Toddler-Approved Halloween Crafts: Ideas That Captivate 2-Year-Olds
Are you wondering what kind of Halloween crafts to make with your two-year-olds? There are lots of wonderful ideas that encourage fine motor development, such as fluffy tissue-paper ghosts, cute paper-cup monsters, and jack-o’-lantern footprint stamps.
This time, we’re introducing Halloween crafts that two-year-olds can enjoy working on, whether at home or in daycare.
Let’s have fun creating an exciting, heart-thumping Halloween world together with the children! Since the children’s creations are treated as works, we use the term “seisaku” (production/creation) in the text.
Ideas for Halloween Crafts That Will Enthrall 2-Year-Olds (1–10)
Fluffy Ghost
For two-year-olds, it’s the perfect age to learn lots of hand-based actions.
Tearing paper and putting it into a bag is great for fine motor skills and the brain.
For this little ghost, just tear flower paper into small pieces, put them into a clear plastic bag, and shape it with tape.
Finally, draw the facial features with a permanent marker, add a hat or other decorations, and it’s done.
These fluffy, tactile ghosts look adorable when you stick several on the wall.
Have fun making them!
Halloween yo-yo
Would you like to make and play with a Halloween-themed yo-yo? First, crumple some newspaper into the size you want for your yo-yo, then wrap it with orange origami paper.
Glue it so it doesn’t come off, and put it in a plastic bag.
Shape the bag to fit the newspaper inside and secure it with tape.
After closing the opening, wrap green origami paper around it and glue it.
Then have an adult tie a rubber band around it.
Add eyes, a nose, and a mouth made from construction paper, and your pumpkin yo-yo is complete! Try making different motifs, too.
Tear-and-paste colorful monster
https://www.tiktok.com/@hoikushisatomi/video/7275479124095864071We’d like to introduce a Halloween craft where you can make unique ghosts just by tearing and sticking paper.
First, prepare a large sheet of white drawing paper or poster paper.
Cut several colors of construction paper into large pieces in any sizes you like, then freely paste them onto the base.
Once they’re stuck on, layer two round stickers of different sizes to make the eyes.
Draw the mouth, and use scraps of colored paper for the hands and feet to complete lots of cute ghosts.
Sticking small stickers and tearing construction paper will also help improve fine motor skills.
snack bag
How about making a Halloween pumpkin bag using a paper cup? First, cut orange construction paper to fit the inside of the paper cup, and then cut it into strips, leaving just one edge attached.
Glue those pieces to the inside of the cup.
Next, tape the opposite ends of the strips to the bottom of the cup.
Add eyes, a nose, and a mouth to finish.
Take this paper cup and go collect Halloween treats.
You can also add a handle if you like.
Give it a try!
Pumpkin pouch
Here’s how to make a pumpkin pochette that’s perfect for Halloween.
Pre-cut the facial features and other parts and put them in the bag ahead of time.
As children take the parts out of the bag and glue them on, they’ll develop their fine motor skills.
First, glue on the pumpkin’s face.
The placement of the eyes, nose, and other parts will give it personality.
Next, adjust the string to the right length and glue it in place as well.
Once it’s dry, it’s finished.
It’s important to think through the assembly process while working, too.
Halloween Eco Bag
Let’s make a Halloween bag using a plastic bottle.
Prepare a 2-liter bottle.
We’ll use the bottom part for the bag, so cut it to your preferred height.
Protect the cut edge with tape, then make two holes on opposite sides along the rim.
Cut black construction paper to match the height of the bottle and place it inside the bottle so it lines the sides.
Create parts like ghosts and pumpkins out of construction paper, and insert them between the bottle and the black paper.
Thread a string through the holes, and your bag is complete! Have the children help with making the parts and decorating the bag.
Pompon Pumpkin
Let’s make a cute jack-o’-lantern using a plastic bag for umbrellas to keep water drops off.
You’ll need an umbrella plastic bag, an appropriate amount of orange tissue (flower) paper, and eyes, mouth, etc.
made from colored construction paper.
Crumple the tissue paper and stuff it into the plastic bag.
Once filled, tie the opening twice, then stick on the eyes and mouth with double-sided tape.
Decorate the knot with a ribbon to finish.
It’s fun to bounce it like a ball.
Give it a try!