Enjoy a handmade Halloween! A collection of craft ideas for fun in childcare
When Halloween season comes around, we start seeing pumpkins everywhere.
Maybe you want to try making pumpkins, the ever-popular decoration item, but aren’t sure what materials or tools to use.
In this article, we’ll introduce pumpkin craft ideas you can easily enjoy at home.
We explain in detail tips to help first-timers make them successfully, along with key points for creating a three-dimensional look.
With a bit of creativity, you can make wonderful pieces using everyday materials! Because items made by children are treated as works (sakuhin), we use the term “制作” (seisaku) in the text.
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Enjoy a Handmade Halloween! A Collection of Craft Ideas for Early Childhood Education (21–30)
[Tissue Paper] A Halloween wreath that even infants can enjoy
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Cut out the center of a paper plate to make the base.
Crumple tissue paper tightly into balls and attach them to the base with double-sided tape.
Cut the previously removed center into a ghost shape, then add a child’s face photo and a hat.
Hang the ghost in the center of the base with thread, and finish by attaching pumpkin, star, and candy pieces! You can make the pieces from origami or cut construction paper, but if you’re short on time, using ready-made craft parts might be a good idea.
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!
A Halloween wreath made with 100-yen shop items
This wreath is perfect for a Halloween party and can be made with items from the 100-yen shop.
Pick up a wreath base, yarn, and decorations you like.
First, stick double-sided tape around the wreath base and wrap the yarn around and around it.
Since it’s Halloween, colors like purple and black, or orange, would work well.
Next, use glue to attach eye-catching decorations such as jack-o’-lanterns, ghosts, and witches.
Finally, have fun adding ribbons and other decorations to finish off a cute wreath!
A tongue-wagging ghost you can press and play with
A push-and-play “tongue-out ghost” that’s perfect for a Halloween craft.
It comes together in no time using everyday materials you can find at 100-yen shops.
The steps are simple: cut a mouth-shaped slit in a paper cup, then make the tongue by trimming a strip of red paper slightly narrower than the slit and adjusting the length as you shape it.
Use double-sided tape to attach it inside the cup, and add sticker eyes to finish.
When you gently press the cheek area of the cup, the red paper pops out like a lolling tongue, making it look as if the ghost is sticking its tongue out.
Give it a try!
[Origami] Transforming Jack-o’-Lantern Cube
A stretchy, transforming cube that’s super fun for Halloween! It’s also a great idea for at-home time or fall crafts, so try making it together as a parent–child activity.
Use two sheets of origami paper to create one cube, then combine as many cubes as you like.
Folding the cube itself isn’t too difficult, but the key is to be careful not to mix up how you connect the two origami parts.
After that, just glue together as many cubes as you want, and you’re done.
You can decorate them with pumpkin or ghost faces, too.
Twist and stretch the cubes as you play!
Halloween pumpkin with tissue paper
A Halloween pumpkin wall decoration made by crumpling tissue paper! The method is super simple: crumple orange tissue paper, put it into a clear plastic bag, shape it, and tie it with a pipe cleaner.
Stick eyes, a nose, and a mouth onto the side of the bag, and your pumpkin is done in no time.
You can stick it on the wall, but the drawstring-style look is so cute that tying it to a string and hanging it as a garland is also recommended.
If you crumple white tissue paper, you can make a ghost too—so be sure to try them together!
Pumpkin piñata
It’s exciting when Halloween approaches, isn’t it? Pick your favorite idea from the ones we introduced and give it a try.
By decorating or wearing them, you’ll likely stay in a festive mood all the way until Halloween day!
