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28 Creepy Skeleton Craft Ideas You Will Be Thrilled To Make

Inside: 28 easy skull and skeleton craft ideas and DIYs you will want to make for a spooky Halloween.

Every Halloween, my son would wear the same costume, a cute skeleton. It was, in fact, a pair of skeleton PJs. He would wear them day and night for the whole month of October! As he grew, the trousers became so short that they practically ended at his knees.

He finally agreed to get a new costume. But this was also a full-body, stretchy skeleton that covered his head. It was scary rather than cute, but at least by then, he only wore it one day of the year!

As we always associate Halloween decorations with skeletons, I have collected some of the best skeleton craft ideas. Many are easy and affordable to make, as Halloween isn’t just for kids! I’m sure the adults would enjoy making many of them, too.

Best skeleton craft ideas

28 Of The Best Skeleton Craft Ideas

Many of the skull and skeleton ideas here are stylish Halloween decorations I’m thrilled to have hanging on my walls for October.

There is something for everyone, from upcycled Halloween decorations made with old bottles and wine corks to painted t-shirts and slippers to cool skeleton art for the walls.

Free Printable Skulls And Skeletons

Check out these two downloads on Pictureboxblue if you want some cool vintage Halloween art prints. Both collections of images are in the Public Domain. So they are Copyright-free, and you can use them however you wish.

Free Human Skull Drawings

Vintage Skeleton Illustrations

Niki | Life as a LEO Wife

Wednesday 12th of October 2022

Great roundup! I bet your son was an adorable skeleton! Thanks for sharing on Crafty Creators!

Claire Armstrong

Wednesday 12th of October 2022

Thank you so much, yes he was very cute!

Michelle

Monday 10th of October 2022

I neeeeeed some of those skeleton shoes. They would totally creep my hubby out, and I actually adapted your cute Scandinavian skulls tutorial to make a bookmark for my son's girlfriend. She loved it!!

Claire Armstrong

Monday 10th of October 2022

Yeah, I wouldn't mind a pair of those slippers. Good to hear she liked the bookmark.

Michele Morin

Thursday 6th of October 2022

Love that your son was obsessed with the pajamas!

Claire Armstrong

Thursday 6th of October 2022

Yes, he wore spiderman PJs the rest of the year 🤣

Janice

Thursday 6th of October 2022

The skull rocks would be a great craft activity for kids

Claire Armstrong

Thursday 6th of October 2022

Yes, I think they would enjoy finding the rocks and then making the faces.