[For Kids] Let’s Make Ghosts! A Collection of Craft Ideas

ghost lantern

Glowing ghost lanterns for summer events or pretend haunted houses♪

Introducing a spooky lantern that startles with its faint glow in the dark! Cut a plastic bottle about one-third up from the bottom and use that section.

To avoid cutting your hands on the edge, we recommend rounding it by warming the cut edge with an iron or covering it with vinyl tape.

Wrap tracing paper around the plastic bottle and draw a ghost’s eyes, mouth, and other features.

Make holes near the top to thread a string through, and place a battery-powered candle inside the bottle.

Then just thread the string through the holes and hang it wherever you like—done! It’s also fun to make it portable like a handheld lantern.

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Chochin Obake

Chochin Obake

One of Japan’s long-famous yokai, the Chochin Obake.

It’s a slightly spooky spirit that looks like a lantern with a face, often seen at festivals.

Let’s make a cute and simple Chochin Obake out of origami! Prepare a sheet of origami paper in your favorite color, then cut it in half and use one half.

The color you choose will become the bottom color of the lantern ghost, so picking a darker color will make it a bit creepier.

Fold the main lantern shape, and along the way, fold it so a little tongue sticks out.

Once the shape is formed, make accordion folds to create the lantern’s wavy texture.

Finally, draw the eyes, and use a small piece of cut paper to make the top of the lantern—then it’s done!

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Fruit Net Ghost

Easy Halloween craft! Make ghosts with fruit nets ♪ How to make ghosts from fruit nets! ☆

This is a ghost craft using the fruit nets that come with apples, peaches, and other fruits.

All you need is a fruit net, construction paper to make parts like eyes and a mouth, double-sided tape to stick the parts on, and a string for hanging.

It’s super easy—just keep sticking the parts you made onto the fruit net! If cutting the parts with scissors is still a bit dangerous for your child, please have Mom or Dad help.

Once you’ve finished attaching the parts, thread a string through the gaps in the net and you’re done! Hang it wherever you like and enjoy the decoration.

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Piggy bank ghost

It gobbles up your allowance too! I made a piggy-bank ghost!

Your precious allowance from Mom and Dad gets swallowed by a ghost! Let me introduce a unique and cute piggy bank.

We’ll make the slot for inserting money and the mechanism that “swallows” it using cardboard.

The swallowing mechanism works by creating a gear-driven mouth where you place the coin; when you turn the handle, the coin moves deeper into the piggy bank—as if it’s being swallowed.

For the tricky parts, like the gear mechanism, build them together with Mom or Dad! Once the shape is complete, feel free to draw or attach parts like the ghost’s eyes and mouth however you like.

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pop-up ghost

[Chagurin Easy Craft] A Lively Popping Ghost Made from a Milk Carton

It’s a fun craft that gives you a little scare as various ghosts pop out of a box.

Cut a milk carton into long, thin strips and draw different ghosts, then paste the drawings on.

Next, use rubber bands to create a mechanism that makes them spring out—boing! After that, make the box that will hold the ghosts using construction paper in your favorite color.

Shape it like a small candy box, and design the opening with a catch so it stays closed until you release the ghosts.

Finally, place the milk-carton ghosts inside the box, and you’re done! When you open the box, the ghosts burst out with more force than you’d expect.

Try surprising your friends and family!

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A long-tailed ghost

How to Make a Halloween Ghost [with audio commentary]. It’s super quick and easy to make, so it’s a paper-cutting craft suitable for children.

Let’s make a ghost with a slightly spooky, gently swaying long tail! Believe it or not, you can make it with just one sheet of paper! First, sketch the ghost on the paper.

For the long tail, draw a spiral circle like a snail’s shell.

For the face, add the ghost’s eyes and mouth.

Then simply cut along your sketch with scissors! When you unfold the cut paper, a springy, stretched-out tail will appear.

Try hanging it from the ceiling or wall like a mobile!

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A moving ghost toy

A moving toy you can make with kids ♡ #Halloween #AtHomePlay #Crafts #HandmadeToy

This is a handmade, cute ghost toy that you can move around freely.

It’s very easy to make.

First, decorate a paper cup to create the stage where the ghost will move.

Color it, draw illustrations, and finish it off with stickers if you like.

Next, cut out a ghost from construction paper.

Attach magnets to both a wooden spatula and the ghost.

Make sure to check the orientation of the magnets’ north and south poles so they don’t repel each other.

Once the ghost and the spatula stick together with the paper cup in between, your ghost is ready to fly freely around the world of the paper cup.

It’s also safe to make since it doesn’t involve any cutting with blades.

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