I love Halloween! It’s so much fun to plan for. We start thinking about costumes, decorations and party plans a couple of months early. There are just so many possibilities!
And the absolute BEST thing about this time of year? Halloween Crafts!
I’ve done a lot of creepy and crawly-type crafts in the past, but wanted to do some kid-friendly crafts this year. My toddler son is now old enough to finally notice the Halloween decorations, but young enough to still be afraid of a lot of it.
I thought some colorful and fun candy crafts would be a great way to dress up the house without scaring young ones. I got some great ideas for Halloween crafts from Tori Spelling (love her!) and Candy Corns candies.
Look at these adorable crafts Tori made:
Adorable cupcakes and krispy cereal treats, funky picture frames and cute Halloween favors – I love them all!
This next craft is one of my favorites too. Tori creates a gorgeous “BOO!” door hanging with letters, Starburst Candy Corn and burlap. Isn’t it cool?
I decided to recreate Tori’s Magnificent Mum Ball and Halloween Favor Jars. By hot gluing the Starburst Candy Corn candies onto styrofoam balls, Tori created gorgeous decor pieces that will be amazing table centerpieces on Halloween.
I chopped off the bottom of the styrofoam ball so it would stand up and then hotglued the Starburst candies. My candy corn colors seemed brighter than Tori’s, but I think the result is just as pretty:
I hot glued a yellow candy at the top of the styrofoam ball and then added 2 yellow rows around it, then 2 orange rows around that and the rest pink candies.
The entire craft was really easy and took about 30 minutes. I had to re-glue a couple of candies that popped off when I was trying to hold the ball up to get near the bottom, but otherwise everything went well.
I used some of the leftover Starburst Candy Corns for Halloween Favor Jars:
I just filled little jars with the Starburst Candy Corn and then tied with a ribbon and little ‘Happy Halloween’ tag. The result is adorable and would be a great Halloween party favor or treat for kids.
Do you love fun Halloween crafts?
I just love this!!!! In fact, I love it so much I’d love to share on my Mason Jar Crafts Love blog. Yes, the whole mason jar thing is a stretch … but I thought I’d use the one picture with your Halloween favors in mason jars (with that awesome candy corn ball in the background) with a clear link back and a tease about that awesome candy corn centerpiece in the background!
Let me know if it’s okay! Thanks so much for your consideration!
🙂 Linda
Thanks, Linda. That would be great. 🙂 Can’t wait to see it!
The kids can help with these crafts as well.
Wow! Totally into this. I’m gonna try it! If it looks as good as yours I’ll post a pic hahaha good job! Btw, love ur hair.
I love this crafty idea for halloween! It’s amazing what can be done with a touch of creativity 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
These are all adorable!! I love the Magnificent Mum Balls! You did a great job! Thanks for the ideas.
The candies are so bright and colorful! I love the BOO sign!
WOW! Very creative! I like the picture frame and the Magnificent Mum Ball, it looks like it would be funto make.
Both ideas are really festive, I really like the jars! If I find ‘Christmas color’ candy corn this year, I may do that for a center piece in December!
I’m amazed at what you can do with candy corn!
These crafts are so neat and super easy that even I could make them! Thanks for this post.
What a awesome way to give out Halloween favors at a party, thanks for sharing!
I love that centerpiece! It’s pretty and easy to make too.
These are all so cute! My favorite is the Magnificent Mum Ball! I have no idea how people come up with these things but I’m glad they do so I can make them :)! Thanks for posting!
these are beautiful! i love the starburst colors and i think i like the mum best! tori spelling is so talented!
These are all so cute! You know these would be great to decorate during the springtime! Love the pastels!
These are super cute!! I love the candy corn balls. Love them!!
so cute! I love the colors
that neat i like thecenter peice
So cute! I love the little jars!
Such cute DIY decorations my favorite is the Boo hanger!
These are adorable and I love the colors! Thank you for sharing.
i love the BOO!! sign! very cute. i’ll pin these for next year
i love these so and festive for the season
little jars make everything cute!
I love crafting, but I havent really done much for Halloween, ever. This is a great idea, especially with the candy corn pieces, but I would be so sad to not be able to eat it. I am addicted to candy corn and I stock up on those mellowcreme pumpkins every year! :p
I love those styrofoam balls with candy corn, so creative and simple while making a big impression.