This year, many of us find ourselves wondering how to make Halloween special. Parents are on the hunt for safe things to do on Halloween and low-risk ways to spend the holiday. One easy way to do this is to extend the celebration with fun Halloween crafts and activities all month long.
In an article about Halloween safety in 2020, Christopher Grindlesperger — the spokesman for the National Confectioners Association — talked about celebrating during the pandemic. “Beyond doubt, this Halloween will be different than years past,” Grindlesperger told the New York Times. For safe alternatives, he suggests families celebrate by doing things such as, “decorating the house, working on their [sic] coordinated family costumes, streaming ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown' and carving pumpkins.”
The entire holiday season will be different this year and while it may not be time for paper snowflakes yet, this Halloween paper spider web is the perfect start. If you're looking for easy art projects to do with your kids , the following Halloween crafts and activities are sure to make Halloween 2020 a little brighter.
Fun Halloween crafts and activities to do with preschoolers and toddlers|Fun Halloween crafts and activities to do with preschoolers and toddlers
Halloween craft ideas that make great DIY gifts
Mason jar Halloween crafts make great gifts
Older kids will enjoy creating gifts to give to family and friends. Halloween mason jar gifts — filled with ingredients for a batch of cookies — are the perfect option. Measuring and portioning out the flour, sugar and decorations to determine how much is needed for a given number of mason jar gifts, incorporates an educational element to your kids' Halloween crafting.
Lois Behr Christensen shares a fun Halloween recipe. "Put together a few of these Halloween Cookies in mason jars to give as gifts to your neighbors," she suggested to Mom.com.
Make a Halloween candy craft for friends and neighbors
Older kids will enjoy assembling fun Halloween candy crafts to give away. Chances are you already have some extra latex glove in your COVID-19 first aid kit. Have your kids stuff them with wrapped candy then tie off the ends for a creepy-looking zombie hand candy craft. These work great as trick-or-treat goodie bags.
