There are lots of ways to decorate for Halloween without spending much money and still have fun with your kids and grandkids.
Our family has had so much messy fun carving our pumpkins.
Shop Pumpkin Carving Kits at Walmart.com
These are fun to make with grandkids or any kids.
Halloween Spider Pipe Cleaner Craft
My grandchildren had so much fun with this idea. We had plenty of nails, screws, and other hardware on hand. They loved getting to hammer into the pumpkins.
Hardware-decorated pumpkins for Halloween
This lovely blog shows the fun a child can have just simply painting a pumpkin. My grandchildren loved doing it.
Painting Pumpkins! Fall Art for Infants and Toddlers
Stickers are always an easy, fun way to decorate with kids.
Joyfy Halloween Make 40 Faces Pumpkin Decorating Stickers
My day care kids and grandkids loved doing this eons ago.
Skeleton with Q-Tip Cotton swabs
Paper chain skeletons hang up well and sway in the breeze.
Easy Paper Skeleton Craft for Kids - Free Printable Template
Have a nighttime ghost hunt for kids.
Dmlowu Halloween Decor Indoor Party Favors - 3 Pack Mini Ghosts Glow in The Dark, Tiny Resin Statue Ornaments Ghost Decor for Shelf Desk Mantel Home
This idea is too easy, but the kids will like adding the face and the streamers.
Halloween paper plate crafts for kids
Creepy fun and you can put them lots of places.
Glow stick eyes in paper tubes.
These are funny. You can also make your own from plastic plates or paint large balls to affix in the trees and bushes.
RoundFunny 44 Set Halloween Bush Eye Decor
My kids had fun with these and they're easy and cheap to make.
DIY Toilet Paper Roll Bats: Cute & Creepy Halloween Craft
There are tons of spooky appetizer ideas here.
Halloween Party Appetizers
These are easy and fun.
Easy Water Bottle Ghosts
The kids will enjoy wrapping the door and deciding where to place the eyes. This could also be DIY.
Halloween Mummy Wrap Kit Large Eyes Yellow
We do trunk or treat at our church so I love to look at ideas to use.
11 Trunk or Treat Dollar Tree Ideas That’ll Actually Look Good
