Easy DIY Halloween Crafts and Kid-Friendly Halloween Movies

My house is buzzing with talk of this year's epic Halloween costumes and Paul and I are working hard to steer the boys away from the Grim Reaper and Zombie looks that they are attracted to and challenge their creativity like WE did as kids!  Remember when you checked your parent's closet for a cool and retro Halloween costume or actually MADE one from a sheet?  Ahhh...the good old days!

Last Halloween, it was around this time when I was seriously bitten by the craft bug.  I was saving up my toilet rolls, cleaning and storing all mason jars and dreaming of what Halloween crafts I could turn them into!  Surprisingly, it was not only easy but really exciting to make our own decor (not to mention cost effective) and the boys had fun looking up craft ideas online to help inspire our projects! 

Here are some of my favourite Halloween DIY crafts to make with your kids this year!  Click on the links for full instructions over on momstown.ca.

1.  Mason Jar Frankenstein: A little green and black duct tape and you can make this fun and creepy Frankenstein decoration for a mantle or centrepiece!

2. Toilet Roll Frankenstein: Throwing away a perfectly good empty toilet roll is a punishable crime in my house- just look at the cute Frankenstein we made!  Not only a cute decoration, but a fun puppet!

3.  Mason Jar Ghost:  Using paper towel, googly eyes and Mod Podge, I loved these little candle holders we made!

If you are celebrating with a Halloween Party or just want to make some spooky cupcakes, black and orange "Monster Munch" popcorn and host a family movie night, here are our family's kid-friendly Top 10 Halloween-ish movies on Netflix; 

1.Scooby-Doo!: Mystery Incorporated 
2. House of Anubis
3. Black Hole High  
4. Spy Kids: All The Time in the World

5. Spooky Buddies

6. Hotel Transylvania 

7. GooseBumps

8. Are you Afraid of the Dark

9. A Magic Puppy

10. DreamWorks Spooky Stories

What's your favourite way to celebrate Halloween with your kids?

Disclosure: Yay! I am part of the Netflix stream team (#StreamTeam) and have received product and a subscription to Netflix in exchange for writing monthly posts.  Already a huge Netflix fan, this is a pretty sweet deal!