Celebrate Halloween on a budget with these Kmart crafting activities that serve a dual purpose

Produced in partnership with Kmart

It feels like we blinked and the year has disappeared!

While it seems like Valentine's day was just a few weeks ago, we now have our next big celebration on the horizon – Halloween.

With Halloween often comes children with lots of expectations of fun decorations, a slew of lollies and chocolates, and of course, exciting themed activities.

For parents, it can end up being one of the pricier holidays when you add it all together.

But, with Kmart's new range of budget Halloween crafting activities you can keep the kids entertained for a day, plus some of products can also double as your home's festive decorations or gift bags for party guests!

The $3 refillable coffin has already been picked up by Kmart fans on social media eager to celebrate the spooky holiday.

While kid's can fill it with all sorts of fun treats or use it to stash their treasure hunt goodies, some adults have also found the fun in it.

One TikToker used the item as a giftbox to store some spooky gifts as a little Halloween present for friends, and another (our favourite) turned the coffins into single serve grazing boxes filled with meats, cheeses, crackers and fruit!

If you're the parent lucky enough to be hosting this year's Halloween party, they could also be turned into themed goodie bags for the kids to take home – and with the prices of the rest of the range, it doesn't have to break the bank.

If you really want to keep the kids busy for a day under the guise of a fun crafting activity, you can get your hands on the $8 DIY Halloween Jewellery Making Kit, along with a pack of 10 Halloween themed charms!

There's also $2.50 3D stickers, $3 slime pots, $1 wind up figures, an 18-piece sensory toy box for $9 and a four pack of themed claw clips for $4.50, all of which could make up some fabulous gift bags (or should we say coffins?).

In terms of decoration crafting, for $9 you can secure a 248 Piece Halloween Craft Tub packed with everything from pom-poms and sticker sheets to tissue paper and plastic cups.

And if you really want to get stuck into the arts and crafts, there's a $9 DIY Cochet Witch's Hat Kit, an $8 Crochet Ghost Decoration Kit, a $9 DIY Halloween Candle Making Kit, ad plenty of paint your own decorations items including pumpkins, ghosts, coffins and skulls.

So if you're wanting to celebrate Halloween on a budget this year, Kmart might just be the place to go.

Product prices are current as at October 6, 2025. Availability may vary store to store, please visit kmart.com.au