Recipe Weekend: Halloween Crafting Time!

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Featured on TODAY and Good Housekeeping, Kim McLeod is the creative mind behind the popular brand The Best Ideas for Kids (5.2M+ followers), author of two craft books and a Would You Rather? book, and mother of two who has created and tested thousands of crafts and activities.

Today I have 10 of her favorite kid's Halloween crafts, from her list of 50, that are perfect for this weekend's fun!

Halloween craft ideas:


1. Paper Plate Pumpkin Faces — Turn paper plates into silly, spooky, or smiling pumpkins with paint, markers, and scraps of paper. HERE


Kim McLeod halloween list2. Toilet-Paper-Roll Bats — A classic upcycle craft using cardboard tubes, black paint, and paper wings. HERE


3. Viral Ghost Science Experiment — A simple, inexpensive science experiment that little kids can help assemble.


4. Popsicle-Stick Haunted Houses — Build tiny haunted houses with craft sticks, paint, and recycled materials. HERE


5. DIY Halloween Handprints — Make kid-friendly ghost, Frankenstein, pumpkin or vampire handprints from paper. HERE


6. Salt Painted Spiderweb — All you need is salt, glue and watercolor paint to create these colorful spiderwebs.


7. Halloween “Stained Glass” Windows — Make translucent ghost, bat, or pumpkin decorations using tissue paper and contact paper. HERE


8. Egg-Carton Halloween Crafts — Repurpose an egg carton! HERE


9. DIY Halloween Bingo or Matching Game — Make a simple handmade game featuring pumpkins, bats, ghosts, witches' hats, and other Halloween images. It doubles as a screen-free activity. HERE


10. Halloween Slime - Kim knows that candy can be overwhelming for some kids to receive so she is sharing a non-candy Halloween treat idea. HERE



Kim McLeod halloween slime

About the Author:

Kimberly has a passion for creating and sharing kids craft projects. She loves to create projects that are easy, and she incorporates recycled materials as much as she can. She is also known for her handprint cards and crafts. Her work has been featured in Woman’s World magazine and online media, including Country Living and Good Housekeeping.For endless inspiration, follow her on:



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