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21 Easy Ghost Crafts for Preschoolers

When you have preschoolers, keeping them busy with crafts has multiple advantages. Crafting is great for the imagination, improving motor skills, keeping your kids busy, and teaching your children to follow directions.

This list of 21 ghost crafts for preschoolers is perfect to get your small mind prepared for Halloween and the spooky boos they may see for the holiday. You can create ghosts out of many different materials and concepts.

So grab your trusty craft kit, including scissors, glue, and writing utensils, and check out these fun kids’ ghost projects.

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Supplies Need for These Ghost Crafts

When developing preschool projects, you want to consider a craft’s complexity. 

Some instructions may require your assistance in helping your children do their crafts, but other projects may be simple enough for your kids to complete alone or with minimal assistance. 

Best of all, none of these preschool ghost crafts require specialized supplies. You may need some typical craft materials, such as

A few of these crafts can use unwanted items you’d normally recycle or throw away, such as toilet paper rolls, leftover tissue paper, and paper bags.

21 Ghost Craft for Kids

From ghosts to ghoblans, fall is a great time full of fun and creativity for kids. We have gathered some of our favorite ghost craft ideas for kids to keep them entertained all season long.

1. Paper Bag Ghost Craft

This paper bag ghost makes for a fun and easy Halloween craft that kids of all ages can enjoy. It requires minimal supplies and can be completed in just a few simple steps. The end result is a cute and spooky decoration that can be hung around the house or used as a prop for Halloween.

ghost craft for kids

By Kidz Craft Corner

2. Easy Cotton Ball Ghost Craft

Most people have cotton balls in their arsenal, making them excellent for ghost crafts. This easy ghost craft for preschoolers only needs glue, cotton puffs, and a ghost template, as shown in the link below.

cotton ball ghost

By Simply Full of Delight

3. Cute Simple Ghost Lollipops

This cute ghost craft converts sweet tasty suckers into cute, playful ghosts with little effort or supplies. They make great crafts for holiday parties, goodie bags, or to pass out on Halloween. Grab suckers, a marker, some ribbon, rubber bands, and two Kleenex sheets.

ghost lollipop craft

By Homan at Home

4. Create Some Ghost Rocks

Painting rocks can be a fun preschool craft on rainy or cool days. You can buy rocks to paint. Or your kids can have a fun scavenger hunt to find the perfect stone foundations to paint. Then you will need googly eyes, white paint, and black Posca pens.

painted ghost rocks

By The Inspiration Edit

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5. Pair of Squeegee Paint Ghosts

This fun kid’s ghost craft can keep preschoolers inspired and active as they get excited about painting booers. You’ll need a black background – canvas or sturdy paper, white acrylic paint, paint markers, a scraper or old credit card, and paper towels.

Squirt bottles can make applying paint to the base easier.

ghosts on paper

By Rock Painting Guide

6. Toilet Paper Roll Ghost Gift Box

This easy preschooler ghost craft converts an empty toilet paper roll into a neat ghost gift box. You’ll need white paint or paper for the ghost and paint or stickers to create the faces. Once you fold the end of the roll and tape it into a cone, stuff some candy inside and seal the other side. Kids will love gifting or getting these spooky boxes of goodies.

toilet paper roll chost

By Red Ted Art

7. Simple Mini Ghost Pinatas

Pinatas are a favorite activity for any holiday, celebration, or gathering. These simple mini ghost pinatas are easy to make and fun for preschoolers. You need minimal materials – a paper cup, tissue paper, treats, string, and googly eyes.

mini pinatas ghosts

By Red Ted Art

8. Cutesie Ghost Clothespin Craft

Clothespins can be versatile craft supplies for preschoolers to turn into various things, including cute ghosts. This cardstock project is best for people with a cutting machine, making it fun for parents and kids alike. It would help to have acrylic paints, glue, and wood clothespins.

clothespin ghost craft

By Sustain my Craft Habit

9. Rice-Painted Paper Ghosts

This interesting craft lets your kids have fun playing with their food. They will enjoy painting ghosts with glue and covering the black ghost papers with rice. You can also use popsicle sticks if your kids want to turn their rice ghosts into puppets.

rice painted paper ghost

By Plate in 28

10. Basic Paper Ghost Project

This basic ghost project is perfect for entertaining preschoolers in a pinch when they need something simple and fast. All you need is white and black paper and two googly eyes. Or you can skip the moveable eyes, and your kids can draw them instead.

paper ghost on paper

By Two Kids and a Coupon

11. Marshmallow Paintbrush Ghost Craft

Here is another project that lets your kids play with their food. You’ll need large marshmallows, popsicle sticks, black construction paper, a paper plate, and white acrylic paint.

Insert the sticks halfway into the marshmallow and dip the end into the paint. Press the marshmallows onto the paper and use googly eyes or a black marker to make a face.

By Mama of Minis

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12. Big Eyed Gluten-Free Ghost Cupcakes

These yummy ghost cupcakes are gluten-free and oh-so deliciously chocolatey. Top the cupcakes with vegan vanilla buttercream frosting and large candy eyes. Baking projects are a great way to introduce children to following directions and understanding measurements.

ghost cupcake

By Strength and Sunshine

13. Eraser Painting Ghost Stamp Art

Painting is a fun craft for preschoolers, and you can let your kids get creative with their painting using different tools. This project uses a pencil eraser as a paintbrush to create unique ghost paintings. You can use any paint, but edible paint is safer for young crafters.

pencil eraser ghost

By Lil Tigers

14. Adorable Paper Bag Ghost Puppet

Puppets are a great craft project for preschoolers, demonstrating their creativity through design and play. This easy ghost puppet turns a bag into hours of fun with white cardstock, basic supplies, and a pink marker. 

ghost paper bag

By Simple Everyday Mom

15. Cool Frankenstein Ghost Craft

This fun ghost craft takes the spooky out of monsters like ghosts and Frankenstein and makes them cool instead. This kid’s project is as simple as printing, coloring, cutting, and gluing the pieces to assemble.

frankenstein ghost

By Simple Everyday Mom

16. Tissue Paper Ghost Project

Tissue paper projects are excellent for preschoolers, keeping them busy and improving motor skills. They’re also great on a budget or a last-minute craft because people often have a supply of tissue paper and cardstock.

tissue paper ghost

By Simple Everyday Mom

17. Ghost Paper Cup Craft

This super simple ghost craft turns a basic paper cup into cute ghosts with nothing more than construction paper and basic craft supplies. Preschoolers can cut the ghost face out of black construction paper to practice their fine motor skills or draw with a marker if they don’t want to use scissors.

ghost craft for preschoolers

By Kidz Craft Corner

18. Toilet Paper Roll Ghosts

Another way to turn toilet paper rolls into ghosts is with a simple craft involving construction paper, paper tubes, and basic supplies. You’ll also need to print out the template before assembling.

To make your ghosts more unique, you can use bright colors for the eyes.

toilet paper roll ghost

By The Inspiration Edit

19. Big Eyed Paper Bag Ghost Puppet

These adorable paper bag ghost puppets have big eyes and colorful accents, such as the cheeks and the bowtie. Preschoolers will enjoy cutting and assembling the puppets and customizing them with their preferred colors and looks. 

paper bag ghost puppet

By The Inspiration Edit

20. Egg Carton Goofy Ghosts

This eco-friendly craft reuses leftover paper egg cartons and converts them into ghosts, spiders, or pumpkins. Besides paint and brushes, you’ll also need googly eyes, a craft knife, and pipe cleaners.  

egg carton ghost

By Mimosas and Motherhood

21. Tacky Glue Ghost Art

Tacky glue can be useful for more than holding things together. The glue will create the ghost outline, which will take a while to dry. Then, your preschooler can use watercolor paint to create the background for their ghost design. Markers can add the final details.

tacky ghost

By Laura Kelly

Try These 21 Preschooler Ghost Crafts

Keep this list handy when fall rolls around and you’re eager to get your lil’ boos excited with some simple preschool ghost crafts. Your young children will find these 21 ghost crafts fun. They can also make cute holiday decor pieces to show your preschoolers’ growing skills. 

Leave a comment or pic showing your preschooler’s great ghost crafts. Or send us your favorite ghost craft we didn’t list!

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