This creative Halloween craft stick art activity is filled with the sights of Halloween night. Kids fill their pictures with pumpkin and ghost cutouts to highlight this not-too-spooky event. What will you see on Halloween night?
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Explore the sights and sounds of Halloween night with this Halloween craft stick art activity. While Halloween images can be fun for kids, they can also be scary and unfamiliar.
Before and during the big event, kids see glimpses of Halloween everywhere; in the costumes displayed at the mall; in the stories you read at circle time; in games played at home or at the class party.
This simple Halloween art activity lets kids imagine not-too-spooky ghosts, and grinning jack-o-lanterns when they go trick-or-treating. Kids can even create new characters to highlight Halloween night.
What will you see on Halloween night?
Halloween art activity
Kids can share their ideas about Halloween with the artwork they create. An activity that highlights the characters and images of Halloween will help little ones become familiar with the novelty of the holiday.
Originally I used my own simple drawings for this activity. Recently prepared a printable with ghost and jack-o-lantern cutouts and a Halloween tree as an option for your art activity. See how we used the cutouts later in the post.
Halloween images for preschool art activity.
Materials for Halloween art
- craft sticks
- white paint
- construction paper
- scissors
- paint brush
- Halloween paper cutouts or stickers
Instructions for Halloween craft stick art
1. Paint craft sticks white for a picket fence. Allow to dry.
- Kids may want to use other paint colors on the craft sticks. Follow their lead as they prepare the fence for the Halloween characters.
2. Glue the painted craft sticks to construction paper.
- The fence we built is just a starting point to spark creativity. Kids should be supported if they choose to use the craft sticks in other ways – a house, a bridge, a door or window for example.
- Provide the option of other colors of construction paper for the background, such as purple, grey or dark blue.
3. Glue Halloween cutouts into the picture.
Kids can be creative with choosing cutouts and designing layouts. Here are some ideas for adding the Halloween characters.
- Draw and cut out characters for little learners beforehand.
- Provide paper for kids to draw and cut out their own characters.
- Cut out Halloween characters from greeting cards and ads.
- Provide self-adhesive stickers instead of paper cutouts.
- Download and print the file provided with Halloween characters.
Halloween images for preschool art activity.
Here is a picture using the cutouts in the printable.
- Transfer the tree template in the printable to brown paper.
- Color pumpkins with crayons or markers.
Halloween images for preschool art activity.
Use different colors of craft sticks instead of painting them white.
Print the characters on white paper. Cut out the tree with narrow white paper edge outlining the tree so it will show up on the black paper.
This Halloween craft stick art activity provides an opportunity for kids to reflect on their unique experiences. Talk about the ideas and images they choose as they engage with the materials and build their artwork.
