Irresistible for 5-year-olds! A collection of recommended craft ideas for Halloween

10 years as a kindergarten teacher / elementary school teacher / junior and senior high school teacher / childminderkepiko
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 for 10 years as a kindergarten teacher and for 7 years as an after-school childcare instructor, then took a post as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I also engaged in activities that shared Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational play, working with many children. Afterwards, through freelance writing, planning, and editing work at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and conveying ideas. Leveraging the perspective cultivated in educational settings and my experience as an editor, I aim to deliver practical information—focusing on fields related to music and children—that values both input and output. Hobbies include instruments, singing, handcrafts, toys, drawing, traditional play, the outdoors, books, DIY, and crafts. Special skill: 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.

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.”

Ideas kids aged 5 will love! Recommended Halloween crafts (21–30)

Plump-plump pumpkin

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Here’s a cute idea for a pumpkin decoration with a plump, round shape.

First, cut black construction paper to make the facial features.

Next, prepare about 15 thin, long strips of orange construction paper, stack them, and punch holes at both ends.

Thread both holes onto a pipe cleaner with rounded ends, then twist the pipe cleaner to secure it at a point where the paper curves slightly.

Shape the extra length of the pipe cleaner to look like a vine.

Spread the paper strips out to form a sphere, and finally attach the face pieces to finish.

You can display it as is, or hang it as a decoration—it’ll look adorable either way.

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Tear-and-paste colorful monster

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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.

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Ideas Kids Age 5 Will Love! Recommended Halloween Crafts (31–40)

Jack-o’-lantern made with torn-paper collage

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Kids 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.

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Resist-Dyed Painting Monster

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It’s fascinating how paint repels the colors of crayons and pastel crayons, isn’t it? For this project, let’s draw on drawing paper using light-colored crayons or pastel crayons.

When you paint over your drawing with paint, the crayons or pastel crayons repel the paint, and the picture you drew pops out as if by magic.

It’s a perfect, magical craft for the Halloween season, so please give it a try.

We recommend it for children around 3 years old and up!

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Lacing Jack-o’-Lantern

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Here’s a Jack-o’-lantern craft idea using a paper plate and yarn.

Cut out the inner circle of the paper plate, then punch evenly spaced holes around the edge.

Make a loop at one end of the yarn and tape it to the top of the plate; thread the other end through the holes in any pattern you like.

Create a pumpkin face from construction paper and candies from colored film, then decorate the plate and yarn with them.

Your Jack-o’-lantern is complete! Hang it on the wall by the yarn loop and enjoy.

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Ghost made with cotton balls

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Playing with and crafting using cotton engages the senses and provides great stimulation.

For this project, roll the cotton into balls and glue them onto construction paper, matching the outlined shapes.

Once finished, you’ll have a three-dimensional Halloween craft.

Please note that it takes a little time for the glue to dry after sticking the cotton on.

After the glue dries, add faces to the cotton to complete the project.

You can also paint the cotton with colors to create Halloween characters like pumpkins or spiders—sounds fun, right? Display them on the wall to boost the Halloween spirit!

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Shaka-shaka Lollipop

@mamekibi07
[How to Make] An ultra-easy Halloween craft! A ‘Shaka-Shaka Halloween Lollipop’ you can fill with candy and shake around. You can get all the materials at the dollar store and the supermarket! It’s sturdy, so shaking it is no problem! A Halloween item you can enjoy making, munch on the treats, and then play with afterward! It’s simple, so give it a try!#simpleDIY With children work How to make #QBB Cheese Halloween #HalloweenGoods
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A delightful Halloween treat! Let’s make a shaker lollipop.

Prepare a round box like the kind used for 6P cheese, and remove the bottom.

Cut a card case to the same size as the bottom, stick on a Halloween-themed illustration, and fit it into the frame.

Cut a rectangular slit in the lid and secure a straw to use as the handle.

Attach a Halloween illustration to the flat surface, add some candy, then cover it with the container that has the card case fitted in.

Wrap it in plastic and tie a ribbon to finish.

If adding candy is tricky, beads or decorative pom-poms could be a cute alternative!

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