Inside this post I share an easy to set up a Halloween art activity using squeegees for kids! These are so simple to make!
What’s an easy Halloween art activity to do with kids?
Try using squeegees to make some Halloween art! This is such a creative and fun art process for kids. You only need a few materials and can repeat this again and again.
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Supplies Needed
Here are the simple supplies you’ll need for this Halloween art activity.
- White Cardstock
- Craft tray or pan (we get our metal pans at the Dollar Store)
- Squeegees
- Pumpkin printable to trace
- Q-tips
- Scissors (for the grown up)
- Washable Paint
Prep Ahead
Here are a few things you’ll want to prep ahead for young kids. Older kids can cut these on their own.
- Use the pumpkin printable and trace it onto white cardstock to cut out a pumpkin for each child.
- Put washable paint into containers or a muffin tin.
How to set up this Halloween Art activity
- Lay out paper pumpkins on a craft tray or pan with Q-tips and washable paint.
- Keep a squeegee nearby!
How to make this Halloween Art Activity
- Encourage kids to add paint to the paper pumpkins using the Q-tips.
- Explain that they want to use a good amount of paint so that they have little globs of paint on their pumpkin.
- Show kids how to use the squeegee to scrape the paint on the pumpkin to create designs.
- Repeat this again and again with different paper pumpkins!
- This is a process art activity, so the goal is for kids to explore the art process and experiment! Let them try painting and using the squeegees different ways to see what they come up with!
- Once they’re done decorating their pumpkin, hang it to dry! You can use their art for decorations or even to make a Halloween pumpkin banner.
More Halloween Art activities
Need more Halloween art activity ideas? Here are some we love!
Halloween books to read along with this activity!
Here are a few of our favorite Halloween books to read along with this activity!
- Pete the Cat and the Five Little Pumpkins by James Dean
- Stumpkin by Lucy Ruth Cummins
- Pick a Pumpkin by Patricia Toht
- The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams
You can see more of our favorite Halloween books for kids here.
Share with us!
Have any other favorite Halloween art activities to share? Tell us about them in the comments!
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