Halloween crafts and craft ideas for kids

One... Two... Halloween is coming for you! Every year on the 31st of October eve many countries celebrate Halloween, or Hallowe'en (a contraction of "All Hallows' evening") or All Saints' Eve the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It all began with people having Allhallowtide, which was a time dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed.

Here are some Halloween crafts for kids, but also need help sometimes. If children want to make some other Halloween bags or containers, give the children a lunch-size sack in white, black, or orange, and let them use their imagination to create a skeleton-, bat-, spider-, or pumpkin-theme bag using paper cutouts, paint markers, googly eyes, chenille stems, and other crafts supplies. When kids have finished decorating their bags, fold and trim the tops of the bags with decorative-edge scissors. Punch two holes in the folded top and secure the folds by threading ribbon through the holes. Let kids choose a Halloween sticker saying to add the front of their bags.

The most typical Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related souling), and they will wear spooky Halloween costumes, carving pumpkins, hold lighting bonfires, playing scary pranks, visiting haunted entertainment parks or attractions, telling scary stories, as well as watching horror films. For some Christian people, it's a religious observance of All Hallows' Eve, including attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of the dead. 

It seems Halloween traditions have been influenced by ancient Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, which may have had pagan roots; Other academics believe, however, that Halloween began solely as a Christian holiday, being the vigil of All Hallow's Day.