Q Tip Skeleton: An Easy Halloween Craft for Kids
Are you looking for an easy Halloween craft for kids? This Q-tip skeleton craft is so simple to put together, and one that kids of all ages love!
I am all about having tons of Halloween fun with my kids! We are doing the 50 Halloween Activities BINGO countdown to Halloween and enjoying every activity! And one of my mom hacks is making sure we have a fun activity with a seasonal thme that my kiddos will love to do.
And today, we have a really fun Halloween creation that only requires our free printable template, a simple household item, and some white glue!
Easy Halloween Crafts for Kids
My kids are huge fans of crafts, specifically Halloween crafts for kids. This is one area that can test my patience. I am team easy prep for parents, lots of time having fun for kids! I firmly believe it should take the kids a lot longer to do the craft than the time it takes the parent to set up the craft.
My mom is a former teacher who just retired a few months ago. She was the master of easy, cheap, and fun crafts kids love. When she mentioned Q-tip skeletons I knew it was something I could get on board with!
They are so easy, so fun, and we took the hardest part out of the equation offering a free skeleton head printable. Grab your own download at the end of the post. Follow along with these directions and you’ll be all set for Q-tip skeleton crafting with little time and effort!
Q Tip Skeleton
Create a fun and easy Halloween craft with this Q Tip Skeleton tutorial that includes a free printable!
Materials
- 15 Q Tips cut in half
- Skeleton head free printable
- Black cardstock or black construction paper
- Washable school glue
Tools
- Scissors
Instructions
- Download the free skeleton head printable.
- Choose your favorite skull and cut out the head from the printable.
- Cut 15 Q tips in half
- Prepare the head and Q-tips in a skeleton pattern. See images for examples of how to place Q-tips to look like skeleton bones. But we'd recommend getting a full sized Qtip and placing the backbone/neck bone first, just below the skull head. From there it's easy to add the skeleton’s ribs, arms, legs, and feet with cotton swabs.
- Glue the Q Tips and Skeleton head on black cardstock.
- Let dry and enjoy your easy Q Tip Skeleton craft!
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Grab your FREE Skeleton head printable here
Including Older Kids
Feel free to use this fun craft to pair with learning activites for older kids. It’s a great activity to pair with a skeleton themed book.
You could also include a writing prompt and let students create a story or write fun facts they’ve learned about bones.
And of course, you could have your kids or your students label the human adult skeleton with labels and names for the leg bones, hip bones, arms, skull, etc.
Making Halloween a Lot of Fun for Kids
We hope you enjoy this free resource, and it’s a spooktacular way to add a little creativity to the month of October!
We have some more super simple Halloween crafts for kids ideas coming in the next few weeks! Be sure to follow along on Instagram to get the links to the latest blog posts!
Photos: Chrissy Blake
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