Fun & Frightful Crafts for This Year's Halloween Decor!
Enjoy these fun, traditional Halloween crafts—from apple heads to cornhusk dolls to pumpkin-seed bracelets. They’re great for the young and the young at heart!
5 Traditional Halloween Crafts
1. Pumpkin-Seed Bracelet or Necklace
After you carve pumpkins this year, save the seeds and create pumpkin-seed necklaces or bracelets! It’s a fun and unique way to celebrate the season.
2. Luminarias
Luminarias have been used by cultures around the world to light up the night. Here’s how to make your own luminarias, which can add a spooky glow to Halloween night!
3. Cornhusk Doll
Cornhusks were traditionally made into children’s dolls in some Native American cultures. They are a fun and easy way to recycle materials that would otherwise just go into the compost pile!
Illustration: Margo Letourneau
4. Apple Heads
This creepy craft is perfect for the end of apple season—and is sure to turn heads!
5. Pumpkin Spice Mix
Make your own pumpkin pie spice mix with only five ingredients—it’s a great gift, too!
Making Jack-O’-Lanterns
Of course, the classic Halloween craft is creating Jack-o’-lanterns. What will you carve into your pumpkin this year?
Here are a few tips to keep your carved pumpkins lasting until Halloween!
More Halloween Fun
- How to Cook and Clean a Pumpkin
- Candied Apples Recipe
- Roasted Pumpkin Seed Recipe
- All Our Best Halloween Recipes
- Halloween History and Why We Celebrate
- Halloween Makeup and Fake Blood
- Try Pumpkin Chunkin’
- Grow Your Own Giant Pumpkin
Every made any of these crafts before? Let us know in the comments! We wish you all a Happy Halloween!
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