What better opportunity to get into the spooky spirit than with a Halloween Party blog? You might be feeling excited, or looking for some inspiration… This series of crafty tutorials will get you in the mood either way.

This week, we are going to show you some simple step by step tutorials that can be done with the kids, at or in preparation for a Halloween party! From turning your trick or treat candy into scary spiders or making DIY broomsticks from glow sticks (an awesome party favour), these tutorials can be made on a budget and by the little ones in no time! Have a read and see what you can make…

Sweet Spiders

You will need:

• Lollipops
• 12-inch Pipe cleaners (2 per spider)
• Googly eyes
• Scissors/wire cutters
• Glue

How to make:

1. Take your pipe cleaners and cut them in half. For each spider, two pipe cleaners will be used so you will need four pieces per.
2. Lay the four pieces horizontally and place a lollipop in the centre. Then, fold the pipe cleaners from right to left and then wrap them all the way around the stem so that they return to the right side, twisted around the stick. Remember to pull tight.
3. Flip the creepy-crawly over and separate the legs (pipe cleaners). To create little feet, bend the pipe cleaner ends. Play around until you can get the spider to lay flat on its own legs! Having the feet closer to the head of the spider may help.
4. Finally – the eyes! Dab a spot of glue onto the back of the googly eyes and place them on your spider for the finishing touches.

Glowing Witches Broomsticks

You will need:

• Glow sticks (bracelets)
• Twine or string
• Brown craft paper
• Double-sided tape
• Ruler and pencil
• Coloured card
• Hole puncher
• Scissors or craft knife

How to make:

1. First is to make the tail of the witch’s broomstick. Cut a piece of the brown craft paper to be approximately 7.5″ x 5″. Next, draw a horizontal line an inch from the top of the paper (this will be used as a guide for your cut marks).
2. Now we want to cut thin strips – starting from the bottom and up to the pencil line. If using a craft knife, a ruler will guide you and if using scissors, pencil each line equally and use this as a guide.
3. Take a glow stick and a plastic joining part for the bracelet. Being careful not to snap the glow stick, secure a joining part to the end (this helps secure the broomstick’s tail)
4. Back to the tail, add a long strip of double-sided paper to the top inch of the paper. Then, position the glow stick so the plastic joining piece is just below the tape.
5. Start rolling the paper around the glow stick and the double-sided tape will hold it all together as you go. For a thicker tail, repeat steps 1-5 until you are happy with the results! If you want a curlier tail, simply keep the paper rolled in preparation so that the paper curls naturally.
6. Taking the coloured card, cut your labels out in the shape of your choice! Then punch a hole and add a Happy Halloween message. Finally, with the twine or string, thread through the hole and then tie them to the broom’s tail.

Ghostly Lollipops

You will need:

• A box of tissues
• Scissors
• Round lollipops
• A black marker
• Small hair elastics
• Orange and black ribbon

How to make:

1. The first step is to make the ghosts turn out as spooky as possible! Taking your tissues, cut one full-size tissue into quarters. Take another full-size tissue and put the quarter into the centre of the larger tissue. This helps hide the colour of the lolly underneath and builds the ghost’s body! Of course, you can skip this step if you want people to know what flavour they’re picking up.
2. Now, grab the lollypop and place it in the middle. Bunch up the tissue over the lollypop. Using the hair elastic, stretch this over the head to hold it all in place. If need be, wrap the elastic around again so the tissue is kept in place!
3. With your marker… It is time to make a ghostly face! Pressing softly on the tissue so the ink doesn’t bleed greatly, add some eyes to your Halloween treats. If one eye ends up bigger than the other, don’t worry – you can simply go back and adjust.
4. For the final touches, grab your orange and green bows and tie them around the neck. Like tying a shoelace, tie their bows and they’re complete!

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We would love to see your Halloween crafts! Post your creations on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and tag us @ToyStreetUK!

Editors note: This blog was originally published on October 16th, 2019. Updated on October 13th, 2021 to improve the information available.