Make this easy Halloween chalk art craft with your kids!

Happy Halloween!

Almost.

I was looking through some of the crafts and things my kids have and what did I find? An easy Halloween craft that is also an easy arts and craft activity for other times of the year–those are always the best.

Chalk Art for Kids

What you’ll need for this craft:

A bat shape–whether you make it out of cardstock or have one of those plastic tracers (can be another animal! In fact, this would be an easy, fun craft for farm animal units and is an easy preschool craft as well.). Basically, you will need a distinguishable shape that you can colour with chalk.

Black construction paper.

Lots of different coloured chalk.

Tissues (This craft is so easy and beautiful you’re gonna cry! Actually, it is for the craft, but you are welcome to cry at this craft’s simple beauty.)

Hair spray (optional–the non-sticky kind is best)

Hey, joke time! What do which use to style their hair? Scare spray! Ha, ha, ha!

Here’s what you do to make this bat craft:

1. Colour the tracer with chalk. Lots of colour! Use different colours and go crazy!

2. Hold the tracer in place on top of the black construction paper.

3. Gently wipe (with the tissue) from the middle of the tracer outwards off the edge of the tracer onto the paper. Continue brushing/wiping outwards in different directions until you have wiped all the colour off the tracer and have a complete outline of your bat (or whatever tracer you have or have created). Don’t over-wipe. One gentle wipe in each direction should be enough.

4. Spray the paper lightly with hair spray to bond the chalk to the page–that way it won’t smear and wipe off.

There you go. An easy Halloween craft and easy chalk art for your kids.

Do you have any favourite chalk art masterpieces you’d like to share?

Make this a family activity: Get down on the floor and share your colouring book or pages with your family.

This activity promotes fine motor skills and colour awareness.

While you can paint your own face with face paints, it is easier to have someone else do it for you.

What would you like? Whiskers? A flower on one cheek? Or maybe turn yourself into a dragon? Be creative and see what happens.

Make this a family activity: Take turns painting each other’s faces until everyone is done.

This activity promotes creativity.

Trace your hands or feet. Place your foot or hand on a piece of paper, then move your pencil along the edge of your hand, drawing it’s shape on the paper.

Trace a picture. Place a blank piece of paper over the picture you want to trace, then hold both against a window so light shows through the picture as well as your paper so you can see the lines of the picture you want to trace. Now, go over the picture’s lines on your piece of paper. (Keeping your picture and paper to the window.)

Chalk Tracers. Take a dark piece of construction paper and place a plastic tracer toy on it (you can also use things you may find around the house like coins or pieces of cardstock (firm paper used for making cards) cut into different shapes). Using chalk, colour the top of the tracer. Then, gently use a facial tissue to carefully wipe the chalk off the tracer and onto the paper to make streaks in the shape of the tracer. (See picture below.)

Make this a family activity: Trace everyone’s hands and see how different they are.

This activity promotes shape awareness and fine motor skills.

Make this a family activity: Get everyone together to illustrate their favourite stories.

This activity promotes visual-language connections as well as creativity.