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21 Marvelous Mummy Crafts for Halloween

It’s that time of year again. Time for trick-or-treating, pumpkin pie, and dressing up in a costume! This year you can be the most popular house on the block with these 20 Marvelous Mummy Crafts for Halloween. With only a few supplies and some creativity, you’ll have your own little army of mummies to scare away all those other ghouls and goblins this season!

Easy Mummy Crafts for Kids

square collage of mummy crafts

Mummy Toilet Paper Roll Craft

This toilet paper roll mummy craft is an easy-to-make craft for toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary kids. It’s a quick classroom project, or you can make it at home with parents and siblings and create a whole family of toilet paper roll mummies.

cardboard tube mummies

Craft Stick Mummy

This mummy is made with craft sticks, felt strips, googly eyes, and glue. If you don’t have much time to make scary mummy Halloween decorations, this one is quick and easy. They’d make cute fridge decorations if you add a magnet to the back.

craft stick mummies

Mummy Paper Plate Craft

With this mummy paper plate craft, you can make adorable mummy faces in no time. The mummy plate craft is quick and easy to make and is a great Halloween party activity for preschoolers and elementary school-age kids. You only need a few simple materials. These mummy paper plate crafts are perfect for classroom projects too! Here are even more paper plate Halloween crafts to try.

easy paper plate mummy

Mummy Paper Bag Puppet

Paper bag puppets are a popular Halloween craft for kids, but this mummy paper bag puppet is unique! It’s easy to make and would be fun at school or home. You can use the printable template to make your mummy paper bag puppet, or you can create your own design and go from there.

mummy paper bag craft

Neon Mason Jar Mummies

Make these mummy jar decorations for your Halloween party, classroom, or home decor. Use neon paint for a more colorful take on the mummy rather than the usual black and white. Those neon colors really pop!

neon mummy mason jar craft

Mummy Paper Plate Lacing Craft

Staying inside on Halloween? This mummy lacing craft is perfect for preschoolers who are working on their fine motor skills. It’s a super fun way to work on hand-eye coordination and only requires a few simple materials to make.

lacing mummy craft

Paper Bowl Mummy Craft

Paint some paper bowls to begin working on this fun Paper Bowl Mummy Craft. You’ll need some masking tape and cardstock to create that signature mummy look.

mummy made out of a paper bowl

Yarn-Wrapped Mummies

Fun and easy mummy crafts that kids of all ages can do – even toddlers! Start with a mummy figure made out of cardstock or cardboard, then wrap yarn around it. Easy peasy! You don’t even have to paint the mummy black. Try some bright neon colors out if you want to make the yarn-wrapped mummies more colorful and bright.

yarn wrapped mummy craft

Paper Cup Mummy with Light-Up Nose Halloween Craft

Want a mummy that lights up to decorate your table or to put outside on the patio or porch? These paper cup mummies are spooky and fun! They’re easy to make and decorate, and then you just pop in an LED candle for the nose to make him glow.

light up paper cup mummies

Mummy Water Bottles

These mummy water bottles are super simple and inexpensive to make, but they look so cool. They’ll be a hit at your next Halloween party! The mummy looks like he’s mummified around the bottle. They’d make excellent (and healthy) party favors instead of handing out more candy.

mummy wrapped water bottles

Mummy Painted Rocks

Rock painting is a timeless fall activity for kids. Turn your stones into mummy-painted rocks this Halloween by adding some googly eyes and mummy handprints. These mummy-painted rocks are kid creations that will be sure to delight anyone who finds them! They’ll also work great in a mummy display, or on your front door as part of your Halloween decor.

painted rock mummies

Footprint Mummy

Crafts made with footprints are a great way to get kids into Halloween. Footprint mummy crafts are especially fun! And they’re easy to make and don’t require much skill, but the mummy looks so sweet. This footprint mummy craft is sure to bring a smile to everyone’s face who sees it. And you can use it as a keepsake for years to come too. Wrapping the yarn around it is good fine motor practice for toddlers and preschoolers.

footprint mummy

Mummy Line Art Coloring Page

Kids can use this mummy coloring sheet two ways. Younger kids can print it out and color it as-is with crayons, markers, or colored pencils. Older kids can practice line art by drawing diagonal, horizontal, and vertical lines to make the background more creative.

mummy coloring page

Mummy Clothespin Puppet

Here’s a mummy clothespin craft that would be fun for all ages. It’s easy to make, and you can hang your mummy up anywhere or add it to a Halloween table display. If you have old clothespins in the craft drawer, you can use them. Otherwise, they’re cheap and easy to buy at the dollar store.

clothespin mummy puppets

Mummy Painted Clay Pot

This spooky craft is a mummy-painted clay pot: it’s fun, easy to make, looks awesome when done, and can be used as a Halloween decoration or gift display piece. Kids will love painting their mummy pots and using them to hold candy or pencils.

mummy painted flower pots

Mummy Pumpkin Craft

This mummy pumpkin craft is totally easy and cute. All you need are a couple of inexpensive supplies from the dollar store and a little creativity! It’s a fun take on the traditional mummy craft.

paper plate mummy pumpkin

Printable Mummy Puppets

It’s a mummy puppet craft that you can print out! You can make your own mummy puppets with some paper, a printer, and some scissors. Hang them in the window or on your door for the trick-or-treaters to see. Add brads (or split pins) to make your puppets movable.

printable mummy puppets

Mummy Candy Bars

Here’s a mummy craft that’s easy to make and looks cool! All you need is some crepe paper, googly eyes, and tape or glue stick. You can use this mummy candy bar wrap idea for your favorite chocolate bars to give out on Halloween. Cute idea for a classroom treat or if you want to be the house that gives out the full-size bars.

mummy wrapped candy bars

Paper Mummy Craft and Writing Prompt

This mummy writing craft is a paper mummy that kids can use as a writing prompt to get them thinking creatively. This is a wonderful Halloween craft for teachers to use in the classroom.

printable mummy writing craft

Mummy-Wrapped Pumpkin

Pumpkins aren’t just for carving at Halloween—you can mummy-wrap them instead! Grab some gauze and googly eyes to make a mummy pumpkin like this and display it in your home to bring some creepy decor into your Halloween night.

pumpkin wrapped up to look like a mummy

If you’re looking for some fun, easy crafts to do with the kids this Halloween season, these 20 mummy craft ideas should get your creative juices flowing. You can use them as a party decorations, to spruce up your classroom, or to make just for fun! If nothing else, they’ll be great conversation starters when people come to your door on October 31st. Whether you’ve got preschoolers who need fine motor practice or older kids who want something more challenging, there are plenty of options here for everyone in the family. What will YOU create?

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  • I'm Donella, the voice, heart, and wit (sometimes) behind this blog. I homeschool my pre-teen son by day and moonlight as a blogger and freelance writer. I'm a Diet Pepsi aficionado with a bookshelf that's always overflowing. My two dogs—a German Shepherd and a Beagle—are my fluffy shadows. I love planning in my bullet journal almost as much as I love hoarding notebooks and pens. I may be an introvert who missed her calling as a desert hermit, but that just gives me more time to write, right?

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