Creepy Hollow Creative Stations

Every year, my son’s elementary school puts on the most epic fundraiser — Creepy Hollow. This beloved event transforms the campus into a Halloween wonderland filled with games, a haunted house, a cake walk, bake sale, face painting, inflatables, raffles, and so much more! It’s an incredible community effort that not only raises funds for our public school programs but also creates lasting memories for students and families.

This year, I was thrilled to join the planning team alongside an amazing group of parents who pour their hearts into making our fundraising efforts both impactful and unforgettable. My role? Designing the arts and crafts area! I wanted to create a space where children could slow down, get creative, and let their imaginations run wild.

Here’s a peek at our Creepy Hollow Creative Stations + Pictures from other areas of the event:

1. Color My Bones: This spooky station featured skeleton body cutouts, Colorations® BioColor® fluorescent and metallic paints, silicone paint cups, and brushes. Children were invited to bring their skeletons to life with bold, glowing colors!

2. Boo-tiful Portraits: At this station, kids designed their own ghoulish portraits using paper frames, ghost cutouts, googly eyes, stickers (flowers, borders, ghosts), washi tape, scrapbook paper, scissors, glue sticks, and tape. Each portrait was as unique (and spooky!) as its maker.

Here are the step by step instructions provided:

How to Make a Boo-tiful Ghost Portrait

1. Pick Your Perfect Frame – Choose a frame. 

2. Add a Background – Slip in a fun sheet of paper as your backdrop. 

3. Place Your Ghosts – Add your ghost cutouts or ghost stickers right onto the background. Arrange them floating, flying, or even holding hands!

4. Decorate the Details – Use washi tape,  stickers, or little embellishments to make your portrait truly one-of-a-kind.

5. Show It Off! – Ta-da! You’ve created a ghoulishly boo-tiful masterpiece ready to haunt your walls (in the cutest way possible).

3. Wickedly Wild Coloring: A fan favorite at every event! We featured Friends Art Lab’s Halloween Giant Coloring Poster — a collaborative masterpiece that let kids (and parents!) color together using a rainbow of markers.

4. Spooktacular Ink: It’s not a Halloween party without tattoos! We set up a station stocked with fun temporary tattoos, spray bottles, and paper towels — easy to apply and always a hit with the kids.

Here are the games:

Prizes:

Creepy Kitchen:

Auction:

Face Painting:

Bounce Houses: