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 kids aged 5 will love! Recommended Halloween crafts (21–30)
Let’s make a ghost!
Fold the origami paper in half into a square twice to make creases.
Open it, then fold the top and bottom edges to meet the horizontal crease.
From there, make additional creases and squash-fold the left and right sides into boat shapes.
On one of the boats, squash only one corner into a square to create the ghost’s face.
The sides of the face will be the hands, and the remaining part becomes the bottom.
Use the creases on the hands to create indentations so they look three-dimensional—that’s the key.
Soften the head by folding the corners to make it round, and finish by folding the bottom part up at a diagonal.
Draw the face with stickers or a pen to complete it.
Origami bat
Fold the origami paper twice to make a small triangle, then make a slit under the top corner, parallel to the base.
Make the slit from the side opposite the fold, being careful not to cut it off.
The upper triangular section you slit will become the bat’s head, and the lower part will be the wings.
Open the paper back into the large triangle, and fold the slit section toward the central crease to form the head shape.
Fold the same parts back to create the bat’s distinctive ears.
Use a zigzag (mountain–valley) fold for the junction between the head and body.
Finally, fold the remaining wings several times to add creases and give it a three-dimensional finish, and you’re done.
Perfect for Halloween! Ghost origami
After folding the origami into a triangle, open it, then fold the two left edges in to meet the crease.
Rotate the paper so that the newly formed point is at the bottom, and open the two opposing corners along the crease outward into triangles.
Fold the upper left and right edges in to meet the crease, then fold the top point down to the base of the triangle.
Slightly tuck the two top corners inward, then fold the bottom corner up to the left diagonally.
Unfold to set the crease, then fold the left edge of the triangle beneath the crease in to meet the crease.
Finally, fold up along the crease, and your ghost is complete.
A Halloween card with a pop-up witch hat
A high-impact message card where a large triangular hat pops up from the center when opened.
The hat’s wide brim gives you plenty of space to write messages, add patterns, or stick on your favorite stickers.
Cut the triangular hat and brim from black construction paper, glue them together, and attach a decorative ribbon.
Fold the base in half, then glue the folded triangular hat along the crease.
Use the remaining space to decorate for Halloween with any parts you like, such as pumpkins or bats.
Halloween wreath made with rings
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Pass the ring-shaped parts—made by rolling strips of construction paper—through a slim circular base and secure them.
Attach a spiderweb made from transparent origami paper to the center of the base, and tie on a hanging string.
Stick jack-o’-lantern faces and stars onto the ring parts, and glue on a spider made from pipe cleaners and pom-poms to finish.
The ring parts use orange, purple, and brown construction paper, but feel free to use any colors you like.
Enjoy making your original Halloween wreath!
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.
Pumpkin staff
Let’s make a pumpkin wand that also works as a Halloween costume prop! It’s easy to create with everyday materials, so it’s perfect for preschool or kindergarten Halloween crafts, or for making together as a parent-child activity.
First, prepare two pieces of construction paper cut into pumpkin shapes, and decorate them with a face or other motifs.
Next, stack two sheets of origami paper slightly offset, roll them up tightly to make a stick, and attach it to the back of one pumpkin.
Add some curling ribbon (suzuran tape) for extra flair! Finally, attach the second pumpkin on top, and you’re done.
Try making other motifs too—not just pumpkins—and have fun!
