At a Glance
This DIY monster bunting is a brilliant Halloween classroom decoration that preschool, kindergarten and other young learners will absolutely love making! Children color in a cast of spooky characters - Frankenstein, a mummy, a vampire, monsters and a zombie - then string the flags together to create their very own Halloween display. The coloring builds pencil grip and fine motor skills along the way.
Looking for a simple way to decorate this Halloween? Then this DIY Monster Bunting is just the thing! With two sizes to choose from and both pre-colored and black-and-white versions included, they’re a great way to add some not-so-scary charm to your classroom, party, or home.
Little learners can get creative by coloring their own Halloween flag banners, helping them develop fine motor skills, pencil control, and artistic expression along the way. It’s the perfect blend of festive fun and hands-on learning!
Whether you’re stringing them up as Halloween bunting or using them for a spooky display board, these monsters are ready to bring the fun. Just print, cut, decorate, and hang!
What Skills Can Your Little Ones Learn And Develop?
These simple DIY Halloween flag banners can help your children practice and develop some skills such as:
- Cutting Skills – if you feel they’re ready, you can let them have a go at cutting out the banners all by themselves – they’ll need to be careful and have good scissor control if they want to cut neatly
- Creativity – if you use the black and white banners, your children will have a lot of space to exercise their creativity and decide how they want to personalize it
- Hand-eye coordination – to be able to understand what they are seeing and get their hands to go where they want them to go
- Hand and finger strength – the ability to be able to apply enough pressure to make marks on the page and hold the pencil firmly
- Pencil Control – they can practice their pencil control and develop hand strength through coloring the templates in
- Fine Motor Skills – if they’re going to collage, they’ll need to use their pincer grip to pick up the pieces and carefully put them where they want them to go
How To Prepare These DIY Halloween Decorations
This one’s easy, first you’re going to want to download the the size you want.
There’s full page, or 3 to a page.
Then choose if you want the pre-colored versions for quick ready to go decorations, or the black and white ones that your little learners can decorate.
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After that, you’ll need to cut them out.
If you’d like to keep them nice then you may want to consider printing them onto card or laminating them!
That’s it, enjoy!
