I would use orange, black and purple. All of these are known to be fall/Halloween type colors. Stay away from glitter and stick to stuff with matte finishes.
If you are looking for good places to find Halloween crafts, the best place to look on is crafts.kaboose.com/holidays/halloween/
You can find alot of good ideas for arts and crafts online. A good site for easy Halloween Decorations is http://familyfun.go.com/halloween/halloween-crafts/ Good luck with your students hope you can find something that you and the children will enjoy.
Books that have good ideas for crafting on Halloween are Good Housekeeping, Easy-to-Do Halloween crafts, Enchanted Learning and a Ghostly Good Time are all good books.
A great Halloween craft may be carving pumpkins for kids. Another Halloween craft for children would be creating their own costume.
There are lots of online sites that offer suggestions for Halloween craft projects for kids. Many involve traditional Halloween elements (bats, candy corn, witches, black cats) as well as things found in nature. You'll find things like "bat" ornaments made of walnuts, wreaths of candy corn, and spiders made of plastic spoons and pipe cleaners. Check out familyfun.go.com/halloween/halloween-crafts/ AND www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/halloween/ AND crafts.kaboose.com/holidays/halloween/
There are many great crafts that you can do with pumpkins. You can carve them into different shapes and faces. You can also paint landscapes and scary faces on pumpkins for Halloween.
Orange and black are considered to be basic and the main Halloween colors. Yellow paper is not ideal. However, if it is not possible to get those colors then yellow will do.
Try TLC Family, Enchanted Learning, Halloween Fun Factory, Southern Living and Martha Stewart's websites for good kid crafts. Check Wal-Mart or Target as well as they may have Halloween craft kits.
glue or sew a candy suit first use string coustume then glue or sew the candy on
Making your own Halloween trick or treat goodie bags is a fun crafting project. There are many good instructions for making them at: http://familycrafts.about.com/od/halloweenbags/Halloween_Treat_Bags.htm.
Here is an idea that my son did when he was in first grade. The teacher helped them make spider cupcakes and bat cookies decorated with licorice and food coloring.
Some good homemade halloween costumes could be for one the original witch or even a pumpkin. Easy, fast, and fun! You could also do frankenstein and the bride for couples.