9 Halloween Workshops Inspired by Your Favorite Spooky Films

9 Halloween Workshops Inspired by Your Favorite Spooky Films


By Kiana Pontrelli

 

If you’ve already started the movie marathon countdown to October 31st, check out these fun Halloween activities. Inspired by your favorite spooky movies, these are the best Halloween crafts for adults in 2025!

Witch altars, spotty pumpkins, ghost cookies, and more, these Halloween craft workshops are the perfect way to embrace the spooky spirit, whether it’s for a virtual team-building activity or a cozy night with friends.

1. Hocus Pocus fans should try a bewitching candle making class

Create your own black flame-inspired candle in a candle making class! A black flame might require some actual sorcery, but you can add your own magic touch by customizing your candle in this Bay Area candle workshop. Choose from an extensive range of fragrance oils to blend a signature scent and then pour it into your chosen color jar. 

A student in a ceramic painting class holds a paint brush with blue paint in one hand and a ceramic pumpkin decorated with hand painted multi-colored polkadots.

2. Beetlejuice fans will love painting patterned pumpkins

Can’t wait for the Beetlejuice sequel to hit the big screens? Embrace the spirit of Beetlejuice’s creativity, with this ceramic painting class in NYC that celebrates weird and wonderful art! In this class, you’ll decorate ceramic pumpkins with patterns inspired by world-renowned artist Yayoi Kusama. The easy-to-learn techniques make it easy for everyone to relax and achieve beautiful results. 

A Halloween themed cocktail is pictured in a short glass with brown crumb rim, the cocktail is yellow with a gummy worm hanging over the top.

3. Harry Potter fans should try a charming cocktail making class

Channel potion master Severus Snape with a Halloween cocktail making class! In this online mixology lesson, you can meet up with your teammates for a virtual happy hour this Halloween. Each teammate will receive a fully-packed spooky cocktail making kit to craft their tantalizing concoctions! Your virtual bartender will take you through each step of your recipe to ensure you’re left with a tasty potion.

A finished knitted pumpkin using orange chunky yarn, knitting needles with rust colored chunky yarn cast on and the matching ball of yarn in the background.

4. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown fans will love chunky knit pumpkins 

Celebrate all things pumpkin with a classic film and cozy Halloween craft ideas! There’s no more waiting around for The Great Pumpkin to arrive when you can learn to knit your own in an online knitting workshop. Your knitting pattern uses chunky yarn, making it quick and fun to build, but also an adorable and trendy decoration!

A handmade altar with a hand painted drawing of a witch. There is a string of marigold flowers draped over the top and a candle in the altar..

5. Practical Magic fans will adore this witch altar sculpting class

If witchcraft and charm are your idea of Halloween fun, channel the spell-casting Owen sisters with this Halloween craft idea! Learn how to make your own witch altar in this ceramics class in NYC. You’ll learn basic hand-building techniques to craft a personalized witch altar and cast intentions and manifestations. This handmade altar is perfect for displaying inspiring trinkets and tokens of gratitude. 

A pumpkin spiced latte in a marbled orange mug set in front of a fall themed background with pumpkins and fall leaf decorations.

6. Halloweentown fans should try pumpkin spice cooking classes

Treat yourself to a spoonful of nostalgia with your pumpkin spice with this Halloween childhood favorite! In this online cooking class, you will learn how to make a pumpkin spice latte and vegan and gluten-free truffles! If your team is made up of more foodies than crafters, this creative seasonal workshop is the perfect alternative and a great way to refuel on your next coffee break. 

A fall themed terrarium with succulents and red, orange, and yellow moss and decor in a glass bowl.

7. Little Shop of Horrors fans will delight in an autumnal terrarium building class

Create your own little shop of horrors with a DIY terrarium kit! Just kidding, there are no man-eating plants in an virtual terrarium workshop, but this creative fall activity is sure to bring some life back into the shadowy season. Craft your own tiny landscape with layers of soil, rocks, moss, and beautiful plants. Top it off with some autumnal adornments, and you have the perfect slice of DIY Halloween decor for your office or space.

A canvas with a painting of Jack Skellington using Van Gogh's Starry Night technique.

8 . The Nightmare Before Christmas fans should try this online paint and sip class

Nothing sings “This is Halloween” like the Pumpkin King himself! In this virtual painting class, you will learn how to paint Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas. This activity is perfect for anyone who loves to bring their favorite characters to life on canvas.

Six Halloween themed decorated cookies sit on a baking rack, designs include a bat, cauldron, mummy, coffin, black cat, and jack-o-lantern.

9. Casper fans will love this Halloween cookie decorating class

There are no tricks, only treats in this cookie decorating class in Los Angeles! Draw inspiration from everyone’s favorite friendly ghost while decorating your own sweet bunch of spooky cookie friends! This Halloween cookie decorating class is as wholesome and fun as Casper himself.

From scary movies and haunted houses to pumpkin spice and fall DIYs, there is no shortage of ways to celebrate spooky season. Take a creative spin on your Halloween team building activities with a craft workshop and you’ll be in for a treat! 


 





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Ceramic Pumpkin Painting Class: Yayoi Kusama Inspired

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Starry Night Pumpkin Painting Class

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Pumpkin Flower Arrangement Workshop

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$90

Clay Pumpkin Pottery Class

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8 to 30 guests

$55

Crochet a Pumpkin Class

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3 to 10 guests

$75

DIY Pumpkin Spiced Treats

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$50 - $80

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Make Pumpkin and Sage Risotto

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4 to 75 guests

$30 - $50

Make a Pumpkin Pecan Roll

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$45 - $120

Make Pumpkin and Black Bean Soup

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Bake a Pumpkin Pie

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$55 - $125

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