Crafts for Halloween – 24 cute decoration ideas with ghosts

Halloween crafts are not only fun for children, but also for adults. From festive to frightening, these DIY spooky Halloween ideas would create a moody atmosphere in your house.

Crafts for Halloween – lanterns

These pretty mason jars not only serve as lighting in the form of lanterns, but were also designed to match the celebration. Would you also like to recreate this idea? For the ghost, all you need to do is cut out three circles and glue them to the outer surface. Then add another piece of white fabric and the ghost is ready. You can make the lamp glow by attaching an LED light bulb to the lid.

Crafts for Halloween – desserts made from sugar foam

If you want to make fun desserts and have them shaped like a ghost, then you can consider using sugar foam. This is easy to shape and becomes nice and hard in the end, so the figure lasts a long time - or at least until your children discover it. For the faces, it is best to use chocolate icing or add sprinkles before the foam has hardened.

Hang a ghost in the garden

With some delicate white fabric and string you can make oneMake your own Halloween decorationsand hang in the garden.

Or make several ghosts at once, tie the arms together and place them around a tree in the garden. This is how the ghosts look like they are dancing at Halloween.

Framed ghosts for Halloween

Create a spooky gallery with this homemade art installation. Download some ghost images and resize them to fit in the frame. Cut out the shapes and draw the eyes and mouth with black marker. Place the ghosts between panes of glass, laminated A4 sheets or in an old picture frame. Display your designs on a shelf or on the mantel among other seasonal decorations like these cute mini pumpkins.

Ghostly book pop-ups

Make your own ghostly figures that appear from a stack of old books. To make this project, cut two shapes of ghosts in the pages in the middle of the book so that the bottoms attach to the book pages. Hold each ghost upright with a piece of tape. To complete this haunting craft project, make holes or black marker to make the eyes for each ghost.


Send your little ones collecting candy with this cute bag.


This hot white chocolate looks even spookier with ghost-shaped marshmallow.

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