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Air dry clay Halloween crafts for kids

Blog
The YPO Team
15 Oct 2025

Halloween is the perfect time for some fun crafts with a spooky twist! Decorate your classroom with creepily carved pumpkins and ghostly tealight holders with these simple Halloween themed air drying clay crafts.

Ghostly Tea Light Holder:

Spark that flicker of excitement for the Halloween season with this ghost tea light holder craft. A glittering ghost is the perfect way to add some sparkle to your spooky decorations!

air dry clay ghost tealight holder craft

What you need:

Crayola Model Magic Clay - White (307082)
Modelling Board - A4 (74526X)
Glitter & Glitter tub (749265)
Children’s rolling pin (716654)
Paper plate (307123)
Clay modelling tools (744646)
LED tealight - pack of 12 (304585)
Scrap paper or tissue

How to make:

Set up each modelling board with a portion of white air drying clay.
Use your hand (or rolling pin) to flatten out the clay.
Pour a generous amount a glitter into the centre of the clay and fold inwards, being careful to keep the glitter inside the clay.
Knead the clay until it is sparkles throughout, adding more glitter if necessary.
Roll the clay out evenly until it is large enough to fit the paper plate on.
Cut around the paper plate with the modelling tools.
Scrunch some scrap paper into a ball and balance it on top of your glitter tub (make sure the lid is on!)
Carefully place the clay on top so it falls naturally and evenly on all sides.
Make some folds in the clay to create your ghost shape.
Use the modelling tools to carve out two eye holes.
Leave to dry for 24 – 36 hours.
Once dry, add an LED tealight under your ghost to create the perfect spooky Halloween decoration!

Pumpkin Carving:

Carve yourself a Halloween pumpkin using air drying clay! This simple, low-mess pumpkin craft is the perfect Halloween activity for little learners.

air dry clay ghost and pumpkin craft

What you need:

Crayola Model Magic Clay - Blue, Yellow, Red (307082)
Clay modelling tools (744646)
Modelling Board - A4 (74526X)
String (718300)
Scissors (313327)

How to make:

Set up each modelling board with some blue, yellow, and red air drying clay.
Cut out a medium portion of red and yellow clay, ready for combining. Let little learners experiment with how much of each colour to use when creating their perfect orange pumpkin.
Knead, squish, mix, fold, and roll the red and yellow clay together until it becomes a consistent orange colour.
Roll the orange clay into a ball, flattening it slightly.
Place the orange clay on top of a long piece of string.
Pull the string tight around the top of the clay to create indents.
Turn the clay slightly and repeat several times, to create a pumpkin shape.
In the same way as before, cut out a small portion of blue and yellow clay and combine to make green.
Press into a leaf shape.
Combine a small portion of red, yellow, and blue clay to make brown.
Roll the brown clay into a short stem.
Add the leaf and stem to the top of the pumpkin.
Carve a spooky expression onto the face of the pumpkin to finalise your design!

We hope you enjoyed creating these spooky Halloween crafts. Please share your clay creations with us by tagging us on Facebook or Instagram with #YPOCreateandMake.

For more inspiration for the spooky season, shop our Halloween products and craft kits.

Inspired to keep crafting with clay? Check out our modelling clay and pottery supplies, for air drying clay, plasticine, modelling tools and more.

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The YPO Team

YPO supplies products and services to a wide range of customers including schools, local authorities, charities, emergency services, public sector and other businesses such as nurseries and care homes. YPO are 100% publicly owned, by 13 local authorities, which means the profits made are returned to public sector customers, delivering even better value for money.