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.
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Irresistible for 2-year-olds! A Special Collection of Halloween Craft Ideas (31–40)
Curly Yarn Ghost
Let’s make Halloween ghosts using recycled materials! All you need are toilet paper rolls and yarn.
The method is super simple: just wrap the yarn around the toilet paper roll until it’s covered, and you’re done! If you use orange yarn, it turns into a jack-o’-lantern; if you first cover the toilet paper roll with black construction paper and then wrap white yarn over it, it becomes a mummy—there are lots of different ghosts you can create.
Secure the beginning and end of the yarn with clear tape so it doesn’t come loose.
Add eye and mouth stickers however you like, and make your own unique ghosts!
Pumpkins made with torn-paper collage
We’re introducing a fun torn-paper pumpkin craft.
The method is very simple: freely tear orange and yellow origami paper into pieces.
Then glue the torn pieces onto a sheet of construction paper that’s been cut into the shape of a pumpkin.
Finally, draw the pumpkin’s face and you’re done.
Tearing paper play helps develop children’s fine motor skills and provides great sensory stimulation.
It’s very easy and requires only a few supplies, so enjoy making a cute pumpkin together with your one-year-old!
Wobbly Ghost
A wobbly, swaying ghost made from a plastic bag is perfectly Halloween-y and fun to make using only familiar materials.
After cutting off the handles of a plastic bag you got from the supermarket, round the bottom to shape the ghost’s head, then connect the ghost to a pair of chopsticks with string—and you’re done.
It’s easy enough for small children to make.
Drawing a ghost face on the bag will add even more originality.
You’ll need to be careful at the point when scissors are used, but it’s a simple craft that’s great for helping kids get used to making things.
skeleton
Making origami skulls is a wonderful craft that enhances the Halloween atmosphere.
Even with simple folding techniques, children’s imaginations can bring a variety of expressions to life.
Of course, you can use white origami paper, but trying colorful paper can be fun too.
For the eyes and nose, it’s also a great idea to add personality by sticking on paper in your favorite colors or drawing them with markers.
Once finished, you can display the skulls around the room, or attach a straw to carry them around for extra fun.
Crayon stencil
Crayon Stencil is a craft that’s perfect for younger children who tend to color with strong pressure.
Make cutout shapes of classic Halloween characters—like pumpkins and ghosts—using construction paper, then place the cutout over another sheet and color along the edges with crayons.
Once the outline is done in any colors they like, use fingers to smudge the color inward in a radial motion toward the center.
This creates a colorful, dreamy picture.
It’s an art activity that leverages children’s natural tendencies, letting them draw boldly and have fun.
Irresistible for 2-year-olds! A Special Collection of Halloween Craft Ideas (41–50)
Stamp Ghost
A wallpaper craft where you stamp ghost shapes and then draw on them creates a unique texture that’s different from simply drawing lines and coloring.
Prepare paper cut out in the shape of a ghost, dab paint onto gauze or cotton, and apply it to the open cutout area to make an original Halloween-style ghost appear on your drawing paper.
Drawing faces on the stamped ghosts is sure to get kids excited.
It’s an enjoyable art project where you can also appreciate the different touches and preferences from younger children to older kids.
A ghost picture with sponge stamps
Ghost pictures painted with a sponge are a craft that, thanks to the sponge’s texture, can create the ghostly transparency and eeriness befitting a specter.
Just fix a sponge to a stick such as a disposable chopstick with a rubber band, dab it in paint, and apply it to black construction paper to form the ghost’s shape—fun for all ages.
Adding cut-out eyes and a mouth to the sponge-painted ghost makes it even cuter, and placing them freely—not only in the usual face positions—can give it a unique, original look.
If a child is too young to make the stamp part on their own, an adult should prepare it for them.