🎃 Halloween projects

🎃 Halloween is on Saturday, 31 October 2026. Get making!

2 projects for age 9 · page 1 of 1

Projects

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

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Ages 6–12⏱ 35 min

Climbing Spider String Toy

Pulling the strings one at a time makes the spider climb because the angled straws grip the string with friction on one side and slide freely on the other. It is a hands-on way to explore forces, friction and angles.

Junk ModelEngineering & Building