Make Halloween Greeting Cards

It may sound a little strange to make greeting cards for Halloween because most of us don’t do it or know of anyone who sends cards to family and friends on Halloween. Why not start new traditions with your preschoolers that they can carry on for years to come? What a surprise for their parents, grandparents and even their teacher to receive a greeting card that says Happy Halloween.

The most fun way for the kids to make these cards is with construction paper, crayons and their imagination. You might want to have some pictures of such things as pumpkins, ghosts, bats, a witch and so on available so the kids can have an idea of what they want to draw.

Start their cards by having them take one piece of black construction paper and folding it straight down the middle. This will be their actual card. Next, have them cut a piece of construction paper, any color they would like except for black or brown, slightly smaller than the one side of their card. They can paste this to the inside of card to write their message or sign their name to. Black can be a very hard color to write on and still be able to see it. By placing this on the inside of their card they should have no trouble seeing what they have written.

With other colors of construction paper they can make their designs. Whether it is a scary ghost, a good or bad witch or just a lot of pumpkins, let their imaginations run wild. When they are finished designing they can cut them out and paste them to front and the inside of the card.

With your help, the children can print their own little message inside the card and then sign their name. Now they have their own Halloween greeting cards to take home to their parents, grandparents or other family friends.