Happy half-term! If you’ve managed to swerve all the nasty autumn bugs doing the rounds, and you’re trying to work and parent this week (solidarity!), you’ll probably want a handful of ideas up your sleeve to keep those little monsters busy for chunks of time.

With Halloween landing on Friday this year, you can build up the excitement with a handful of easy craft projects that’ll not only keep them occupied for a bit, but will also save you the job of forking out on spooky window decorations – a real win-win.

As ever, Pinterest is home to hundreds of brilliantly creative Halloween craft ideas. We scoured through them to find the most versatile ones that will suit a range of ages. Enjoy!

1. Spiders webs with lolly sticks

Munch through a couple of packs of Fab lollies (or maybe save yourself the toothache and buy some craft sticks), grab some colourful wool or yarn,........

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