Fun Halloween decoration ideas for childcare! Transform your walls by making them together with the kids
It’s almost Halloween season! How about refreshing the wall decorations at your nursery or kindergarten to make the children’s eyes sparkle? With handmade wall decor featuring pumpkins and ghost motifs, the classroom will instantly transform into a stylish autumn space.
We’ll share tips for decorations that will liven up Halloween, including garlands and easy craft ideas you can enjoy with the children.
Celebrate Halloween by creating an environment that nurtures children’s imagination and creativity through seasonal events!
Halloween decoration ideas kids will love in daycare! Transform your walls by making them together (1–10)
Monster of the paper core
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3JzfIsp_CM/Turn toilet paper rolls into Halloween-themed bowling pins! Wrap them in your favorite colors of origami paper with your child, then freely draw patterns, eyes, and noses to create adorable little ghosts.
Line up the unique ghosts on the floor and enjoy a game of bowling with a soft ball.
Just seeing the colorful pins you worked so hard to make all lined up will bring smiles to both kids and adults.
Some children might even say, “I can’t throw the ball—they’re too cute to knock down!”
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!
Pumpkin and ghost buckets
Let’s use the leftover construction paper scraps from daycare or kindergarten to make a Halloween ghost.
First, take the leftover paper scraps from other crafts and crumple and tear them randomly.
Kids can do this part too.
Next, soak the paper in liquid glue and stick it onto a balloon.
Once it’s dry, pop the balloon and remove it.
Attach a pumpkin face with double-sided tape to the rounded body, add a sparkly pipe-cleaner handle, and your Halloween ghost decoration is complete.
Try designing not only pumpkins but also three-eyed ghosts and other fun ghost characters!
Stamp Ghost
Just by dabbing on drawing paper, ghost shapes appear! Prepare a sheet of paper with ghost shapes cut out.
Wrap some cotton in gauze, poke a chopstick into the center, and secure it tightly with a rubber band.
Then place the ghost-shaped stencil on the backing paper, dab paint onto the gauze, and pounce color into the cut-out areas.
You can stamp lots of ghosts easily, so it’s fun to do with small children.
After stamping, dress them up by adding eyes, mouths, and ribbons.
It would be fun to decorate an entire wall with the unique, personality-filled works each child stamped.
Paper fan pumpkin bat
These paper fan Halloween decorations are eye-catching and guaranteed to make everyone smile.
Fold a sheet of origami paper in half several times, then accordion-fold along those creases.
Fold the now-narrow strip in half, fan it out, and glue three pieces together to form a neat circle.
Finally, add eyes, a mouth, and a nose as you like, and it’s done.
By changing the color of the paper, you can make all kinds of spooky characters like pumpkins and skulls.
Make one in black and attach wings on both sides to turn it into a bat! Stick them on the wall to boost the Halloween mood.
Paper pom-pom ornament
These are cute paper pom-pom ornaments.
Stack several sheets of thin paper and fold them accordion-style into a narrow strip.
Tie the center with wire, then fan out the layers so they spread radially—your flower is done in no time.
Make six of these.
Prepare a looped string, and glue each flower at its center along the string; that completes the pom-pom.
Trim the surface so it forms a neat circle, then add features: eyes and a mouth for a pumpkin, or bolts on the head for Frankenstein.
You can also add ears to make a black cat, or wrap white paper around to make a mummy—there are lots of fun variations to try.
Monster paper fan
Decorate your room colorfully with monster paper fans.
Prepare two sheets of B4 colored construction paper folded into narrow accordions, and clip each sheet together end to end.
Wrap fishing line tightly around the center and fan it out into a circle, then secure both ends with clips.
Finally, attach the monster’s eyes and mouth with double-sided tape to finish.
When making the eyes, trace around a cup or other round object of the right size to easily draw neat circles.
For balanced-looking eyes, make the pupils about 50% the size of the whites.