Halloween Craft Ideas For 1 Year Old
Halloween is one of the most celebrated holidays all over the world. It is a time when people dress up in costumes and decorate their homes with spooky decorations. If you have a 1-year-old, you can still join in on the fun by making some Halloween crafts together. Here are some Halloween craft ideas for 1 year old:
1. Handprint Ghost
Take a piece of black construction paper and paint your child's hand with white paint. Press their hand onto the paper to make a ghost shape. Add eyes and a mouth with a black marker. This craft is great for memory-keeping and can be a fun addition to your Halloween decorations.
2. Pumpkin Stamping
Take a small pumpkin and cut it in half. Dip the cut side in orange paint and stamp it onto a piece of paper. This creates a pumpkin shape that your child can decorate with markers or stickers. This craft is great for developing fine motor skills and creativity.
3. Spider Hat
Take a black paper plate and cut out the center. Cut eight strips of black construction paper and tape them to the plate to make spider legs. Add googly eyes to the center of the plate and attach elastic to the back to make a hat. This craft is great for imaginative play and can be worn as a costume accessory.
4. Candy Corn Collage
Take a piece of white paper and draw a candy corn shape with pencil. Help your child cut out small squares of yellow, orange, and white tissue paper. Let them glue the tissue paper onto the candy corn shape to create a collage. This craft is great for developing hand-eye coordination and color recognition.
5. Monster Feet
Take a piece of green construction paper and trace your child's foot on it. Cut out the foot shape and add eyes, a mouth, and some hair with markers or construction paper. This craft is great for gross motor skills and imaginative play.
6. Bat Mobile
Take a black paper plate and cut out bat wings. Add eyes and fangs with white and red paper. Attach string to the top of the bat and hang it from a hanger or dowel to make a mobile. This craft is great for developing spatial awareness and creativity.
7. Mummy Hands
Take a white paper plate and cut out hand shapes. Help your child wrap white yarn around the plate to create a mummy effect. Add googly eyes to the center of the hand. This craft is great for developing fine motor skills and imagination.
8. Ghost Windsock
Take a white paper cup and cut out eyes and a mouth. Add streamers made of white tissue paper to the bottom of the cup. Hang the windsock outside to make a spooky decoration. This craft is great for developing hand-eye coordination and creativity.
9. Frankenstein Headband
Take a green headband and attach black pipe cleaners to the top to make Frankenstein's hair. Add googly eyes and a mouth to the center of the headband. This craft is great for imaginative play and can be worn as a costume accessory.
10. Pumpkin Seed Art
Take some pumpkin seeds and let your child paint them with orange and green paint. Use the painted seeds to create pumpkin and stem shapes on a piece of paper. This craft is great for developing creativity and color recognition.
11. Spider Web Art
Take a piece of black paper and use white paint to make a spider web design. Help your child glue plastic spiders to the web. This craft is great for developing hand-eye coordination and creativity.
12. Ghost Footprints
Paint your child's foot with white paint and press it onto a piece of black paper. Add eyes and a mouth with a black marker to make a ghost shape. This craft is great for memory-keeping and can be a fun addition to your Halloween decorations.
13. Bat Finger Puppets
Take some black felt and cut out bat shapes. Help your child glue googly eyes to the bats and attach them to their fingers with tape. This craft is great for imaginative play and can be used as a Halloween costume accessory.
14. Witch Hat
Take a black paper plate and cut out a circle in the center. Cut a triangle shape out of the circle to make a witch hat shape. Add a buckle made of construction paper to the front of the hat. This craft is great for developing creativity and can be worn as a costume accessory.
15. Spider Web Sensory Bin
Fill a plastic bin with black beans and add plastic spiders and spider web decorations. Let your child explore the sensory bin with their hands and toys. This activity is great for developing sensory skills and creativity.
16. Paper Plate Jack-O-Lantern
Take a paper plate and paint it orange. Cut out eyes, a nose, and a mouth from black construction paper and glue them to the plate. This craft is great for developing creativity and can be a fun addition to your Halloween decorations.
17. Candy Corn Finger Painting
Take a piece of white paper and help your child paint yellow, orange, and white stripes with their fingers. This creates a candy corn design that can be framed or hung up as a decoration. This craft is great for developing creativity and color recognition.
18. Bat Cutouts
Take some black construction paper and cut out bat shapes. Let your child decorate them with markers or stickers. Hang them up as a decoration or use them as a Halloween costume accessory. This craft is great for developing creativity and fine motor skills.
19. Spider Headband
Take a black headband and attach pipe cleaners to the top to make spider legs. Add googly eyes and a mouth to the center of the headband. This craft is great for imaginative play and can be worn as a costume accessory.
20. Halloween Sticker Collage
Give your child a piece of paper and a variety of Halloween stickers. Let them create a collage with the stickers. This craft is great for developing creativity and fine motor skills.
21. Ghost Bowling
Set up some white plastic cups in a triangle shape and draw ghost faces on them with a black marker. Use a small ball to knock down the cups like a bowling game. This activity is great for developing gross motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
22. Pumpkin Bean Bag Toss
Draw a pumpkin shape on a piece of cardboard and cut out the center. Add point values to the pumpkin sections with a marker. Use bean bags to toss into the pumpkin sections and keep score. This activity is great for developing gross motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
23. Halloween Memory Game
Draw or print out Halloween-themed pictures and cut them into pairs. Lay them face-down and let your child turn over two cards at a time to try to match the pairs. This game is great for developing memory skills and concentration.
24. Halloween Playdough
Make homemade playdough with orange and black food coloring. Add Halloween-themed cookie cutters and plastic spiders for your child to play with. This activity is great for developing sensory skills and creativity.
25. Halloween Sensory Bottles
Fill plastic bottles with Halloween-themed items like plastic spiders, googly eyes, and orange and black beads. Add water and glitter for a sensory experience. This activity is great for developing sensory skills and creativity.
26. Halloween Puzzles
Print out Halloween-themed pictures and cut them into puzzle pieces. Let your child put the puzzle together. This activity is great for developing problem-solving skills and concentration.
27. Halloween Sensory Bin
Fill a plastic bin with Halloween-themed items like plastic spiders, orange and black beads, and fake cobwebs. Let your child explore the sensory bin with their hands and toys. This activity is great for developing sensory skills and creativity.
28. Halloween Story Time
Read Halloween-themed books to your child, like "Room on the Broom" or "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything." This activity is great for developing language skills and imagination.
29. Halloween Scavenger Hunt
Hide Halloween-themed items around the house and let your child search for them with a list or clues. This activity is great for developing problem-solving skills and gross motor skills.
30. Halloween Coloring Pages
Print out Halloween-themed coloring pages for your child to color with crayons or markers. This activity is great for developing creativity and fine motor skills.
