We've compiled our favorite Halloween kids' projects for you and your little goblins. 

Kids can bone up on anatomy and create a fun Halloween decoration at the same time when they make a skeleton out of noodles. With an illustration of a skeleton as a guide, they just need lots of dried pasta, white glue, and construction paper to assemble the pictures. We snapped some of the pasta in half and used alphabet-soup noodles to make labels.

Set an intact pumpkin atop a clear, candy-filled container, then give kids an assortment of candy for decorating. This character sports pearly-white mini-marshmallows for teeth, a construction paper hat with a hole cut out for the stem, and black licorice eyes.

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Model a festive pumpkin family after your own this Halloween.

If your trick-or-treaters need a sturdy bag to haul their loot, you can create one using an ordinary paper bag. Not only does it hold a king's ransom of goodies, but it's also constructed with safety in mind.

Craft a ghostly necklace using simple supplies: Draw ghost outlines on parchment paper with white glue; let set five seconds. Fill in with more glue. Let dry two days, and peel off. Draw face with felt-tip pen. Punch small holes at top; weave string through.

What to do with leftover pumpkin seeds? String them into a pretty necklace.

For a seasonal supplement to your regular bird feeder, cut a three- to five-pound pumpkin in half; scoop out, leaving a 1/2-inch-thick wall. Cut a 1/2-inch-deep groove in the rim for pumpkin seeds. For perches, poke holes and insert twigs. To hang, knot two lengths of twine together in center; tack knot to feeder bottom. Fill with birdseed.

These decorations bring sparkle to tables and serving areas -- and they last far longer than jack-o'-lanterns.

Eeek -- it's alive! Make a jack-o'-lantern talk using an old baby monitor.

No need to bait your home with bugs to attract a scary swarm of bats like these; all that's required is tissue paper and a pair of scissors.

These creepy, crawly paper mice are not so nice. Stick these unsavory critters on stair risers, baseboards, or any spot where they might give unsuspecting passersby a little jump.

For party favors or treats on Halloween night, fill crepe-paper pumpkin pouches with tiny toys and candy eggs.

Learn how to transform a pair of white socks into a charming skeleton this Halloween.

Use ribbon to craft a creepy-crawly snake that will stand guard over your child's stash of Halloween candy.

Spine-chilling as it sounds, kids will love creating a colony of bats to hang from the highest reaches of your house.

Silhouetted in an open door, a pumpkin spiked with orange- and chocolate-flavored lollipops resembles a folk-art Sputnik. Kids will love sticking the lollipops in the pumpkin holes.

Assembled from yarn, rope, and foam balls, these homespun pumpkin decorations are simple to make. For each, gently press top and bottom of a Styrofoam ball against a work surface to flatten ends (so ball doesn't roll). Wrap orange roving around ball. Insert a T pin into top. Tie cream or orange mohair yarn to pin and cover ball. Cut a length of rope; place over pin, and help kids attach with a hot-glue gun, pressing to secure.

Hoot's there? A wise owl, created out of two miniature pumpkins!

Adults can use a serrated knife to saw open the top and thin out the rim -- then let kids get creative by creating a creepy cat with licorice whiskers and ears and yellow gumdrop eyes.

Floating, spinning, spooky visages are fun to make and decorate.

Kids can surprise their friends with these clever food-inspired Halloween masks.

The pumpkin here is rated PG (Pretty Gross), but kids love a good gag. Put your hand under its mouth or lift its eye patch, and out spills a surprise: jelly beans or chocolate eyeballs, fed through tubes in back.

Let kids decorate their own trick-or-treat bags with ghosts, bats, spiders, and reflective fabric for glow-in-the-dark fun.