🎃 Halloween projects
🎃 Halloween is on Saturday, 31 October 2026. Get making!
2 projects for age 5 · page 1 of 1
Projects

Ages 4–8⏱ 40 min
Egg Box Bat Garland
Cutting and painting egg box cups builds scissor control, and making matching wings on both sides is a simple lesson in symmetry. It is also a chance to learn how real bats find their way in the dark using echoes.
Junk ModelArt & Design

Ages 4–9⏱ 30 min
Glowing Jack-o'-Lantern Jar
Turns an empty jam jar into a pumpkin lantern and shows the difference between translucent materials, which let light glow through, and opaque ones, which block it and make the face shapes.
Junk ModelArt & Design