--- title: 18 October Crafts for Preschoolers (Easy Ideas) description: 18 October crafts for preschoolers, each with a picture and simple steps. 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Easy ideas for ages 3 to 5 using paper, paint, and glue. [Kindergarten Prep Team](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/author/kindergarten-prep-team) Oct 11, 2026 --- October is the month everything turns orange and black, and the craft pile doubles. Here are 18 October crafts for preschool, each with a picture, supplies, and steps. A three-year-old glues cotton balls on the cotton ball ghost and paints a real mini pumpkin with a dot sticker here and there. A five-year-old builds the shape scarecrow and names each shape, then presses two black handprints into a handprint spider. The ghosts go in the window the first week and stay up past Halloween. ## Start here: three October crafts that always work [![Cotton ball ghost, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C110-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C110-1.webp)**Cotton ball ghost***Cotton balls and glue, a three does it alone*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/october-crafts-for-preschoolers#c110)[![Painted mini pumpkin, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C199-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C199-2.webp)**Painted mini pumpkin***Paint a real pumpkin, no cutting at all*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/october-crafts-for-preschoolers#c199)[![Paper plate jack-o-lantern, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C132-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C132-2.webp)**Paper plate jack-o-lantern***The one every preschool class makes in October*](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/october-crafts-for-preschoolers#c132) All 18 Easy for 3 year olds No paint ## 18 October crafts for preschool, with pictures [![Leaf suncatcher, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C146-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C146-2.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C146-2.webp) ### 1. Leaf suncatcher The child sticks torn tissue paper or real leaves onto sticky contact paper inside a leaf-shaped frame for the window. Fits October: Thanksgiving and Fall. Collage **You need:** brown construction paper, clear contact paper, tissue paper, clear tape How to make it 1. You cut a leaf shape with a short stem from brown paper, then cut out the middle to leave a frame about one finger wide. 2. Peel the contact paper backing and lay it sticky side up. Press the frame onto it. 3. Your child tears tissue paper and sticks the pieces inside the frame until it is mostly filled. 4. Trim the extra contact paper around the leaf and tape it in a window. [![Paper plate scarecrow, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C223-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C223-2.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C223-2.webp) ### 2. Paper plate scarecrow The child colours a paper plate face, then glues on a paper hat, yarn or paper straw hair and a triangle nose. Fits October: Thanksgiving and Fall. Cut and glue **You need:** 1 white paper plate, brown paper, green paper, yellow yarn, orange paper, black and pink markers, glue How to make it 1. You cut a hat from brown paper and a green strip. 2. Glue the strip across the bottom of the hat, then glue the hat over the top edge of the plate. 3. Your child glues pieces of yarn under the hat on each side as straw hair. 4. Cut an orange triangle and glue it in the middle as the nose. 5. Draw 2 round eyes and a stitched smile in black, and colour 2 pink cheeks. [![Handprint spider, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C246-6.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C246-6.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C246-6.webp) ### 3. Handprint spider Two overlapping black handprints (no thumbs) make a spider with eight legs, finished with eyes. Fits October: Halloween and Handprint. Handprint **You need:** black poster paint, white paper, 2 googly eyes, glue, wet wipes How to make it 1. Paint your child's hand black. 2. Press one hand on the left of the sheet with the fingers pointing left. 3. Paint the other hand and press it so the palms overlap in the middle and the fingers point right. 4. Let it dry, then glue 2 googly eyes on the overlapping palms. [![Painted mini pumpkin, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C199-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C199-2.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C199-2.webp) ### 4. Painted mini pumpkin The child paints a real mini pumpkin with brushes, squeeze bottles or dot stickers and tape. Fits October: Fall and Halloween. Easy for 3sProcess art **You need:** 1 real mini pumpkin, paint, brush How to make it 1. Wash and dry the mini pumpkin. 2. Your child paints thick patches and stripes over the top and sides. 3. Leave the stem bare. 4. Let it dry before touching. [![Paper plate jack-o-lantern, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C132-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C132-2.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C132-2.webp) ### 5. Paper plate jack-o-lantern The child paints a plate orange, adds a green stem and glues on black shapes for the face. Fits October: Fall and Halloween. Paint and glue **You need:** 1 white paper plate, orange poster paint, green paper, black paper, glue How to make it 1. Your child paints the plate orange. Let it dry. 2. You cut a small green rectangle. Glue it on the top rim as a stem. 3. Cut 3 black triangles and a crescent. Glue 2 triangles in the upper half as eyes and 1 in the middle as a nose. 4. Glue the crescent in the lower half as a smiling mouth. [![Shape scarecrow, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C224-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C224-2.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C224-2.webp) ### 6. Shape scarecrow The child builds a scarecrow from pre-cut circles, triangles, squares and rectangles and names each shape. Fits October: Fall and Scarecrow. Cut and glue **You need:** 1 sheet of light blue paper, yellow, brown, red, blue and orange construction paper, 2 googly eyes, black marker, glue stick How to make it 1. You cut the shapes from the coloured paper. 2. Your child glues the yellow circle near the top of the blue sheet as the head, then the brown triangle on top as a hat with a thin strip as a brim. 3. Glue the red rectangle under the head as a shirt and the 2 blue rectangles as legs. 4. Glue small yellow rectangles at a sleeve and a trouser end as straw. 5. Glue on the 2 eyes and the orange nose, then draw a stitched smile. 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Coffee filter fall leaves The child drips or sprays autumn colours onto coffee filters, which are then cut into leaf shapes for a garland or window. Fits October: Fall and Coffee filter. Process art **You need:** white coffee filters, red, orange and yellow liquid watercolour, dropper, brown twine, clear tape How to make it 1. Your child drips watercolour onto each filter so the colours spread and blend. Leave them to dry. 2. You cut each filter into a leaf shape with a short stem. 3. Tape the leaves by their stems along the twine, spaced apart. 4. Hang it in a window. [![Coffee filter monster, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C161-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C161-2.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C161-2.webp) ### 8. Coffee filter monster The child tie-dyes a coffee filter any colours, then adds as many googly eyes, pipe cleaner arms and paper teeth as they like. Fits October: Halloween and Coffee filter. Process art **You need:** 1 round coffee filter, washable markers, water spray bottle, googly eyes, 2 pipe cleaners, white paper, tape and glue How to make it 1. Your child scribbles all over the coffee filter with the markers. 2. Spray it with water so the colours bleed together. Leave it to dry flat. 3. Tape 1 pipe cleaner behind the filter on each side, sticking out as arms. 4. Glue different size googly eyes in the upper half. 5. Cut small white triangles and glue them in a row below the eyes, points down, as teeth. [![Footprint ghost, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C111-8.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C111-8.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C111-8.webp) ### 9. Footprint ghost The child's white footprint on black paper, heel at the top, becomes a ghost with drawn eyes and mouth. Fits October: Halloween and Footprint. **You need:** 1 sheet of black construction paper, white poster paint, paintbrush, black marker How to make it 1. Brush white paint thickly over the bottom of your child's bare foot. 2. Press the foot in the middle of the black paper with the heel at the top. Lift it straight up. 3. Let the print dry. 4. Draw 2 dot eyes and a small oval mouth on the heel with the black marker. [![Handprint pumpkin, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C198-3.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C198-3.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C198-3.webp) ### 10. Handprint pumpkin An orange handprint or fist print becomes a pumpkin with a stem and vine added. Fits October: Fall and Pumpkin. Handprint **You need:** 1 sheet of white paper, orange paint, green marker How to make it 1. Paint your child's hand orange. Press it in the middle of the sheet with the fingers together pointing down and the palm at the top. 2. Let it dry. 3. Draw a short thick green stem coming up out of the palm. 4. Add a curly vine off the stem. [![Paper plate spider, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C247-9.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C247-9.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C247-9.webp) ### 11. Paper plate spider The child paints a plate black and adds eight folded paper or pipe cleaner legs and eyes. Fits October: Halloween and Bug and insect. Paint and glue **You need:** 1 small white paper plate, black poster paint, black paper, 2 large googly eyes, glue How to make it 1. Your child paints the plate black. Let it dry. 2. You cut 8 black strips and fold them back and forth like an accordion. 3. Glue 4 legs under the rim on each side. 4. Glue the 2 googly eyes on the plate. [![Pumpkin feelings faces, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C086-3.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C086-3.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C086-3.webp) ### 12. Pumpkin feelings faces The child gives paper pumpkins happy, sad, surprised and silly faces with shapes or markers. Fits October: Halloween and Pumpkin. Cut and glue **You need:** orange paper, green paper, black construction paper, 1 sheet of white paper, glue stick How to make it 1. You cut 4 orange pumpkins and 4 small green stems. Your child glues the pumpkins on the white sheet in two rows, each with a stem on top. 2. Cut black triangles, circles and mouth shapes. 3. Your child glues a face on each pumpkin: a mouth turned up for happy, turned down for sad, a round mouth for surprised and a zigzag mouth for silly. [![Cotton ball ghost, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C110-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C110-1.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C110-1.webp) ### 13. Cotton ball ghost The child glues cotton balls all over a ghost outline and adds black eyes and a mouth. Fits October: Halloween and Ghost. Easy for 3sCollage **You need:** white paper, cotton balls, black paper, 1 sheet of black paper, glue How to make it 1. You cut a ghost shape from white paper. Glue it in the middle of the black sheet. 2. Your child glues cotton balls over it until it is covered. 3. Cut 2 small black ovals and 1 larger one. Glue the small ones on the cotton as eyes and the larger one below them as an open mouth. [![Paper bag dalmatian puppet, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C120-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C120-1.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C120-1.webp) ### 14. Paper bag dalmatian puppet The child turns a white paper bag into a fire station dog with floppy ears, a nose, a red collar and black paper spots. Fits October: Community helpers and Fire safety. Puppet **You need:** 1 white paper lunch bag, black paper, red paper, 2 googly eyes, black marker, glue How to make it 1. Lay the bag flat with the folded bottom flap facing up as the dog's face. 2. You cut 2 floppy black ears, a nose and small black spots. 3. Glue the 2 googly eyes on the flap and the nose below them. Draw a smiling mouth under the flap edge. 4. Glue the ears hanging down from the sides of the flap. Cut a red strip and glue it across the bag below the flap as a collar. 5. Your child glues the black spots all over the bag. [![Handprint bat, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C011-6.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C011-6.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C011-6.webp) ### 15. Handprint bat Two black handprints placed wrist to wrist become bat wings around a small body with a face. Fits October: Halloween and Bat. Handprint **You need:** orange paper, black poster paint, 1 small black paper circle, 2 googly eyes, glue How to make it 1. Paint your child's hand black and press it on the orange sheet, with fingers pointing left. 2. Paint the other hand and press it with fingers pointing right. 3. Cut a small black circle and glue it over the spot where the thumb prints form bat ears. 4. Glue 2 googly eyes on the circle. [![Paper plate owl, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C176-1.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C176-1.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C176-1.webp) ### 16. Paper plate owl The child paints a plate, folds or adds wings, then glues on big round eyes and a beak. Fits October: Owl and Bird. Paint and glue **You need:** 1 paper plate, brown paint, dark brown paper, yellow paper, 2 googly eyes, orange paper, glue How to make it 1. Your child paints the plate brown. Let it dry. 2. You cut 2 dark brown wings, 2 large yellow circles and an orange triangle. 3. Glue the wings at each side with the points down. 4. Glue the yellow circles side by side in the upper half, an eye on each, then the beak between and below them. [![Paper roll ghost family, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C083-3.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C083-3.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C083-3.webp) ### 17. Paper roll ghost family The child paints tubes of different heights white and draws a face on each ghost. Fits October: Halloween and Ghost. Build it **You need:** 3 cardboard tubes cut to different heights, white paint, black paint, paper plate for the paint How to make it 1. Your child paints all the tubes white. Let them dry. 2. Stand them in a row. 3. Your child dips a fingertip in black paint and presses 2 dabs near the top of each tube as eyes. 4. Press a third dab and drag it into a longer oval as the mouth. [![Shape fire truck, an easy October craft for preschoolers ages 3 to 5](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hs-fs/hubfs/crafts/C231-2.webp?width=900&height=675&name=C231-2.webp)](https://kindergarten-prep.com/hubfs/crafts/C231-2.webp) ### 18. Shape fire truck The child builds a fire truck from a red rectangle, square cab, circle wheels and a paper ladder. Fits October: Community helpers and Fire safety. Cut and glue **You need:** 1 sheet of light blue paper, red paper, white paper, black paper, yellow paper, black marker, glue How to make it 1. You cut a large red rectangle, a red square, a small white square, 2 black circles and a yellow strip. 2. Your child glues the red rectangle across the middle of the blue sheet as the truck body. 3. Glue the red square at one end as the cab, with the white square as a window. 4. Glue the 2 black circles along the bottom edge as wheels. 5. Glue the yellow strip along the top as a ladder and draw short rungs across it. Nothing matches that filter. Clear it and try again. ## Easy october crafts for preschoolers: the 2 a young three can do These 2 need no exact cutting and no small pieces, so a young three can do most of it alone: [Painted mini pumpkin](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/october-crafts-for-preschoolers#c199), [Cotton ball ghost](https://kindergarten-prep.com/blog/october-crafts-for-preschoolers#c110). ## Doing October crafts with a 3 year old The cotton ball ghost and the painted mini pumpkin are the two to do first. Both need no cutting, and a three year old does them alone. Set the pumpkin on newspaper and let it dry overnight. The handprint spider, handprint bat and footprint ghost all use black or white paint on skin. Do them in one sitting with a towel down and a bowl of water close. Press, lift straight up, and wash before the next one. The shape scarecrow and the shape fire truck are for a four year old. Cut the shapes ahead, lay them out, and let your child name each one as it goes on. 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