Make Halloween art without a table full of paint cups, brushes, and cleanup! TPG Creations brings young artists mess-free craft supplies for painting, sorting, decorating, and displaying their spooky ideas. Create pumpkins, ghosts, candy corn, bookmarks, and more with Kwik Stix mess-free paint sticks that dry in 90 seconds. Great for classroom centers, kitchen tables, and Halloween parties!
But hold on to your broomsticks, we're not just using any ordinary art supplies; we've got the amazing trio of Kwik Stix, Wonder Stix, and Magic Stix to bring these crafty ideas to life. These fantastic tools are not only perfect for little hands but also parents who want a break from the cleanup horrors that often accompany arts and crafts time.
So, grab your cauldron of imagination, your favorite costume, and let's embark on a Halloween crafting adventure like no other. Get ready to create spook-tacular memories with your little monsters, thanks to these fang-tastic art supplies. 🧙♀️🎨
Try These Halloween Art Projects
Set up a quick art station, pick a project, and let young creators choose their favorite spooky theme! Use mess-free art and school supplies for simple Halloween crafts that fit a busy home or classroom schedule.
Colorful Pumpkin Patch
Build a bright pumpkin patch with glowing colors and bold black details! Neon Kwik Stix dry in 90 seconds, so kids can paint, add lines, and hang their work without waiting for wet paint. Great for a classroom wall or a cheerful fall display!
- Start by painting circles with your neon Kwik Stix
- Add accents to each circles to form a pumpkin using a black marker
- Draw the stem onto each pumpkin
- Fill in the white space with more Halloween and fall accents
- Add in black lines and sketched leaves
- Hang up in your home to get into the Halloween spirit!
Check out this craft on Instagram @ashcanworks
Wooden Pumpkin Clothespins
Turn simple wooden clothespins into a festive Halloween border with bold marker color! Magic Stix feature a triangular anti-roll barrel and a 7-day cap-off guarantee, so the marker stays ready for the next little artist. Simply color, clip, and display!
Materials Needed: cardboard, wooden clothespins, and Magic Stix
- Color in your Halloween clothespins with Magic Stix
- Grab a piece of cardboard and pin each one onto the border
- Draw or paint your favorite part about Halloween
- Hang for a festive decoration
Check out this craft on Instagram @little.learner.playground
Pumpkin Sorting
Create a hands-on pumpkin sorting game with cardboard, mini pumpkins, and paint sticks! Kwik Stix keep color setup simple with no brushes, water, smocks, or cleanup. Paint the sorting spaces, gather the pumpkins, and let kids match by color. READY!
Materials Needed: Kwik Stix, empty cardboard box, scissors, and small pumpkins
- Turn an empty box on its side
- Cut out two big holes
- Paint around one of the holes with an orange Kwik Stix
- Paint around the other hole with a white Kwik Stix
- Add a green stem onto each
- Gather your white and orange small pumpkins in a pile
- Sort each pumpkin and place in the correct side
Check out this craft on Instagram @weneedmoreglitter
Orange Peel Pumpkins
Save orange peels after snack time and turn them into textured pumpkin art! Kwik Stix leave color permanent on porous cardboard, so painted jack-o'-lantern faces stay put as kids glue on each peel piece. Snack, craft, and display. Perfect fall fun!
Materials Needed: cardboard, Kwik Stix, oranges, scissors, and glue
- Cut out a pumpkin shape with a small stem from a piece of cardboard
- Paint onto the cardboard a jack-o-lantern face
- After eating your orange, rip the peel into small pieces
- Glue on each piece of orange peel to fill in the cardboard
Check out this craft on Instagram @twotolove_bairantwins
Vibrant Pumpkins
Layer painted paper pumpkins into a full fall collage with a little cutting and gluing! Use Kwik Stix for quick-drying color, then add crisp outlines with Magic Stix. Color, layer, glue. A fun small-group project!
Materials Needed: white paper, glue, Kwik Stix, Magic Stix, and scissors
- Cut out a bunch of pumpkin shapes with your white paper and scissors
- Paint each one with a different color
- Add accents and outlines using Magic Stix
- Overlap each pumpkin and glue together, forming a collage of pumpkins
Check out this craft on Instagram @mrsgreenartartbaby
Pumpkin Sorting with Wonder Stix and Chopsticks
Pair counting practice with spooky fine-motor play using pumpkin pasta and chopsticks! Wonder Stix multisurface writers draw on a clear tray and wipe off non-porous surfaces when playtime ends. Draw, count, sort. So much fun!
Materials Needed: Wonder Stix, pumpkin pasta, interactive table tray, and chopsticks or tongs
- Draw pumpkins onto the clear tray
- Label each pumpkin with a number
- Grab each piece if pumpkin pasta with your tongs or chopsticks
- Place the number of pumpkin pastas into their corresponding pumpkin number drawn on the table
- Continue this process and happy sorting!
Check out this craft on Instagram @abalancedchildhood
Halloween Bookmarks
Give young readers a spooky reason to mark their place all fall long! Kwik Stix paint wooden bookmarks without water or brushes, and Magic Stix add small details around foam stickers. Paint, decorate, read. A perfect kids craft!
Materials Needed: wooden bookmarks, Kwik Stix, Magic Stix, and foam stickers
- Lay each of your wooden bookmarks onto a table
- Paint each one in Halloween colors
- Add Halloween themed foam stickers onto wooden bookmarks
- Use in your favorite book for the fall season!
Check out this craft on Instagram @playingcreatingeducating
Candy Corn
Make candy corn decorations with three paint-stick colors and simple paper shapes! Kwik Stix dry in 90 seconds, which helps kids finish these Halloween art projects before moving onto the next activity. Cut, paint, display. Sweet and simple!
Materials Needed: construction paper, scissors, and Kwik Stix
- Cut triangle shapes out using construction paper
- Be sure to round each point of the triangles
- Paint each triangle into three colors
- Use as a decoration accent or trade with classmates!
Check out this craft on Instagram @2art.chambers
Halloween Rocks
Bring spooky art outdoors with a neighborhood rock hunt and simple painted designs! Kwik Stix work on porous surfaces like rocks, paper, and wood, giving kids a quick way to make pumpkins, ghosts, cats, and Frankenstein faces. Paint, hide, share. SPOOKY!
Materials Needed: rocks and Kwik Stix
- Go for a nature walk outside and collect medium sized rocks
- Paint rocks with Kwik Stix
- Be sure to create pumpkins, ghosts, cats, Frankenstein, and more!
Check out this craft on Instagram @keepme_busy
Pumpkin Pasta
Turn plain pasta into a textured pumpkin piece for a tabletop display or classroom bulletin board! Kwik Stix paint the pasta after the glue dries, and the mess-free sticks make color changes simple. Sketch, glue, paint. Done!
Materials Needed: Kwik Stix, pasta, paper, glue, and a pencil
- Sketch an outline of a pumpkin onto paper
- Drizzle glue onto and inside the outline of the pumpkin
- Glue pasta to fill the white space
- Grab your Kwik Stix and paint away!
- Paint the pasta once the glue is dry!
Check out this craft on Instagram @twinsthinkandplay
Pumpkin Faces
Give kids a new pumpkin face every time they sit down to play! Kwik Stix color the cardboard base, then paper eyes, noses, and mouths let young creators swap pieces until their design feels right. Mix, match, smile. Great for all ages!
Materials Needed: Kwik Stix, construction paper, glue, googly eyes, cardboard, scissors, and glue
- Paint a pumpkin onto a piece of cardboard
- Use your construction paper to cut out different shape of eyes, mouths, noses, etc.
- Interchange each set of eyes, mouth, and nose to design your own pumpkin face
- Once you like what your pumpkin looks like, glue on the pieces and hang up for a decoration
Check out this craft on Instagram @momunpolished
Egg Carton Pumpkins
Reuse empty egg cartons for tiny pumpkins that fit on a shelf, tray, or holiday table! Paint each piece with Kwik Stix, then add a black Sharpie face and curly pipe-cleaner stem. Paint, glue, curl. Adorable decor!
Materials Needed: Kwik Stix, empty egg cartons, pipe cleaners, hot glue, scissors, exacto knife and a Sharpie
- Cut apart an egg carton into individual pieces
- Use an exacto knife to cut ridges onto both ends
- Glue each piece (top and bottom) together using hot glue
- Draw tiny eyes and nose onto the egg carton with a black Sharpie
- Glue a pipe cleaner onto the top of the egg carton
- Bend the pipe cleaner into a spiral
Check out this craft on Instagram @twotolove_bairantwins
Pumpkin Puzzle
Make a two-sided pumpkin puzzle kids can paint, mix up, and solve again! Kwik Stix bring quick color to the cardboard pieces, and Magic Stix make it easy to add small designs. Draw, cut, paint. Puzzle time!
Materials Needed: cardboard, scissors, Kwik Stix, Magic Stix,
- Draw a large pumpkin in the center of the cardboard
- Draw tiny pumpkins in each corner
- Cut out each circle from the pumpkin
- Flip over
- Paint each circle and left over cardboard with a different design
- Solve the puzzle on both sides!
Check out this craft on Instagram @allsmallcrafts
Pumpkin Painting
Skip carving tools and paint a pumpkin right after the patch! Kwik Stix are mess-free paint sticks that dry in 90 seconds, making pumpkin painting easy for young artists, classrooms, parties, and family fall weekends. Simply paint away. HALLOWEEN READY!
Materials Needed: pumpkins and Kwik Stix
- After pumpkin picking, grab your Kwik Stix and paint away!
Check out this craft on Instagram @mcmanemin_companies
Keep the Halloween Fun Going
Bring these Halloween craft ideas to your home, classroom, or party table with TPG Creations collections. Choose mess-free craft supplies that help kids create without water, brushes, smocks, or cleanup, then visit the TPG Creations blog for more seasonal art projects and kids craft ideas.