free coloring pages featuring designs for all ages and skill levels. There are simple, cute ghosts for toddlers and preschoolers, as well as more detailed and creepy designs for older kids and teens, all ready to be decorated with crayons, markers, colored pencils, or paint. They can be used at home, in the classroom, or during a Halloween party,

Turn little footprints into an adorable Halloween keepsake with this easy craft for toddlers and preschoolers. Kids have the bottoms of their feet painted with white washable tempera paint, then press them onto orange construction paper or cardstock before adding black-painted eyes. The finished footprints can be framed, displayed on a classroom bulletin board, or turned into a greeting card.

This combines a fun painting technique with plenty of opportunities for kids to personalize their spooky creation. A pattern is traced onto black cardstock, then children dab on white paint with a small sponge to create a slightly translucent effect before cutting it out and gluing on a face. The project also gives preschoolers some scissor practice. It can be hung at home or displayed together on a classroom bulletin board.

These coffee filter ghosts double as glowing Halloween decorations when placed over battery-operated tea lights. Kids color coffee filters with washable markers, add a face, drape them over water bottles, and use drops of water to blend the colors into a tie-dye effect as they dry into shape. Once dry, they can be set over flameless tea lights for a spooky glow on a party table or mantel.

Try a different kind of Halloween painting with these ghost pictures made using an ordinary shower squeegee and artist-quality acrylic paint. Kids squeeze lines and dots of paint onto colored cardstock, then scrape the squeegee across the page to reveal a ghost and its surprise facial expression. After the artwork dries, they can outline it and add extra details with a paint pen before hanging their spooky creations on the wall for Halloween.

Preserve your child's handprint in a cute Halloween craft that works for home or classroom use. The handprint shape is cut from white cardstock, decorated with a marker-drawn face and pink pom-pom cheeks, then topped with a black witch hat featuring a sparkly purple band. It makes a sweet Halloween keepsake that can be hung around the house, placed on the refrigerator, or added to a classroom bulletin board.

Kids can create their own tiny, glowing ghost friend with this fun, creative Halloween craft made from glow-in-the-dark paper and a small jar. After cutting and decorating it, fishing line is attached so it appears to float inside the jar, with optional craft stuffing or cotton balls added at the bottom for a foggy effect. The finished craft glows after being placed near a light source and can be personalized with names and tags for a fun Halloween decoration, party favor, or group October activity.

This free printable lets kids cut, assemble, and decorate a cute paper ghost. The template comes in regular and large sizes, with the larger pieces designed to be easier for younger children to cut. The pieces can be attached with glue or tape. Kids can keep the design simple or personalize it with materials such as fabric, glitter, googly eyes, sequins, buttons, or tissue paper. This Halloween activity encourages cutting and pasting practice.

These are part craft, part interactive Halloween toy, and are made with white construction paper, cardboard tubes, string, beads, and a few basic craft supplies. Kids cut them out and decorate them, then attach them to a tube threaded with string so that pulling the beads sends the ghost flying upward. They can be taped to a wall or window, making them especially fun for Halloween parties, classroom activities, or simply playing with after craft time.

Turn leftover paper cups and balloons into poppers that kids can actually play with once they're finished crafting. A balloon is stretched over the open bottom of the cup to create the popping mechanism, while cardstock arms and a marker-drawn face transform the cup into a ghost. Add pom-poms, and kids can launch them from their homemade Halloween toy, which the site describes as quick, easy, and suitable for all ages.

Turn ordinary yarn into adorable hanging ghosts with this fun Halloween craft. Kids wrap yarn around a piece of cardboard, tie the bundle, trim the loops to form the body, and add a face with paper, googly eyes, or other materials. Younger children can stick with paper or googly eyes, while older kids with stronger fine motor skills can experiment with beads, fabric, or yarn scraps and add a string to turn the finished craft into an ornament.

This is a super-simple Halloween craft made with just white paper cups, a black marker, and flameless tea lights. Kids draw silly, scary, or funny faces on the cups, make a small hole between the eyes and mouth, and slide a battery-operated tea light through the opening to create a glowing nose. The project requires no prep, can be finished in just a few minutes, and is suitable for toddlers through older kids.

Little hands can tear, glue, and create with this low-prep craft that includes a free printable template. Children cover the ghost shape with small pieces of torn white paper, then add a witch hat, eyes, mouth, and drawn-on cheeks to complete the Halloween character. In addition to being a cute project for home or the classroom, the tearing and gluing process helps kids work on fine motor skills and bilateral hand coordination.

These use inexpensive white fabric, Styrofoam balls, ribbon, markers, and clear string to create Halloween decorations that can be reused year after year. Kids decorate a square of fabric, gather it around a ball to form the head, tie a ribbon around the neck, draw a face, and add string for hanging. The project can be adapted for different ages by preparing the fabric squares ahead of time for younger children or letting older kids measure and cut their own.

This easy resist art project uses a free template to create a spooky silhouette surrounded by colorful paint. Kids cut out the template, temporarily attach it to white paper with washi tape, then dab black and blue paint around it using a crumpled ball of kitchen foil. When the paper ghost is removed, it leaves a clean white shape behind that children can finish with a simple face drawn in black pen.

Give old book pages or scrapbook paper a Halloween makeover with this quick garland that kids can help create. After drawing or tracing simple shapes, cut them out, use a hole punch to make the eyes, and attach them to cotton string with mini clothespins. It's a fun decorating activity for kids. The garland can be displayed on everything from a bulletin board or mantel to a door, bookshelf, or window frame.

Recycle an empty toilet paper roll into a ghost windsock that kids can hang up and watch float through the air. Children paint the tube white or cover it with construction paper, attach crepe-paper or tissue-paper streamers, draw a silly or spooky face, and add yarn for hanging. This budget-friendly project is geared toward preschoolers through early elementary kids and gives them opportunities to practice cutting, gluing, and painting while creating a fun Halloween decoration for home or the classroom.

Decorate for Halloween with a colorful garland that combines printable characters with a classic orange-and-black paper chain. Kids print and cut out their favorite ghost designs, create linked rings from construction paper, then attach them along the chain to bring the decoration together. The project is rated very easy, includes both simple and more detailed patterns, and can be made as long as you like for hanging in a doorway, window, classroom, or over a bulletin board.

Put on a spooky-cute Halloween puppet show with this ghost made from a brown paper bag and colorful craft paper. Kids use the printable template to trace and cut the head, body, hands, hat, eyes, and optional pumpkin, then glue the pieces onto the bag and add facial details with markers.

Young kids can stamp their way to a friendly Halloween ghost using a pom-pom, white paint, and colored cardstock. They dip the pom-pom into paint and use it to build the shape, then cut eyes and a mouth from black paper and glue them in place once the painting is complete. The activity is simple enough for toddlers and preschoolers and helps with pincer grasp.

Give an empty plastic snack cup a second life by turning it into a cute ghost windsock for Halloween. Kids paint the cup white, add a face cut from black craft paper, and glue wavy strips of white paper or crepe paper around the bottom; then add twine for hanging. Once finished, it can be displayed outdoors where its paper tails will flutter in the wind.

Brighten up the windows for Halloween with this suncatcher made from tissue paper, clear contact paper, and a free printable template. Kids cut out the ghost frame, place it on the sticky sheet, fill the center with overlapping white tissue paper, add little paper cheeks, then seal and trim the design. When finished, it can be taped to a window where the tissue paper creates a stained-glass-inspired effect, making it perfect as a festive Halloween decoration.

Combine a classic paper plate craft with a hands-on lacing activity to make this Halloween craft. A paper plate is cut into a rounded ghost shape and punched with holes, then kids weave white yarn randomly through the openings before securing it on the back. Black construction paper circles and an oval become the eyes and mouth.

Recycle empty milk jugs into glowing decorations that preschoolers can help personalize for Halloween. After an adult cuts an opening in the back for the light, kids create different expressions with black acrylic paint or a marker, then place a battery-operated tea light inside. These glowing ghosts can be used as night lights, porch decor, or lined along a sidewalk to welcome trick-or-treaters.

These floating cheesecloth ghosts are fun to make and make great Halloween decorations or toys for pretend play. Cheesecloth is dipped into a thick mixture of cornstarch and water, draped over a homemade stand, and left overnight to dry into its ghostly shape. Once removed from the stand, kids can give each one black felt eyes and add thread at the top so it can hang around the house.

This spooky-cute Halloween craft turns colorful craft sticks into a little window with a ghost peeking through. Kids build the window frame from craft sticks, cut a ghost from white paper, draw a face on it, and layer everything over black paper to create the nighttime scene. It uses just a few inexpensive supplies.

Turn an autumn nature walk into a Halloween craft by collecting leaves and transforming them into a cute garland. Kids can hand-paint the leaves white. Then, add faces with black paint or marker. Punch a hole in each finished ghost and thread them onto string to create a nature-inspired Halloween decoration for a mantel, wall, or party.

Turn an ordinary potato into a simple Halloween stamp. After an adult cuts a potato into a ghost shape, kids dip it in white paint and stamp it onto black construction paper, then use a finger dipped in black paint to add the eyes and mouth once it dries. The site even suggests using potatoes that have started to sprout or soften, making this an easy way to repurpose something you might otherwise throw away.

Add a little Halloween fun to reading time with this simple bookmark made from white cardstock and a black marker. Kids use a ruler to draw the long ghost shape with a rounded head and jagged bottom, outline it in black, and create either a spooky or silly face before cutting it out. With only four basic supplies required, children can easily make several different characters to tuck between the pages of their favorite books.