7. Popsicle Stick Haunted Houses
Let your child become an architect of the supernatural by building their very own miniature haunted house out of wooden popsicle sticks. This project stimulates imaginative play and structural design, allowing kids to customize every spooky detail from crooked chimneys to boarded-up windows.
Glue several wooden popsicle sticks together side-by-side to form a square plaque, adding diagonal sticks on the back for stability. Paint the entire structure black, charcoal gray, or deep purple. Use yellow construction paper to cut out spooky glowing windows, and black paper for a crooked roof and door. Kids can glue on mini plastic spiders, draw cobwebs with silver gel pens, or craft a tiny paper ghost peeking out of the attic window, creating a highly detailed, customizable wall hanging.