[halloween art projects for middle school] Halloween is a great time to explore art and creativity. While it might involve pumpkins, scary outfits, and spooky sounds, the end result will be something beautiful and creative. Here are some interesting Halloween art projects that are perfect for middle school students who love art but aren’t completely sure how to get started. These projects not only encourage creative thinking but also teach kids about different mediums, such as oil painting or clay modeling. Let’s take a look at some of our favorite fun DIY activities for middle schoolers to try this fall:
Halloween Posters
These are perfect for decorating hallways or classrooms. Print out some cute images or use premade posters, and then decorate them with Halloween decorations. Hang the posters around your school or home and encourage your students to decorate them with their own creative touches. You can even turn these posters into a school-wide Halloween art project by having students create their own posters throughout the month of October. You can even find inexpensive poster paper online or at your local dollar store.
Jack-o’-lantern Art
Create a fun, Halloween-themed poster that you can use as a guide when creating a clay model of a jack-o’-lantern. Kids will love painting the poster and using colored pencils to draw on the poster template. When the clay is dry, let the kids add their own artistic touches to decorate the model with googly eyes, craft paint, and stickers. You can even hang the poster on the classroom door or classroom wall to decorate for Halloween.
Spider Webs and Clay Hands
This activity is a great way to explore the properties of different clay types and see how different manipulations affect clay. Make your own clay by mixing clay in a bowl or mold with a little water and adding a little bit of clay dough. Once the clay is ready, do some research on spider webs and find images you’d like to incorporate into your clay project. Once you have the images you want to use, trace them onto a piece of paper. Then trace the paper onto the clay. Let the clay dry and add your own creative touches to decorate the clay.
Scary Coloring Books and Prints
These are such a fun way to encourage creative expression and healthy brain development. Let your students color the pages of a Halloween-themed coloring book or create their own coloring book with images of scary creatures and scenes. Print the coloring pages out and staple them together to create a board book, or you can print them out on cardstock paper and attach them to an index card. You can also get creative and create your own Halloween-themed print set with images from around the house or from scary books or images you find online. These are great ways to encourage creative expression and healthy brain development.
Wrapping Paper Crafts
Wrapping paper crafts are a fun way to decorate for Halloween. You can easily make your own wrapping paper by cutting out pieces of construction paper, crayons, or wrapping paper and gluing or taping them together. Or, you can buy Halloween-themed wrapping paper at a craft store or online. You can decorate the paper with fun Halloween decorations and then use the paper to wrap gifts, storeage food containers, or create a fun centerpiece. When the decorations are finished, you can use the paper to decorate for Halloween year-round.
Ghost Faces in Clay
This is a great art project for middle schoolers to create their own ghost faces for Halloween. The easiest way to make this project work is to get a group of students together and make a ghost mask from poster board or craft paper. Let the students decorate the mask with googly eyes and pipe cleaners or let them decorate the ghost with markers or crayons. Once the mask is decorated, let the students use acrylic paint to make the face of the ghost and then let the paint dry. Once it’s dry, the kids can use a glue gun to attach fake clay petals to the mask. This is a fun Halloween art project that’s both creative and practical.
Art and Foamcore Collage
This is a great art project that combines two favorite things—art and collage. To make the collage, students can create their own painting or drawing on a piece of paper, paper plate, poster board, or cardboard. Once you’ve created your artwork, place the artwork on a piece of foamcore board and let it dry. When it’s dry, use a glue gun to attach fake clay petals to the work. You can use this art project to decorate for Halloween or make beautiful art for other special occasions.
Witch’s Brew Sculpture
Create an art sculpture of a witch brewing a potion. To make this art project, students can create a sculpture with clay, plaster, or papier-mâché. Once the sculpture is dry, you can paint it with acrylic paint and then add fake clay petals to decorate the sculpture. You can also use different colors and patterns to create a more complex sculpture. When the paint is dry, you can use a glue gun to attach fake clay petals to the sculpture.
Owls to Paint on Wood
This is a fun art project that uses a different medium every day. Students can paint owls on wooden boards and then attach the painted owls to the boards with popsicle sticks. When the paint is dry, you can use a glue gun to attach fake clay petals to decorate the boards. This is a great way to encourage creativity in your students while seeing different artwork each day.
Painting with Leaf Blobs
Art projects don’t get much simpler than this one. To make the painting, students can create a design using paint on a piece of paper. Once the paint is dry, you can turn the paper into a painting by using leaf blobs to paint on the paper. You can use different leaf blobs to create a rainbow of different colors. This is a great project for encouraging creativity in your middle school students.
Create a spooky skeleton
This is a fun Halloween art project that encourages creative expression. To make the spooky skeleton painting, you can use oil pastels to make a design on paper or cardboard, or you can use watercolors. Once the painting is dry, you can use a glue gun to attach fake clay petals to the painting. You can use this painting as a decor item or create a spooky scene outside for Halloween. This is a great Halloween art project for middle school students.
Decorate a witch’s hat with felt and fabric paint
This is a fun Halloween art project that can be completed in an afternoon. To make the witch’s hat, you can use felt or construction paper to make a hat. Once the hat is completed, you can use fabric paint to decorate the hat with a pumpkin and a skull. This is a fun Halloween art project that can be completed in an afternoon.
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