Crafting with egg cartons for Halloween is fun for adults and children. Get ready for Halloween by making cute witches, pumpkins and ghosts yourself.
Crafting with egg cartons: How to make cute Halloween characters with the kids
A witch, a pumpkin, a ghost and Count Dracula: you will surely love the next cute egg carton characters. All you need is an egg carton, acrylic paints and a few household items that everyone has at home. The DIY instructions are very simple and suitable even for kindergarten-aged children.
Make a pumpkin out of egg carton
For the first craft idea - a pumpkin made from egg carton, you need the following materials:
- orange and brown acrylic paint
- Eisstiel
- green construction paper
- black liner
- 1 egg carton
- adhesive
- Paint brush
Craft instructions:
1. First separate the lid of the egg carton and then cut off a round compartment of the egg carton.
2. Paint the compartment orange and allow this first coat of paint to dry. Then turn it over and draw a face with the liner.
3. Paint the popsicle stick brown and put it in the compartment. Cut a leaf out of the green construction paper and glue it to the stem.
Craft ideas for children in elementary school: witch made from egg carton
For the egg carton witch you need the following materials:
- Green and black acrylic paint
- Paint brush
- Googly eyes
- black liner
- purple buttons
- orange construction paper
- black construction paper
- glittery paper
- two egg carton compartments
- Paper glue
- Compass, ruler
Directions:
1. Paint two egg carton compartments black and one green. Then stack them on top of each other, with the green compartment at the top.
2. Cut out hair from the orange construction paper. To do this, cut out several 5 mm wide and 6 cm long strips and glue them to the green compartment.
3. Make a witch's hat: first draw a circle with a radius of 3 cm on the left side of the black construction paper. Draw and cut the radius line. Shape the circle into a cone shape so that the two ends meet and a point is created when bent. Glue the ends together. Cut another circle out of the black construction paper and glue the cone onto it. Then cut out a 6 cm long and 3-4 mm wide strip from the glitter paper, glue the ends together and put together the witch's hat.
4. Glue buttons to the front, attach wiggly eyes and paint on the face.
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Make a cute ghost out of egg carton
Ghosts are a cool oneCraft idea for Halloween. They are so easy to make that they are ideal for daycare-age children. For the cute ghost you need the following materials:
- two compartments from an egg carton
- 2 different sized googly eyes
- black fineliner
- white acrylic paint
- Paint brush
Craft instructions:
1. Paint the two compartments, let them dry and then stack them on top of each other.
2. Paint the mouth, attach the googly eyes. Complete!
Halloween decoration for the children's room: vampire made of egg carton
The next cute vampire will win the hearts of children. It is more complicated to produce, but children in elementary school can master the task without any problems.
For the vampire you need:
- black acrylic paint
- 3 egg carton compartments
- pink construction paper
- Googly eyes
- Vampire teeth made from white cardboard
- a red bow tie made of glitter fabric
- black liner
- Glue for paper
- large triangle made of red construction paper
Directions:
1. Paint all three compartments black.
2. Glue the white triangle and red bow onto one compartment.
3. Cut out the face from pink colored paper and paint it on, glue on the googly eyes and attach the teeth.
4. Put the figure together and then glue the triangle to the back.
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Egg carton crafts for Halloween: Frankenstein Monster
The next craft idea can also be made very quickly and easily from egg carton. To make a Frankenstein monster you will need three egg carton compartments, colored paper and 2 buttons. The accessories you need are scissors and glue. Proceed as follows:
1. First paint two of the compartments purple and one – green.
2. Glue the buttons on the front.
3. Cut out the hair, mouth and “scar” from colored paper. Attach the googly eyes.
Make cute characters for Halloween with the children. You can easily recreate these 5 craft ideas using an egg carton for 12 eggs. The children can of course help and support with painting, cutting and gluing. The pumpkin and the ghost are so simple that even complete craft enthusiasts will be able to make them. The witch is a little more complicated and the child should first make cones before putting the figure together. Frankenstein is pretty simple and Dracula is suitable for elementary school children.
Let your creativity run wild. If you liked these DIY ideas, then maybe you will also like the article “Egg carton crafts in fall“.
