How to Make Glue Crafts (2026)

Make these simple and fun glue crafts with your kids! It’s just a few simple steps to create these crafts.

What I love most about them is that you can stikc them on the window, use them for a decoration and a gift tag!

You can make these holiday themed or make any fun shape with them. Grab my FREE Halloween templates below.

Let’s get started with making these fun glue crafts!

Glue Craft Supplies

Elmer’s Glue
sheet protectors
acrylic paint (optional)
glitter
art trays (these are my favorite)
googly eyes
colored cardstock

I always suggest using an art tray to make sure your space stays clean! Glitter can get messy, when you use an art tray it makes clean up super easy.

Glue Craft Directions

Here are the step by step directions on how to make these simple glue crafts

#1: Print off my FREE Halloween glue craft templates HERE

#2: Place them templates underneath the clear sheet protector so it’s easy to trace with the glue.

#3: Use Elmer’s Glue to fill in each design! If you are making the ghosts, add on the googly eyes right away after you are done so they will dry with the googly eyes inside.

#4: To create the pumpkins, you need to mix a squirt or two of acrylic paint in the Elmer’s Glue. I did this one last because I shook up the acrylic paint inside the glue bottle so it was easy to fill in the pumpkins with the glue bottle. Then, use black cardstock paper to make small features for the face.

#5: For the spiders web, outline the web with the glue and then sprinkle glitter all over it!

#6: Place the sheet protectors somewhere where they won’t get ruined. They will need to sit there for at least 1 day maybe even 2 depending on how much glue you added. the ghosts and pumpkins will take longer than the spiderwebs because there is more glue.

#7: When they are dry, peel them up, hang them on the windows or use them for decorations!