Irresistible for 5-year-olds! A collection of recommended craft ideas for Halloween
Halloween season is finally here! Here are some magical craft ideas you can enjoy with five-year-olds.
Crafts featuring ghosts and pumpkin motifs spark children’s imaginations and liven up any costume party.
From glow-in-the-dark lights in a pitch-black room to colorful lanterns and cute ghost mobiles, every project will have them working with shining eyes.
Once everything’s finished, let’s all enjoy a Halloween party together! Be sure to make happy memories with the children.
Because the children’s creations are treated as finished works, the term “制作 (seisaku)” is used in the text to mean “production/creation.”
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Ideas 71–80: Halloween Crafts That 5-Year-Olds Will Love
Making a Halloween costume
Halloween is becoming a big event in Japan, too.
It’s a familiar occasion for children.
Let’s try making costumes perfect for Halloween! If a 2-year-old wants to make a simple costume, using plastic bags is recommended.
Use an orange bag to be a jack-o’-lantern, a white one to be a ghost, and a black one to be a witch.
Draw or stick on your favorite patterns, and you’ll have an easy Halloween costume ready in no time! Make sure an adult handles cutting the holes for the neck and arms.
Halloween cracker
Let’s make a Halloween cracker with a paper cup! You’ll need a paper cup, a balloon, vinyl tape, and decorative pom-poms.
Cut out the bottom of the paper cup with your hand or scissors, then stretch a balloon—cut in half at the bulging part—over the opening.
Secure the balloon with vinyl tape so it doesn’t come off, and tie a knot at the balloon’s mouth.
Put the decorative pom-poms into the cup, pull back on the balloon, and release—just like a cracker, the pom-poms will pop out.
Add a Halloween touch by drawing a ghost face or other designs on the paper cup!
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.
Halloween Fukuwarai
Let’s make a Halloween “fukuwarai” using a technique called decalcomania.
Cut construction paper into a pumpkin shape, then fold it in half.
Open the paper, place paint in colors you like on one inside half, and fold it in half again.
Press firmly, then open it—the paint has transferred to the other side, creating a symmetrical pattern.
Attach a pumpkin stem made from green construction paper and a triangular hat made from origami to finish the base.
Finally, cut out the pumpkin’s facial features from black construction paper.
As a booth activity for a Halloween event, making a larger version could be a big hit!
Pumpkin made with finger painting
Here’s a pumpkin craft made with finger painting.
First, prepare a clear zip-top bag and a sheet of construction paper cut to fit the size of the bag.
Next, dab paints in pumpkin-like colors—yellow, orange, and brown—onto the paper, then place the paper inside the bag and seal it.
Let the children use their fingers over the bag to freely spread the paint and enjoy the sensation of mixing colors.
Not only can they experience the feel of the paint and the changes in color, but it’s also great for developing fine motor skills.
Finally, remove the paper from the bag, have the teacher cut it into a pumpkin shape, and draw a face to finish.
Displaying them around the room will instantly boost everyone’s excitement for Halloween.
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!
Monster mask
Recommended when you want an easy costume! Here’s an idea for a photo-prop-style monster mask.
You’ll need paper plates, a wooden skewer (or chopstick), and paint.
First, cut a paper plate at about one-third.
On the larger piece, cut out holes for the eyes and nose, then paint it.
Cut the smaller piece to make the monster’s horns.
Attach the horns, then fix the wooden skewer to the back—and you’re done.
Add eyes on the forehead, draw patterns on the horns—decorate it however you like to create the monster you imagine.