Halloween Craft Ideas for kids
Struggling to entertain the kids during October half term and fancy getting crafty and making some spooky makes? We have compiled a list of our favourite Screen printed items, that would make the perfect crafting activities for your little Ghouls and Gremlins.
Screen printing, also known as silk screening, is a captivating art form that combines creativity, technical precision, and tactile engagement. It offers artists and designers a versatile medium to bring their visions to life on various surfaces, from clothing and accessories to posters and art prints. Its the perfect Craft for kids as its hands on, fun and teaches them skills such a colour theory and design.
SCREEN PRINT A GHOST TRICK OR TREAT BAG
This is one of our favourite Halloween crafts, printing a canvas tote bag for Trick or Treating, this year we chose to print spooky ghosts with Crafty Screens Glow In The Dark Waterbased Ink. We simply cut out little ghost silhouettes, placed them onto a black Cotton Tote bag and screen printed they ink over the top. You can follow our Youtube Tutorial and created your own fun screen printed bag.
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SCREEN PRINTED SPOOKY CORK COASTERS
Another super fun Halloween craft, these simple yet effective Screen Printed coasters are for sure to add a bit of fun to your Halloween décor this spooky season! Screen printed using Fluorescent inks with a rage of creepy characters including Frankenstein, bats, skulls and spooky pumpkin face. We created these using paper stencils cut out of photocopy paper, watch the full tutorial below.
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SCREEN PRINT YOUR OWN UFO THEMED PHONE CASE
We had great fun creating this fun and easy craft! All you need is a clear phone case, some paper and some really basic screen printing supplies and you are good to go!
The design that we chose to print was a UFO/ space themed print, using our vibrant fluorescent inks .
Watch the below Video tutorial to see how we created this.
