Great Halloween Decorations: Door Witch

Make A Door Witch

What would Halloween decorations be without a witch in the mix? Decorating the classroom door with a witch is pretty simple to do and doesn’t take a lot of items. You will need to help the kids a little with this project, but in the end they will have a witch to cover their classroom door to help keep the ghosts and goblins away.

Start with a plain piece of cardboard. Cut out a single sided pointed hat. With either paint or crayons, the kids can color it completely black. Now they have that wonderful pointed hat to place on the witch’s head.

Using another piece of cardboard, you can cut out the witch head. Be sure to bring the chin to an almost perfect point and don’t forget that long pointed nose. If you feel you’re not talented enough to cut out the perfect witch head, you can find a template online that can be used to trace the head on the cardboard first. Making the nose separate and attaching it with glue can make it easier when cutting out the head also.

Let the kids color the eyes and mouth onto the face of the witch. Don’t let them forget that big ole wart on her nose and of course no witch is complete without her pale green face.

Now for the perfect witch body – again you will need a piece of cardboard. It is best to have a long rectangular piece. There won’t be any cutting or drawing on this piece so as long as it fits on the door, any size will work.

Have the kids take a piece of black fabric and glue it to the cardboard. There will need to be a little extra on the front that will flow down the body like a cape. Have the kids glue some red rik rak around the edge of the fabric. They can also add glue glitter, stars or any other types of decorations they would like to give their witch some attitude.

She will also need her beautiful black shoes. Cut these out of cardboard either on your own or with the help of a traceable template. Have the kids color them black and place a red or silver buckle on the top of each.

Now that you have all the parts decorated and ready to go they will need to be glued together. Start with the shoes at the bottom of the body. Next comes the witch’s head and last, but not least, her hat. The witch is together and ready to hang on the classroom door.

Oh but wait, we almost forgot the broom. You can use a real broom or have the children make one with cardboard. Cut a piece of cardboard for the handle and color it brown. The bristles can be made with a piece of yellow construction paper that is cut in slits from one side to the middle of the paper. Attach the bristles to the handle with glue and add it beside the witch on the door.