Kids' Halloween Crafts

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.

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.

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

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.

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.