October is filled with family activities, but they often aren't cheap. If you’re looking for an affordable way to spend an afternoon, try these free printable Halloween crafts for children.
1. Free Halloween Apothecary Printable Labels
Upcycle old pasta jars or soda bottles with these free Halloween apothecary labels from The Navage Patch. There are dozens of spooky options. For extra fun, fill the jars with candy, and have a candy jar guessing game contest, or collect stones and plants with your child to create your own “potions.”
2. Printable Halloween Decorations
Spend an afternoon decorating your house with these free Halloween decorations from First Palette. Kids will love coloring their own bats, pumpkins, and ghosts to cut out and tape around the house.
3. Free Pumpkin Coloring Pages
If you have a budding artist in the family, this downloadable book of 25 pumpkin coloring pages from Printabulls is the perfect way to keep your child entertained for the afternoon.
4. Free Download for Halloween Masks
Mr. Printables has some of the cutest downloadable Halloween masks for free. The collection includes full color templates or blank templates that allow children to customize their mask. A black cat, skull, spider, and jack-'o-lantern are among the adorable disguises.
5. Halloween Word Search Printable
Practice vocabulary skills while you challenge your child to a spooky Halloween word search. This free printable from Printables Fairy is just challenging enough for young readers but still engaging for older children.
6. Free Halloween Cut Out Puzzle
This free downloadable Halloween puzzle from Kids Activities Blog is really two activities in one. First, your child can color the puzzle. Then you can cut it out and try to solve it together.
7. Pin the Tail Halloween Game
Pin the tail on a black cat in this Halloween version of pin the tail on the donkey from My Party Games. This free printable game is perfect for Halloween parties.
8. Free Halloween Bingo Cards
These printable Halloween bingo cards from The Incremental Mama are another fun indoor activity for Halloween parties. The downloadable PDF features 28 cards, so you can play multiple times or with a big group. Use candy corn as place markers for a fun treat.
9. Halloween Paper Dolls Printable
This printable Halloween paper dolls PDF from In The Play Room includes a mummy, a witch and a scarecrow. Kids can color their own blank version or print out an assemble the already-colored version if they’re eager to play.
10. Printable Halloween Puppets
If you have Popsicle sticks from a previous craft project, you need to make these cute and creepy Halloween puppets from Mommy Made That. Googly eyes are optional but are strongly encouraged.
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