8 Easy Ways to Bring a Monster into Your Home

For your next Monster Mash, come armed with some DIY monstrosities worthy of your creatures of the night.

By Ayren Jackson-Cannady September 7, 2015

With all of the class shindigs, town fests and block parties that Halloween inspires, you’ll want to have a few kid-friendly crafts at the ready. Creating mini monsters gets easy as pumpkin pie when you use supplies already lying around the house. Click through to find your go-to DIY goblins and ghouls.

Cardboard Tube Ghouls

Want to get the younger kids involved? Ditch the painting step and let the kids wrap cardboard tubes in construction paper, instead. Make sure to have a variety of stick-on googly eyes on hand— you can't just use two...or four. Head over to Happy Hooligans for more ideas.

photo: Jackie Currie via Happy Hooligans

What is your favorite Halloween craft to do with your family? Tell us in the comments section.

— Ayren Jackson-Cannady