This Printable Halloween craft for kids is so simple to set up, and allows your child to put together a super cute Halloween picture with pretty much no mess. All treat – no trick.
We have put together four options with super cute Halloween pictures for kids to create this puzzle craft. And the best part is that you can use to make adorable Halloween cards for friends and family, or display them to decorate the house for Halloween.
Our free printable Halloween puzzle pack includes Pumpkin, Bats, Ghosts and a mixed Halloween design.
You can download the PDF digital file for free at the end of this blog post.
Supplies
To make this easy Halloween paper craft you will need the following
- A Printer. If you don’t have a printer at home, you can access this at your local library
- Our free downloadable PDF files
- Paper for the background. We chose black
- Scissors
- Gluestick
You probably have most of these basic supplies already to hand in your home.
Method
After printing out your chosen puzzle (or go ahead and print out all four!) cut along the lines to create puzzle pieces.
Older kids can do this step independently, but for younger kids or to save time it will go more smoothly if you pre-cut the puzzle pieces for them.
For very young kids, you can keep some of the pieces together to create larger chunks and make the puzzle construction more age appropriate. Like this
Each of the puzzles in this pack has 16 pieces. N is age 4 so I cut all of the pieces ready for her to put the puzzle picture together.
Cutting and arranging the pieces are both great ways to develop fine motor skills, developing little hand muscles and working on hand eye coordination.
Next, your child can start finding matches to put the pieces together and glue them down piece by piece once they find the puzzle pieces that go next to each other.
This gives a little bit of a brain work out, focusing on logic, visual and spacial awareness skills.
Starting at the bottom was easiest for N, but if your child wants to start somewhere in the middle just make sure that they leave enough space all around to complete the picture.
This is a fun mess free craft for kids who enjoy jigsaw puzzles or logic challenges, and there is so much sense of pride and accomplishment for little children when completing tasks like these. N was so happy with her work!
As you can see above, we kept all of the pieces and supplies on a tray – this comes in really handy to prevent puzzle pieces being lost on the floor or scattered around during the craft.
This was a perfect activity for her to complete while I was making lunch nearby, independently but with some help when needed.
The Four Halloween Puzzle Pictures
We have four different super cute Halloween puzzle pictures available for your kids to make. N chose the Pumpkin puzzle, isn’t he cute wearing a witches hat with his big smile and witchy potions.
Printable Halloween Puzzle Pumpkin Craft
Put together this cheeky Pumpkin witch with all of her mischievous potions.
Printable Halloween Puzzle Bat Craft
Little baby bat is sleeping under the moonlight this Halloween – how adorable!
Printable Halloween Puzzle Ghost Craft
How many can you count? Five friendly ghosts flying around the Halloween tree. Kids will love these cute and spooky little ghosts.
Printable Halloween Puzzle Craft with a Mix of Characters
This patterned puzzle includes witches, ghosts, Frankenstein Zombies, tombstones, pumpkins, eyeballs and more. Super spooky! This design is a little more scary and a little more challenging to put together so this one is a nice choice for the slightly older kids.
If you have a few children, have everyone choose a different puzzle according to their favorite Halloween characters.
This activity is also great for Halloween parties, you can put this out on the Halloween party craft table knowing that kids can complete this activity independently and with very little mess. Each child can take their finished Halloween craft picture home with them.
PDF Downloads
Click the download link below for an instant digital download of the PDF file containing all four of these fun Halloween paper crafts – for free.
I created this printable activity using Canva Pro (affiliate). If would like to create similar activities yourself, give it a try!
More Halloween Crafts & Activities
You might also like these fun and spooky activities . With these printables, crafts and recipes, you will have your Halloween activities sorted in no time! Leaving more time for Trick or Treat or to relax and watch some Halloween movies with all the family.
- Halloween Paper Cut Out Characters Craft
- Halloween Sight Words Free Printable Board Game
- Halloween Party Food Ideas
- Upcycled Halloween Pen Pots Craft
- 15 Friendly Ghost Crafts for Kids
- Chocolate Spider Web Cake
- 25 Spider Crafts for Kids
- Kids Halloween Costume Ideas
Happy Halloween! We hope you enjoyed this free printable pack and craft idea for the kids.
Great ideas. I will definitely try a few of these with my son. Thanks!
Ah these are great thank you! Perfect for the upcoming half term 🙂