[For 4-Year-Olds] Fun to Make! A Collection of Halloween Craft Ideas
It’s the Halloween season that 4-year-olds love! Here, we’ll introduce Halloween craft ideas you can enjoy together with 4-year-olds.
We’ve gathered only projects you can move and play with, like spiders and ghosts.
They’re made with familiar materials and include lots of engaging tricks—blowing air to make them move or using the power of rubber bands—to really grab children’s interest.
Through making these, kids can grow their creativity and expressive skills, while the excitement and thrills spread as they work with friends.
It’s sure to be a special time where everyone can share the fun of Halloween.
Because the children’s creations are treated as works (artworks), we use the term “seisaku” (制作) in the text.
- [For 4-Year-Olds] Fun to Make! A Collection of Halloween Craft Ideas
- Origami Ideas for 4-Year-Olds: Halloween Edition
- Simple Origami Ideas to Enjoy in Autumn (For 4-Year-Olds)
- Irresistible for 3-year-olds! A collection of fun Halloween craft ideas to make
- [Childcare] Fun for October! Craft ideas recommended for 4-year-olds
- Craft ideas for 4-year-olds to try in autumn! Enjoy creative activities with seasonal motifs and events.
- Irresistible for 5-year-olds! A collection of recommended craft ideas for Halloween
- Exciting September crafts for 4-year-olds! A special collection of fun ideas with autumn-themed motifs
- Craft activity ideas for 4-year-olds
- Toddler-Approved Halloween Crafts: Ideas That Captivate 2-Year-Olds
- Fun for 1-year-olds! A collection of Halloween craft ideas you can make while playing
- [Age 2] Have fun with Halloween crafts! A collection of ideas perfect for October
- Age 4: Simple and Fun! Handmade Toy Ideas
[For 4-year-olds] Fun to make! Halloween Craft Ideas (21–30)
candy
The rounded shape is so cute! Here are some candy ideas.
Candy made with origami looks adorable, and you’ll feel a sense of accomplishment once it’s finished! Of course, you can use them for events like Halloween, but if you combine the candies with other crafts and display them, they’ll brighten up your room and make it feel festive.
Using origami paper in various colors will give you colorful, unique candies that are sure to lift kids’ spirits.
Tear-and-paste colorful monster
@hoikushisatomi [Just Rip and Stick] Ghost Crafts for Around Age 2Nursery teacher / Childcare workerKids will love it#NurseryTeacherDailyLifeworkTranslationHalloween ghost
♬ Happy And Cute – Yevhen Lokhmatov
We’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.
Jack-o’-lantern made with torn-paper collage
https://www.tiktok.com/@hoiku.labo/video/7281551854478200066Kids love getting absorbed in activities like tearing paper, don’t they? For this Halloween craft, children glue torn pieces of origami paper onto a pumpkin base prepared by the teacher.
Interest in actions like tearing and pulling paper tends to grow around age two.
Even if they can’t tear into small pieces yet, they begin to manage larger tears, which broadens the fun.
Incorporating this into crafts is highly recommended as practice for fine motor skills—children can enjoy the process of making something while developing dexterity.
Halloween wand
Why not try making a super impactful, fun, and cute Halloween wand together with kids who can’t wait for the holiday? Prepare six sheets of origami folded in an accordion style, secure each with tape, and fold them up.
Staple one end and wrap construction paper around it.
Next, attach yarn to both the origami and the construction paper to create the mechanism! The teacher can handle the mechanism, and the children can decorate with stickers, stamps, and sparkly tape.
With different color combinations, cuts, and Halloween motifs, you’re sure to end up with a uniquely original creation.
Stringing with Halloween beads
@n.annlee321 My book has been greenlit for a reprint—thank you so much! I’ve added the link in my profile. Title: “New Handmade Toys” (Available now on Amazon, Rakuten, and in bookstores!) Learn through play! Simple, fun ideas. I’m An, sharing fun things you can enjoy with kids. I found Halloween-colored washi tape, so I combined it with tapioca/bubble tea straws and turned them into beads. If you’ve got extra washi tape, turning it into beads is super cute! It’s a bit of fine work, but with some clever cutting you can make ghost beads and pumpkin beads too. Great for stringing variations and Halloween crafts. If you’re doing threading activities at home for Montessori or fine-motor practice, it can get boring with the same patterns, right? Try making them together using your child’s favorite washi tape designs—it’s fun from the making stage. Thank you for reading! I’m a mom of a 3-year-old and a 6-year-old who love making and playing. (Toy Consultant & Picture Book Instructor) I share crafts, play ideas, handmade toys, picture books—anything fun to enjoy with kids. I’d be happy to connect with you!Halloween#tiktok classroom#HandmadeToys#OuchiMonteEducationalEducational toy
♬ Halloween · cute horror song – PeriTune
It’s said that practicing with scissors is good to start around ages two to three, so if your child can handle scissors well, why not try this craft? You only need two materials: wide tapioca (boba) straws and masking tape.
First, wrap masking tape around the boba straw, then cut it into small pieces.
If your child isn’t confident with scissors yet, an adult should handle the cutting.
Using Halloween-themed designs and colors for the masking tape, or varying how you apply it, can even make the pieces look like bats.
Use the finished beads to create room decorations or accessories!
Newspaper print stamp Halloween pumpkin
These Halloween pumpkins made with newspaper stamps are perfect for October crafts! First, sketch a pumpkin shape on construction paper, fold it in half, and cut it out.
Next, layer it over black construction paper and temporarily tape the top to hold it in place.
Dab paint onto a balled-up piece of newspaper and stamp it on.
The colors pop more if you don’t dilute the paint with water, so give it a try! To finish, add motifs like a pumpkin face, bats, or ghosts.
Cutting out the pumpkin can be a bit tricky, but it will spark a 5-year-old’s imagination—so encourage them to give it a try!
Target Shooting Game: Halloween Version
This is a Halloween version of a well-known target game for preschool settings.
With ideas kids are sure to love—like a “Stretchy Mummy Stick” made from a straw and origami paper, a “Bat Shooter” made from a milk carton and rubber bands, and a “Monster Air Cannon” made from a plastic bottle and a balloon.
The instructions for each are simple, so why not let the children choose one and make it together? If you’re making targets, prepare some construction paper.
Place the target on top of a paper cup filled with candy, and if they manage to knock the target down, they get the candy— guaranteed to get everyone excited!
