Make some bright and colourful Halloween sun catchers using tie-dyed paper towel. They look gorgeous in the window and make an easy Halloween craft for kids

If you’re looking for a fun and easy Halloween craft for kids these tie dyed Halloween sun catchers are for you!

Who ever said that Halloween decorations need to be black, dark and scary? We like to make them colourful and fun.

We put some of our tie dyed paper towel art to good use to make some bright window decorations. Alternatively you could use scrunch-dyed paper towel (or indeed paper towel decorated any way you choose).

The girls really enjoyed the process of making the tie dyed paper towel by wrapping a tightly-folded piece of towel with elastic bands and then dipping it in water with food colouring added. Unwrapping the resulting paper towel artwork is just like magic. You can see the full tutorial here.

How to make tie dyed Halloween Sun Catchers

You will need

• A stack of dry tie-dyed paper towel
• Lead pencil
• Scissors
• Blu tack

How to make a bat

Fold a piece of paper towel in half, then in half again
Sketch half a bat shape against the fold
Cut it out, whilst folded
Unfold to reveal two colourful bats

How to make a pumpkin

Fold a piece of paper towel in half
Sketch half a pumpkin shape against the fold. Add half a nose and half a mouth
Fold in half again and sketch half an eye shape horizontally against the fold
Cut the eye out, unfold
Cut the mouth, nose and pumpkin shape out
Unfold to reveal a pumpkin

Use tiny pieces of blu-tack or sticky tack to attach your Halloween decorations to the window

Who’s that cheeky monkey looking out the window?

In Australia not everybody participates in Halloween which can be a bit confusing for trick or treaters dressed in costume. The Halloween sun catchers help signal to the neighbourhood that we welcome trick or treaters here.

If you like bat crafts, you’ll love our printable hanging paper bat too.