Add a little spooky fun to your Halloween festivities with this free printable Build a Haunted House craft! This fun activity lets kids color their own haunted house, cut out a collection of cute Halloween characters and decorations, and arrange everything to create a one-of-a-kind spooky scene.
This Halloween cut-and-paste activity is easy to customize, so every finished house can look completely different. Fill the yard with jack-o’-lanterns, add ghosts floating around the roof, place a vampire or witch by the front door, or cover the house in creepy spiderwebs. Kids can make their creation as silly, cute, or spooky as they want.
It makes an easy Halloween craft for kids to enjoy at home, in the classroom, at a Halloween party, or during a quiet October afternoon. All you need are a few sheets of paper and a few basic craft supplies to get started.
About This Build a Haunted House Printable
This free Halloween printable includes two black-and-white haunted house coloring pages that kids can color, cut, and assemble into their own spooky scene.
Haunted House Printable
The first page features a tall, crooked haunted house that’s ready to decorate for Halloween. It includes pointed rooftops, windows, a boarded-up window, spiderweb details, and a large front door.
Kids can color the house in classic Halloween shades like orange, purple, black, gray, and green, or choose their own colorful combination.
Once it’s finished, simply cut around the dashed outline and glue the house onto a sheet of construction paper or cardstock.
Halloween Characters and Decorations
The second page is packed with fun Halloween decorations that kids can mix and match to design their scene.
It includes:
- Two ghosts
- Jack-o’-lanterns
- A stack of pumpkins
- A full moon
- A cute bat
- A smiling spider
- Three spiderwebs
- A witch
- A mummy
- A vampire
- An owl
- An RIP tombstone
- A “Happy Halloween” decoration
There’s no need to use every piece. Kids can choose their favorites or color and cut out the entire page for an extra-busy Halloween scene.
Supplies Needed
You only need a few simple supplies for this printable haunted house craft:
- Free Build a Haunted House printable
- White printer paper or lightweight cardstock
- Crayons, markers, or colored pencils
- Kid-safe scissors
- Glue stick
- Construction paper or cardstock for the background, optional
Regular printer paper is especially easy for younger kids to cut. If you want the finished pieces to be a little sturdier, print them on lightweight white cardstock instead.
Black construction paper makes an especially fun background because the colorful house and Halloween characters really pop against it. Purple, dark blue, orange, or green would also work well.
How to Make This Haunted House Craft
This color, cut, and glue Halloween craft is simple to put together and leaves plenty of room for creativity.
1. Print the Haunted House Pages
Print both pages of the PDF on standard letter-size white paper or cardstock.
The first sheet includes the haunted house, while the second has all the Halloween characters and decorations.
2. Color the Haunted House
Start by coloring the haunted house while it’s still on the full sheet of paper. This is much easier than trying to color it after you’ve cut it out.
Try a spooky gray house with orange or purple roofs, glowing yellow windows, and a brown front door. Of course, there are no rules here. A bright pink haunted house with purple windows can be just as fun!
3. Color Your Favorite Halloween Characters
Next, color the decorations on the second page.
Kids can color everything or simply choose the pieces they want to use. They might create a ghost-filled haunted house, decorate the yard with pumpkins, or invite the witch, mummy, vampire, and owl over for a Halloween party.
This is a great part of the activity for letting kids make the project their own.
4. Cut Out the Pieces
Carefully cut around the dashed lines surrounding the haunted house and each decoration.
Some of the smaller pieces, such as the spiderwebs and spider, require a little more cutting practice. Younger children may need some help with those areas.
For preschoolers, you can even cut out the pieces ahead of time and let them focus on coloring, arranging, and gluing.
5. Arrange Your Haunted House Scene
Before reaching for the glue, lay the pieces on your background and experiment with different arrangements.
Try putting the moon behind the roof, letting ghosts float around the house, or placing pumpkins near the front door. Spiderwebs can go near the windows, while the tombstone makes a fun addition to the yard.
Move everything around until the scene looks just right.
6. Glue Everything in Place
Once you’re happy with the arrangement, glue the haunted house onto the background first.
Then add the Halloween decorations one at a time.
Let everything dry, and your spooky creation is ready to display on the refrigerator, wall, classroom bulletin board, or anywhere else that needs a little Halloween fun.
Fun Ways to Customize Your Haunted House Craft
One of the best things about this printable is that there isn’t just one way to make it. Here are a few easy ideas for making each haunted house unique.
Create a Nighttime Halloween Scene
Glue the haunted house onto black or dark blue construction paper. Add stars with a white or yellow crayon, then place the moon above the roof.
Make a Spooky Yard
Cut or tear green, orange, or purple construction paper into a strip and glue it along the bottom to create grass or ground.
Then add pumpkins, the tombstone, and Halloween characters around the house.
Add Even More Halloween Details
Kids can draw extra bats, stars, clouds, jack-o’-lanterns, ghosts, or spooky trees around the printable pieces.
Halloween stickers, googly eyes, glitter glue, or small pieces of cotton stretched into spiderwebs can add even more texture and fun.
Make a Classroom Haunted House Display
If you’re doing this Halloween classroom activity with a group, give each child the same printable and see how differently everyone decorates it.
Display all the finished houses together on a bulletin board for a fun Halloween village filled with completely unique haunted houses.
Helpful Tips for This Halloween Cut and Paste Activity
Color before cutting. Larger pieces are much easier to color while they’re still attached to the sheet.
Arrange everything before gluing. Kids can move their Halloween decorations around until they’re happy with their design without having to start over.
Pre-cut pieces for younger children. Preschoolers can still enjoy choosing colors and designing the scene even if an adult handles the trickier cutting.
Print extra decoration pages if needed. This is especially handy for classrooms, siblings, or anyone who wants more pumpkins, ghosts, spiderwebs, or characters.
In addition to being a fun Halloween activity, all that coloring, cutting, arranging, and gluing provides extra practice with scissors, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor skills.
Download the Free Build a Haunted House Printable
Ready to create your own spooky house?
Download the free printable Build a Haunted House PDF, print both pages, and start coloring, cutting, and decorating your Halloween scene.
This printable is for personal and classroom use only. No commercial use is allowed.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Regular white printer paper works perfectly and is usually the easiest option for younger kids to cut. Lightweight cardstock is a good choice if you want sturdier pieces for the finished project.
Not at all! Kids can choose only their favorite pieces or use as many as they can fit. Mixing and matching the decorations is part of what makes this Build a Haunted House printable so much fun.
Construction paper, cardstock, or even plain white paper will work. Black and dark blue are great choices for a nighttime haunted house, while purple, orange, and green give it a colorful Halloween look.
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