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 (31–40)
Self-righting pumpkin
How about making an “upright pumpkin” using items you can buy at a 100-yen shop, like marbles and pipe cleaners? The great thing about this decoration is that it’s easy to make without any special tools or techniques.
Make the face out of construction paper and style the hat with a pipe cleaner—just don’t forget to put a marble inside the face! That way, you’ll have a whimsical pumpkin decoration that pops back up on its own even when you tip it over.
This decoration is sure to delight little boys and girls in particular.
Ghosts and pumpkins
Origami ideas featuring ghosts and pumpkins, classic Halloween characters.
The two pieces share the same steps up to a certain point, so they’re great for childcare settings where you make them together with kids.
First, fold the origami paper left and right to create crease lines.
Open the paper, then fold the bottom up to meet the center, and fold in the left and right sides as well.
Next, open the inner bottom section as you fold, then fold it back toward the center.
While opening the top part, fold it down, and finish by folding the paper on the back—done! With just one more fold of the left and right sections, you can also turn it into a coffin.
Mini lanterns with ghosts and pumpkins
Why not make mini pumpkin and ghost lanterns using empty toilet paper rolls? Cut a roll to 6 cm and adjust it to form a tube with a 2.8 cm diameter.
Take a 7 cm by 11 cm piece of colored paper and, leaving the top and bottom edges intact, cut vertical slits at 1 cm intervals.
Stack three identical pieces and wrap them around the roll, and you’ll get a plump, cute pumpkin shape! Add eyes and a mouth, attach a wire so it can hang, and you’re done.
You won’t believe it’s made from a toilet paper roll—it looks so polished.
If you’re good with your hands, definitely give it a try!
Ghosts & Pumpkins
If just having ghosts in your Halloween decorations feels a bit lonely, how about making some pumpkins to go with them? The contrast between the ghosts’ white and the pumpkins’ orange really pops, so they’re great for decorating! Both can be folded with simple steps, which is part of their charm.
Since the pumpkin involves a step where you cut with scissors, please have an adult help if it’s difficult for a three-year-old.
You could stick them onto paper plates, or connect the origami pieces together to arrange them into a wreath—wouldn’t that look lovely?
pumpkin
When it comes to Halloween, it’s got to be pumpkins, right? Making pumpkins with papercutting is highly recommended.
Use yellow-orange paper and cut out a pumpkin shape.
If you cut out the eyes and mouth, you’ve got a Jack-o’-lantern! If you keep the design simple, it’s fun to make with kids, too.
You can stick your finished piece on the window or use it as decoration.
The fine handiwork is great stimulation for your fingers as well.
Why not try making a pumpkin papercut? You’re sure to end up with a lovely creation.
Enjoy a Handmade Halloween! A Collection of Craft Ideas for Fun in Early Childhood Education (41–50)
Pumpkin and bat wreath
When it comes to Halloween, you think of pumpkins—and bats are a classic motif too! Here’s a papercut idea that turns those two into a wreath.
By folding origami into a flower-like shape and then drawing and cutting out your design, it transforms into a beautiful wreath shape.
The folding step can be a little tricky, but with an adult’s help, kids can do it too.
You can copy the sample design or use your own, but since the origami layers are stacked, overly intricate designs can be hard to cut.
Just keep that in mind.
pumpkin candy holder
While creations that simply decorate walls or ceilings are nice, many of you might prefer to make something practical if you’re going to the trouble, right? For those people, we recommend this pumpkin candy holder.
Instead of being box-shaped, it’s shaped like a clasp purse, so although its capacity is small, there’s enough space to hold a few hard candies or pieces of gum.
You can pin just the back side with a thumbtack, turning it into both wall art and a bit of storage.
