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Toddler-Approved Halloween Crafts: Ideas That Captivate 2-Year-Olds

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Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Faculty of Music (now: Department of Music Culture and Education, Early Childhood Music Education major). In elementary school, my homeroom teacher was Jun Kusaba, a game researcher. After graduating from university, I worked as a kindergarten teacher for 10 years and as an after-school childcare instructor for 7 years, then took a position as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I engaged in activities that introduced Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational activities, working with many children. Later, through freelance writing, planning, and editing at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and sharing. Drawing on the perspective cultivated in the field of education and my experience as an editor, I provide practical information with an emphasis on both input and output, mainly in areas related to music and children. My hobbies include instruments, singing, handicrafts, toys, drawing, traditional games, the outdoors, and books. My special skill is spinning-top tricks.
20 years of experience as a nursery teacher / kindergarten teacherhiyoko sensei
I’m Hiyoko-sensei, a former nursery school teacher from Hyogo Prefecture. Ever since I was five, my dream was to become a childcare worker, and before I knew it, 20 years had passed since I achieved that dream. Through singing and playing with the children, I kept working with the spirit of someone in their twenties, even as I increasingly felt my physical limits year by year (haha). From here on, I’d like to share helpful information carefully and thoughtfully, drawing on my on-site experience.

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.

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Halloween Art

[Kindergartens and Nurseries] Halloween Art and Crafts Made with Handprints in October

Halloween Art

Halloween art that centers on your child’s handprint as of October—the Halloween season—is a once-in-a-lifetime craft that can only be made at that particular age.

Start by applying orange paint to the palm and green paint to one finger, then press onto the paper to create a pumpkin-like handprint.

By adding free decorations around the handprint using origami and other materials, you’ll complete a one-of-a-kind art piece that exists only for that year’s Halloween.

Since it changes as your child grows, it’s a project we hope you’ll make every year during the Halloween season.

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Halloween Monster

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Let’s make cute Halloween monsters with marble-rolled patterns.

First, place marbles in diluted paint.

Line a tray with white construction paper for the monster’s body, set the marbles on top, and move the tray to create patterns.

Using about three colors in sequence works well.

Once finished, let it dry and mount it on a backing sheet.

Prepare eyes, noses, mouths, horns, and other parts in advance, and let kids choose and stick on their favorites.

Rolling the marbles helps develop a sense of balance, so be sure to give it a try!

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Ghost Candy

[Halloween Craft] Balloon-Based Projects [Useful for Childcare/Early Childhood Education]

Ghost Candy

Let’s make ghost candies using balloons.

Have an adult handle the balloon-inflating step.

Once the balloon is inflated, put it in a bag, then secure both sides with pipe cleaners to shape it like a candy.

Finally, stick on some eyeball stickers and you’re done.

Try using balloons in different colors to make a batch of colorful candies.

If you want something a bit more festive, you can add stickers to the bag or draw patterns with a pen.

Enjoy making these cute yet slightly mysterious candies!

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glowing jack-o’-lantern

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glowing jack-o'-lantern

Let’s make a glowing pumpkin lantern using a paper cup.

Prepare a clear paper cup and cover it with decorative wrap from the top.

If you don’t have orange wrap, you can layer red and yellow wrap instead.

Trim any excess wrap sticking out from the cup with scissors, then attach eyes and a mouth made from construction paper.

Place an LED candle inside and your lantern is ready! It also looks cute with a little witch hat on top.

This idea could work with lots of other motifs besides pumpkins, too.

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Jack-o’-lantern made with tissue paper

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How about making a craft like this to help improve dexterity? Apply glue to a white sheet of construction paper that’s been pre-cut into a pumpkin shape.

Then, use your fingers to tear small pieces of flower paper in orange, green, yellow, and other colors, and stick them on.

Tearing by hand and thoughtfully placing the pieces provides great stimulation for both the hands and the brain, so it’s an activity I highly recommend.

Finally, mist it with water to help everything blend nicely.

Once it’s dry, attach eyes, a nose, and a mouth cut from black construction paper, and you’re done.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Dizzy Mummy Man

Craft: “Mummy Made from a Toilet Paper Roll” [Halloween Decorations • Toilet Paper Tube • Easy Craft]

Dizzy Mummy Man

Here’s an eco-friendly mummy made from a toilet paper roll.

In addition to the toilet paper roll, you’ll need origami paper, yarn, label stickers, and a permanent marker.

First, wrap the toilet paper roll with origami paper coated with glue.

Next, attach sticker eyes, then make a small slit in the roll, hook the yarn into the slit, and start wrapping it around.

Skillfully winding the yarn also makes for great fine motor practice.

Once you’ve wrapped it all the way down, hook the yarn into the slit at the bottom, and it’s complete.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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A paint ghost with a fun, squishy feel

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Have you ever had the experience of getting paint on your clothes during art activities and not being able to get it out? Did you know there’s a method that lets you use paint without dirtying your clothes, so you can enjoy creating? This time, let’s use that method to make a Halloween ghost.

First, place a sheet of construction paper inside a food storage bag, squeeze your favorite paints on top of the paper, and seal the bag.

Spread the paint from the outside of the bag, and it will transform into a ghost.

Once the paint dries, add eyes with stickers or a felt-tip pen to finish.

You can have fun while developing expressive skills and enjoying the way paint colors move.

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